Monthly Archives: June 2023

Friday Flash Fics goes Ballooning With Unearthly Power. From Jeff Baker, June 30, 2023.

Five Weeks In a Balloon (A Secrets of Astaroth Story) by Jeff Baker Millennia ago, an ancient race ruled the galaxy. Their power and potency remained unchallenged and the most feared of these was Astaroth. Then did the ancients rebel … Continue reading

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Radio’s Twilight Zone Originals. List Compiled by Jeff Baker. (As of June 29, 2023)

From 2002 to 2018 there was a syndicated radio version/adaption of “The Twilight Zone,” the legendary series created by Rod Serling, with Stacy Keach as the narrator. In addition to adapting most of the original 50s-60s episodes of the original … Continue reading

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Nostalgia from Book-A-Holic in Wichita, Kansas. Jeff Baker, June 27, 2023.

Went to Book a Holic on West 21st Street here in Wichita, Kansas and saw this fun rack of paperback reprints of comic strips that you used to see everywhere. I remember most of these! Nice to see them again. … Continue reading

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“No Limit on Love” from Alison Lister in Rainbow Snippets. June 23, 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 I didn’t know what a “Hi/Lo” was until I read one … Continue reading

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Stand Ready to Smite for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. (June 23, 2023)

Stand Ready to Smite by Jeff Baker (A Demeter’s Bar Story) AUTHOR’S NOTE: I haven’t done one of these bar stories in about a year or so, possibly because the hostile and downright violent anti-LGBT mood in the country seemed … Continue reading

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“Tenting Tonight” With Rainbow Snippets, from Jeff Baker. June 17, 2023.

For June 16, 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/RainbowSnippets/posts/9356440601092585/?notif_id=1686959529961284&notif_t=group_activity This week’s story,”Tenting Tonight on the Old … Continue reading

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“Make Me Immortal…” A New Story of Mine Posted on RoMMantic Reads. Jeff Baker, June 17, 2023.

Fiona Glass has done me the kindness of posting my latest story on the RoMMantic Reads zine. “Make Me Immortal With a Kiss” is, I admit, something of a wish-fulfillment fantasy but it felt good to write. Here it is: … Continue reading

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Angel Martinez Reads My Story “Billy Gonzalez and the Day of the Dead.” Fiction by Jeff Baker, June 16, 2023.

Angel Martinez does a fine reading of one of my stories that first appeared in the RoMMantic Reads zine: “Billy Gonzalez and the Day of the Dead.” Check out her website: she usually has a reading on Fridays. https://angelmartinezauthor.weebly.com/from-angels-cave/friday-reading-day-billy-gonzalez-and-the-day-of-the-dead Here’s … Continue reading

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“Enshrouded.” Or: “Why They Never Catch the People T.P.ing Trees.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, June 16, 2023.

Enshrouded by Jeff Baker “Hey! Watch where you’re going!” the white figure said as they nearly collided in mid-air. “Sorry! I’m kinda new at this!” Skye said. “Well, just be sure you get the tree and not me, okay?” “Okay.” … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge, June 2023. The Results! June 12th, 2023.

Hi, again! Mike here, also known as “Jeff Baker.” The draws for the June 2023 FFDC were: A Fairy Tale Set at an Empty Nightclub Involving a Bicycle Built for Two Here’s a fun and clever tale by E. H. … Continue reading

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