Pitch Contest

There is a really wonderful pitch contest going on, with the awesome editors Shelly Watters, Cassandra Marshall, and Brenda Drake. My entry is posted here, if you want to take a peek at what was said!

This is my entry for those so inclined to see what I'm working on :)


Name: Meradeth Title: Shadows 
Genre: YA sci-fi 
Word count: 86,000 

Pitch: 
Step one: figure out what the oily shadows creatures Leah sees actually are. Step two: figure out why they murdered her family. Step three: figure out how to kill them all.

Excerpt: 
The dark rind of dried blood wasn't coming out from under my fingernails no matter how hard I scrubbed. I finally grabbed a paper towel and turned off the faucet, giving up. I used the same towel to push open the graffiti-coated door. A quick glance around the parking lot, thankfully empty, left me breathing easier. 

The wooden dowel the gas-station owner used to keep any non-customers from using his bathroom was shoved into my back pocket, and I stepped inside the convenience store to return it. The man behind the counter was reading a magazine with some stacked girl posing on the front in a way that amplified her 'assets.' I dropped the key on the counter and muttered, "In your dreams," as I walked away. The clerk didn't look up. 

An electronic chime sounded as the front door opened and I glanced up just in time to avoid slamming into the cop sauntering into the store. 
Also, please, go enter the giveaway here!