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

Posted on June 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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.

Posted on June 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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)

Posted on June 16, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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

Posted on June 13, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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)

Posted on June 13, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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.)

Posted on June 12, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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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“Office Of the Lost” my Goodreads Review. Jeff Baker, June 10, 2025.

Posted on June 10, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s my Goodreads review of my friends J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding’s collaborative novel “Office Of the Lost.” “Office Of the Lost,” a fun new novel by J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding is a breezy, fun read that … Continue reading →

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Science Fictional Circus Convenience Store! (It will make sense, trust me!) Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws for June 2025 from Mike Mayak. (June 9th, 2025.)

Posted on June 9, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s the draws for the June 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Science Fiction Story Involving A Circus Poster Set at A Convenience Store Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I … Continue reading →

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Get Lost with Rainbow Snippets! “Office Of the Lost,” from J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding. June 6th, 2025.

Posted on June 6, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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 … Continue reading →

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“To The Summer Sweet.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. June 6th, 2025.

Posted on June 6, 2025 by jeffbaker307

To The Summer Sweet by Jeff Baker I was fifteen and we were living on the edge of town when my Dad told me and my younger brother to get in the car that Saturday afternoon. “What’s up?” Chris, my … Continue reading →

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