Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974

More this week from ‘Nathan Burgoine’s fine collection “Of Echoes Born” https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37800605-of-echoes-born

If there’s ever an anthology of original stories written to commemorate, say, ‘Nathan’s fiftieth anniversary as an author, I want to write the story about Lightning Todd. Todd was hit by lightning and now can see the future and goes “where I’m needed.”

And he has a website where he talks all about it.

In “Struck,” Todd is talking to Chris, a young bookseller who has already had a demonstration of Todd’s powers.

“Before you quit and never come back, you totally have to kiss the guy who won’t wear pink.”

“Kiss the…before I quit?” Chris said. Given his situation, that was rather unlikely.

“Because of the Titanic,” Todd said.

“Because of the Titanic.” Chris leaned forward. “Are you high?”

‘Nathan Burgoine has a knack for characters with some prescient psychic ability, but Todd is the only one of them I might go out for a coffee with!

I’ll be back with more snippets next week! —–jeff

(P.S. I usually don’t edit someone else’s work but I added the “Todd said” up there.)