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Rainbow Snippets With Oscar Wilde! (And Dorian Gray!) Jeff Baker, December 10, 2023.

Posted on December 10, 2023 by jeffbaker307

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; https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets I’ve gotten a nice response the last couple of years … Continue reading →

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“Snow Day!” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker for Friday December 8th, 2023.

Posted on December 8, 2023 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My apologies to followers of Facebook’s Friday Flash Fics page. I either forgot to post this picture there or it got deleted! ——jeff Snow Day by Jeff Baker This all happened about seventeen years ago when I was … Continue reading →

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Pans, Parking Lots and Fantasy! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws for December 2023—–Mike Mayak

Posted on December 3, 2023 by jeffbaker307

First, here’s the prompts for the December 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Then my usual long-winded explanation: A Fantasy Involving a Stack of Pizza Pans Set in a Parking Lot. Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I … Continue reading →

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“Recovery” by Kaje Harper in Rainbow Snippets

Posted on December 3, 2023 by jeffbaker307

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; https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 Here’s a snippet from a story that isn’t mine, from … Continue reading →

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Reading Report Addenda: The Poe Project. Jeff Baker, December 2, 2023

Posted on December 2, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Poe Project by Jeff Baker Introduction: The Neglected Poe Mention Edgar Allan Poe and several stories immediately come to mind: “Fall of the House of Usher.” “Pit and the Pendulum.” “The Purloined Letter.” “The Black Cat.” Everybody knows those. … Continue reading →

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“Benched.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. December 1st, 2023.

Posted on December 1, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Benched by Jeff Baker The older of the two workmen finished bolting the last of the metal legs of the wooden bench into the concrete to one side of the sidewalk that ran between the Fine Arts Building and Campus … Continue reading →

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Forage for Food With Rainbow Snippets, from Jeff Baker. November 25, 2023. “Dumpster Dive.”

Posted on November 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 that we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets, here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 This is a sort of creepy Thanksgiving tale, about my … Continue reading →

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Reading Report for November 2023 from Jeff Baker. (A New Feature of This Blog!)

Posted on November 23, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report for November 2023 from Jeff Baker. November 23, 2023 (Thanksgiving!) This, the first of these monthly reading reports, is being written in my Brother’s guest room, early in the morning of Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023. I can’t … Continue reading →

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“Turkeys Away!” And “Wild Turkey.” Stories for Thanksgiving, 2023. A Friday Flash Fics Extra by Jeff Baker. (November 23, 2023.)

Posted on November 22, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Stories For Thanksgiving 2023 By Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: I meant to only write one story but my post on “Rainbow Snippets” got me thinking about this story https://authorjeffbaker.com/2022/11/18/baby-if-youve-ever-wondered-spending-thanksgiving-with-friday-flash-fics-november-18-2022/ and I decided to follow up on that family a year … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets Paints the Meadows With Delight. Jeff Baker, November 18, 2023.

Posted on November 18, 2023 by jeffbaker307

November 18, 2023 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; https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets/?multi_permalinks=24082521664724569&notif_id=1700355017635329&notif_t=group_activity&ref=notif My snippet this week is from my … Continue reading →

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