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

Posted on September 15, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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

Posted on September 13, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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

Posted on September 13, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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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I See It In My Crystal Ball! Mystery! And A Possibly Copyrighted Stadium! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws For September 2025 from Mike Mayak…

Posted on September 8, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s the draws for the September 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Mystery Involving A Crystal Ball Set at An Olympic Stadium Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I also write … Continue reading →

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“Where Swims The Serpent.” Friday Flash Fics Serial Part Three by Jeff Baker (September 5th, 2025)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Where Swims the Serpent (“Thus Comes the Spider” part three.) By Jeff Baker September 5, 2025 AUTHOR’S NOTE: Continuing the superhero serial from last week.—-jeff “Over there” Bryan said, taking to the sky with Arn bounding after him. As Lifewave … Continue reading →

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“Now Comes the Doodlebug.” Part Two Of A Serial. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, August 29, 2025.

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Now Comes the Doodlebug (“Thus Comes the Spider” part two.) By Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: Continuing the superhero story from last week.—-jeff Arn and Bryan’s off-campus apartment wasn’t much; a few hundred square feet on the fifth floor of an … Continue reading →

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“Dogs Don’t Break Hearts.” ‘Nathan Burgoine’s New YA Book Reviewed by Jeff Baker. (August 29, 2025)

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jeffbaker307

“Dogs Don’t Break Hearts” is ‘Nathan Burgoine’s second YA book under Lorimer’s “Real Love” imprint since his fun “Stuck With You” two years ago. Like the earlier book, it is a “Hi/Lo,” a “high interest, low reading complexity book” meant … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets from ‘Nathan Burgoine’s “Dogs Don’t Break Hearts.” Jeff Baker, August 29, 2025.

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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 I’m posting from “Dogs Don’t Break Hearts,” the latest YA romance … Continue reading →

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Progress Report July/August 2025 from Jeff Baker

Posted on August 22, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Progress Report July/August 2025 Besides the regular flash fictions and plotting out a few things (including a poem!) my main progress this period has been in sending off just-written and existing stories to various markets. I’ve been following Ray Bradbury’s … Continue reading →

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Reading Report for July/August 2025. Ancient Rome (again) and Myriad Horrors and Wonders.

Posted on August 22, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report July/August 2025 Of course I read the monthly offerings by E. H. Timms and J. Scott Coatsworth, as well as the weekly stories Kaje Harper posts. She has wrapped up a serial which I wrote about in an … Continue reading →

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