Monthly Archives: May 2023

Listen For “The Lurker In the Details,” and Beware! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for May 2023 by Mike Mayak (aka Jeff Baker!)

Posted on May 11, 2023 by jeffbaker307

(Above—Mike in his H.P. Lovecraft, E.A. Poe shirt. Photo by Mike Mayak.) The draws for the May 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Lovecraftian Horror Story Set on an Assembly Line Involving a broken Walkman. Here’s what I came … Continue reading →

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Heavy Metal At “The Gate” in Wichita, KS (Jeff Baker, May 11, 2023)

Posted on May 11, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Heavy Metal at The Gate: a Record Shop in Wichita by Jeff Baker I stumbled across a literal hole-in-the-wall record shop just east of downtown Wichita that I had never heard of and which deserves more attention. “The Gate,” described … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge, May 2023—The Draws! Mike Mayak, May 7, 2023.

Posted on May 7, 2023 by jeffbaker307

First, here’s the prompts for the May 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Then my usual long-winded explanation: A Lovecraftian Horror Story Involving a Broken Walkman Set at an Assembly Line Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I … Continue reading →

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“Though The Brightest Fell.” Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker for May 6, 2023.

Posted on May 6, 2023 by jeffbaker307

May 6, 2023 Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 In these snippets from my story “Though The … Continue reading →

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Meet “The Leader of the Laundromat” for Friday Flash Fics” by Mike Mayak. May 5th, 2023.

Posted on May 5, 2023 by jeffbaker307

NOTE: I went for my occasional pen-name for this story—-jeff Leader of the Laundromat by Mike Mayak The young man in the brown suede jacket sitting on the row or green plastic seats in the laundromat sat talking into his … Continue reading →

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