I actually like stories by non-fetishists better for getting off, some of the time -- and I google them out (through phrases like "she sneezed" and such) regularly. Random people's RP logs are the best.

I suppose it just makes me less self-conscious to read descriptions of sneezing fits from people who aren't concentrating on it. Kind of like a candid shot, you know?

Ah, yes. That is exactly it. I will type in the name of a character I like followed by the word "sneezed/sneeze/sneezes/sneezing" and see what I can find. I will then read the passage several times and usually giggle obscenely for quite some time there after....

Wow, what a great topic idea, Aku!

I, too, usually search for fics by Googling "[character A]" + "[character B]" + "sneezed" OR "sneeze" OR "sneezing" OR "sneezes" plus often something else to further narrow the search, like "a cold" or "sick" or "bless you" or whatever.

My favorite non-fetish sneeze scenes are pretty much any Sentinel fanfic with Jim sneezing. Easy to find, since he does it quite often in fanfic, because he did it fairly often in the show. (I love when you have a good frame of reference for fanfic sneezes, and especially here: canon-wise, Jim has big, loud, HOT masculine sneezes. I'm not saying the show was or was not written by fetishists, but Goddamn, that show had a lot of very fine sneezes!) One of my fanfic favorites is barely a sentence, but there's something about it that's just SO hot!

He leaned down to kiss Blair again, and barely turned his head in time to avoid sneezing on his Guide.

Tiny, really having no consequence in the story, but the image of it...mmm.

One of my other favorite scenes isn't even really a part of the fic so much as it is a description of something from canon. The fic is from Blair's mom's POV, and she's describing the first time she met Jim (in the show):

The first time I saw Jim Ellison, he was sneezing. At the sage I was burning in his and Blair's apartment in Cascade. He's a big man with a big sneeze; I'm sure that has significance, but I really don't want to go there.

Yum. Just...yum. A wonderful description, one I can fill in using my memory of the episode, plus a nice sexual spin. I love it.

Another one of my favorites is basically the entire first quarter of this fic, because of the wonderful combination of multiple sneezes and vulnerable Jim (I love vulnerable Jim). I don't want to post the exchange, because the sneezy scene is literally a good quarter of the story, and I don't want to take this liberty of copying and pasting that much. Sorry. Suffice it to say there are a lot of very hot sneezes, as well as various other things that punch my buttons, including the "finger under the nose" trick to stop a sneeze, and one nose-blow (into a hankerchief).

I'm sure I'll think of more favorites later, but for now, those are the ones that instantly come to mind.

Abyssinia,
Barrie

Ooohhhhhh, this is a good topic! It's too bad a few of the book passages I'm thinking of, I don't have anymore. The last romance novel I read with really good sneezing in it I just lent out to a friend of mine! It was just one of those monthly Harlequin books that I happened to pick up for some reason, I think I had read the author before and wanted that particular book, plus I think I liked the title as well. It was Karen Anders, Almost Naked, Inc, I think that was the name. Anyway, for two pages, the hero is underneath the heroine's bed, hiding, and it's really dusty, and she tells it from his point of view. He's struggling to not sneeze, and listening to the heroine talk to her mom. Then, after the two women leave the room, he get out, shakes off the dust, and sneezes, muffling the sneeze with his shirt. It was so hot, I read it several times! I also told my friend I wanted that book back!
And also, Stephen King always has some sort of sneeze in his books, and there are so many I remember reading over and over, and even bookmarking those pages to read the passages again and again!
I have also decided to put sneezes in everything I write, and have posted some of my favorite sneezing scenes that I wrote and love to read over and over again!
I do love it when authors put sneezing in their books!

You really hit the nail on the head, Nonny. And it kind of ties in to why I'd rather not let people know about my fetish. I feel like any sneeze related stuff is more candid and not so played up if they have no idea what effect it's having on me. It somehow seems more real. Am I making sense? I usually don't...

And that Weiss Kreuz stuff... Jesus! I don't know anything about that fandom, but I read that excerpt about 100 times, and I still haven't had enough! Gonna go read it again now. Yum.

I don't actually have the copy of this saved anymore, but I thought I'd tell you all about it anyway.

I was doing a roleplay with two friends, we'll call them Jane and John. We were in this ancient, dusty old palace, their two characters were exploring one room and mine was exploring another. Jane's goes to wipe the dust off a picture or something and starts sneezing. Now, I'm very good friends with both these people, but John knows about my fetish and Jane doesn't. Thinking this is incredibly funny and wanting to tease the hell out of me, Jonh's character (who is a neko) sees fit to torment Jane's by using his tail as a feather duster or sorts. And ye gods, what a scene ensued. I wish I still had it saved, but sadly it was lost when my old computer kicked the bucket. Still, it was pretty amazing ^_^

oh my what a brilliant topic idea.... I can think of a lot of quotes, but they're all in Dutch! I suppose I could put them here anyway (show you the way a Dutch sneeze is spelled... sadly lacking variation, by the way!) or translate them. but to do that, I have to have the books... and they're all in my parents' house!
fear not, though I'll get them soon.

Random bits from online journals that amused me (I copied them just as they are, spelling errors and all...LOL):

I dusted the house today and sneezed lots. My mother kept asking me if I had a cold. She is so annoying. Just because I sneeze it doesn't mean I have a cold.




I must have sneezed 100 times today. People are going to run out of blessings fo rme. I'm tired of hearing it anyway.



I just sneezed four times in a row and it made my head spin. Felt good though. I think my sister heard me because she is now mocking me all the way down tthe hall. Brat.

:

This poem is about sneezing and I just sneezed while reading it. I think the writer did that on puppose. (WHAT.) My friend claims the same thing happened to her. Maybe it is sublemenal. (sub-what?! )







And here is some more "Weiss Kreuz" crap that amused me because I am easily amused, apparently:



The classic "someone talking about him" scenario that this culture is famous for:

Aya sneezed four times and glared over the roof. 'Probably bad-mouthing me for leading them on a wild goose chase... Stupid guards...'

Four times, huh? Someone really must be spreading rumors....




Hehehehe.....

Yoji looked to Ran as he sneezed. "Bless you. Your not sick are you?" Ran blinked and then shook his head. "I don't think so." He then looked to his younger sister as she held a hand to his forehead. "No fever. Someone must have been talking about you." She said. Ken smirked. "Probably your evil side cursing you for escaping him."

*Snicker*



HA, someone gave Brad Crawford cat allergies....


Brad sneezed again. “Just throw the damned thing out of the window,” he whined uncharacteristically. He’d been given more drugs, and felt a little out of it.

“Do you want to get home in one piece, or do you want to kill the cat?” Schuldig snapped.

Brad sank into his seat, glowering at his partner. Things had been great recently between them, and he didn’t want to mess it up over one cat, but he felt it unreasonably selfish of Schuldig not to comply with his demands immediately. He sneezed miserably again.

Schuldig swiped at the cat, briefly scaring it into the back seat.



Perfume is a bitch:

Aya sniffed at the cotton, experimentally taking a whiff. Immediately, the smell of sticky, old cigarette smoke and a sharp cologne filled Aya's noses. He sneezed, the fumes too strong.



And later in the same fic....Youji wakes up and does something amusing....

Then, that red began to take a focus, the blurry streaks fading into thin, petite hairs. A strand of hair tickled the side of his nose and lips.

Yohji sneezed into Aya's hair, sending his face ricocheting off the top of Aya's head. Sometime in his sleep, he had curled up over Aya, his arm still across Aya's waist. He had burrowed his head into Aya's hair during his sleep. That vision of red had been Aya's head, those red strands blurring together in Yohji's hazy morning vision. Yohji yawned and pulled away a bit, rolling onto his back and withdrawing his arm from Aya's side. Yohji looked down at his still sleeping companion, Aya not stirring at Yohji's movements.

HAHA Everyone knows Brad is allergic to like, all animals. XD

Draco always has allergies:
"I can stand up to you, Malfoy."

Malfoy's retort was cut off as, without any warning, he sneezed.

Despite herself, Ginny was concerned. "Are you sick?"

Draco shook his head. "No, I have allergies. There's a plant out here which always makes my head go stuffy."

Ginny couldn't help giggling as Draco sneezed again. "That's so cute!" she exclaimed.

Draco scowled. He sat down with a flounce on the grass and stared up at her challengingly. With a mental shrug, she sat down next to him and stared out across the lake.

Shigure:
Sohma Shigure sneezed so hard that some old ladies who were standing in front of the cashier turned towards him. He smiled meekly at them and rubbed his nose, considering buying some medicine for allergies. He was afraid that he was becoming allergic to flowers in the spring, and to think that he still had so much work to do, namely his new collaboration novel.

Anderson. Bwaha! XD

Anderson awoke in a rather dazed mood. He did not get hangovers, however he did manage to get himself into trouble while in a state of inebriation. Waking up in a dank alley, reeking of pepper spray and covered with kitty cats was an excellent example. Anderson groaned as he came to, a little stiff from the strange position he'd fallen asleep in. Two orange fluffy flea-bitten felines were nestled against his chest.

He sneezed.

The furballs purred loudly. Anderson yawned and stretched, toppling a series of garbage cans. The cats both startled and leapt up hissing. Neither one was declawed. Anderson yowled as they dug their talons into his flesh.

"Bloody beastly little bastards!"

Roy (Fullmetal Alchemist):

Roy sneezed. And sneezed.

Hawkeye glanced at his writhing figure on the floor. “You okay?” she said without much interest.

He sneezed again. She side-stepped him neatly, taking care not to trip on the broom he was clutching like a lifeline.

“What the hell are you talking about,” he gasped out through his face mask. “Of course I’m not okay. Can we stop now? This dust is *killing* me.”

Hawkeye wrenched the faucet open and stoically held out a filth-stained rag under the rushing water. “We’re not stopping until we’ve scrubbed every inch of this place,” she said in a cool voice, watching the *mud* flow. “It’s your apartment. Quit complaining.” She closed the tap over the sound of another sneeze and began to wring the rag dry as hard as she could.

“That’s why I’m asking you to stop,” Roy complained.

I love finding these. XD

- Kisa, still tired through she just woke up.

When I was younger any book that I read which had a sneeze, especially one which gave away a hiding place, would drive me crazy! I don't much search on google for sneeze stories, since I enjoy the fiction on Serotica and other sneezefic sites. But I do see and understand the allure of "candid sneezes"

Aku, you stop with giggling?

I suppose I'm a naughty, naughty nonny.

But I don't usually pick characters I like on purpose -- it's less candid, and also I just can't get off on fanfic when the characterization isn't right, so it's too much of a crapshoot. I'll enjoy the hell out of a fanfic with characters I like sneezing, if I stumble across it, though -- there's this one X-files fic that pops up in my searches sometimes with Mulder and Scully fucking AND sneezing, and that's a lot of fun.

--nonny

sometimes i prefer non fetishists stories, because theyre more of a surprise and usually more enjoyable, because whn you read sneeze fetishists' stories, you already know there will be sneezes in them

THere's this absolutely delightful Pirates of the Caribbean Jack/Norrington story: http://www.marquesate.org/fanfiction-potc-influenza1.html

As far as I can tell, it was written by a non-fetishist...it's only posted on "normal" slash sites (and it doesn't spell out the sneezes), but it belongs right in the sneezefic archives! Check it out:

"The door flew open the next moment and none other than Jack Sparrow stumbled into the room, flailing his arms in the most flamboyant fashion and nearly being blown over by a series of sneezes. "Damn you!" His voice sounded very much like the Rear Admiral's. Nasal, blocked and quite pathetic, and definitely no less irate.

His outburst was followed by another mighty sneeze, while desperately rummaging in the folds of his clothes for a kerchief to wipe his nose before he'd be reduced to using his coat's large cuffs."

Gotta love it...

This topic made me sad...When I was little, back before I had a computer, I actually (gasp!) read books for fetish material. Anyone know of the series called the Boxcar Children? There was this one book in the series I read in like 2nd grade where the younger brother had a cold and sneezed throughout the whole book (back then it didn't matter to me who was sneezing, now I can only stand female sneezes) He loses his handkerchief somewhere, and that's where they find the missing diamonds or something equally ridiculous. But after I returned it to the shelf I could never find it again...ever. I forget what it was called, but I looked hard for it. It really bummed me out, cuz back then I was hard up to find media with sneezing in it, without the internet. And now I must go read sneeze fiction until I'm happy again. Goodnight.

I actually found a Futurama fanfic recently in which sneezing was an important part. It's long, and only Fry sneezes, so be warned if you only like female sneezes and quick reads It also seems to be obvious that the writer is a non-fetishist. I didn't get much out of this story except the thrill and amusement of finding a fiction on a non-fetish site that had sneezing, but I didn't find it particularly exciting.

I agree. And it always interests me to see the POV from a non-fetishist.

I have had this fetish as long as I remember and most of my reading material is from my childhood.

I can't remember whether it was in Malory Towers, or the Twins at St Clares books by Enid Blyton, but the class plays a prank on their french teacher using sneezing powder. I reread that over and over. lots of sneezes.

She also wrote a little story for children called the Tiresome Brownie which has sneezing powder.
She wrote another story like that about an elf or something that makes people sneeze so they will buy his cold medicine.

Then there was Sweet Valley high. Romeo and two Juliets has a bunch of people sneezing and coming down with colds, plus the whole nurturing thing.

There was also a series Nightmare on Fear Street or something and one story was about a werecat that goes into her enemies room while she is a cat and the girl is allergic to her and sneezes an awful lot. That is one of my favourites and when I am in a shop I still go and check the childrens section for that book and quicjkly reread that passage.

I also recently remembered an author that I used to read fanatically in high school, who also threw in quite a few sneezes in several of his books. Christopher Pike was his name, and I thoroughly loved his books (even without the sneezing), but I did always make sure I marked the pages of the books with sneezes, and read those parts over and over again. One book of his that stuck out in my mind was in his Final Friends trilogy, and it was one of the lead characters, I think his name was Michael, who faked a bunch of sneezes during an SAT or ACT test, and then "sneezed violently" as he was passing this girl on his way to take his test up. He dropped everything, and then handed her a sheet with the answers to help her out because she was struggling. It was such a cute image for me! I don't know that I've read a lot of books with people faking sneezes in them!

Okay, I just picked up a book today by Lisa Kleypas. She writes a lot of Regency romance novels. The book was called It Happened One Autumn. On page 6, the two female characters are in a perfume shop, and here is the line that I read next:

Quickly losing interest, Daisy wandered to the cosmetic shelves, opened a jar of powder that made her sneeze, and selected a tin of pastilles that she proceeded to crunch noisily.

I must read on in hopes of some male sneezing! LOL

I can't remember the books off hand but I too read a lot of books with sneezing parts and read the part over and over and over. Sneesee I read Christopher Pike too a while back......He used to do pop a sneeze in from time to time. I am reading Harlequin books right now. Carly Phillips to be exact maybe I will look up the one you said.

Oooohh, she has female sneezes in her Hot Stuff and Hot Number books. I recommend both, they are very good. Both of those are from colds, I think. But, that Karen Anders book, I'm not sure if you can still find it, perhaps online?

Wait, I can't believe I forgot to write this one in before! I was re-reading my favorite book ever, and I found a passage that really tickled my fancy!!!
I was flipping through Jeff Gordon's autobiography, and he writes:

"You can flip a sprint car faster than you can sneeze, and you're usually traveling at a healthy speed when you do it."

Jeff Gordon, hot racecar driver and man of my dreams wrote that line, and I remember the first time I read it. I was like, WOW! Then I thought to myself, "Well Jeff, how fast can you sneeze? And what does it sound like?" He he he I was very excited when I saw that in his book!

Guess what, I picked up yet another romance with some female sneezing in it! This one is called My Favorite Witch, by Annette Blair.
The scene is the witch, who's a hot, red-headed witch, and her hockey-player boss are in the attic of a mansion, looking at all the old stuff.
The line is:

She threw a gold-cut velvet shawl around her shoulders, sneezing at the dust she sent into the air.

Just wanted to share!

Ooh I don't remember seeing this topic before, good idea though! Anyway onto my contribution.
A pair of passages from Garth Nix's 'Lirael' that very much caught my attention when I read it:

Everywhere throughout the cavern there were flowers. Red flowers. Lirael bent down and picked one, uncertain if it was some sort of illusion. But it was real enough. She felt no magic, just the crisp stalk under her fingers. A red daisy in full bloom. Lirael sniffed it and sneezed suddenly as the pollen went up her nose. Only then did she realise how quiet it was.

As the Book had warned, there was ice and frost all over her, lining every fold of her clothing. There was even an icicle hanging from the tip of her nose. She broke it off, which hurt, and sneezed

Okay, I'm really loving some of the romance novels I'm picking up lately! Here are two more I just started reading, and fond two more sneeze references!
The first one is from an anthology about shapeshifters and vampires and werewolves, and stuff. The book is called Hot Blooded. This particular story is by Emma Holly and it's called The Night Owl. In it, Bastien is a vampire shape-shifter type creature, with a sensitive nose! He sneezes once as a wolf, and once in his "human" form. Here are the two scenes:

When the wolf was close enough to sniff her offering, it sneezed.

Bastien broke the silence by sneezing at her perfume.

The other book I just got on Saturday, is by Rachel Gibson, called Sex, Lies, and Online Dating. In this particular passage, the heroine and her blind date are discussing viloent crimes, and serial killers. This is what Lucy, the heroine says:

"Most people with a conscience tell people about their crime. It's like a sneeze. It's got to come out to relive the pressure."

When I was little (before I understood why), I really liked to read the first Nancy Drew book (the Secret of the Old Clock, or something similiar to that) because of that. The climactic scene has Nancy overhearing the kidnappers talking from her hiding place in a dusty, musty closet. You can guess what happens...

Kay, this one's goooo-ooood...
it's from 'Catch 22', the book you all have read... and if not, you should. IMMEDIATELY. and NOT only for this passage. and ESPECIALLY if you're an Amurrican.

now I've got a Dutch translation ( blasphemy!) of the book, so I've tried to translate it back into English. any discrepancies and flaws in this passage are more than likely to occur - apologies in advance - corrections heartily welcomed!

He turned swiftly back to Yossarian and before he could speak sneezed six times in a row, teetering a bit each time and raising his elbows in a vain attempt to stop the sneezing. The lids of his watery eyes were red and swollen.
"What does the guy think," he snapped, sniffing fiercely and wiping his nose on the back of his wrist, "that he's a detective or something?"
(...) Yossarian grabbed his arm and dragged him down. Dobbs started sneezing again. "I'm allergic," he said apologetically, when he'd done sneezing and the water was running from his eyes and nostrils.

Mmmmmmmmm.

SO good to accidentally stumble upon passages like this in non-fetishist stories. it's like hearing a perfect sneeze (or a fit, rawr) on the street when you don't expect it. Ooooooo, I love the surprise element

So glad someone mentioned Blyton, a great source of sneezes when I was young. I've just come across one that really obsessed me, "The Castle of Adventure" [London 1946]. ,where for good Blytonian reasons, our hero hides in a suit of armour, as one does, and there follows a not sneezing while hiding episode.

"...and Philip ... in great danger of being discovered,. He's only got to sneeze or cough, you know!"

Lucy-Ann...at once imagined poor Philip trying to stifle sneeze after sneeze. '

This haunted me for years. And there are several more Blytonian sneezes I can't place precisely.


And Sanne, I've found my copy of CATCH-22 but can't locate the quote, because of Heller's wonderfully bizarre narrative technique. Still, for an off the cuff translation from the Dutch, your version sounds pretty good.

it's about halfway chapter 27, 'Nurse Duckett' (assuming of course that the chapter titles have not been changed in translation).
oh, and thank you

He whirled back to Y and, before he could speak, sneezed thunderously six times, staggering sideways on rubbery legs in the intervals and raising his elbows ineffectively to fend each seizure off. The lids of his watery eyes were puffy and inflamed.

"Who does he think," he demanded, sniffing, [sic] spasmodically and wiping his nose with the back of his sturdy wrist, "he is, a cop or something?"

...Y caught his arm and yanked him down. D began sneezing again. "I have an allergy," he apologized when he had finished, his nostrils running and his eyes streaming with tears.



Fascinating exercise in double translation. I think your version is pretty damn good, but there are very odd words that couldn't reasonably have been foresseen.

Except that I expected COP in the context. And can one teeter absolutely rather than teetering on something. I realise that that is a bit far-fetched. I put SIC because there shouldn't be a comma there.

Isn't this fun. Should we try again. Orr sneezes in the long paragraph towards the end of Milo the Mayor, but it's not very exciting.

There's another one I came across and like very much.

In CS Forester's 'Hornblower and the Atropos' there is a passage at the end of chapter 5 where Hornblower has to sneeze several times after getting soaked to the skin during Nelson's burial on the Thames.
In chapter 6 he is visiting the king, with the worst cold he ever had. Lots of sniffling etc are discribed. Cannot quote as I only have the Dutch version in my library (of course!) and most of you will not understand.

Oooooooo!!!! Hornblower *drool* Haven't read the books, only saw the BBC miniseries. But now I have an another excellent reason to check out the books. *grin*

Thanks!

I am now reading what I guess you would call a "chick lit" book by Sue Margolis. She wrote a few other zany books, and I absolutely adore her writing! She has this naturally funny voice and style, but anyway, I digress! There is a line in her newest book, Original Cyn, about a character she calls "Gazza." From what she says about him, he doesn't seem attractive, but rather amsuing. So, here's the little line, and the word sneezed jumped right out at me on that page, he he he:

"Just then, Gazza sneezed. As he reached into his pocket for his handkerchief, his keys fell out and onto the floor."

Just loved seeing that word in her book! I think it's the first time and I've read all her novels!

Edited to add: I was finishing this book last night, and I found another part with a female sneeze. It was briefly mentioned, but I love the whole idea of people sneezing when the room is absolutely quiet!

"Empty seconds ticked by. Jenny sneezed. Ken handed her the box of tissues."

Two sneezes in one book, not bad, huh?

Gotta love Hornblower.

From the Atropos:

And then he sneezed three times running.

. . .

Of course it was raining. The westerly wind still blew and bore with it today flurries of heavy rain, which hissed down on the surface of the river, roared on the tarpaulins of the wretched boat's crew, and rattled loudly on the sou'wester which Hornblower wore on his head while he sheltered his cocked hat under his boat cloak. He sniffed lamentably. He had the worst cold he had ever experienced, and he needed to use his handkerchief. But that meant bringing a hand out from under his cloak, and he would not do that - with the boat cloak spread round him like a tent as he sat in the stern-sheets, and with the sou'wester on top, he could hope to keep himself reasonably dry as far as Whitehall if he did not disturb the arrangement. He preferred to sniff.

Up the river, through the rain; under London Bridge, round the bends he had come to know so well during the last few days. He cowered in misery under his boat cloak, shuddering. He was sure he had never felt so ill in his life before. He ought to be in bed, with hot bricks at his feet and hot rum-and-water at his side, but on the day when the First Lord was going to take him to the Court of St. James's he could not possibly plead illness, not even though the shivers ran up and down his spine and his legs felt too weak to carry him.

. . .

Hornblower sniffed again, miserably. He could not even congratulate himself on the fact that he felt so ill he knew almost no qualms about his new experience which was awaiting him, because, stupefied by his cold, he was unable to indulge in his habitual self-analysis.

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Love Hornblower. *runs of to reserve that from the library*

Oh... and there is a link in the "House" thread about a non-fetish person's story about Wilson having a cold and House taking care of him. Very cute.

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this one yet as WTF, I am WAY too lazy to read through all that crap! XD Kidding, it's not,but I am too lazy to read it all. But I digress. (suprised? XD )

Chronicles of Narnia; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:

In the first chapter, soon after Eustace, Edmund, and Lucy have been pulled out of the water by Prince Caspien;

"Am I to understand," said Reepicheep to Lucy after a long stare at Eustace, "That this singularly discourteous person is under your Majesty's protection? Because, if not - "
At this moment Lucy and Edmund both sneezed.

XD *cackles over the idea of Edmund sneezing* He was always my favorite in those books, even in the first. I could sympathise with him. But anywho. There you have it!

~DS

A few years ago - Zed sent me an Amazon gift cert for my birthday and with it I bought a book entitled "the Stargazer" written by Michelle Jaffe - an exerpt is within as the sneezes are amazing and do continue in different parts of the book.

I'm currently reading a book called "The Amber Spyglass" by Phillip Pullman. It's the 3rd book in His Dark Materials trilogy. This passage is towards the begining of the book on page 21.

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"Slow Progress," said Balthamos sourly.
"I can't help that," said Will. "If you can't say anything useful, don't speak at all."
By the time he reached the edge of the forest, the sun was low and the air heavy with pollen, so much so that he sneezed several times, startling a bird that flew up shrieking from somewhere nearby.
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After that passage it just continued with the story and I was thinking, "Oh come on, you have to give me more detail than that!"

Right now I'm about halfway through the book and so far there hasn't been anymore mention of sneezing. There wasn't any mention of sneezing in the first two books either that I can remember. Still a great trilogy if you like sci-fi/fantasy.

Oh yes, I remember reading that one.

Here's a couple of my favorites:

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper.

"There it is! There is a door! Ouf--" He staggered backwards, gasped, and sneezed. "It's all covered in dust and cobwebs, it can't have been opened for years."
--p. 23

As Simon's head emerged through the hatch at the top he caught his breath just as Barney had: "Aah--aah--" and sneezed enourmously. Clouds of dust rose, and the ladder shook.
"Hey," said Barney potestingly from below, drawing his face back from his brother's twitching heels.
Simon opened his watering eyes and blinked.
--p.25

When I was a little kid I was into Star Trek and read a trilogy of children's books about Worf's days in Starfleet Academy. Don't remember the title or author but the first three paragraphs of Chapter 10 of Book 3 are forever emblazoned in my memory:

"Tania sneezed loudly as clouds of dust rose in the room. 'Sorry,' she muttered.

"'Yes, well for some the dust might be a bit too--' Keyhler broke off abruptly and sneezed an enormous sneeze.

"'Bless you,' Tania giggled."

Okay, Carly Phillips did it again in her "Hot" series for HQN! She has successfully put a female sneeze into each of the three books she wrote. Too bad they weren't male sneezes, but I thought I would share anyway. This last book is called Hot Item.
Here is the excerpt:

Riley walked to the desk and peered between the floral displays. "Is Sophie Jordan in?"

The woman hed met last time glanced up at him, then sneezed. "If you have flowers, out them in the corner," she said.

Anyway, I love that she managed to sneak one into each book. Someday, I hope someone will notice how I always put a male sneeze into each of my books!

Okay here's one from Howl's Moving Castle:

"Where have you been?" she asked.
Howl sneezed. "Standing in the rain. None of your buisiness," he said hoarsely.

By the middle of the morning Howl was conjuring handkerchiefs in twos and threes. They were floppy squares of paper really, Sophie saw. (Sophie is from another world, Howl from earth and the other world so I'm pretty sure the 'floppy squares of paper' are tissues). He kept sneezing. His voice grew hoarser. He was conjuring handkerchiefs by the half dozen soon.
"Oh why is it that whenever I go to Wales I always come back with a cold!" Howl croaked.

Sophie and Howl argue for awhile then...

Howl conjured another wad of handkerchiefs and glowered at Sophie over them out of eyes that were now red-rimmed and watery. Then he stood up. "I feel ill." he announced. "I'm going to bed where I may die." He tottered piteously to the stairs. "Bury me beside Mrs. Pentstemmon," he croaked as he went up them to bed.
LAter on while Sophie was sewing....

Howl's voice was presently heard shouting weakly, "Help me someone! I'm dying of neglect up here!"

Even later (I just put that other part up because I thought it was funny :

A certain amount of moaning and groaning was coming from upstairs. Sophie kept muttering to the dog and ignored it. A loud hollow coughing followed, dying away into more moaning. Sophie ignored that too. Crashing sneezes followed the coughing, each one rattling the window and all the doors. Sophie found those harder to ignore, but she managed...The coughing started again, mingled with moans. Sneezes mixed with moans and the coughs, and the sounds rose to a crescendo in which Howl seemed to be managing to cough, groan, blow his nose, sneeze, and wail gently all at the same time.

Hee hee hee. That was a good chapter.

Now this thread has resurfaced, let me add a reference to the Duke of Dorset's sneezes in Beerbohm's "Zuleika Dobson"; For some reason I stuck one on TMA's "Wulf " story thread, and I'm too lazy at present to do anything else about it; another time perhaps.

Oh, and welcome to the forum, Clare. Keep those quotes coming.

just came across this in a book I was reading, and liked picturing the moment...

“He sat down beside her on the couch. She was tired and so she rested her head on his shoulder….”
They talk for a moment then:
“It sounded as though he were about to laugh, but the laugh turned into a spasmlike inhalation, and he sneezed loudly, jarring her head with his shoulder. ‘Whew! Excuse me. I wasn’t expecting that.’”

from “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier

I was reading part of a book my friend gave me (it was a while back-I don't really remember the title, the author was Komsomb or something) and I copied out this passage and meant to post it here but never got around to it, but anyway here it is:

She went round to her side of the bed and slipped under the blankets. Peter sneezed twice.
“Bless you.” She said and wiped his lips with her thumb. He sighed and fell back tiredly.
“Are you sick Peter?” she asked.
“Maybe…Maybe just a little.” He said and sneezed again.
“Bless you…Wake me if you really don’t feel well.” She said.
“Kay.” He yawned

P.S. Even though I enjoyed this passage it was sort of depressing because this was like the chapter before you find out he has cancer. He died in the end. It was uber depressing (espeacially for me, I'm a major mush, I practically died when I saw 'Love Story' even the music from that can set me off).

if this has been posted befor, sorry... but there is a Rurouni Kenshin fan fiction that was one of the first i ever read that had sneezeing in it, and meantion throughout the whole thing. the story is called Fever Dreams, and it's about Sano,Kenshin and Yahiko catching a cold after falling into an icy river, as the story progresses, Ken get's worse and begins to become delusional...anyway, a pritty good read.

I found a couple of nice non-fetish h/c ficts by House authors. One has sick Wilson, and another sick Chase (with colds/flu). I them. I will have to find the links and post. Not a lot of sneezing but just super cute. Especially the Chase one- she actually spells out a sneeze and has him talk congestedy a little bit. And the way that it is done (I think) is just so cute and adorable and .....

Ah! I read that one!

I just picked up a chick-lit book the other day by Carole Matthews called With or Without You. And today, I read this line, which made me think of sex and sneezing, which made me laugh :

"Every time Lee sneezes, I get pregnant."

That one line brightened my day! I was reading it on the stationary bike at the gym, and laughed out loud!