Monthly Archives: December 2024

A Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Extra For New Year’s, from Mike Mayak. (Jeff Baker, December 31, 2024)

How Lovely Are Your Branches (A Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Extra) by Mike Mayak (December 31, 2024) Author’s Note: When I finished the annual draws for the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge this year, there were three draws left over on … Continue reading

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End-Of-Year Progress Report For 2024, from Jeff Baker. (December 30, 2024)

End Of Year Progress Report, 2024 I started out 2024 by telling myself I was going to finish a bunch of half-finished stories I had in my catalog and I amazingly did, especially through the first half of the year. … Continue reading

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Progress Report: November/December 2024 from Jeff Baker. December 20, 2024.

Progress Report: November/December 2024 Not a lot on the progress front, other than the usual flash fictions and my end-of-the-year stuff. Did some synopsizing and playing around with ideas. Wrote one column and started a couple of others. Didn’t really … Continue reading

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Reading Report November/December 2024, from Jeff Baker. (December 20, 2024.)

Reading Report: November/December 2024 Read John Floyd’s “The Home Front” in “Punk Noir Press.” Read more of “Sara Was Judith” by Julian Hawthorne. Read Kaje Harper and E. H. Timm’s online offerings. Started reading a bunch of Rudyard Kipling: Read … Continue reading

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Visit the Food Garden Court for Solstice, I mean, Christmas! Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. (December 20, 2024)

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; [LINK] https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 I’ll add a snippet or two (and some shameless … Continue reading

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“Solsta.” A Food Garden Court Christmas (sort of!) from Jeff Baker for Friday Flash Fics, December 20th, 2024. (Have you asked yet?)

Solsta by Jeff Baker (A Food Garden Court Story) There was a festive air in the mall that season. Green and blue garlands were draped on the walls, storefront windows were festooned with blue lights, even the window in Mrs. … Continue reading

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Top Ten Cat Excuses For the Toppled Christmas Tree… (Jeff Baker, December 19, 2024)

I wrote this in response to a Facebook picture. Enjoy! —-jeff TOP 10 CAT EXCUSES FOR THE TOPPLED CHRISTMAS TREE. #10: “I heard a crash and ran in here, what happened?” #9: “You fell! Everything must look sideways to you…” … Continue reading

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Have Yourself A Wonky Little Christmas! Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. (Friday December 13th, 2024)

Have Yourself a Wonky Little Christmas by Jeff Baker “Gosh, Wonk,” Benjy Baxter said to the small, scruffy looking dog by his feet. “I know we’re in this TV studio a lot but I’ve never done a telethon before!” The … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets Is A Crime! (This Week, At Least!) Oscar Wilde via Jeff Baker. Friday December 13, 2024

Friday December 13, 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/963484217054974/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=27692899480353418 I’ve gotten a nice response the … Continue reading

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Left On Read. New Bookstore Here In Wichita. (Jeff Baker, December 12, 2024.)

by Jeff Baker Wichita’s newest bookstore, “Left On Read” occupies a cool niche in a multicolored alley just East of Old Mill Tasty Shop at 612 E. Douglas, Suite 200. When I visited the store, owner Latasha Kelly was busy … Continue reading

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