Category Archives: Fantasy

“Auntie Granite’s.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for June 2023, from Jeff Baker.

Posted on June 7, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The June 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge draws were for a fairy tale involving a bicycle built for two, a Fairy Tale and an empty nightclub. This is a sequel to my FFDC story “The Deadly Poppy Field.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2018/12/10/the-deadly-poppy-field-by-jeff-baker-the-last-of-nathan-burgoines-monthly-flash-fiction-draw-challenges-december-10-2018/ Auntie … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Professor Dummkopt for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. Friday June 2nd, 2023.

Posted on June 2, 2023 by jeffbaker307

What Happened After Professor Dummkopt Poured His Intelligence Formula In Fido’s Bowl by Jeff Baker “Run!” yelled the squirrels. “The dog has learned how to use the ladder!” —end— AUTHOR”S NOTE: Again using the character created by Edward Paige Mitchell.

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“Tenting Tonight.” My Seventh Anniversary Post. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, May 26, 2023.

Posted on May 26, 2023 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: It was seven (Wow!) years ago that I stumbled across the old Monday Flash Fics Facebook group and wrote a quickie story and posted it. Then I decided to do a story for the next week’s prompt pic … Continue reading →

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Listen For “The Lurker In the Details,” and Beware! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for May 2023 by Mike Mayak (aka Jeff Baker!)

Posted on May 11, 2023 by jeffbaker307

(Above—Mike in his H.P. Lovecraft, E.A. Poe shirt. Photo by Mike Mayak.) The draws for the May 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Lovecraftian Horror Story Set on an Assembly Line Involving a broken Walkman. Here’s what I came … Continue reading →

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What’s Under the “Dome?” A Special Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, for April 7, 2023.

Posted on April 7, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Dome by Jeff Baker April 3, 2023. “There it is!” Inole said, pointing up the hill. “Yes! Finally!” Gewe said, bending over, clutching his knees and catching his breath. They had been running these last few yards. The silvery dome, … Continue reading →

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Magic in a Junkyard! Rainbow Snippets for March 26, 2023 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 26, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/RainbowSnippets Our main characters here are extremely closeted but not to the … Continue reading →

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“The Dragon Eater.” J. Scott Coatsworth’s New Book!! (And there’s a giveaway!!!!)

Posted on March 16, 2023 by jeffbaker307

My friend J. Scott Coatsworth https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/ has a new book available right now! “The Dragon Eater,” but I’ll let him tell you about it —–jeff Book Blurb: Raven’s a thief who just swallowed a dragon. A small one, sure, but … Continue reading →

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“Fools That Will Laugh on Earth.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for March 10, 2023.

Posted on March 10, 2023 by jeffbaker307

(The house pic DID inspire this week’s story but I forgot to mention it in the story! Oh well, it’s where our narrator lives! —–j) Fools That Will Laugh on Earth by Jeff Baker The alien invasion failed but it … Continue reading →

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“For Murder Though It Have No Tongue.” March 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker. March 7, 2023.)

Posted on March 7, 2023 by jeffbaker307

For Murder Though It Have No Tongue by Jeff Baker (March 7, 2023) The lights at the football stadium were off and they could barely see the grass in the reflected light from the city. “Gimmie that thermos,” Hammie Dane … Continue reading →

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Long Island to San Francisco for Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. March 4, 2023.

Posted on March 4, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Take your seat to watch the parade or rather, to listen to a couple of parade-watchers. Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters … Continue reading →

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