“She felt a pang, a deep wish for the bay, the soaring towers of the bridge, the sunlight skipping across ten thousand whitecaps between the Golden Gate and Alcatraz. She wanted the scent of the Pacific and the beauty of the cities and the mountains, and her man. She closed her eyes. She opened them and felt small, surrounded by the sweep of the continent. The sky was vast. It was glorious and terrifying.” SkyTexasTheMystery ThrillerDescriptive Writing Book:Into the Black Nowhere Source: Into the Black Nowhere
“The Christmas tree was a dark pyramid in the living room corner. Presents hid beneath it, wrapping paper quicksilver in the moonlight. He absorbed the stillness. An electric hiss seemed to saturate the air.” Mystery ThrillerDescriptive WritingUnsub Book:The Dark Corners of the Night Source: The Dark Corners of the Night