Monthly Archives: June 2025

Play “Parlor Games.” But beware! Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker. (June 27, 2025)

Parlor Games by Jeff Baker “Okay…yeah…I got it…” Julian said into the phone. “Just come in sometime this week and we’ll see what we can do…yeah…yeah…goodbye.” Julian hung up and glanced over at Ryder. “Well, that’s another one. Got a … Continue reading

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“Office Of the Lost” by Coatsworth and Fielding. Pride Month Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. (June 27, 2025.)

I’ve been posting stuff from J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding’s fun novel “Office Of the Lost” for Pride Month. Today we meet the adorable Minkis. Friday, June 27, 2025 Every week we post six lines from a work of … Continue reading

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At An Alley In Chinatown. Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker. June 20th, 2025.

At An Alley In Chinatown By Jeff Baker They filmed that scene right here,” Anthony Lee said, staring up at the fire escape a floor or so up. Grey metal draped with blue jeans, shirts and baby clothes. “Twenty-nine years … Continue reading

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Crispin and Leopold Get Together In An “Office Of The Lost” Snippet. Rainbow Snippets, June 20th, 2025 from Jeff Baker.

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work in progress or part of someone else’s work with LGBT characters at Rainbow Snippets, here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 For Pride Month I’m posting snippets from “Office Of the Lost,” … Continue reading

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Horror MAYhem, Shadracks and Chimps! May/June 2025 Reading Report From Jeff Baker. June 20, 2025.

Reading Report. May/June 2025 Continuing Horror MAYhem a bit longer, I read “The Summer People” by Shirley Jackson (1950) The beginning reminded me of Nesbit’s “Man-Sized In Marble,” but Jackson’s story takes the very normal and turns it progressively darker. … Continue reading

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Time For The Same Old Progress Report. May/June 2025 from Jeff Baker. June 20, 2025.

Progress Report May/June 2025 from Jeff Baker I ought to copy and paste this from the April/May Progress Report! Much the same. Wrote a QSF column, wrote down a few ideas, wrote the weekly Friday Flash Fics stories and the … Continue reading

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Dance With Pride for the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for June 2025! (June 16, 2025)

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the June 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Science Fiction Story Set in A Convenience Store Involving a Circus Poster E. H. Timms wrote: “Dancing With Pride.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/06/flash-fic-challenge-dancing-with-pride.html And I … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets and Someone Very Messy! From J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding. (“Office Of the Lost”) June 13, 2025

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work in progress or part of someone else’s work with LGBT characters at Rainbow Snippets, here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 For Pride Month I’m posting snippets from “Office Of the Lost,” … Continue reading

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“The Soaper Strikes!” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. (Friday, June 13, 2025)

The Soaper’s Best Hope by Jeff Baker Night in the metropolis of Goat’s Town and the blazing headlights of the Ecolo-Car cut through the enshrouding darkness as Captain Ecology and Compost Boy are patrolling, looking for local miscreants. “We’re fortunate … Continue reading

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“Waiting For Equality.” June 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story from Mike Mayak. (June 12, 2025.)

While You’re Waiting For Equality by Mike Mayak The little convenience store hadn’t changed much in almost 200 years, except maybe the commemorative metal plaque on the outside wall citing the year in the 1970s the building had been built. … Continue reading

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