Monthly Archives: December 2023

December 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge—The Results! Dec. 11, 2023

Flash Fiction Draw Challenge December 2023; The Results! December 11th, 2023. Hi, again! Mike here, also known as “Jeff Baker.” The draws for the December 2023 FFDC were: A Fantasy Set in a Parking Lot Involving a Stack of Pizza … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story from Jeff Baker for December 2023. (Dec. 11, 2023) “Spirits Of the Earth And Air.”

Spirits of the Earth and Air by Jeff Baker (A Billy Gonzalez Story) AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the December Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Fantasy, set in a Parking Lot, involving a Stack of Pizza Pans. So we … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets With Oscar Wilde! (And Dorian Gray!) Jeff Baker, December 10, 2023.

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work that we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets, here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets I’ve gotten a nice response the last couple of years … Continue reading

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“Snow Day!” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker for Friday December 8th, 2023.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My apologies to followers of Facebook’s Friday Flash Fics page. I either forgot to post this picture there or it got deleted! ——jeff Snow Day by Jeff Baker This all happened about seventeen years ago when I was … Continue reading

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Pans, Parking Lots and Fantasy! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws for December 2023—–Mike Mayak

First, here’s the prompts for the December 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Then my usual long-winded explanation: A Fantasy Involving a Stack of Pizza Pans Set in a Parking Lot. Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I … Continue reading

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“Recovery” by Kaje Harper in Rainbow Snippets

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work that we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets, here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 Here’s a snippet from a story that isn’t mine, from … Continue reading

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Reading Report Addenda: The Poe Project. Jeff Baker, December 2, 2023

The Poe Project by Jeff Baker Introduction: The Neglected Poe Mention Edgar Allan Poe and several stories immediately come to mind: “Fall of the House of Usher.” “Pit and the Pendulum.” “The Purloined Letter.” “The Black Cat.” Everybody knows those. … Continue reading

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“Benched.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. December 1st, 2023.

Benched by Jeff Baker The older of the two workmen finished bolting the last of the metal legs of the wooden bench into the concrete to one side of the sidewalk that ran between the Fine Arts Building and Campus … Continue reading

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