Unexpected in Common Hours

by Laney Cairo

Tom misses his friend and colleague Lachlan more than he wants to admit, but he finally breaks down and tells Lachlan exactly how he feels. By letter. Lachlan is pretty surprised to hear what Tom has to say, but he's happy to accept it, too, and when he shows up, Lachlan is ready to be everything Tom has wanted. Can these old friends make something new?

Genres: Gay, Romance, Contemporary, M M Romance

12 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Laney lives in a queer commune with three of her favourite people and two of her favourite dogs. When not writing, she teaches university students about apostrophes, scientific methodology and visual culture. In her spare time she photographs fjords and works on being kinder.

In her previous professional incarnations she has been a masseuse, owned a genre bookshop and dipped her toes in the civil service. In her long distant past Laney has undertaken nude modelling, been a fairy-for-hire, run murder mystery nights and been a breastfeeding educator; but not all at the same time.

Laney likes to tell stories about people who could be real, imagined into the future or an alternate reality.

Laney would rather curl up with a pot of tea and her laptop than speak to a group of people. Laney’s favourite word is ‘utterly’ and her long-suffering editor often has the task of restricting her to one per story. If you find an extra one she’d be utterly, utterly delighted to hear from you at laney [at] laneycairo [dot] com.

Reviews

[Matthew Vandrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing to say. There is no real story. There is no background for the two characters. Who they are and what led them to this moment is not revealed. One of them just comes to the other. They have sex. HEA indicated. Nothing else.