Realms of the Raven

The authors of the Fiction with Friction blog are doing another set of flash fiction snippets for your enjoyment.

My post is up today and called “Labor of Love”. You might recognize Noah and Jim :)

You can read it here….

The Fiction With Fiction authors are having another week of free reads to enjoy! Join us for another set of hot reads!

This is the follow up part of the scene I posted to the Fiction with Friction blog on Friday. If you didn’t read that one, you can find it here.

(Archives are on the website, if you want to read the offerings of past weeks)

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Up in Flames - Part 2
(c) 2008 by Maura Anderson

Jim twisted together the fuses of two mortars, dropped them into their launch tubes and lit them. He trotted back toward the patio, a huge smile on his face.

Ka-bang!

A rapid series of booms lit up the now dark sky with the colorful mortar flowers. Too bad Noah didn’t want to take his eyes of his sexy neighbor to look up. The sparks between them were hotter than anything he’d bought on the res. He was almost eager for the fireworks to be done so they could move to something even more explosive—a change from his usual desire to make the pyrotechnics last as long as possible.
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Turned it over to test readers and my editor(s) last night. Usually I do a round of test reads before it goes to the editor but I’m late and my editor is most likely debating severe bodily harm. I can still integrate test reader feedback into the edits I get from her, so I’m hoping it will all be good.

The story topped out at 11,344 words, I’d originally estimated it at 8k. Oops.

Here’s a short excerpt (behind the cut because it’s ADULT)

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