Monthly Archives: May 2019

Getting Gnarly with All You Zombies. Short-Story Month, Day # 8

Posted on May 9, 2019 by jeffbaker307

For Day #8 of Short-Story Month, here are some takes on two of the most popular themes in speculative fiction: Time travel and Immortality. For starters, two of the twistiest time-travel stories Robert A. Heinlein wrote: “By His Bootstraps” (1941) … Continue reading →

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Singular Stories and a Return for Day #7 of Short-Story Month

Posted on May 8, 2019 by jeffbaker307

I’m going to bend the rules for this one. The idea is to talk about stand-alone stories, but the first one is just too good. There are actually two sequels to this first story, but the story is singular enough … Continue reading →

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Short-Story Month Day #6. The Magic of the Movies; Fantasy Sort-Stories

Posted on May 6, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker For Day #6 of this Short-Story Month blog, about Fantasy stories, I’m thinking about “The Movie People,” a fine fantasy story by the great Robert Bloch. Bloch grew up in the era of the silent movies and … Continue reading →

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Short-Story Month, Day #5. Flash Fiction (Or, “He’s going to babble a lot, isn’t he?”)

Posted on May 5, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker Flash fiction is defined (sometimes) as fiction under 1,000 words, and I have been writing a lot of it on this blog in the last three years. I’ve been participating in two successive flash fiction picture prompt … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction for May the Fourth (for short-story month day #4)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker Science Fiction is the subject for day #4 of Short-Story month. Among my very favorite writers are the husband-and wife team of Catherine L. Moore (C.L. Moore) and Henry Kuttner, cut short by Kuttner’s death in 1958. … Continue reading →

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The Touch of Romance (Short-Story Month Day # 3)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by jeffbaker307

by Jeff Baker   The theme for Day #3 of Short-Story Month is Romance short fiction. Here I must say I haven’t read or written a lot of it, but I’ll mention a few writers I know who have: Angel … Continue reading →

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“Brotherhood of the Travelling Shorts” by Jeff Baker. Friday Flash Fics for May 3rd, 2019 (posted May 4th!)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by jeffbaker307

The Brotherhood of the Travelling Shorts By Jeff Baker   Stephen and Roy spent the summer on the beach, in a rented bungalow that dated back to the 1940s. They spent their evenings together but when Roy holed himself up … Continue reading →

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Short-Story Month, Day Two: or Travelling With the Silver Balladeer

Posted on May 3, 2019 by jeffbaker307

by Jeff Baker For Day #2 of short-story month, here are some single-author collections I’ve enjoyed. First off, I read most of these stories originally in anthologies with other author’s stories. Starting with Manly Wade Wellman, one of the best … Continue reading →

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For Short-Story Month: A Hand and a tale of Gifts.

Posted on May 3, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker   May is short-story month and ‘Nathan Burgoine  is celebrating with a monthlong series of posts about short-stories, and inviting others to play along. I couldn’t resist! My first short-story (the one that made a big impact … Continue reading →

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