My New YA Novel?

A boy and his gold fish. A timeless image with a slight twist. This goldfish feeds on the souls of the innocent and the boy is his slave.





Billy Finnegan didn't think anything was strange on the eve of his 16th birthday when he won a goldfish at the gypsy carnival. He didn't think anything was strange when he was getting ready for bed that night with his new pet on his bedside table. But when he turned out the light and saw the fish surrounded in an eery green glow he thought something might be a little strange. And when his little sister entered his room in the middle of the night and the fish jumped out of its bowl and sucked the life out of her through her ear he knew something was strange.





Billy stared at his deflated little sis' and thought to himself, "As if being a teenager wasn't stressful enough."





How will Billy deal with the strife of high school and his duty to his soul sucking pet?





Read





Sam the Satanic Goldfish





to find out!





What do you think? Would you buy it?
My New YA Novel?
I'm not into horror myself but the book sounds like it would be a hit for horror and comedy lovers out there.





Never let anything stop you for going for dream to be a writer. I say you start the book and see if it is going well to you.
My New YA Novel?
I might buy it to see why Billy didn't think to flush the little demon down the toilet! :) Now if it was a non-flushable size pet...





BTW: I've seen some of your other posts, and you have a great imagination. You really should write a book, if you haven't already.
Reply:WHAT? A YA books without vampires? I hope there is a good backstory about how the gypsies get the goldfish from a stream behind Microsoft Headquarters where they are secretly releasing dangerous toxins into the water. MWAAAAAHHHHAAA. And everybody thinks Bill Gates is such a nice guy. And of course, eventually a legal aid with big boobs named Erin Wakovich will catch on and Billy will fall in love with her -- leading to the climax of the book (and Billy's climax too) when Erin beds him in order to secure information on Sam. Of course, like any typical 16 year old virgin, as soon as Erin unbuttons her top button, he sings like a canary and it's all over for him (in more ways than one). I am seeing Martin Scorcese going after the rights to this one. Johnny Depp as the evil Bill Gates. Jessica Alba as the good hearted and large busted Erin. This is BIG! Pax-C
Reply:hahahaha, I love the title! Uh, I don't think I would buy this for myself or anyone I know unless it turned out to be a satire dramatizing young adult stories. However, I would definitely read into it if I found it on a book shelf. If you don't mind, I'd like to make a suggestion: the "eerie green glow" has been overplayed (i.e.: Goosebumps), buy maybe if his eyes glowed green, that would be a bit cooler. Less like a fish bowl night light, too.





I also think it's great that: Billy stared at his deflated little sis' and thought to himself, "As if being a teenager wasn't stressful enough.", rather than "oh GOD what's that fish doing to my sister?!"





I will admit, I'm "hooked" (pun not originally intended, but I went with it)
Reply:Love it. Buy? Nope, I don't buy books but I would definitely read it if I found it in the library.





Wow, that is really original. I'm impressed. Write the story please. ^_^
Reply:That's fantastic! I've been giggling over a couple of your book descriptions tonight. If the fish only feeds on innocents, not Billy, does that mean Billy had a deep dark secret?





That could be a late primary school book a la Paul Jennings, or if you wrote it with a little more complexity, it could be the teen book that FINALLY knocked Twilight off the top of the hill. Please. PLEASE.





If you do publish it please let me know, I'm trying to build my new niece a decent book collection and that's just perfect for her. Or it will be once she grows out of the 'size 0000' jumpsuits.





Did you intend "sucked the life out of her through her ear" to be a reference to Douglas Adams' Babel Fish? A small yellow fish that lives inside the ear and translates all known languages? In 'A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy', the existence of that fish destroyed God, making it almost satanic also.

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