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“The Soaper Strikes!” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. (Friday, June 13, 2025)

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.)

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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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Rainbow Snippets goes “Above It All.” Jeff Baker, Picture By Joe Phillips. May 31, 2025.

Illustration By Joe Phillips (Almost) every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets This … Continue reading

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Reading Report Extra! Horror MAYhem: Decades Of Dread! Jeff Baker, May 30, 2025

Reading Report Addenda: “Horror MAYhem 2025” For fun, I’m participating in “Horror MAYhem: Decades Of Dread” a Book Tube event where they read horror stories from several decades. I’m not on Book Tube so I’m just posting the results here, … Continue reading

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“Escape The Heat” With Friday Flash Fics, As By Mike Mayak. (May 29, 2025)

Escape the Heat by Mike Mayak “Pwhew” Jake Malagar said. “Cold in here. Should have brought my hoodie.” “It’s 101 degrees out there,” Ricky Jago said, thumbing at the big glass doors that looked out onto the Library parking lot. … Continue reading

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Get “Above It All” for a Friday Flash Fics Anniversary Extra, from Jeff Baker. May 27, 2025. (Picture by Joe Phillips)

Picture by Joe Phillips. Friday Flash Fics Anniversary Extra: Above It All by Jeff Baker Ross grinned and hung onto the side of the chair of what he called a ski lift, even if it was the middle of summer. … Continue reading

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