Kit McKrae

@kitmckrae.bsky.social

they/she Hollyhawke 🏔 Queer Fantasy Romance RELEASING: December 21st Audio by Gary Furlong Hopping from hyperfixation to hyperfixation like the floor is lava ✨️ Writing and homesteading 🌱 in Appalachia https://www.kitmckrae.com/

The first time Matthew sees Cory, he thinks he’s a recreational drug-induced hallucination. 🤠 #SundaySnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #HQPress #QueerWriters

Excerpt from SmokeWIP, a sage Owen romance novel wip. Text as follows:

Fuck, he'd overdone it. He'd timed it perfectly-the pills he'd taken before leaving the house were kicking in just as he hit the Macon Ranch driveway-but must've fucked up the dosage because crossing from a sleek timber green Ford toward the main farmhouse was another version of Billy. Tall, lean muscle, like Billy halfway between high school and grown. Shaggy hair two shades blonder, like he lived in the sun. A t-shirt with the sleeves cut off and cropped to his belt, and boot cut jeans, and wire-rimmed boxy sunglasses like he'd just stepped out of a 70s cigarette ad.

He shifted the Bronco into park beside Billy's precious Sierra, leaned back, and closed his eyes. Counted to five. Opened them. The vision was gone, and he breathed easier. He checked his pockets for everything he'd need to survive the night, and went to play happy.

Billy greeted him with enthusiasm he didn't deserve, an arm around his shoulder to steer him around and introduce him to the parts of his life Matthew had jealously avoided. Dance hall friends, a couple rodeo and ranch acquaintances, then-"This is one of my cousins, from Montana."
Samantha Breaux is looking for ARC readers@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com We've almost made it through the sweltering summer heat. Stay in the shade for a little longer. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

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400 library workers begin their strike Monday after endless months of trying to negotiate with management. Already the anti-union propaganda machine is calling the library workers entitled. The LIBRARY workers. You don't staff the desk at the free stuff store because you're greedy.

Union News@unionnews.bsky.social · last mo.

“Cleveland Public Library union workers vote to strike Monday after rejecting final contract offer” — WKYC #UnionNews #contract #strike

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I once had a fickle work printer, so one night I circled the office supplies around to witness its shame. Stapler, scanner gun, etc. All pointed at it like some kind of humiliation seance. It worked. Tried it again the next night. Worked again. It became our lil ritual before clicking the button.

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.