Promote your story but JUST with an excerpt that describes a sound (or lack there of) (also, what song best describes your story?)

Leyelle 2024-01-01 13:56:06 UTC #1

That’s when I hear the metallic scream - like a backing track to Kattar’s ‘What the f-.’

Something rushes at us with all the speed of a hurricane, washing out the road with its shivering lights. Kattar whips the steering wheel hard to his right making the car spin tee-to-tum and grate across the pavement with a horrible shriek that sets my ears ringing. I catch a glimpse of the other car as it careens around the corner in surround sound, barreling into us headlong, brilliant with sparks.

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and the song that best describes the story: "Say you love me" - Jesse Ware

CarltonIsaac 2024-01-01 14:35:38 UTC #2

This one -

ThunderChicken 2024-01-01 15:17:02 UTC #3

For Finding Daecon's Way there is a decent example of describing sound in the first chapter. Daecon is being chased by a bunch of hillbillies in a Brodozer truck with a highly modified diesel engine, and the chase is described (partially) here:

‘I’m never gonna outrun that thing on this road’, Daecon thought to himself. ‘I’ve got to out-manoeuvre it. But how? This highway is too damned straight. I need to get off it, and quick’.

That thought was driven home when he glanced in the rearview mirror again and saw the big Dodge only a few car lengths behind him. He could hear its turbocharged Cummins engine howling with rage. He was looking for anything – a side road, a sharp exit ramp, even a tight turn that might buy him a little more distance on the truck, but nothing came. The truck was getting closer and closer, and impact was going to happen at any moment.

Same chase scene, same diesel engine, but in a mellower mood as it has its prey cornered:

At first he was relieved to hear sweet silence, and almost started to think he was safe, but this thought was short lived as he heard the faint sound of a diesel engine approaching. It wasn’t screaming or howling with rage anymore, it was just idling along, clattering almost with leisure, and it was gradually getting louder. Daecon started the Porsche's engine again and looked around in a panic, thinking that maybe he might hide somewhere, but it was useless. The lookoff site had been chosen for its lack of large trees or obstacles, giving it a commanding and unfettered view of the lake and valley floor a thousand metres below.

I can't think of a song that describes this story, but the name of the story was inspired by the Rush song Finding My Way. There are a few chapters that take their names from or were inspired by songs as well, including This Flight Tonight by Nazareth, Waking Lions by Pop Evil, Love is in the Air by John Paul Young, and even the children's song, Teddy Bear Picnic (the chapter is called "If you go into the woods tonight")

For Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days, it's a true story but the actual writing it was inspired by the song of the same name by Judas Priest. This song was kind of my personal anthem in the mid 1980's.

Music is a big part of this story, and it even has its own official playlist. The music in this playlist is varied and eclectic, but every song is in it for a reason:

And the story itself:

Trish 2024-01-01 16:23:40 UTC #4

I'd say classical/romantic music such as La Campanella really capture the sophisticated, wealthy vibes of the Academy and the Guevarra Bloodline.

Leyelle 2024-01-01 20:57:23 UTC #5

Yeah, classical music is fancy music, and for some reason it seems that will never change.

Mansi_Gu 2024-01-02 19:19:53 UTC #6

This chapter had lots of music! Here's an excerpt hehe

From salsa to (classic and electric) swing, to foxtrot... The lights danced like the music playing, and the dancers enjoyed themselves more and more on the dance floor – boosted by the mysterious booze Soleil brought for the celebration. Mine also wanted to join the dance floor; after all, he loved seeing the lights shine on him, feeling the music permeate through his limbs and ears, and smiling while the drops of sweat fell to the floor... but he couldn't, or at least he thought so.

Oh, about the dancing scene, they danced the foxtrot rhythm~ I was inspired by the song "The more I see you" and "Summer Wind", both from Michael Bublé

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Leyelle 2024-01-07 15:04:26 UTC #7

Aaron: (as if to himself, sarcastically, in a low mutter) And the tension was so thick you could attempt to sever it with various cutting implements but they would all get wedged in the middle-

steppdusty 2024-01-07 23:57:24 UTC #8

As she walked deeper into the forest, the sounds of the town began to fade, replaced by the whispers of nature. The soft crunch of leaves beneath her feet, the trill of distant birds, and the soothing rustle of leaves brought a sense of calm to her racing thoughts. She took a deep breath, the earthy scent of the forest filling her lungs.

Leyelle 2024-01-14 13:32:54 UTC #9

She almost scoffs - a feathery soft laugh - and smiles, not brightly, but gently, whispering over me with an almost lullaby-ish lilt, “It’s not for me to say, darling. But you can’t blame yourself. This is just life. We can’t control what all we’re served.”

“But if I hadn’t…”

“No, dearest,” she coos, caressing my curls, “You don’t understand me. If you hadn’t suggested it, he would have. If you hadn’t insisted, he would have attended the ceremony as a guest. He was going to be there for you if there was any possible way he could manage it. There was nothing you could have done to make him happier than insist.”

GunmetalSkies 2024-01-15 15:37:25 UTC #10

The blood knight no longer galloped after him, but he could still hear the horse moving, crushing forest litter beneath its hooves. As far as he could tell, they proceeded at a steady walk. Searching. Though too dark to tell where it ended, the wall of trees had also stopped building itself. It brought a strange quiet to the forest. Even as Eli knew it was the same quiet that had inhabited it before the knight had sprung his chase, he could not help feeling unnerved by it. No different than the silence that settled over the battlefield, with neither side certain if it was the end or merely a lull before the worst hit.

Over-Cypher 2024-01-16 14:23:33 UTC #11

"Tension" from Korn
audio

"Mutter" from Rammstein
official MV

Comic here

Leyelle 2024-01-19 20:38:17 UTC #12

“I’ve got to hang up now, dearest,” Mrs. Moon says quickly, and I force myself to attend to what she’s saying as she prattles on - each word falling like fat raindrops on a cage, rolling their way around the thin bars with Laodicean energy and sliding reluctantly into cognition.

Might be one of my best metaphors imao