January 26^th, 2024

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974

I’d forgotten that for a little while I was actually writing a weekly flash fiction for TWO prompt sites! Monday Flash Fics and the then-new Friday Flash Fics which started in October 2017.

Since it was an inaugural edition, I wrote an Inaugural story. Here’s “To The Best Of His Ability.”  https://authorjeffbaker.com/2017/10/12/friday-flash-fics-inaugural-edition-from-jeff-baker/  We meet Jim and his husband Schuyler on the morning Jim officially starts his new job…

Schuyler Hampton Jones tossed his bowtie on the sofa next to his jacket, pants and shoes.

“As long as I remember where the bathroom is here, we’ll be okay,” he said. He grinned at Jim who had shucked out of his tuxedo and was seated on the floor next to their bed in just his shorts.

“Too bad you didn’t take my advice and wear the top hat,” Jim said.

“Not everybody can pull off the top hat,” Schuyler said, carefully taking off his cufflinks (they had been his father’s) and putting them in a box on the dresser. “J.F.K. did. I think Coolidge or somebody did.”

Okay, one more snippett…

“Don’t forget Armbruster,” Jim said. “He was so preoccupied he kept his top hat on all through the swearing-in.”

“Don’t remind me!” Schuyler said with another grin. “I’m just old enough to remember that!”

“A little before my time,” Jim said. “Besides, Forty-three isn’t old. Not for you!”

“Neither is thirty-seven,” Schuyler said, bending down to kiss Jim.

“You don’t look old and gray,” Jim said.

I stumbled across a couple of flash fiction stories I’d forgotten I’d written while bumming through my blog.

As for the fictional Presidents Armbruster and Norcross (Mentioned in the full story) the first is my creation, the second appeared in a 1960’s superhero cartoon “Super President.”

Next week, a date that goes a little “ca-ca.” —-jeff