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The Cat Came Back; Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for March 27, 2020.

Posted on March 27, 2020

The Cat Came Back By Jeff Baker   I’d never slept in a church before, especially not a deserted one, but it beat spending another night on the street. Anyway it was cold in the city and I didn’t want … Continue reading →

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Short-Stories from “Invisible Men,” (1960) Edited by Basil Davenport. Part Three. Reviewed by Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 26, 2020

Basil Davenport’s Invisible Men (Part Three) Slesar and LeBlanc By Jeff Baker   Continuing my review of the stories in the 1960 anthology “Invisible Men,” edited by Basil Davenport. As promised last time; two tales of mystery. “The Invisible Prisoner” … Continue reading →

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Keep On Keeping On–Jeff Baker, March 22, 2020

Posted on March 22, 2020

    The world has gone mad to-day, and good’s bad to-day, and black’s white to-day, and day’s night to-day, and that gent to-day you gave a cent to-day, once had several chateaus.—Cole Porter, from “Anything Goes.” Things are going … Continue reading →

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Short Stories from “Invisible Men” edited by Basil Davenport, 1960 (Part Two.) By Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 22, 2020

Basil Davenport’s Invisible Men Beaumont, Bradbury and Gold By Jeff Baker   More stories form Basil Davenport’s 1960 anthology “Invisible Men.” The anthology which exposed me to a bunch of stories from the pulp days (and earlier) and became something … Continue reading →

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Short Stories from “Invisible Men,” 1960; Edited by Basil Davenport. Reviewed by Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 20, 2020

Basil Davenport’s Invisible Men; a review by Jeff Baker Part One: London, Collier, Pratt, Wells and de Camp   I stumbled across Basil Davenport’s 1960 paperback anthology “Invisible Men” around 1975, at a used bookstore in Albuquerque, NM. I’ve liked … Continue reading →

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Cab ride with Friday Flash Fics, by Jeff Baker. March 20, 2020.

Posted on March 20, 2020

And Now When David Banner Grows Angry Or Outraged A Startling Metamorphosis Occurs By Jeff Baker   You see a lot of things when you drive a cab for a living and although I have never held that particular occupation, … Continue reading →

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Words for our time:

Posted on March 18, 2020

Here are some words for our current surreal times:   “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”   Franklin D. Roosevelt said this during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Fear and panic are running rampant these … Continue reading →

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