Hmm. You're right. We should probably pair up the way glowworm does it for TAPM. Everybody post and the styles of writing that are closest to each other will be pairs. Post a short excerpt that isn't sci-fi, and we'll pair up. sorry, I stole that idea from the TAPM.

Mine will be fantasy.

The dim lantern that served as the only light flickered, casting lengthened shadows across the canvas tent.

Aaron shivered and rolled over beneath the threadbare blanket he shared with his four companions.  But the thick canvas tent and thin blanket were not enough to keep out the biting cold. It  stung like sharp iron nails being driven into his flesh, but there was no way to escape it.  his breath came out in puffs of steam, hovering in the air for a mere moment, almost mockingly, before evaporating. Aaron shut his eyes tightly, listening intently for a consoling sound. he could hear Nathaniel snoring beside him, Noah's raspy uneven breathing, Jenna's murmuring as she slept, encompassed, within Noah's protecting arms, and Alan's pounding heart, there heartbeat that matched Aaron's own.

And then, something else. The snapping of a twig and a muffled curse in the distance, within the trees beyond the clearing.  At first, Aaron assumed he'd imagined it. but the more he thought, the clearer it became. Monsters took shape in his mind, although none as frightening and vivid as what waited with bated breath just outside the tent.