Author Archives: jeffbaker307

A Summing Up Of Sorts

Posted on January 1, 2017 by jeffbaker307

For the last twenty years or so I’ve written down what I did on New Year’s Eve and a reflection on the ending year, maybe to keep a record or spur myself ahead. I always thought of publishing them and … Continue reading →

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Spooky New Year’s Eve, Everybody!

Posted on December 31, 2016 by jeffbaker307

Something to end the year with! Happy New Year!                                  At The Stroke of Midnight                                             By Jeff Baker               “Aw, come on, Uncle Billy! Please?”             “Let us stay up! Pleeeeeeease?”             “No deal, guys,” Billy Gonzalez … Continue reading →

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“The Mystery of Pere Noel,” Monday Flash Fics for Christmas, 2016

Posted on December 11, 2016 by jeffbaker307

(For my Christmas story, I decided to give myself a present—I’d always wanted to write a story about Edgar Allan Poe’s great precursor to Sherlock Holmes, C. Auguste Dupin. While there have been many Holmes pastiches, those of Dupin are few and … Continue reading →

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Christmas Story; “Christmas at Demeter’s Bar”

Posted on December 11, 2016 by jeffbaker307

  (Author’s note: I owe ‘Nathan Burgoine for this idea, of posting some Christmas stories using characters we’ve written about. I haven’t done a lot of blog hops, so it seemed like fun! About a year and a half ago … Continue reading →

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Oh, Stately Bird—November 24, 2016, Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2016 by jeffbaker307

Note: I wrote the original version of this a number of years ago. Here’s a Thanksgiving feast. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!                                    Oh Stately Bird                                       By Jeff Baker               Oh stately bird             Who is there that does … Continue reading →

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The Forest—Monday Flash Fics, November 21, 2016

Posted on November 20, 2016 by jeffbaker307

Note: Actually had trouble getting the “voice” in this one down, then all of a sudden I had it and I also have an additional page—this may develop into something a bit longer although this type of fantasy setting is … Continue reading →

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Window on the World, Monday Flash Fics

Posted on November 13, 2016 by jeffbaker307

Almost didn’t write one this week, but this just poured out of me in the middle of the week. Call it an attempt to say something optimistic, or just tell a good story. —–j                                                                                                                  Window on the World                                     … Continue reading →

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Dance of the Hours–Monday Flash Fics

Posted on November 6, 2016 by jeffbaker307

This one was written heavily under the influence of Halloween!                                    Dance of the Hours                                         By Jeff Baker               “Sssst! Over here! By this wall! Try not to attract attention!”             “We’re naked. Anybody sees us, we … Continue reading →

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Topper Tricks or Treats–flash fiction for Halloween

Posted on October 30, 2016 by jeffbaker307

I’ve posted mystery fiction, science fiction, horror fiction but this is Fan Fiction. The main characters , first in a 1920’s novel by Thorne Smith, were in a 1950’s T.V. series. The series, oddly enough, never did a Halloween episode, … Continue reading →

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Unbreakable, Monday Flash Fics

Posted on October 24, 2016 by jeffbaker307

                                        (Author’s note: This actually is an excerpt from something larger that I’m writing under my occasional pen name. More on all this later! —-J)                                             Unbreakable                             By Jeff Baker (As by Michael J. Mayak)               “He … Continue reading →

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