Category Archives: Demeter’s Bar

“But Not a Drop to Drink.” Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker for July 30, 2022.

Rainbow Snippets for July 30, 2022. Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or a work of someone else’s that has at least one LGBT character, posted on the Rainbow Snippets page, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets/?multi_permalinks=7692389787497683&notif_id=1659146476310253&notif_t=group_activity&ref=notifContinue reading

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“But Not a Drop to Drink…” Friday Flash Fics at Demeter’s Bar by Jeff Baker, July 30, 2022. (Saturday, but…)

But Not A Drop to Drink by Jeff Baker (A Demeter’s Bar Story) “Could it get any hotter?” somebody at the bar asked. “Only if we all press together,” Paco said, sipping his beer. About five of us were sitting … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippet for January 8th, 2022. From Jeff Baker.

My snippet this week is another early one, from when I’d just started posting a weekly flash fiction story. This one was the first series story I posted; I’d written (and actually published!) a few stories told at Demeter’s Bar. … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets: “Christmas at Demeter’s Bar” by Jeff Baker. December 11, 2021.

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. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 Here’s some more snippets from a Christmas story I wrote. This one from … Continue reading

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A Rainbow Snippets Post, from Jeff Baker (October 25, 2021.)

I just joined Rainbow Snippets! I’m not sure exactly how this works or when the regular schedule is, but I’m supposed to post six sentences from either an LGBT WIP or another LGBT work of fiction. This is from a … Continue reading

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

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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Messing About In Boats for Friday Flash Fics, October 9, 2020 by Jeff Baker

                                               Messing About In Boats                                               (A Demeter’s Bar Story)                                                      By Jeff Baker             The balding man sipped on his Bloody Mary and looked around Demeter’s Bar.             “I don’t care what the city fathers are trying to do. … Continue reading

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“The Mastery of the Ice” by Jeff Baker. Friday Flash Fics for December 20, 2019.

                                            The Mastery of the Ice (A Demeter’s Bar Story) By Jeff Baker It was a week before Christmas … Continue reading

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Two Stories Read by Angel Martinez

Angel Martinez reads a weekly story (or part of one) on her blog on Fridays. She’s read one of mine before, and this past Friday she read two! Sure as my name is Jeff Baker, this is a thriller: https://angelmartinezauthor.weebly.com/from-angels-cave/friday-reading-day-marsden-tower-camera-obscura

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Science Fiction for May the Fourth (for short-story month day #4)

By Jeff Baker Science Fiction is the subject for day #4 of Short-Story month. Among my very favorite writers are the husband-and wife team of Catherine L. Moore (C.L. Moore) and Henry Kuttner, cut short by Kuttner’s death in 1958. … Continue reading

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