Wonder of wonders! After a sojourn in a desolate internet-deprived wasteland (Hertfordshire) I have Snow Demons to catch up with!
Liking the eye dialect very much - and I can't think of anywhere else I've seen it used with Australian.
Snow Demons are definitely bestial, then. And I'm saying Snow DemonS, but looking at the title of the book it looks like there's only one - not a species or pack. Interesting.
And finally, enjoying the Peter/Qwen dynamic, and the Peter/Qwen/Dill dynamic as well!
Nerta = This is what the kids are saying these days to denote one who is calm one minute and a psycho the next.
"You see that little guy over there? Let's steal his baseball cards and custard-pie him."
"Nah, mate, nah, he's a proper nerta, he switched on Dazza last week when he spilled paint on his Boy Scouts necktie."
just a note: Peter realizes that Stu the ski instructor is Australian. He does this BEFORE Stu introduces himself. Either Peter read some sort of unmentioned nametag, or you made a slight blunder in continuity.
One has to wonder if this suspicious man is connected to the "Snow Demon". The most plausible choices in that case would he be either be directing it somehow (it might be the deity of the local cult for example) or he might even be it himself, similar to the mentioned werewolf - a werebear might fit the bill in that case (which my current bet). A Yeti / Bigfoot explanation is pretty much equally plausible right now though. A Wereyeti would be quite hilarious (or the reverse werecreature - a Yeti turning/disguising as a human).flipse
Mary - Glad you liked it! You taught me something with the "Redlegs" - thank goodness for Wikipedia!
Rubberduck - Cool, I'm glad you're liking the Aussie stuff - I was a bit afraid it would be impenetrable (except when it was SUPPOSED to be impenetrable).
Anonymous - Thanks. Yeah, that WAS stupid.
Emote Control - Hmmm. After a quick browse through the internet, twould appear you're right about shouting not being able to set off an avalanche. Thanks for the heads up - I've adjusted Stu's dialogue accordingly!
Eldoran - A werebear? Hmmmmm... I think that's the evil cousin of the Carebears...
PETER AND THE VAMPIRES is a horror/comedy web novel (and a free podcast!)about a normal, 10-year-old kid who moves into a sinister town filled with supernatural horribleness. The series is composed of different "monster of the week" stories - kind of like THE X-FILES crossed with THE SIMPSONS (if Mr. Burns were a ghoul and something terrifying lived in the town dump). "Peter And The Dead Men" is the first story in the collection. A new page is posted every day.
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Darren- As an artillery wife, I thank you for the howitzer mention!
REDLEGS!
Wonder of wonders! After a sojourn in a desolate internet-deprived wasteland (Hertfordshire) I have Snow Demons to catch up with!
Liking the eye dialect very much - and I can't think of anywhere else I've seen it used with Australian.
Snow Demons are definitely bestial, then. And I'm saying Snow DemonS, but looking at the title of the book it looks like there's only one - not a species or pack. Interesting.
And finally, enjoying the Peter/Qwen dynamic, and the Peter/Qwen/Dill dynamic as well!
Nerta = This is what the kids are saying these days to denote one who is calm one minute and a psycho the next.
"You see that little guy over there? Let's steal his baseball cards and custard-pie him."
"Nah, mate, nah, he's a proper nerta, he switched on Dazza last week when he spilled paint on his Boy Scouts necktie."
just a note: Peter realizes that Stu the ski instructor is Australian.
He does this BEFORE Stu introduces himself. Either Peter read some sort of unmentioned nametag, or you made a slight blunder in continuity.
You can't start an avalanche by shouting, it takes an explosion to set one off.
One has to wonder if this suspicious man is connected to the "Snow Demon". The most plausible choices in that case would he be either be directing it somehow (it might be the deity of the local cult for example) or he might even be it himself, similar to the mentioned werewolf - a werebear might fit the bill in that case (which my current bet). A Yeti / Bigfoot explanation is pretty much equally plausible right now though.
A Wereyeti would be quite hilarious (or the reverse werecreature - a Yeti turning/disguising as a human).flipse
Mary -
Glad you liked it! You taught me something with the "Redlegs" - thank goodness for Wikipedia!
Rubberduck -
Cool, I'm glad you're liking the Aussie stuff - I was a bit afraid it would be impenetrable (except when it was SUPPOSED to be impenetrable).
Anonymous -
Thanks. Yeah, that WAS stupid.
Emote Control -
Hmmm. After a quick browse through the internet, twould appear you're right about shouting not being able to set off an avalanche. Thanks for the heads up - I've adjusted Stu's dialogue accordingly!
Eldoran -
A werebear?
Hmmmmm...
I think that's the evil cousin of the Carebears...
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