Rainbow Snippets, January 26 – 27, 2019
In the Rainbow Snippets Facebook group, readers, writers, and bloggers share short (six sentences) snippets of their LGBTQIA+ fiction or book recs each weekend. It’s the last snippet of January, and since one of the Snippeteers is about to become a cat parent, here’s a feline-related snippet from the end of Clickbait to cheer the process along!
Gideon set Ianto on the floor amid the crumpled remains of the seven other sheets of cat-shredded paper. The kitten batted at a couple of them, then suddenly arched his back, fur puffed along his spine, and bounced forward, stiff-legged.
“It’s an empty box, you ninny, and it’s been sitting in the same spot all afternoon.”
Apparently that didn’t matter to Ianto. He crouched, his little butt wiggling, then leaped for the top of the box. Unfortunately for him, the box had no lid, and he plopped into it, claws scrabbling on cardboard, before his head popped up above the box rim, a picture of feline outrage.
I hope your New Year is off to a rousing start–whether or not kittens are involved! Don’t forget to check out Rainbow Snippets to see what other authors have to offer!
Hahaha…cats are so much fun to write! ?
IKR? I need to put one into my next project!
How adorable! I love the name Ianto for a kitten (heart)
His full name is Ianto Jones, and his sister is Gwen Cooper. Yep. Full-on Torchwood homage!
Too funny! And perfectly described — I could see the whole scene. (And I suppose that it’s Gideon’s fault that Ianto is in the box instead of on top of it.)
Since Ianto has been busy destroying all the Christmas wrapping paper, it’s a distinct possibility! 🙂
I love kitty scenes! Nicely done 🙂
Thanks! It was fun!
Love it! I could just picture this scene. 🙂
Thank you! Of course, now that I’ve looked at it again, I’m thinking, “Oooh, kittens! I’m sure the dog would love a companion!” (Hint: Probably not.)
Love this, I could picture the kitten perfectly.
He’s a ginger (not included in this snippet–trying to keep close to the six lines limit!), and after I posted this, I started looking at pictures of ginger cats. OMG, ginger Maine Coons are so gorgeous! (And sometimes a little alarmingly lion-like.)
I can picture that outrage!
Kittens rival teenagers in that respect.