First Six Sentence Sunday of the Year!

Happy 2012! Once the hangover from all that merrymaking wears off, here's wishing everyone health, joy, love, and every success in the year to come! And now, on to SSS:

This is a weekly feature whereby participants post six (6) sentences of their work, published or otherwise, to be read (and possibly critiqued) by everyone else. Thank you to all regular commenters for your return visit, and welcome to all new visitors!

For a list of this week's participants, click HERE.

This week's snippet is once again from Oracle, which I'm furiously completing my final edits for:

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"This is a bad idea," Holloway muttered, wide eyes flitting about. I'd seen those eyes before, on an antelope on the Discovery Channel, as it drank from a crocodile-infested lake.

We stood in an alleyway reeking of spoiled food and old piss. A flickering fluorescent bulb cast long, dancing shadows, illuminating the neon graffiti adorning the walls, proclaiming endearing messages such as J-Man likes 2 suck cock. A rat the size of a small dog strolled brashly past us, gnarled tail swishing, before disappearing under an overflowing wheelie bin. The greasy odour of chip oil flowed from a rattling vent, a promise of the culinary delights awaiting the discerning connoisseur at the Codfather fish and chips shop.

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Don't forget to stop by and read the other participants' offerings! There are some definite gems!