Note: Photo by Danny Boling.

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

This week, from a prompt pic taken and sent me by my friend Danny Boling, snippets from my story “Through The Hedge Of Thorns.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2024/03/22/through-the-hedge-of-thorns-friday-flash-fics-by-jeff-baker-march-22-2024/ You never know what you’re going to see on a city street!

Laying there on one of the metal benches was a young man, probably twenty-something, reddish hair and beard, sleeping soundly.

“He looks nice in those jeans,” Craig whispered.

“I don’t think he can hear you.” Jack said. “I don’t think anybody can hear us right now. Look.”

Jack pointed at the shop the bench was in front of. The bench reflected, but the cute redhead sleeping on it did not.

Here’s another snippet:

“Remember that funny feeling when we turned the corner? Like an extra wind or a change in, well, feeling? Kind of wavering?”

Craig shook his head.

“Remember the hedge of thorns around the palace in Sleeping Beauty?” Jack said. “I think this is like that.”

Craig stared back at the man asleep on the bench. This was crazy but Jack had always been able to see around corners, with what Jack’s Irish Grandmother called “Second Sight.”

I think somebody’s going to get kissed!

See you next week with more snippets! —–jeff