Author Archives: jeffbaker307

Going Bananas (But Staying Stable) For the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws for June, 2026, From Mike Mayak. (June 8, 2026) That’s a Mystery!

Posted on June 8, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Happy Pride Month! First, here’s the prompts for the June 2026 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge, then my usual long-winded explanation: A Mystery Involving A Bunch of Bananas Set in A Stable Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets: A Scene In A Castle from Jeff Baker. (June 6, 2026.)

Posted on June 6, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Every Week at Rainbow Snippets https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets participants post six lines of a work of theirs, a work-in-progress or a work by someone else that has LGBT characters. This time around, my short snippets are from a long, long erotica/fantasy/adventure novella … Continue reading →

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“Shine On Harvest Moon.” A Friday Flash Fics Tenth Anniversary Re-Post from Jeff Baker. (May 25, 2026)

Posted on May 25, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Since today is the actual tenth anniversary of my first near-weekly flash fiction, here’s a favorite from 2018: “Shine On Harvest Moon.” —–jeff Shine On, Harvest Moon (A Demeter’s Bar story) By Jeff Baker The sun was streaming through the … Continue reading →

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“Wonky And The All-Seeing Eye.” Friday Flash Fics Tenth Anniversary Story (Yeah! New!) From Jeff Baker (May 22, 2026)

Posted on May 22, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Author’s Note: Ten Years! Wow!! Well, it doesn’t seem like yesterday but it was ten years ago this month I saw a post on Facebook for a weekly flash fiction page and decided to try a story myself. That first … Continue reading →

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“Las Posadas.” A Friday Flash Fics Tenth Anniversary Extra Re-Post by Jeff Baker. From (December 17, 2021)

Posted on May 21, 2026 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Early on I took a break for a few weeks around the holiday season, but these days I write a lot of Christmas stories. I couldn’t decide which one to post, so I’m going to post two of … Continue reading →

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Reading Report for April/May 2026, from Jeff Baker (May 21, 2026)

Posted on May 21, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report April/May 2026 Got a lot more writing than reading done this period (see my April/May Progress Report) but I did manage to read through a few things. Read “A Night In King’s College Chapel” by M. R. James. … Continue reading →

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Progress Report for April/May 2026 from Jeff Baker (May 21, 2026)

Posted on May 21, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Progress Report April/May 2026 Not as many things finished or even worked on but I’ve worked on a couple of way longer stories. Most notably the YA-Sci-Fi/Science-Fantasy novella I mentioned last month. Finished it and sent it off. 20,000+ words! … Continue reading →

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“Tales Of the Glories.” A Friday Flash Fics Tenth Anniversary Extra Re-Post, by Jeff Baker from 2018. (May 20, 2026)

Posted on May 20, 2026 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Early on I took a break for a few weeks around the holiday season, but these days I write a lot of Christmas stories. I couldn’t decide which one to post, so I’m going to post two of … Continue reading →

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“Don’t Blame the Messenger,” A Friday Flash Fics Tenth Anniversary Re-Post From September 26, 2016. (May 20, 2026) By Jeff Baker.

Posted on May 20, 2026 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Here’s another early story, from almost ten years ago. A lot of people liked this story I did on the old Monday Flash Fiction page. Somebody mentioned that the picture was Amsterdam and then when I thought of … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash Fics Tenth Anniversary Re-Post: “A Hierarchy Of Widows,” by Jeff Baker from July 4, 2016 (May 18, 2026)

Posted on May 18, 2026 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is from about ten years ago. It’s one of the first one of these I wrote that I thought was really good. Hence the dedication. Enjoy! —jeff A Hierarchy of Widows By Jeff Baker Cynthia passed the … Continue reading →

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