Category Archives: Fantasy

In Which a Prince Encounters a Spirit of the Night. Rainbow Snippets for February 18, 2023 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on February 18, 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/?multi_permalinks=8650580131678639&comment_id=8654478567955462&notif_id=1676181788488596&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif For Valentine’s Day Week, how about somebody who’s running away from … Continue reading →

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More of the Best Of Ballantine’s “The Best Of…” Compiled By Jeff Baker. February 13, 2023.

Posted on February 13, 2023 by jeffbaker307

More of The Best of the Best of Ballantine’s The Best of… Compiled by Jeff Baker From about 1974 through at least the late 80s, Ballantine Books published a series of over 22 (paperback and hardcover) “Best of” collections of … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets Takes a Nap! “Skid and T’amec in Slumberland” by Jeff Baker, February 11, 2023.

Posted on February 11, 2023 by jeffbaker307

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 This snippet may be appropriate for … Continue reading →

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“The Grackle and the Sun” by Jeff Baker. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for February 2023.

Posted on February 10, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Grackle and the Sun by Mike Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the February 2023 Flash Fiction Draw challenge were an Aesop’s Fable, set on or near the Sun, involving a vintage T.V. set. There once was a Grackle … Continue reading →

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Early Valentine’s Story by Jeff Baker on RoMMantic Reads. February 10th, 2023.

Posted on February 10, 2023 by jeffbaker307

My new story “The Night in Question” is up at RoMMantic Reads.” Just in time for Valentine’s Day. https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2023/02/10/jeff-baker-the-night-in-question/ Special thanks to Fiona Glass and Brent Silveria, who kindly lent me the use of his last name! Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Travel “The Road to Nowhere” with Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. (February 10, 2023.)

Posted on February 10, 2023 by jeffbaker307

On the Road to Nowhere by Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: Special thanks to Kaje Harper for providing the picture that inspired this week’s story! —jeff Greg Gerber held tight to the steering wheel and let the breeze from the open … Continue reading →

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The Best of Ballantine’s “Best of…” by Jeff Baker.

Posted on February 9, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Best of the Best of Ballantine’s The Best of… Compiled by Jeff Baker From about 1974 through at least the late 80s, Ballantine Books published a series of over 22 (paperback and hardcover) “Best of” collections of the work … Continue reading →

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A Reading of My Story “All The Pleasures Prove” by Angel Martinez! Jeff Baker, February 3rd, 2023.

Posted on February 3, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Angel Martinez does another fine reading of one of my stories, this time “All the Pleasures Prove,” which first appeared on RoMMantic Reads here: https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2022/11/11/jeff-baker-all-the-pleasures-prove/ Here’s Angel’s fine reading! Thanks, Angel! Enjoy! https://angelmartinezauthor.weebly.com/from-angels-cave/friday-reading-day-all-the-pleasures-prove

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“Get a Horse.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, February 3, 2023.

Posted on February 3, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Get a Horse by Jeff Baker “What do you mean the car’s gone?” Roddy asked. “Gone.” Alec said. “Not here. I went into the Old Courthouse for about thirty minutes and the car was, well gone when I got here.” … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge for January 2023—The Results! January 16th, 2023.

Posted on January 16, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The draws for the January 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Ghost Story, set in a Desert, involving a Roll of Film. E. H. Timms wrote “Digging Deeper.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2023/01/flash-fic-challenge-digging-deeper.html And I (as Jeff Baker) wrote “In the Amalfi Desert … Continue reading →

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