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Horrors! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws For July 2025 from Mike Mayak. (July 7th, 2025)

Posted on July 7, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Monday July 7th, 2025 Here’s the draws for the July 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Horror Story Involving A Rusted Knife Set at A Pool Hall Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m … Continue reading →

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Fireworks On July Fourth. Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. (July 4th, 2025)

Posted on July 4, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Music For the Royal Fireworks by Jeff Baker “Pwhew! How hot is it, anyway?” Charlie asked, looking up at the inside of the tent. “Somewhere in the nineties,” Anthony said, wiping his forehead with the apron his Grandmother had him … Continue reading →

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Play “Parlor Games.” But beware! Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker. (June 27, 2025)

Posted on June 27, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Parlor Games by Jeff Baker “Okay…yeah…I got it…” Julian said into the phone. “Just come in sometime this week and we’ll see what we can do…yeah…yeah…goodbye.” Julian hung up and glanced over at Ryder. “Well, that’s another one. Got a … Continue reading →

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“Office Of the Lost” by Coatsworth and Fielding. Pride Month Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. (June 27, 2025.)

Posted on June 27, 2025 by jeffbaker307

I’ve been posting stuff from J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding’s fun novel “Office Of the Lost” for Pride Month. Today we meet the adorable Minkis. Friday, June 27, 2025 Every week we post six lines from a work of … Continue reading →

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At An Alley In Chinatown. Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker. June 20th, 2025.

Posted on June 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

At An Alley In Chinatown By Jeff Baker They filmed that scene right here,” Anthony Lee said, staring up at the fire escape a floor or so up. Grey metal draped with blue jeans, shirts and baby clothes. “Twenty-nine years … Continue reading →

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Crispin and Leopold Get Together In An “Office Of The Lost” Snippet. Rainbow Snippets, June 20th, 2025 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on June 20, 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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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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