Writing Cool Short Stories textbook - Carol J. Amato, Author

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Writing Cool Short StoriesSamantha Jones 15th GradeMs. GreenThe Lost Treasure of the Golden SunIntense heat rushed over Anny Bradford as if she had opened thedoor to a hot oven. Flames flashed before her, and she shrank against thevinyl upholstery of the old green station wagon as it rolled up the deserthighway of the Navajo Nation. Oh, no! Please! Not now! She clutchedher stomach, trying to ward off the image.Flames crackled viciously, though she knew no one else in the carcould see or hear them. Above the blaze floated a turquoise stone rimmedin silver on a beaded leather band. Smoke seared her lungs, sucking theair right out of them. She coughed violently, gasping for breath.Beside her on the back seat, Scout nudged her and whispered,“You’re not having another vision, are you?”Anny ignored her twin. The flames began to lick at her. She raised herarms to protect herself against the blast as smoke stung her eyes.Figure 2. First page of a manuscript in proper manuscript format.42
Writing Cool Short StoriesJones/Lost Treasure 2“Don’t let Jim see you,” Scout continued, her tone more than alittle irritated. “He’ll send us home!”Anny tried to control herself. Their parents and Eric Larson’sgrandma had let them fly alone to Arizona yesterday from their homesin California. Not many twelve-year-olds got to do that. She didn’twant to be responsible for ruining their first parent-free vacation.Eric reached across Scout’s lap to touch Anny’s arm. He rapidlyformed words with his hands, his way of talking because he was deaf.“What are you seeing?”Anny wanted to sign back but couldn’t. Sweat beaded on herforehead despite the chill that ran up her spine. The leather band andflames weren’t really there, she knew, yet she reached out to grasp thestone. As her fingers closed around it, the silver at its edges burned herskin. She pulled her arm back quickly, the stone still in her closed fist.She rolled down the window, desperately hoping that fresh air wouldsave her. Thrusting her burning hand outside, she hurled the stone andband to the ground, gasping again as clean air replaced the smoke in herlungs. She prayed the experience would end.Figure 3. First page of a manuscript in proper manuscript format.43
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