Category Archives: Fantasy

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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“Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for February 25, 2023. (A Day Late!)

Posted on February 25, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Beans Beans the Musical Fruit by Jeff Baker The whole mess started because Steve saw the poster they put up in our dorm lobby about the 40th Anniversary Millington Chili Blowout. The school (University of Millington or Millington University) usually … Continue reading →

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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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