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Saturday, October 5, 2019

WeWriWa: Sporulators 12







Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors, where we share snips and bits of amazing tales by talented authors and writers. Each week, participants sign up HERE at wewriwa.com then post 8 to 10 sentences of their work, published or unpublished (we like it all) on their own blog to go live by 9:00 AM each Sunday. Then we visit each other and read and comment, critique, encourage--all those things that do a solitary writer's heart good.
      Snippet Sunday group from facebook, not us, but many of our participants do both, is HERE

      This week's snippet is from a short story, 'Sporulators', more dystopian/scifi, than anything I've written to date.
      I'm throwing some science into this story. Everything I'm writing thus far about how the mentioned  fungi behave is correct. I work in the field. :-)
     I've moved ahead in the discussion between Klars and Eastwold.

      Could be wonky punctuation to keep within the #wewriwa guidelines.

The snippet:
       
     The hyphae—you do remember what that is, right? I just told you. The hyphae forms lassoes as it grows, and then it uses pheromones to attract its prey. When the parasites—nematodes to be precise—go in search of that irresistible scent, and wiggle through the lasso, the loop cinches tight and then the Duddingtonia liquefies its catch and absorbs it.  Seriously, have you ever heard of such a thing? It lassoes its prey. It’s the cowboy of the microscopic world; you can probably relate to it.”

      Eastwold spun toward him. “Enough, Stinson! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to clean my six-shooters before we get any closer to a world that is suspiciously silent.”

 
 That's it for this week. Thanks for visiting! I am truly grateful for comments, suggestions, and for you taking the time to read it.

27 comments:

  1. Yeehaw! Great job of anthropomorphising the fungus.

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    1. Woohoo! I love it when one of my snippets earns your praise. :-) Thanks, Ed!

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  2. I think I like Eastwold. Great snippet.

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    1. I like him too. And I'm not real fond of Klars but I do feel sorry for him. Thanks, Fallon. :-)

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  3. I have a suspicion six-shooters won't be effective!

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  4. Oh my gosh! If those things grow larger on the planet, they would be deadly to humans. They definitely need to be ready to protect themselves before landing there.

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    1. Ding! Ding! Ding! Have you been to Greenleyone?? ;-) Thanks, Jessica!

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  5. You've captured this reader. Teresa, you have knocked me out.

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  6. Nothing Klars is telling him about the funghi makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

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    1. Haha! I'm glad it isn't giving you the feels, Alexis! Thanks. :-)

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  7. Poor Eastwold - he's really hanging onto his temper in exemplary fashion. Enjoyed the snippet!

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    1. He is. He's capable of some nasty thoughts, though. I hope he doesn't act on them. :-) Thanks, Veronica!

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  8. I love the opposing and very different conversations - makes me wonder how this is going 😊

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    1. I guess they'd better learn to work together or they're both going to die. Thanks, Carole! :-)

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  9. These plants are now reminding me of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors! They'd best be prepared for anything! Great story building here, Teresa!

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  10. Ew,I don't like the thought of those hyphae at all! I think Eastwold is a model of self control and actually managing to inject a little humour into the situation!

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    1. They are! Beware spores that germinate at body temperature. ;-) Thanks, Karen!

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  12. I'm starting to worry about those plants.

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    1. Yep. Life is unpredictable... :-) Thanks, Elaine!

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  13. Everything about that planet is scary. I'd stay away.

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  14. Eastwold is just not interested, lol, too funny.

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