Hi everyone–
Are you a member of the MM Romance Group on Goodreads? If not, this is the time to join. Every year, they sponsor an event called Don’t Read in the Closet where readers post photos with suggested prompts for stories. Writers claim those prompts and create stories about them — anything from a short,short story to a full-length novel. These stories are first posted on the Group Site and then compiled into a series of anthologies which they make available at places like ARe for free. This year’s anthology will be called Love Has No Boundaries.
For the first time this year, i’m participating in the event Last year, i was too deep in editing a book on deadline and the year before i was too new. My story is actually a short novella. I can’t tell you the title because that’s a surprise that the MM Group will be sharing. But i will tell you the prompt in my own words —
An 31 year old man who has never topped sees a young guy in a coffee shop wearing a T-shirt that says “I Would Bottom You So Hard.” The young man and the idea of the T-shirt haunt him.
The novella will likely be coming out from the MM Goodreads Group in June (possibly sooner) for free.And it will be one of about 185 free stories from a huge array of authors. Don’t miss it. Here’s a very short snippet from my new story …………………………………
He needed to change but what the hell could he do different? The answer was everything but he didn’t know how to choose, where to start.
“Hi.”
He froze. He’d know that voice anywhere. Craig opened his eyes and looked straight at a black T-shirt and the message that haunted him. I Would Bottom You So Hard. The words stretched across that lean, beautifully muscled chest under a wide set of shoulders. The sexy, wild blond hair almost touched them. “Hi.”
The kid crossed his arms. Oh don’t cover it up. “I’ve never seen you in here in the middle of the day.”
Dear God, he’d noticed too. “Uh, vacation.”
“What happened to your eye?”
“A silly accident.”
“Can I sit down?”
Hell yeah.“Sure.”
The kid dragged another armchair over across from Craig then plopped that cute butt in the tight black jeans into it. “So I see you in here in the mornings a lot.”
“Uh, you do?”
“Yeah.” He flipped his hair. “I’m Jessie Randall by the way.”
“Craig. Craig Elson.”
Jessie pulled a leg up onto the chair. “So how come you take your vacation in a coffee shop?” He grinned.
Craig cocked his head.
“Why aren’t you off surfing in Costa Rica or something?”
He sipped his coffee. “Oh. I have to be close by for my mom. She’s in a nursing home.”
Jessie nodded. “Oh sorry. You’re gay right?”
Craig sucked his breath. “Uh, yeah. That obvious?”
The guy tapped his nose. “Gaydar.”
Might as well ask. “Is your shirt true?”
The kid laughed. “Oh, hell yeah!”
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So go sign up, okay? Thank you so much for coming by. : )