Monthly Archives: August 2023

Get “Stuck” (Not “Struck”) With ‘Nathan Burgoine. “Stuck With You” for Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker (August 27, 2023.)

Photo: A guy who isn’t ‘Nathan Burgoine with ‘Nathan’s book. 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 … Continue reading

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“On the Road” for Friday Flash Fics by Mike Mayak, August 25, 2023.

On The Road by Mike Mayak “Hey, look!” Luke said pointing up past the awning there at the gas station. “A rainbow.” “Yeah!” Jackson said. “But it’s still raining.” “Big tough biker guys not afraid of a little rain are … Continue reading

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Progress Report, August 20th, 2023 from Jeff Baker

Here’s the latest Progress Report on the writing since the last one of these I did in early July. I wrote a couple of Queer Sci-Fi columns, including one for next month. Wrote up a bunch of flash fictions, including … Continue reading

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A Festival of Magic for Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker, August 19, 2023.

August 19, 2023 Every week we post six lines of a work of ours, published or in progress or a work of someone else’s we’d like to recommend with LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 I promised something weird … Continue reading

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New Story on RoMMantic Reads (Christmas in August?) Jeff Baker, August 18, 2023.

My new story “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” is up on the RoMMantic Reads ‘zine! Thanks to Fiona Glass, and all my readers! https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/summer-flash-challenge-2-jeff-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-545

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Nothing Up My Sleeve! A “Coin Trick” for Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, August 17, 2023.

Coin Trick By Jeff Baker Hank Jones felt ridiculous. The robe was too long and the dark green just wasn’t him. Besides, he’d been a real wizard for over 400 years and he’d never needed to wear a robe with … Continue reading

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Beware! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results! August 2023!

Flash Fiction Draw Challenge August 2023; The Results! August 14th, 2023. Hi, again! Mike here, also known as “Jeff Baker.” The draws for the August 2023 FFDC were: A Science Fiction Story Set in a Cave Involving an Umbrella E. … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets Has “Nose Against the Wall.” (And NSFW!) From Skip Hanford, August 13, 2023.

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 This one’s an oldie. And unfinished. … Continue reading

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“A Kiss on Venus.” August 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Mike Mayak (AKA Jeff Baker)

A Kiss on Venus by Mike Mayak AUTHORS NOTE: The draws for the August 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Science Fiction story, set in a cave, involving an umbrella. Here’s what I came up with. —-mike We went … Continue reading

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“Wind and Wheat.” Friday Flash Fics for August 11, 2023, from Mike Mayak (a.k.a. Jeff Baker)

Wind and Wheat by Mike Mayak I went custom cutting during the hot summer of 1980 when I was nineteen years old. Growing up in Millington, Kansas we were always around farm country even if you live in town. My … Continue reading

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