Category Archives: E. H. Timms

Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results! May 2025!!!

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the May 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Western Set in A Palace Involving a Director’s Chair E. H. Timms wrote: “Behind Closed Doors.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/05/flash-fic-challenge-behind-closed-doors.html And I wrote: “A Contest … Continue reading

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Henry Kuttner and Others! Jeff Baker’s March/April 2025 Reading Report. (April 21, 2025)

A Henry Kuttner-heavy Reading Report for March/April 2025 Read “Food For Thought” by Felice Picano who had died a week earlier. It’s in is collection “Tales From A Distant Planet.” The story plays like an episode of the original “Star … Continue reading

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Dogs and Wheels! (And Money!) Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for April 14th, 2025, from Mike Mayak.

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the April 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Caper Story Set in A Racetrack Involving a Pair Of Leg Irons E. H. Timms wrote: “A Pack Of Lies” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/04/flash-fic-challenge-pack-of-lies.html And … Continue reading

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February/March 2025 Reading Report from Jeff Baker. (March 20, 2025)

Reading Report February/March 2025 Got two anthologies by Ardath Mayhar, who I’d heard about but never read (after a post on Keith West’s blog https://adventuresfantastic.com/ for her birthday; he had met Mayhar!) And I’ve been on a Mayhar jag, I … Continue reading

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The Moon And Uluru. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results For March, 2025. Jeff Baker, March 10, 2025.

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the March 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Paranormal Story Set in The Australian Outback Involving a Set Of Stereo Speakers E. H. Timms wrote: “Moonrise” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/03/flash-fic-challenge-moonrise.html And (as Jeff … Continue reading

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Reading Report. January/February 2025 From Jeff Baker (February 20, 2025)

Reading Report; January/February 2025 I’m reading Stephen King’s first Dark Tower novel; “The Gunslinger.” Told myself I’d do it if I got snowed-in, and I’m not going anywhere in the 1” of snow we had! The book is comprised of … Continue reading

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“Still Here,” and More For the February 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. (Mike Mayak, February 9th, 2025)

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the February 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Historical Fiction Set in a Synagogue Involving a Hair Sofa E. H. Timms wrote: “Still Here” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/02/flash-fic-challenge-still-here.html And I wrote: “Night On … Continue reading

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Reading Report December ’24/January ’25, from Jeff Baker. (January 20, 2025)

Reading Report; December2024/January 2025 Continuing my Rudyard Kipling jag I (re-)read “The Bridge Builders,” a story I had read before maybe 30+ years ago. Read some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Wonder Book,” where he re-tells Greek Myths for a young audience. … Continue reading

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Getting A Clue In Line! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for January 2025! (First one of the year!) Presented by Mike Mayak

January 13th, 2025 Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the January 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Shaggy Dog Story Set in a Line Outside a Theater Involving a Bottle of Poison E. H. Timms wrote: … Continue reading

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Spooky Baby Buggy Bumpers. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Stories for December, 2024. (Mike Mayak, December 9, 2024)

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the December 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Romance Set in a Haunted House Involving Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers E. H. Timms wrote: “Love After Death.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2024/12/flash-fic-challenge-love-after-death.html And I wrote: … Continue reading

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