Monthly Archives: October 2022

Reading for Halloween: A Treasury of American Horror Stories. Jeff Baker, October 30, 2022.

A Treasury of Terror by Jeff Baker Every year around Halloween I post something involving a selection of spooky tales for the season of Jack O’Lanterns and soaring witches. This year, something different; an entire anthology. In fact, an influential … Continue reading

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A Rainbow Snippets Halloween: “The Moon on the Breast of the New-Fallen Snow” by Jeff Baker (October 29, 2022)

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: [LINK] This week, an exciting preview of … Continue reading

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My Latest Poem on the RoM/Mantic Reads e-zine: Halloween 2020 from Jeff Baker. October 28, 2022.

Fiona Glass has done me the kindness of saying some very nice things about my Halloween poem “Halloween 2020” which is up now on RoM/Mantic Reads. It’s spooky in a different way. Here’s the link: https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2022/10/28/jeff-baker-halloween-2020/#respond

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“The Werewolf Who Came to Dinner.” Happy Halloween from Friday Flash Fics and Jeff Baker. October 28, 2022.

The Werewolf Who Came to Dinner by Jeff Baker Lonnie Magruder grinned at the big, carved pumpkin and pulled his jacket around him in the dark. “How long has it been since we went Trick-Or-Treating, anyway?” That was George Gordy, … Continue reading

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“Sixteen Things I Learned…” Rainbow Snippets for October 23, 2022 from Jeff Baker.

Rainbow Snippet October 22, 2022 Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published, or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 It’s … Continue reading

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New Spooky Story in “RoM/Mantic Reads” from Jeff Baker. (October 22, 2022.)

Just in time for Halloween (or maybe The Day of the Dead!) my story “Billy Gonzalez and the Day of the Dead” has been posted in RoM/Mantic Reads! Here’s the link! Happy Reading!https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2022/10/22/jeff-baker-billy-gonzalez-and-the-day-of-the-dead/

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Ride in “The Woodie” for Friday Flash Fics. October 21, 2022 by Jeff Baker.

The Woodie by Jeff Baker The world went haywire just before the game was supposed to start. I’d won the tickets and had driven all night from Albuquerque, sleeping in my old Woodie station wagon and was sitting in the … Continue reading

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Some RoM/Mantic Reads for Halloween. Jeff Baker, October 19, 2022.

RoM/Mantic Reads, the new e-zine I am among the contributors to, is celebrating Halloween in a nifty way. Through the next few weeks, several of us will be posting “stories, poems, bits and bobs” for the Halloween season. Starting things … Continue reading

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Open Up a Book of Blood. Rainbow Snippets for October 15, 2022 visits Clive Barker in Yugoslavia—-Jeff Baker

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published, or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974. For this week, a story by … Continue reading

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“Going Along With the Crowd.” Running With Friday Flash Fics for October 14, 2022.

Going Along With the Crowd by Jeff Baker “Okay, Okay. You. Can. Do. This” Andrew Dominski puffed out the words in rhythm as he jogged along. He wasn’t at the front of the group but he wasn’t bringing up the … Continue reading

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