I recently joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook, where every Saturday, readers and writers share a few lines from an LGBTQ+ work of fiction. This week, I’m sharing six sentences from “Water & Air,” an erotic modern fantasy story about a college student who is resentful of the magic that runs in her family but skipped her generation. It’s just her luck that hometown is a popular getaway for water witches, and she has to deal with them all day in her summer resort job.
But then she meets a witch who changes her mind about magic.
Here’s a snippet from the point of view of Miranda, the main character:
I worked the concession stand at the lake that summer. The lake was always quiet the first few weeks of the season—just locals and a few random tourists who started trickling in around Memorial Day.
But then the witches would descend. They’d begin arriving a week or so before the summer solstice and kept coming in droves until the fall equinox.
I never really understood the attraction of our lake to the water witches. Anywhere they were, they could draw water vapor from the air and force it to condense—so why they needed a lake to hang out in was beyond me.
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Looks like she has a lot to learn about witches.
She does!
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Make me wonder what it is that draws these water witches to that lake 🙂
All shall be revealed …
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Oh, I love the sound of this! I always like when magic and witches and such are sort of a normal, average part of the world. I love how she’s talking about the tourist witches like “Oh, yeah, this happens every day.” LOL. Looking forward to the rest of the story.
Thank you! I had such fun writing this story. I too have a thing for the, “Witches? Yawn,” trope, but you probably could have guessed that!
I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for commenting!
Interesting premise! I can’t speak for the water witches, but fun times boating is what draws me to the lake! 🙂
That’s very popular around here. (I live near a lake, too.) I grew up around a different lake and we liked to go out in a raft or canoe in summer. Our dachshund always insisted on riding along.
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Intriguing setting you’ve created with the witches and the lake, seen through the main character’s eyes. I, too find myself wondering what draws them to the lake.
Thank you! I like to draw people in with a little mystery …
I’m curious about why the water witches seem to be drawn to that lake. Nice setting up of a bit of mystery.
Thank you!
Sounds like Miranda will be learning a bit more about water witches than she ever thought she would! 😀
Why, yes, she will. 😉
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As someone who’s writing another modern fantasy/paranormal tale I’m interested in reading more about your take on modern witchcraft. An entirely different concept on my end, but I’m definitely interested.
Thank you! If you can listen to audio, feel free to do the download and learn more 🙂 I definitely tend to play around with the “witchcraft is mundane” trope.
Between the descriptions and the idea of water witches, this sucked me right in.
Thanks! I hope you get a chance to listen/read.
Intriguing premise! I’m wondering what draws them to the lake too.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to comment!