I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group!
This week I’m snipping from Déjà Vu, my holiday short story that’ll be out on December 1st.
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Years ago, Victor made the unfortunate mistake of coming out to his family on Christmas. Why couldn’t he have picked a random summer day? Can Victor’s husband Bryan pull him out of his gloomy mood in order to give the popular Gavin and Matthew the merry Christmas they deserve?
Coming December 1st!
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This thread starts a few paragraphs into the opening scene. For context, Matthew and Gavin have exited a movie theater after watching a holiday double feature. This is the second of three snippets I’ll be posting from Déjà Vu before switching over to The Faction (book 2): The Choice, due out on January 5th.
Click the spoiler tag if you’d like a quick and easy refresher of last week’s snippet. Told from Matthew’s 3rd-person POV:
This week’s snippet:
“Okay.” Gavin lifted Matthew’s gloved hand to his lips for a brief kiss. Matthew’s eyes glimmered merrily from the twinkling lights around the movie posters they passed. Romantic gestures like that always brought a smile to Matthews’s lips, and Gavin loved nothing better than to make the love of his life smile.
The thud of their steady steps, sounding heavy with their solid thick-soled boots, blended with the general background clamor of footsteps and cars buzzing by. None stood out until they’d traveled several blocks, and the traffic—both foot and vehicular—thinned.
Even then, none of the noises stood out as exceptional or disquieting in any way, only now Gavin could distinguish the individual sounds. He listened out of habit rather than because he felt any undue concern.
Déjà Vu is a 5,618 word short story, taking us through one couple’s journey to get home Christmas Eve as another couple works through holiday blahs.

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I don’t know if I should be concerned! I hope they make it home safely. <3
No worries, there is ultimately an HEA for all. Can’t make any promises on this particular scene, though. 😉💕
Ooo feels like something’s brewing, I’ve got goosebumps!
I might be throwing a challenge or two their way as they make their journey home. 😁
Uh oh! My ears perked up for that…hope there isn’t trouble afoot!
There might be 😉 …but it’ll work out in the end. 💕
I hope that isn’t the sound of trouble approaching.
I can’t promise there won’t be trouble along the way, but it’ll work out for them in the end. 💖
I’m feeling concerned!
LOL…as you should be! 💞