Creedle can usually be found playing pinball or watching indie horror. They live in Austin, Texas, with their husband and a feral cat named Hellman who was found with her head stuck in a mayonnaise jar.
Creedle applied the Page 69 Test to their new novel, The Girl in Green, and shared the following.
From page 69:Visit Laura Creedle's website."Go outside alone," he said. "It's not safe for you out there, especially if you don't know the area."Page 69 might sound a little more like a romance novel than a horror novel. This is the page that introduces her love interest, Barlow. That said, I do think it gives you a sense of the central mystery of the book. My main character, Jess, is trapped in a remote mountain boarding school, where strange things are happening. All she wants to do is escape. It’s clear from this passage that Jess isn’t going to give up on the idea of breaking out of school easily. She’s not a physical lightweight either, and she imagines herself as someone who would rather fight than flee. That sense of herself is tested in the book.
The way he said "for you" got under my skin. His voice had a slight accent, a twang of authority. He couldn't have annoyed me more if he'd called me "little lady."
I let go of the door and turned around, expecting to see a teacher or someone else who worked for the school. Instead, there was a boy my age standing behind me, with a dead serious look on his face. He had broad shoulders, shaggy dark curls, and a nose that looked like it had been broken and reset slightly crooked. That epic nose bump took his face to the next level. Modeling careers have been built on less.
"Did you just say 'not safe for you?"
The boy crossed his arms and smirked. "I did."
"Do I look like someone who can't handle myself to you?"
I asked slowly.
He looked down at my feet and moved his gaze slowly upward, lingering longer than was strictly necessarily. At five eleven, I was used to people taking me a bit more seriously than this.
"Most places, maybe," he replied slowly. "Not here."
I met his eyes, hoping to stare him down. They were nice eyes. Not brown, nor green, but some combination of the two—or maybe neither. I studied the brutal curve of his cheekbones, and contemplated my next move.
Page 69 is a little lighter in tone than the rest of my novel, but it’s not a bad representation. A better introduction comes earlier when Jess meets her new roommate, Ava. Ava enlists Jess to help her find a missing student, Layla. Layla was Ava’s roommate before Jess, and she disappeared under mysterious circumstances. At first, Jess doesn’t want to get involved, but Ava prods her. Ava challenges Jess to care about something other than escape. To care about someone other than herself. Ava is the soul of the book.
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