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

For my occasional snippet, here is part of a story I wrote from one of the last of the prompts Paula posted on her website. https://ptwyant.com/

The prompt was two words: “It’s coming.” So I channeled my inner Ray Bradbury and wrote “Look Down Fair Moon.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2024/11/01/look-down-fair-moon-a-special-friday-flash-fics-story-by-jeff-baker-november-1st-2024/

Here’s our first snippet:

“It’s coming,” Raymundo said, rushing into our living room from the kitchen. Eyes big, black hair dripping with sweat, somehow looking pale. An Aztec whose gods had actually shown up to watch the sacrifice. “Doug, it’s coming.”

“I know,” I say from my place, glued to the sofa watching the cable news.

“No, it’s coming now!” Raymundo says.

Here’s a little more:

“Big. Swelling. Gray-blue beach-ball not blending with the afternoon sky but big. White with shadows. Falling. Here, right here.”

The news anchors are displaying a graphic depicting the Moon spiraling in it’s orbit, heading toward Earth. Now heading actually toward US.

We’d opted not to try and flee; where would we go?

See you all soon. —–jeff