#ThursThreads - Month of Love Event F/F Day - Week 107

Welcome back to the Weird, the Wild, & the Wicked for the Month of Love Themed Challenge. It's Thursday today, so what should you be doing? Writing #FlashFiction, that's what, and writing it to the theme of F/F, for the Love Spanks community event. This doesn't necessarily mean romance or sex, but it does mean the main characters within the tales need to be female. Welcome to Week 107 of #ThursThreads, the challenge that ties tales together. Need the usual rules? Read on.

Here's how it works:

• The prompt is a line from the previous week's winning tale.
• The prompt can appear ANYWHERE in your story and is included in your word count.

Rules to the Game:

• This is a Flash Fiction challenge, which means your story must be a minimum of 100 words, maximum of 250.
• Incorporate the prompt anywhere into your story (included in your word count).
• Post your story in the comments section of this post
• Include your word count (or be excluded from judging)
• Include your Twitter handle or email (so we know how to find you)
• The challenge is open 7 AM to 7 PM Pacific Time
• The winner will be announced on Friday, depending on how early the judge gets up.

How it benefits you:

• You get a nifty cool badge to display on your blog or site (because we're all about promotion - you know you are!)
• You get instant recognition of your writing prowess on this blog!
• Your writing colleagues shall announce and proclaim your greatness on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus

Our Judge for Week 107:

Spanking queen, bread baker, and F/F romance author, Anastasia Vitsky.

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 And now your #ThursThreads Challenge, tying tales together.

The Prompt:

“No other way out.”

All stories written herein are the property (both intellectual and physical) of the authors. Now, away with you, Flash Fiction Fanatics, and show us your #ThursThreads. Good luck.

And just because we love them, here is a Judge's Badge for our lovely and talented judges this month.

Mid Week Tease - The Navy's Ghost - Facing the Music

Welcome to the Weird, the Wild, & the Wicked for a new year of Mid Week Tease hosted by Sandra Bunino.

Authors: this is a great opportunity to spotlight a few lines or even a paragraph or two from a new release or backlisted title. Readers: you get to sample some delicious snippets! We’ll do our best to tease, titillate and tantalize you into the weekend.

My Mid Week Tease is from my newest release The Navy's Ghost. With Ensign Christiana Brickman in the hospital, both Magic and Retro had to face their feelings. Unfortunately, Magic said it first and Retro is trying to accept it.

Jim “Retro” Waters checked over the report and scanned the page for typos, but he didn’t really see the words. His mind kept drifting back to the medical center and woman who lay in one of the beds. He’d dropped by late one night when his desperation refused to remain dormant. He had to see Chris Brickman without witnesses. After Todd’s declaration, he couldn’t stand the idea of being in the same room when Todd told Chris how he felt.

Even if Jim wanted Chris himself.

“Hey, Retro, I gotta talk to you. Got a minute?” Magic grabbed his keys and ID badge from the desk.

“Yeah, what’s up, Magic?” Jim didn’t really want to talk to Todd, but avoiding the man would be impossible.

“I’m headed over to the medical center to see Ghost. Want to tag along?”

Jim’s gut contracted and he found himself wishing the report held more mistakes than a cheap dime store novel. Unfortunately, it was clean. He opened his mouth to decline, but Magic grabbed his arm and squeezed just a little.

“She’s askin’ for you, Retro.” Todd’s gray eyes held unusual seriousness. “She blames herself for letting the squad down and could use a head slap from you to show her she’s wrong.” He glanced around and lowered his voice. “She needs to see you, Jim.”

Aw, fuck. Retro couldn’t let Ghost blame herself for her wounds any more than he could let a comrade believe he didn’t care. The problem was he cared too much. Chris represented his dream-girl in every way he could want. Well, not every way. He shoved the thought away.

“Yeah, I can stop by. Let me finish up this report and we’ll head out.” Retro scanned the paper again. “How’d she look?”

“Not bad all things considered.” Magic grimaced. “You can tell she hates bein’ immobile.”

“I bet.” Retro signed the report and shoved it in the lt. commander’s box. “At least she’s not talking about bananas or cucumbers. Is she?”

Todd laughed as he led them out to his truck. “No. I doubt she remembers it anyway.”

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Snippet Sunday - The Navy's Ghost - Complicated Answer

Welcome to the Snippet Sunday on the Weird, the Wild, and the Wicked, and Happy Groundhog's Day! Do you think he saw his shadow? Thank you so much for visiting. If you choose to comment today, I really appreciate it. The snippets are from my latest release, The Navy's Ghost, a military romantic suspense, though I call it my Menage a'SEALs. No paranormal critters in this one, though there's plenty of kick-ass adventure and hot sex. Just to be clear, this is a M/F/M erotic romance. You can read last week's snippet HERE.

Chief Warrant Officer Todd "Magic" Hunter came to check on Ensign Christiana "Ghost" Brickman in the hospital. She's glad to see him, but she's concerned he's found a woman to love who isn't her and that's not something she's prepared to deal with.

Her heart hitched and she shivered, shaking the IV line until it pulled at her arm. She stopped immediately, detesting the sensation of the artificial attachment to her body. What if Magic had found the woman who set his world on fire and kept it steadily burning? “You haven’t found anyone, have you?”

Magic tipped his head and scanned her face for a long, agonizing moment. Had he? Chris’s heart screamed in bitter agony, but her mind screamed in confusion. Why would it matter if Magic found a woman who claimed his soul?

Because that should be me.

“Well, now, that’s a complicated answer.” Todd dropped his gaze to their clasped hands.

Discomfort made her shift in the bed. “What do you mean?”

“You and I have been friends and swim buddies for four years now, and I count myself pretty lucky to work with you.” He met her gaze and his gray eyes filled with something unfamiliar. “But lately, things have changed and when you got hit, it all crystallized into stark relief. So yeah, I’ve found someone I’m interested in.”

“Who?” Why was she so breathless? Damn, it had to be the drugs.

“You, Chris.”

Sounds like Ghost has earned her place in his heart. ;) There are several great authors on the Weekend Writing Warrior list and in the Snippet Sunday Facebook group. A few of my favorites are Anastasia Vitsky, SJ Maylee, Gem Sivad, Goran Zidar, Zee Monodee, Veronica Scott, and Karla Doyle.

If you're interested in more from The Navy's Ghost, here's the blurb:

A SEAL is strongest with her Team…

Ensign Christiana "Ghost" Brickman is the only female SEAL to survive BUD/S training, a real Navy Jane. But when an ambush ends her career as an active SEAL, she’s free to pursue other interests. Like her two best friends Lt. Jim "Retro" Waters and Chief Warrant Officer Todd "Magic" Hunter. She's wanted them for over a year, but never dared to approach them while in the squad.

Retro has fought his dark desires since high school, certain the need to share a woman unnatural. Magic had never considered sharing before Ghost mentions it, but it solves his dilemma of choosing between his best friend and his woman. But Retro balks at Ghost’s offer to share and retreats from both when she marries Magic.

Everyone feels Retro’s loss, but he ignores the ache of their broken connection in favor of living ‘normal.’ When Ghost and the other wives of Beta Squad are kidnapped, Retro must reevaluate how much both Ghost and Magic mean to him. And he must decide how far he's willing to go to save the woman he loves, before she becomes the Navy's ghost.

It's available now at Smashwords, Amazon, All Romance eBooks, Kobo Books, and Barnes&Noble. Thanks so much for stopping by and happy reading. :)