Statue of Archimedes who is in one of these stories. (Yeah, the stuff behind him gives him a sort of “My Favorite Martian” vibe!)

Finished (and sent off!) a faux-Arabian Nights Novella I plotted out around 2012 (and may have thought about it earlier!) The 2012 plotting out was my first mention of my nameless “World Of Three Moons.”

Added 500+ words to a story I have already submitted and had rejected so it will fit an anthology call’s wordcount.

Started a few short stories that popped into my head. One called “Making Waves,” inspired by a local incident I’d wanted to write about for years. The other day the story idea jelled and I wrote about three pages of notes. It’ll be “socially relevant” when it’s done.

Decided to turn a recently rejected story into part of a collection about the same character. Partly because anthologies and magazines will be swamped with the hundred or so rejected stories on the same theme! Wrote a flash fiction and a longer story that will fit in nicely.

Wrote some QSF columns, wrote some blog posts/reviews and wrote the weekly and monthly Friday Flash Fiction stories.

Started proofreading through a novella I finally worked on and finished a few months ago.

And yeah, I sent some stuff off.

That’s about it for now!

——jeff baker September 20, 2026