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

Riley and Patrick are back, because the draws for the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge indicated a caper story set at a racetrack involving a set of leg irons. So we’re revving up our engines again for a snippet from my story “Motor Sports.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2025/04/09/motorsports-flash-fiction-draw-challenge-story-for-april-2025-from-mike-mayak-a-k-a-jeff-baker-april-9-2025/

“Okay,” Patrick said. “How much money was taken?”

“None of it,” Riley said. “They didn’t even try to get into the safe. What they did take…” Riley shook his head. “You know those little cardboard boxes we give the customers for the hot dogs?”

“Yeah?” Patrick said.

“Every last one of ‘em. Gone!” Riley said.

“I finished talking to the cops,” Joel said, walking into the office. “At least they made out a report.”

Mystery afoot! Call Sherlock Holmes! Or maybe Donald Strachey!

See you soon with more snippets! —–jeff baker, April 11, 2025