So without further ado here is Annabeth Leong
On Sinkhole
I lived in a small
Florida town for a long time, and my story for Through the Storm,
"Sinkhole," is based on my memories of what it was like
there. Like the main character, I spent a lot of time wandering
around exploring overgrown, out-of-the-way places, particularly
sinkholes. For those who've never encountered one, a sinkhole forms
when the surface layer collapses. They result is a tiny valley which,
in Florida, soon teems with plant life. I'd never seen them before I
moved to that town, and they seemed magical and otherworldly. I was
fascinated and terrified.
You don't have to walk
very far into a sinkhole to feel as if you've gone into a different
place. The trees are usually so thick and the drop so steep that,
only a few feet in, you already can't see the road. I used to hide in
sinkholes when I cut school. I once climbed down to the bottom of a
sinkhole that was part of the yard of a really nice house and had a
weird encounter with someone else hiding out down there. And, most
memorably, there was really a time I went down into a sinkhole with a
lover in a rainstorm (though I think what happens in the story is
hotter than what I did). I remember kissing and kissing, feeling wild
from the power of the storm.
It's not just the place
that rings for me, though. "Sinkhole" isn't just a hot
scene in the rain—it's also about the hidden parts of a person's
life, and so the sinkhole represents more to me than just a location.
About Annabeth
Annabeth Leong's erotic
altruism includes her fairy tale retelling The Six Swans for
the Coming Together: Neat line, which benefits Kiva; a story of two
cosplayers at a comics convention for Coming Together: For Equality,
which benefits the Planting Peace - Equality House; a story of a
woman soldier on leave for Coming Together: In The Trenches, which
benefits Protect Our Defenders; and a dirty, disturbing Bible story
for Coming Together: By The Book, which benefits Darkness to Light.
She also writes for cash and glory, and a full list of her work can
be found on her blog (annabethleong.blogspot.com).
She lives in Providence, RI, and tweets @AnnabethLeong
Thanks Annabeth for popping along!
Please don't forget that you can buy Coming Together: Through the Storm
from Amazon, All Romance Ebooks and many other places. All links can be
found here: http://www.eroticanthology.com/throughthestorm.htm
Competition/Give Away
If you happen to be so kind to buy the book (you should, it's really
good if I do say so myself!) and then review it send me the link to my
email address reliefanthology '@' gmail 'dot' com I will put you into a
prize draw to win any one of my ebooks/books (you get to pick which).
Which means not only do you get to donate to charity (all proceeds of
Coming Together: Through the Storm go to Mercy Corps) you may well be
getting two books for the price of one - and that can't be bad at all.
