Every week at Rainbow Snippets https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets we post six lines from a work of ours, a work in progress or a work of someone else’s that has LGBT characters.

Here’s something Christmassy that some of my readers could identify with from my recent flash fiction story “Who Wouldn’t Go.” (as by Mike Mayak) https://authorjeffbaker.com/2026/06/20/who-wouldnt-go-friday-flash-fics-for-june-19-2026-from-jeff-baker-june-20-2026/ Happily ensconced couple Jim and Kevin have forund a plastic bag with unused soap while cleaning up the house…

“Sleepy Bear Motel, Albuquerque, New Mexico.” Jim read from the wrapper, which depicted a smiling bear in a nightshirt sleepwalking. Jim was smiling at the memories.

“We’ve got a bag full of soap, how come we never use any of it?” Kevin asked.

“We’re lazy.” Jim said. “We stuffed the boxful of junk in the back of the closet, remember? We were tidying up the house a few years ago? Yeah, there’s a closet joke in there somewhere?”

Kevin laughed. “I guess we didn’t want to use them up,” he said. He pulled out an unwrapped bar of soap and held it up. “Here’s one for you. From a few Christmases ago.”

A little more than six lines, but still nice! Read the rest of the story for the Christmas soap!

—-jeff