Category Archives: Action/Adventure

“Now Comes the Doodlebug.” Part Two Of A Serial. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, August 29, 2025.

Now Comes the Doodlebug (“Thus Comes the Spider” part two.) By Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: Continuing the superhero story from last week.—-jeff Arn and Bryan’s off-campus apartment wasn’t much; a few hundred square feet on the fifth floor of an … Continue reading

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There’s No Need to Fear! Your Friendly Neighborhood Thanksgiving Story is Here! From Jeff Baker. (November 27, 2024)

An extra for our off-week for Thanksgiving. Happy reading! —-jeff Along Came A Parade Balloon by Jeff Baker Thanksgiving in New York City was pleasant and actually warm. The young photographer grinned to himself as he aimed his camera and … Continue reading

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Friday Flash Fics Visits The Secret City. Fiction by Mike Mayak. October 17, 2024.

Jorge Alabaster And the Secret City by Mike Mayak Jorge Alabaster turned the motorcycle off the highway as he drove into the city. He rode down the street into what had been the downtown area He passed what had been … Continue reading

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J. Scott Coatsworth’s “The Death Bringer” Releases This Week:

My friend J. Scott Coatsworth is releasing his latest novel “The Death Bringer.” It’s the fourth book in the Tharassas Cycle that began with…but maybe I’d better let Scott talk about it: AIK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME… AND NEITHER … Continue reading

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The Chicken Queen Lurks in Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. (August 31st, 2024)

August 30, 2024 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 I’ve written several … Continue reading

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Adventure! (And Mittens!) Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Stories For May, 2024. (Mike Mayak, May 13th, 2024)

Hi, again! Mike here, also known as “Jeff Baker.” The draws for the May 2024 FFDC were: An Adventure Story Set at The Temple Of Diana In Greece Involving Warm Woolen Mittens E. H. Timms wrote “Stranger Safety” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2024/05/flash-fic-challenge-stranger-safety.html And … Continue reading

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“Race To Destiny!” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story For May, 2024 from Mike Mayak (May 8, 2024)

Race To Destiny by Mike Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the May 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were; An Adventure Story, set at the Temple Of Diana In Greece, featuring Warm Woolen Mittens. Here’s what I came up with. … Continue reading

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Friday Flash Fics goes Ballooning With Unearthly Power. From Jeff Baker, June 30, 2023.

Five Weeks In a Balloon (A Secrets of Astaroth Story) by Jeff Baker Millennia ago, an ancient race ruled the galaxy. Their power and potency remained unchallenged and the most feared of these was Astaroth. Then did the ancients rebel … Continue reading

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“In The Caves,” Part Two of my Serial Story is posted on RoM/Mantic Reads. Jeff Baker, Friday January 13th, 2023.

Got a nice Friday the Thirteenth surprise this evening! “In the Caves,” part two of my serial story that began with “Toward the Marogas Hills” has posted on RoM/Mantic Reads! Here it is and I promise the story isn’t finished! … Continue reading

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July Flash Fiction Draw Challenge: The Results! (A Pie Tin in the Asteroid Belt–It’s an Adventure!) July 20, 2022. Jeff Baker.

The draws for the July 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: An Adventure Set in the Asteroid Belt Involving a Pie Tin E. H. Timms wrote “Medicinal Compounds.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2022/07/flash-fic-challenge-medicinal-compounds.html And I wrote “Because the Damn Thing’s There, Okay?” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2022/07/18/because-the-damn-things-there-okay-julys-flash-fiction-draw-challenge-story-by-jeff-baker-july-20-2022/ Anyone … Continue reading

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