Monthly Archives: September 2025

Rainbow Snippets “Incoming” by Jeff Baker (September 29th, 2025)

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work in progress or someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters at Rainbow Snippets. https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets I’m running late too, but I’m posting this anyway; from a … Continue reading

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“Incoming” For Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker (September 26th, 2025)

Incoming by Jeff Baker “Look! Up there!” The little boy in the sweater pointed up at the green helicopter soaring across the sky. His father leaned against the rake and shielded his eyes from the sun looking upward. “Yeah, I … Continue reading

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Reading Report, August/September 2025 from Jeff Baker

Image courtesy of J. Scott Coatsworth Read Joe R. Lansdale’s “The Shadows In the Rock,” in the anthology “Scaring and Daring.” A fine homage to Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn. The dialogue is perfect. (“You listen right smart, that river … Continue reading

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Progress Report August/September 2025 from Jeff Baker

Photo: “Facing The Blank Page” by Amy Tharp. With apologies to Norman Rockwell. Not too much real progress other than the usual flash fictions. Which got a little unusual as I did a four-part superhero serial over the course of … Continue reading

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The Kuttners “Portal In the Picture.” Reviewed by Jeff Baker. (September 19, 2025)

Kuttner And Moore’s “Portal In The Picture” review by Jeff Baker A Reading Report Addenda. (September 19th, 2025) There’s a land that I’ve heard of, once in a lullaby—–”Over The Rainbow.” Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore’s novella “The Portal … Continue reading

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“Symbols.” Like: “Don’t Park Here.” Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker, September 19, 2025.

Symbols by Jeff Baker The man in the rumpled suit was standing in the parking lot next to an ancient camera on a tripod. “Hey!” Kelly called out through the open driver’s side window. “That’s my spot! Move that, that … Continue reading

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Mystery And Mayhem at the Stadium! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Stories For September 2025!

September 15, 2025 Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the September 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Mystery Set at An Olympic Stadium Involving a A Crystal Ball E. H. Timms wrote: “Having A Ball.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/09/flash-fic-challenge-flames-of-young-love.htmlContinue reading

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“Javelin.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for September 2025 as by Mike Mayak (September 15, 2025)

Javelin by Mike Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the September 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Mystery, at an Olympic Stadium involving a Crystal Ball. Here’s what I came up with. —-mike As a rule a guy lying … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets From Jeff Baker. Meet Grasshopper And Lifewave in Their Non-Super Identities. September 13th, 2025

Every Week at Rainbow Snippets https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 participants post six lines of a work of theirs, a work-in-progress or a work by someone else that has LGBT characters. This week, a snippet from “Thus Comes The Spider,” the first part of … Continue reading

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“Along Came A Grasshopper.” Friday Flash Fics Serial Conclusion from Jeff Baker. September 12, 2025

Along Came A Grasshopper (“Thus Comes the Spider” part 4.) by Jeff Baker Concluding the story from last week —-jeff The Kurtzberg Pavilion with its two story height and eight sides looked like an art deco version of Shakespeare’s Globe … Continue reading

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