The main focus of 2011, for me, is to write short fiction: short stories, novellas, twitfic, and flash. But, like any aspiring writer, I do have a few novel-length ideas outlined somewhere on the computer (in notebooks, scribbled on post-its—you get the idea).

So, I will take a break from short-story-land today, in honor if Absolute Write’s February Blog Chain, to describe one of my antagonists.

But, there’s a problem.

The person isn’t really an antagonist—not in the classical hero vs. villain sense.

I prefer, therefore, to think of this character as “a curious person whom my character wishes to better understand.”

We’ll call him, for the moment, Mr. O. B. Scure:

He is tall, slender. His face is fine with sharp edges and sad eyes. You might note, upon meeting, that he is androgynously handsome. His clothing: fitted jackets, silk shirts. And yet, you would not like to encounter him in the dark.  He is a mystery: speaking little, in a rich voice. Its gentle heat like the hearth of a large, forgotten manor.

Also working on the AW February chain gang:

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Also, here is PART TWO of the challenge.