August 19, 2023

Every week we post six lines of a work of ours, published or in progress or a work of someone else’s we’d like to recommend with LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974

I promised something weird last week; will a realm of Magic do? Welcome to Osmos City where Hank and Kenny the magically-infused couple from several of my stories have gone for a vacation and to take in the Festival of Magic. Then Hank is dragged into performing! Here’s a snippet from my story “Coin Trick.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2023/08/17/nothing-up-my-sleeve-a-coin-trick-for-friday-flash-fics-from-jeff-baker-august-17-2023/

All Hank had wanted was to show his new human husband Kenny where he’d grown up. Osmos City (“just to this side of reality down from the convenience store…”) was where they held the semi-annual Festival of Magic, so the two of them decided to take in the show (and avoid the boring workshops and panels.) They’d been seated in the stands, enjoying green popcorn when Hank’s old friend Xidgious had come up to him and practically begged Hank to fill in for the Master Mage from Zenith Valley who was stuck in Zenith Valley until the planets shifted later in the day. They’d had to re-arrange the schedule for the performers that morning and the Mage of Zenith Valley wasn’t supposed to be there for another hour at least, according to the original schedule. So now they had about ten minutes to fill and Xidgious was as panicky as anyone in charge would be.

“Have you ever seen a crowd of rowdy mages, sorcerers and acolytes become bored and impatient?” Xidgious asked, a note of panic in his voices.

Hank was going to mention he’d tried doing comedy at a country-western bar in Kingman, Kansas, but by this time Xidgious was starting to beg, so Hank waved a hand (non-magically) and said the magic words “Okay, I’ll do it.”

Okay, just a little longer but I couldn’t resist! There’s a link to more of Hank and Kenny’s adventures in the original story from Friday Flash Fics and my blog.

See you next week! ‘Till then, don’t take any wooden nickels!—-jeff