Author Archives: jeffbaker307

The Well-Lit Room: A Much-Delayed Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker (April 15, 2022)

Posted on April 15, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Well-Lit Room By Jeff Baker Most of the time I don’t spend my time peeping through keyholes. Mainly because most people who hire a private eye in the 21st Century like me, Andrew Navarro, don’t have doors with keyholes. … Continue reading →

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April 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge—The Results!!! (from Jeff Baker)

Posted on April 11, 2022 by jeffbaker307

As you can see from the cards, I’m the current moderator for the Monthly Flash Fiction Draw Challenge, which was started by ‘Nathan Burgoine a few years ago and carried on by Cait Gordon and Jeffrey Ricker. It’s a monthly … Continue reading →

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“Will I Be Rich?” The Bells of Shoredich Chime for April’s Flash Fiction Draw Challenge by Jeff Baker (April 11, 2022)

Posted on April 11, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Will I Be Rich? Say The Bells of Shoredich by Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the April 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A sports story, set in a piano factory involving a pair of handcuffs. I write … Continue reading →

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Progress Report (Remember those?!) from Jeff Baker. April 9th, 2022.

Posted on April 9, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Not much progress to report since mid-February, but there has been some. Personal stuff and genial laziness have kept me from writing anything full-length, but I did get the weekly flash fictions and a few extra ones done. And I … Continue reading →

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Everyone is Writing a Book. Friday Flash Fiction from Jeff Baker, April 8th, 2022

Posted on April 8, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Everyone Is Writing a Book by Jeff Baker It was the early spring of nineteen-seventy-five and I was trying to be a writer. I would park in Old Man Emmerdale’s lot in front of the store and then go into … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets: “Hope Echoes” from “Three Left Turns to Nowhere.” from Jeff Baker, April 8, 2022.

Posted on April 8, 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 We’ve been posting from the new … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge for April, 2022!

Posted on April 4, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Mike Mayak, AKA Jeff Baker First, let’s get to the prompts for April 2022. Then the long-winded explanation. A Sports Story In a Piano Factory Involving a Pair of Handcuffs Hi! I’m Jeff Baker https://www.facebook.com/Jeff-Baker-Author-176267409096907 and I also write as Mike Mayak. https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeMayakAuthor … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets “Scavenger Hunt” from “Three Left Turns to Nowhere”

Posted on April 2, 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 Last week we started looking at the … Continue reading →

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The Triumph and Eventual Dissolution of Doctor E. A. Valdemar, Mad Scientist. Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, April 1st, 2022.

Posted on April 2, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Triumph and Eventual Dissolution of Doctor E. A. Valdemar Mad Scientist. By Jeff Baker The grey-haired man in the lab coat stared town at the tiny figures and raised fists in triumph. “It works! It works!” he shouted to … Continue reading →

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Soup, a Barn and a Bouquet. And a Goose. Story by Jeff Baker from (yet another prompt!) March 30, 2022.

Posted on March 30, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Is It Soup Yet? By Jeff Baker You should be careful when you pick wildflowers. I sat there on the bale of hay in the barn watching Charlie’s cousin mix up the broth in the pan on the little fire … Continue reading →

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