Rainbow snippet – If Music Be

Charlie Cochrane - Mysteries with a dash of slash and much more

This is from my contribution for the upcoming “Summer’s Day” charity anthology project!

The sudden ringing of Rick’s mobile jerked him out of his thoughts. Incoming call from one of his mates.
“Hello, Eddie. If you’re going to sing happy birthday, warn me in advance.” Eddie had never been able to hold a tune.
“Spoilsport. I’ll just wish you many happy returns, then. How are you doing?”
“Not bad. You?”
“Run off my feet, Rick. Got a new production coming up. You wouldn’t be interested?”
“Nah.” Rick’s am dram days were behind him.
“Can’t twist your arm?”
“Sorry to disappoint you, but my heart’s not in it anymore.” Not without Steve to cheer him on.

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Christmas in June

Here’s a snippet of my secondary WIP–a gay vampire Christmas story that I’m working on in between my main project sessions. In this snippet, Arthur, a proper Victorian nightwalker…

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Rainbow Snippets – June 25, 2016

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 sen…

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Rainbow Snippet for 6-25-2016

Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, bloggers, and readers to gather once a week and share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recomme…

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Wednesday Briefs – Chapter 21

Welcome to another Wednesday Briefs – Let’s see how Daniel and Carlos fare having a meal together, shall we? As always all comments are welcomed (actually they’re encouraged. It proves to my family…

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Double Trouble: Chapter 75

The continuing saga of three generations of ranching family. Below the story you’ll find links to flash fictions. Chapter 75 “What are you doing? Do you like to be in trouble?” Danny turned t…

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Rainbow snippet – A man lay dead in winter

Charlie Cochrane - Mysteries with a dash of slash and much more

This is one of the many stories you can download for free at my free fiction page.

It’s the first ‘proper’ story I ever finished and features a proto-Jonty and Orlando.

. He returned to find a supper laid for him on rough wooden trenchers, the wine poured into a single horn cup.

“We’ll have to share, Horace. Perhaps the cottager has taken his finest golden tableware with him to grace his kin’s table while they welcome the Christ child afresh.” Johannes smiled kindly. He knew that the finery he enjoyed at Horace’s manor was far beyond the reach of most of the people he walked this life with.

“If it snows like this all night we’ll have been so grateful for the shelter that I’ll send him a pair of the finest goblets I can rustle up. Truly, dead man or no, I do not think we would…

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Rainbow Snippet, 18-19 June 2016

Six (okay, five) sentences from The Divorce, the first in the incomplete Starting Over series. “Think about it,” Suze said. “Your long-sinced-walked-out wife asks for a divorce, a…

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Rainbow Snippet, 18-19 June 2016

Six (okay, five) sentences from The Divorce, the first in the incomplete Starting Over series. “Think about it,” Suze said. “Your long-sinced-walked-out wife asks for a divorce, a…

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Rainbow Snippets 06/18

Another weekend and another snippet. In a week that has surely gone down in history as the crappiest week in what has surely been the crappiest year so far, I think we all need some nice, warm, fee…

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