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Running late. I was at the Ohioana Book Festival which was a lot of fun (as was the casino I hit afterward).

More of These Haunted Hills which is my camp nano. I haven’t written much this week between an idea for a Christmas short story and having to write and write three MORE exams. When last scene Josh and Brendan have escaped the haunted hotel but….


Brendan steadied his nerves and followed Joshua back inside. “I would like to hear the recordings.”

“We can stop off at my place or yours.” Joshua frowned as he beelined for the room they had been in. “I wanted to see if there might be places to set up the cameras for the foxes but if you’re not okay with me being there, that’s fine. We can go to my place or even my office on campus if you want somewhere more public.”

“I’m following you into a building that just tried to trap and kill me. I’m fairly sure I can trust you in my cabin.” Looking into those blue eyes, Brendan wondered if he could trust himself. What was he thinking? Of course, he could. He wasn’t ready for anything like that. Still, Joshua represented one hell of a temptation. Maybe it was the innocence he seemed to wear tighter than his geeky T-shirt. It had been so long since he’d entertained even this vanilla level of attraction that it overwhelmed him.

If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!

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I’m finally done with the novel edits but the short story edits were on my brand new storage device and it broke. At least that won’t take me long to replicate. Maybe I won’t be reading all the snippets in a rush this week.

Still more of These Haunted Hills which is my camp nano. I haven’t written much this week between those edits and having to write and grade three exams. When last scene Josh and Brendan have escaped the haunted hotel but….

Brendan realized that Joshua meant to go back inside (the hotel). “Should we go back in there when that thing is acting full-on poltergeist?”

Joshua paused, twisting around to face Brendan. “It’s the best time to gather evidence but if this is too much for your first time, we can go.”

Brendan regarded the hotel. He wanted to go but how would that advance his research. He was here to document the ghost hunting life. He wanted authenticity to his characters’ fear in their haunted house. He wouldn’t get it if he ran off. “We can go in but maybe it would be in our best interest not to end up in a place with only one exit.”

If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!

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Rainbow Snippets

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Happy various spring holidays. I’m cooking like a mad woman for…myself. Not going anywhere for the holiday (my university doesn’t give off the monday after the holiday because we’re a ‘commuter’ college for the most part and assumes that no one has family anywhere but here in the hills.)

Continuing with These Haunted Hills (and amused by how many of you align with Indiana Jones about the snakes). Josh and Brendan are free of the hotel now.

“Wasn’t that amazing?” Joshua brandished the camera “I can’t wait to see what shows up on this.”

“Your insanity,” Brendan muttered but if Joshua heard and was hurt he gave no sign.

“I bet we get something cool on the digital recorder.” Joshua continued around through the weeds toward the front of the hotel.

IMG_2122 (what the area around the hotel looks like)

If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!

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I know I still owe some comments from last week and probably will be slow this week too. Editing a fairly long novel will suck up time like you can’t believe (also it’s been a terrible week at work and I felt too snarky to be allowed in public commenting on things)

Still working from These Haunted Hills. When last we saw them Josh and Brendan have been shut up in a hotel room with a ghost who’s tossing debris about. Josh is by the stuck door and Josh is across the room (to make the action clearer here since it’s lacking context>

The board rattled on the floor as it were ready to launch again. Joshua beckoned Brendan closer. Brendan had no intention of letting anything get between him and the door until Joshua pointed at the glass-less window. Brendan jogged across the room, paying no heed to the sponginess of the boards. Josh went out the window first, holding up a hand to halt Brendan. He stomped around the window with his boots, mushing down the glass.

“Okay, don’t see any snakes. Need a hand.”

Was there a hopeful tone in that question? Brendan dismissed it, handing Josh the camera before levering himself out the window into the over growth around the building.

If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!

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Rainbow Snippets

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It’s been a long hard week and the weekend looks worse. On the other hand, the writing has gone well and that helps to balance the scale.

Still pulling from These Haunted Hills (Hopefully I’ll finish this or at least get closer during Camp Nano next month). Last time Brendan and Josh were recording ghosts in the murder hotel when the door slams shut. Again slightly longer, sorry.

“No, it couldn’t.” Joshua’s grin was gone and that frightened Brendan more than the doorway. “Keep recording.”

Brendan had no idea if he was still recording and the fear kept his brain from figuring out how to check. “How are we getting back out of here?”

Joshua made a shushing motion. “Do you want to say something about Diana, and what she did to you?”

A broken bit of board slid across the floor aiming right for them. Brendan ran for the door trying to pull it open. It refused to move. A cold sweat drenched him.

“I hope you got that.”

“I have no idea. Can you quit upsetting the ghost now?”

If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!