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“Trick and/or Treat” Friday Flash Fics (and Fiction) by Jeff Baker for October 22, 2021. (or is that 1975…)

Posted on October 22, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Trick and Or Treat by Jeff Baker I turned fifteen years old the week before Halloween, Nineteen-Seventy-Five. I felt like an adult. I wasn’t, but you couldn’t tell fifteen-year old me anything. Trick-or-treating was for little kids, I had done … Continue reading →

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“Your Silvery Beams” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for October 15th, 2021. (Play this one loud!)

Posted on October 15, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Your Silvery Beams by Jeff Baker The Moon was a pretty good place to hold a concert, no sound outside the auditorium, so they could play as loud as they wanted. I grinned at Duke seated right next to me. … Continue reading →

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A Quickie Flash Fiction Draw Story for October 11, 2021 from Jeff Baker. Mooooooo!

Posted on October 11, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Can’t This Cow Go Any Faster? By Jeff Baker As the cow trundled across the unused cornfield, Nick marked of a spot on the map. “Your Dad’s old fountain pen still working?” Alex said. “Best it can jostling around on … Continue reading →

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Nice Article About Me From My Old College. Jeff Baker, October 11, 2021.

Posted on October 11, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Lindsey Giardino did me the kindness of interviewing me for the College newsletter a few weeks ago. Here’s the article. https://news.newmanu.edu/jeff-baker-short-story/

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“Orange Is the Color…” Friday Flash Fics Up a Tree by Jeff Baker. October 8, 2021.

Posted on October 8, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Orange is the Color of My True Love’s… by Jeff Baker Years afterward I went and looked for the tree. It was early October and the leaves had hit that point where they changed overnight. In this case, the tree … Continue reading →

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The Plain Old Power of Unbelief. Two Stories by Arthur and Kuttner. October 7, 2021 by Jeff Baker

Posted on October 7, 2021 by jeffbaker307

The Plain Old Power of Unbelief By Jeff Baker I just finished reading a short-story, a science-fantasy story by Henry Kuttner titled “The Uncanny Power of Edwin Cobalt.” I stumbled across a mention of the basic plot somewhere and it … Continue reading →

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“And It’s One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out.” Friday Flash Fics for October 1, 2021 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on October 1, 2021 by jeffbaker307

And It’s One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Out… By Jeff Baker “Hey! Get a load of the fence!” Rodriguez said. “Just like the yard where we came from.” “Naaaah, no barbed wire,” I said. “Okay, you guys aren’t here to … Continue reading →

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“A Mischief That Is Past and Gone” for Friday Flash Fics, September 24, 2021 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on September 24, 2021 by jeffbaker307

(Picture by Jeff Baker) A Mischief That is Past and Gone by Jeff Baker “You got your phone?” I asked. “Nope, something better,” Kip said. “Where did you get that?” Chad asked. “My birthday when I was about twelve,” Kip … Continue reading →

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Progress Report Addenda (And That List!) from Jeff Baker, Sept. 19, 2021

Posted on September 19, 2021 by jeffbaker307

I’m re-posting part of this Progress Report from March, to see how I’ve done with the list of plotted out stories I need to finish. For the record, in the last six months I kept up my casual, coasting progress … Continue reading →

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Progress Report, September 19, 2021, from Jeff Baker.

Posted on September 19, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Industry and discipline pay off! For the last few weeks I have pushed myself to write every day and to work on two stories at the same time (something i swore off a decade ago!) But I have developed skills … Continue reading →

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