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Progress Report; July 13th, 2021 from Jeff Baker

Posted on July 13, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Got some stuff done! Not what I expected to! Wrote one extra column, worked on another and wrote some on four stories and finished another for a market I’d just found out about (wound up about 1400 words) and fired … Continue reading →

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The Reidels Investigate in “Looking For the Yellow House,” for Friday Flash Fiction by Jeff Baker. July 9, 2021.

Posted on July 9, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Looking For the Yellow House by Jeff Baker (A Donna and Sean Reidel Mystery) “You take that way, I’ll take this way.” Donna Reidel pointed and her husband Sean nodded. They were tired, hungry and spattered in mud. The last … Continue reading →

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Battle Crime With The Dustman! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for July, 2021 from Jeff Baker. July 7th, 2021.

Posted on July 7, 2021 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for this month’s Flash Fiction Draw Challenge (Thank you, Jeffrey Ricker!) were a comedy set in a car trunk involving a vacuum cleaner. I’ve used a lot of song titles as story titles but I never … Continue reading →

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Progress Report, July 6th, 2021. From Jeff Baker.

Posted on July 6, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Surprised myself by finishing and revising two (count ’em, two!!!) full-length short-stories and fired them off to their respective markets. One being the Saturday Evening Post (Fingers crossed!) Also worked on a couple of the Flash Fiction stories, and finished … Continue reading →

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Something Is Up in Barracuda Flats, for Friday Flash Fics, July 2, 2021 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on July 2, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Something Up in Barracuda Flats by Jeff Baker I inhaled on the cheroot and blew the smoke out the open train window. I stared at the scenery. “Travel” certainly came from “travail,” no doubt about it. I’d had easier rides … Continue reading →

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“Moon Take Thy Flight” for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, June 25, 2021.

Posted on June 25, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Moon Take Thy Flight by Jeff Baker (A Demeter’s Bar Story) “I’ve been to the Moon, you know,” the old man sitting at the bar said sipping a whiskey. Even for Demeter’s Bar that was an off-the-wall statement. Zack, the … Continue reading →

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Progress Report from Jeff Baker, June 22, 2021.

Posted on June 22, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Wrote some on a column for Queer Sci-Fi (may have written it all!) and started a couple of others. Wrote this week’s Friday Flash Fiction story (the last one celebrating my fifth anniversary of doing these.) Also surprised myself by … Continue reading →

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The Wind Blows Across the Prairie for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, June 18, 2021.

Posted on June 18, 2021 by jeffbaker307

The Wind Across the Prairie Whistling In the Tall, Tall Grass By Jeff Baker (A Billy Gonzalez story) I hadn’t been to the trailer just outside Pending, Kansas in about five years but I’d lived there the summer after I’d … Continue reading →

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Progress Report from Jeff Baker; June 14, 2021

Posted on June 15, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Wrote a couple of the weekly Flash Fiction pieces as well as the Monthly Flash Fiction Draw Challenge story. Did that one fast–I based it a little on a story I was going to send to Weird Tales in the … Continue reading →

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“A Place Where the Sky Never Ends,” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for June 11, 2021.

Posted on June 11, 2021 by jeffbaker307

A Place Where the Sky Never Ends by Jeff Baker When you’re sixteen the world can swirl around you. That happened to me literally at the Kansas State Fair in 1978, but I wasn’t planning on it. Mark Dundee and … Continue reading →

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