Author Archives: jeffbaker307

Long Island to San Francisco for Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. March 4, 2023.

Posted on March 4, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Take your seat to watch the parade or rather, to listen to a couple of parade-watchers. Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters … Continue reading →

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“Chalk and Cheese.” Drawing in to Friday Flash Fics for March 3rd, 2023 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 3, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Like Chalk and Cheese by Jeff Baker I was sitting at the easel staring at the blank canvas, tapping the tray of chalk with my fingers, regretting taking an art class. Especially since I was in the hallway outside the … Continue reading →

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“The Distant Hills” Kaje Harper’s New Collection!

Posted on February 26, 2023 by jeffbaker307

My friend Kaje Harper has a new book out! “The Distant Hills and Other Stories” brings together over two dozen of her short stories, most of them involving men in love but they touch on other themes too. The moods … Continue reading →

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“The Only Begetter.” Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker, February 25, 2023.

Posted on February 25, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 This is another romantic story from a picture prompt of a … Continue reading →

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“Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for February 25, 2023. (A Day Late!)

Posted on February 25, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Beans Beans the Musical Fruit by Jeff Baker The whole mess started because Steve saw the poster they put up in our dorm lobby about the 40th Anniversary Millington Chili Blowout. The school (University of Millington or Millington University) usually … Continue reading →

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In Which a Prince Encounters a Spirit of the Night. Rainbow Snippets for February 18, 2023 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on February 18, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets/?multi_permalinks=8650580131678639&comment_id=8654478567955462&notif_id=1676181788488596&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif For Valentine’s Day Week, how about somebody who’s running away from … Continue reading →

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“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” Friday Flash Fiction by Mike Mayak. February 17th, 2023

Posted on February 17, 2023 by jeffbaker307

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Mike Mayak My older Brother and I were both on Spring Break in 2011. I was a Junior in High School and he was in Grad School. He was about ten years … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day! New Poem Up on RoMMantic Reads! Jeff Baker, February 14, 2023.

Posted on February 14, 2023 by jeffbaker307

It seems to be my month over at “RoMMantic Reads!” My poem “Date Night” is the Valentine’s Day offering! Enjoy!!! https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/jeff-baker-date-night/

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Aesop on the Sun and on T.V. Results for February 2023’s Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. (February 13, 2023, from Jeff Baker.)

Posted on February 13, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The draws for the February 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were an Aesop’s Fable set on or near the Sun involving a vintage T. V. set. E. H. Timms wrote “The Mouse who Lived In the Sun.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2023/02/flash-fic-challenge-mouse-who-lived-in.html And I … Continue reading →

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More of the Best Of Ballantine’s “The Best Of…” Compiled By Jeff Baker. February 13, 2023.

Posted on February 13, 2023 by jeffbaker307

More of The Best of the Best of Ballantine’s The Best of… Compiled by Jeff Baker From about 1974 through at least the late 80s, Ballantine Books published a series of over 22 (paperback and hardcover) “Best of” collections of … Continue reading →

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