Author Archives: jeffbaker307

Rainbow Snippets goes to RoM/Mantic Reads for “Billy Gonzalez and the Day of the Dead,” by Jeff Baker, November 5, 2022.

Posted on November 5, 2022 by jeffbaker307

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 As we’ve just passed The Day … Continue reading →

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“The Well-Tempered Clavier” Plays on Friday Flash Fics, November 4, 2022 by Jeff Baker

Posted on November 4, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Well Tempered Clavier by Jeff Baker The loud music was blaring through the speakers and over the audience from the stage, with a little bit of colored smoke swirling around the keyboard and drum set. “All right!” Marty said. … Continue reading →

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“And Now, Folks, It’s Sock-It-To-Me-Time” (Almost!) Laugh-In’s First episode—–recalled by Jeff Baker, November 4th, 2022.

Posted on November 4, 2022 by jeffbaker307

“And Now Folks, It’s Sock It To Me Time! (Almost!)” by Jeff Baker The first official episode of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” aired on NBC on January 22, 1968. Airing just a few months after the pilot was shown in … Continue reading →

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Reading for Halloween: A Treasury of American Horror Stories. Jeff Baker, October 30, 2022.

Posted on October 30, 2022 by jeffbaker307

A Treasury of Terror by Jeff Baker Every year around Halloween I post something involving a selection of spooky tales for the season of Jack O’Lanterns and soaring witches. This year, something different; an entire anthology. In fact, an influential … Continue reading →

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A Rainbow Snippets Halloween: “The Moon on the Breast of the New-Fallen Snow” by Jeff Baker (October 29, 2022)

Posted on October 29, 2022 by jeffbaker307

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: [LINK] This week, an exciting preview of … Continue reading →

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My Latest Poem on the RoM/Mantic Reads e-zine: Halloween 2020 from Jeff Baker. October 28, 2022.

Posted on October 28, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Fiona Glass has done me the kindness of saying some very nice things about my Halloween poem “Halloween 2020” which is up now on RoM/Mantic Reads. It’s spooky in a different way. Here’s the link: https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2022/10/28/jeff-baker-halloween-2020/#respond

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“The Werewolf Who Came to Dinner.” Happy Halloween from Friday Flash Fics and Jeff Baker. October 28, 2022.

Posted on October 28, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Werewolf Who Came to Dinner by Jeff Baker Lonnie Magruder grinned at the big, carved pumpkin and pulled his jacket around him in the dark. “How long has it been since we went Trick-Or-Treating, anyway?” That was George Gordy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Friday Flash Fics, Friday Flash Fictions, Halloween, Lonnie Magruder, Moon, Short-Stories, Werewolves | 2 Comments

“Sixteen Things I Learned…” Rainbow Snippets for October 23, 2022 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on October 23, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Rainbow Snippet October 22, 2022 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 It’s … Continue reading →

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New Spooky Story in “RoM/Mantic Reads” from Jeff Baker. (October 22, 2022.)

Posted on October 22, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Just in time for Halloween (or maybe The Day of the Dead!) my story “Billy Gonzalez and the Day of the Dead” has been posted in RoM/Mantic Reads! Here’s the link! Happy Reading!https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2022/10/22/jeff-baker-billy-gonzalez-and-the-day-of-the-dead/

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Ride in “The Woodie” for Friday Flash Fics. October 21, 2022 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on October 21, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Woodie by Jeff Baker The world went haywire just before the game was supposed to start. I’d won the tickets and had driven all night from Albuquerque, sleeping in my old Woodie station wagon and was sitting in the … Continue reading →

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