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Melodramatic Slides And Teepees. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for July 2024. (Mike Mayak, July 15, 2024.)

Posted on July 15, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Happy Heatwave, Everybody! I’m Mike, AKA Jeff Baker The draws for the July 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were; A Melodrama Set in A Giant Teepee Involving a Slippery Slide E. H. Timms wrote “Threefold Summons.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2024/07/flash-fic-challenge-threefold-summons.html And I wrote … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets: “To Warm Their Fellows…” from Jeff Baker. July 15th, 2024.

Posted on July 15, 2024 by jeffbaker307

(Photo by Kenny Blasco.) 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/963484217054974 Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Drink from the Fontaine Di Roma. Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. July 12th, 2024.

Posted on July 12, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Fontane Di Roma by Jeff Baker I stood and stared out the window at the small garden with the trickling stone fountain in the middle like a birdbath. “You’re not seriously telling me you think you’ve got the Fountain of … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for July 2024; Sliding Into Melodrama In A Teepee from Jeff Baker. (July 10, 2024)

Posted on July 10, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Teepee And The Torpor by Jeff Baker The sun beat down on Route 66 ½ and the reddish side of the mountain beside the road. In the huge cone-shaped structure with the worn sign reading “Teepeee Motel; We’ll Keep … Continue reading →

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Slide into the July Flash Fiction Draw Challenge! Draws from Mike Mayak, July 8th, 2024.

Posted on July 8, 2024 by jeffbaker307

FFDC Draws, July 8th, 2024 First, here’s the prompts for the July 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Then my usual long-winded explanation: A Melodrama Involving A SlipperySlide Set at A Giant Teepee Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets: “Wild Horses” from Jeff Baker. (July 6th, 2024)

Posted on July 6, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines from a story or ours, a work in progress or a recommendation of a work of someone else’s, that has LGBT characters. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 To return to my snippeting, I’m … Continue reading →

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Hear The Eagle Call: Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for July 5th, 2024.

Posted on July 5, 2024 by jeffbaker307

I Heard The Eagle Call My Name by Jeff Baker The Eagle spoke to Tony as he was washing the cars in the used car lot that Summer morning. It was the week of the Fourth of July and Tony’s … Continue reading →

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Fourth Of July Reprint from Jeff Baker. July 4th, 2024.

Posted on July 4, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Here’s a Fourth Of July story I posted about two years ago! Enjoy! https://authorjeffbaker.com/2022/07/08/fireworks-in-hudson-city-friday-flash-fics-for-july-8-a-few-days-late-2022-from-jeff-baker/

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“If All Their Sand Were Pearl.” Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker, June 28, 2024.

Posted on June 28, 2024 by jeffbaker307

If All Their Sand Were Pearl by Jeff Baker (Title from Shakespeare) It was late Sunday afternoon in Millington and the streets looked deserted when Hal and Denny, looking like High School kids walked up to the old stone canopy … Continue reading →

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Continental Divide. Welcome Back Friday Flash Fics For June 21st, 2024 (by Jeff Baker.)

Posted on June 21, 2024 by jeffbaker307

It’s been almost a month, but we’re back! Here’s this week’s story! —–jeff Continental Divide by Jeff Baker It was Bay Day so Dad/Mom let me cut school but that didn’t stop him/her from spouting out a few lessons on … Continue reading →

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