http://www.amazon.com/Manna-X-Dani-J-Caile-ebook/dp/B00D94CWF0
I'm also doing quite well in the Iron Writer Autumn Open Prelims, 5 days to go...
http://theironwriter.com/the-iron-writer-challenge-129-2015-autumn-equinox-open-homer-bracket/
And I did Weekend Quickie 136, a good one :-)
http://theironwriter.com/the-iron-writer-challenge-weekend-quickie-136/
...but here it is, anyway :-) Hope you like it!
136 – image of Chinese baby in tub, Precocious, Nonplussed
When she opened the door, I was taken aback.
"Hua?" Her face was pale, her eyes like two
black pools. She said nothing, only gesturing me inside. "Not getting
enough sleep with the new one?" I hadn't been around since the birth of
their daughter.
"You could say that," replied Hua, shuffling
in her slippers. I followed her into the kitchen.
"Sorry, I couldn't come around earlier. How's
the...?" I stopped in my tracks, and Hua moved past, towards the cooker.
In the middle of the floor was a baby, resting in a small tub of water, with a
towel over its head. It looked so... confident. Strange. I bent down to greet
the girl. "Well, hello there..."
"Bow when you address me!"
I fell backwards in surprise, nonplussed.
"Wha...?"
"I said bow when you address nobility!" The
baby pointed her finger down forcefully.
"I...I..."
"I am Empress Jia, reincarnated! Bow,
peasant!"
I looked over at Hua and she was already on the floor,
bowing away. Empress Jia? I'd done my history, I knew who that was, but the
baby? Incredible. The baby was speaking.
"Now, get me a towel! I believe I have bathed
enough for now!" The baby stood up and turned around, her arms held
horizontally, readying herself. Hua passed me a towel and I put it around the
baby's shoulders.
"She's a bit... precocious, isn't she?" I
whispered to Hua.
"Silence! Otherwise I will call the
executioner!" Chang, Hua's husband, walked in holding a sword...
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