Rainbow Shorts: short stories for Pride
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Last published Mon, Jun 22, 2026
A collection of short stories (very short, some of them) written to prompts during Pride Month (June/July). Started in 2021, but ongoing...
Turns out, we're back in 2026. Woo!
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-Dark Eyes Melting My Soul - written to @lgbtq's 'Summer of Songs' 2021 prompt (write a song-fic). The title is shamelessly pinched from the song concerned. *Placed first in the contest*
-An Awakening - written to @lgbtq's 'Rainbow Magic', Disney-themed prompt. The word limit was 500 to be an eligible entry, but this is way over that so ended up being just for fun. (2021)
-At Home - for @mystery's "Case of Pride: different kind of mystery" (2026). The prompts were that a conversation changes things; that someone gets 'seen'; that somewhere unexpectedly feels like home. This is a conversation between two women, at least one of whom hopefully finally feels 'seen' and at home - so take your pick of which bits of the prompt it satisfies. (Word limit: 100)
-'Don't see many of you in here...' - a proper dad-joke an unlikely ally told me recently (20/06/26), which is actually about prejudice. It deserves to be shared, and retold, especially at the moment. (But here's to dads, kindly father figures, and their jokes...)
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