Rainbow Snippet 7/26/2020

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From my current WIP Tattered Angel Coming in October

Finger poised over the mouse, Zakk froze, chewing his bottom lip as he glanced over at the rest of them. Riley knew that look and was out of his seat in an instant to come stand behind him. Ahh, so that was it. The moment of truth. The Rocktoberfest email was tagged with a red exclamation point. That was a good thing, wasn’t it?

“I’m scared to open it.”

“Maybe we should get James in here to open it,” Damien offered, already on the edge of his seat and fishing the phone out of his jacket pocket.

“Seriously? What are we, three?” Riley growled as he reached for the mouse. “Just click it for fuck’s sake.”

Rainbow Snippet 7/19/2020

Rainbow Snippets gives writers a chance to share six sentences (and sometimes a little more) of LGBTQ+ fiction every weekend. Check out the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook for more snippets: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets/

From my current WIP Tattered Angel Coming in October

“Like I tried to explain back at the restaurant, we are looking for a new singer, like on the permanent.”

Dez snorted and slid his guitar strap onto his shoulder. “Nothing’s permanent.”

“Yeah, okay, you wanna get technical, fine. Nothing in life is ever a sure thing. Could get fried by lightning and be gone before your body hits the ground if that’s what the fates have in store for you,” Riley remarked. “No one is ever promised another day. What we can promise is that when we say we are looking for a new singer, we are not planning on it being a temporary thing.”

Another snort, and for the first time those gray-green eyes locked with Riley’s. “I’ve heard that too.”

“I know. But you showed up anyway. So, either you actually want to fill the slot, or you came here just to be a douche and turn it down when we offered it to you.”