Monthly Archives: September 2023

Rainbow Snippets from Lou Rand’s “The Gay Detective.” Jeff Baker, September 30, 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 My snippets this week are from … Continue reading

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‘Tis The Last Rose of Summer. Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. September 29, 2023.

‘Tis The Last Rose of Summer By Jeff Baker There was no breeze but the late September evening was cool. Stephen Bauer stood by the big barbecue grill and watched the flames and sparks rise upward. He closed his eyes … Continue reading

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“James Harker Tries to Have the Talk,” by James K. Moran in “Rainbow Snippets.” From Jeff Baker, September 24, 2023.

September 23, 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 My snippets this … Continue reading

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“Slowly I Turned.” Friday Flash Fics for September 22, 2023 from Jeff Baker.

Slowly I Turned… by Jeff Baker They had heard the sound from outside, a rushing, steaming kind of noise in the middle of a summer afternoon. Sol Gribbs had stepped out of their house in an older suburb of town … Continue reading

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“The Gauntlet Runner.” J. Scott Coatsworth’s New Book is Out Today! (September 21st, 2023.)

My friend J. Scott Coatsworth’s latest book is out! “The Gauntlet Runner.” Part two of The Tharassas Cycle. But I’ll let him tell you about it. (That’s what press kits are for, isn’t it? 🙂 ) A GUARD AND A … Continue reading

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Progress Report, September 20th, 2023 from Jeff Baker.

Photo by Amy Tharp. September 2023 Progress Report from Jeff Baker I Gotta Be Out Of My Mind Department: First off, after last month and my swearing I wasn’t going to get under somebody else’s deadline again I found a … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets is “A Heated Event” from Jeff Baker, September 17, 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 I’ve joined my two sets of … Continue reading

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“Roads.” A Friday Flash Fics Labor Day Story from Jeff Baker. September 15, 2023.

Photo by Jeff Baker Roads by Jeff Baker It was about six in the evening, the Friday before Labor Day Weekend when the car turned onto Millington Street in Wichita. “You’re just in time, Dad,” I said, looking at the … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for September 2023! (A Day or Two Late!) —–Mike Mayak, Sept 13, 2023.

Late! Late! But We Can…Oh, nevermind! Hi! Mike here, a couple of days late! (Slipped by me!) The draws for the September 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were; A Comedy Set at a Swim Meet Involving an Empty Box Late, … Continue reading

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September 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story is “A Heated Event.” By Mike Mayak (Jeff Baker) September 8, 2023.

A Heated Event by Mike Mayak NOTE: The draws for the September 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were; A Comedy, set at A Swim Meet, involving an Empty Box. Here’s what I came up with.—–mike The trouble was, Joey Bianchi … Continue reading

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