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At the Table Of the Half-Moon. Long “flash fiction” from Mike Mayak, a.k.a. Jeff Baker. Friday Flash Fics, January 17, 2025.

At the Table Of the Half-Moon by Mike Mayak (January 13, 2025) There was in ancient Averoigne a sheltering spot, well-known to travelers and available to all, with a fireplace that was always tended. Food and drink were ready, prepared … Continue reading

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Getting A Clue In Line! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for January 2025! (First one of the year!) Presented by Mike Mayak

January 13th, 2025 Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the January 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Shaggy Dog Story Set in a Line Outside a Theater Involving a Bottle of Poison E. H. Timms wrote: … Continue reading

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See “Lines And Squares” in the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for January 2025 from Mike Mayak. (January 11, 2025)

Lines And Squares by Mike Mayak We were in line outside the old movie theater which was showing the original version of one of those old epic movies, y’know, the one they re-titled and re-numbered a bunch of times when … Continue reading

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Friday Flash Fics Goes “In The Room Of Light” by Jeff Baker. (January 10, 2025)

In the Room Of Light by Jeff Baker Ethan sighed as he walked from the bus stop towards the little building made of round stones. He patted the small paper bag in his jacket pocket. The big stores couldn’t replace … Continue reading

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Shaggy Dog Poison at the Theater! January 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge From Mike Mayak. January 6th, 2025.

First, here’s the prompts for the January 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge, the first one of the New Year of 2025! Then my usual long-winded explanation: A Shaggy Dog Story Involving A Bottle Of Poison Set in A Line Outside … Continue reading

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A Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Extra For New Year’s, from Mike Mayak. (Jeff Baker, December 31, 2024)

How Lovely Are Your Branches (A Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Extra) by Mike Mayak (December 31, 2024) Author’s Note: When I finished the annual draws for the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge this year, there were three draws left over on … Continue reading

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End-Of-Year Progress Report For 2024, from Jeff Baker. (December 30, 2024)

End Of Year Progress Report, 2024 I started out 2024 by telling myself I was going to finish a bunch of half-finished stories I had in my catalog and I amazingly did, especially through the first half of the year. … Continue reading

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Progress Report: November/December 2024 from Jeff Baker. December 20, 2024.

Progress Report: November/December 2024 Not a lot on the progress front, other than the usual flash fictions and my end-of-the-year stuff. Did some synopsizing and playing around with ideas. Wrote one column and started a couple of others. Didn’t really … Continue reading

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Reading Report November/December 2024, from Jeff Baker. (December 20, 2024.)

Reading Report: November/December 2024 Read John Floyd’s “The Home Front” in “Punk Noir Press.” Read more of “Sara Was Judith” by Julian Hawthorne. Read Kaje Harper and E. H. Timm’s online offerings. Started reading a bunch of Rudyard Kipling: Read … Continue reading

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Visit the Food Garden Court for Solstice, I mean, Christmas! Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. (December 20, 2024)

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work that we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets, here; [LINK] https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 I’ll add a snippet or two (and some shameless … Continue reading

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