Looking for readers for a 1400 word interstitial short story. Here’s an excerpt to get you started.
Your Mama’s Adventures in Parenting
Your mama adjusted her face mask and checked the chronometer on her eyepiece. Darn it. The filter would only be good for another fifteen minutes. She was nowhere near finished with the job. And this particular theft would fetch a good price on the energy market, what with the price of methane.
She slid the siphon tube across to the capture valve and turned on the vacuum suction. If your mama could get most of the gas into the tank…
The filter failed. A rank, heavy scent, filled with sulfur and dead moss, burned into her sinuses. Your mama’s eyes watered. She pressed the filter, trying to snug it up or eke out a few more minutes. The smell just grew stronger, moving past eggs, and into the bowels of hell itself.
Just raise your hand in the comments below if you want to read. I’ll update when I have enough.  Okay! I’m all set, thank you.
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*Raises hand*.
Happy to be a beta.
Ooo ooo…ooo! *raises hand all Hermione style*
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Hand raised!
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Happy to help if you need additional readers.
If you can use another! Hand raised.
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well waves lol
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I’d be glad to beta read.
Hand here too
Yes please.
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I shall raise my hand as well.
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Yes, please!
The title made me laugh out loud. I’ll beta read it if you still need readers Mary.
If anybody drops and you need a backup reader, I’m here.
Sounds like fun. Hand raised if still needed.
I’m interested in reading!
Raising my hand if still needed.
I think I’m too late.
*waves anyway*
*hand raised and waving with an Arnold Horshack “Ooo! Ooo ooo!” going on*
Drat, too late! Maybe next time. 🙂