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- Going Bananas (But Staying Stable) For the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws for June, 2026, From Mike Mayak. (June 8, 2026) That’s a Mystery!
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Category Archives: Fantasy
Caught a Goof! Progress Report May 10, 2020 by Jeff Baker.
Making serious progress on the historical mystery, just by plowing through it and not bothering to check through the MS for continuity, but I did tonight and I’m glad: I have our introduction to the suspects (soon-to-be-suspects) slipped in by … Continue reading →
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“The Further Adventures of Compost Boy,” by Jeff Baker. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge for May, 2020.
(Note: The three prompts drawn by Cait Gordon this month were an Action/Adventure involving a silk garment at a Fandom Gathering. I actually had a sequel made to order for an earlier story. Here it is!) The Further Adventures … Continue reading →
“Sojourn In Brooklyn” with Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. May 7, 2020
Sojourn In Brooklyn By Jeff Baker (A Bryce Going Story) I hadn’t ever expected to see the Brooklyn Bridge again, let alone be back East but the job I had didn’t question my fake I.D. and they were paying me … Continue reading →
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Midnight Basketball; Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, May 1, 2020.
Midnight Basketball By Jeff Baker The sharp bouncing of ball on concrete and the squeaking of shoes echoed through the darkened park, if anybody could hear them. Lit by the moon the three players had no trouble seeing the … Continue reading →
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New Story in “The Necronomicon of Solar Pons!”
Good News! I just got my copies of “The Necronomicon of Solar Pons” in the mail. Including my story “Solar Pons and the Testament In Ice,” the book is full of stories involving August Derleth’s version of Sherlock Holmes, Solar … Continue reading →
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Running With a Fox for Friday Flash Fics, by Jeff Baker. April 24, 2020.
When He Reached The Town-O By Jeff Baker There was no moon, just a starry sky. Dark, the way the Fox liked it. He smiled to himself; with any luck there would be rabbit or egg or fowl for … Continue reading →
More Progress Reports, Jeff Baker, April 20, 2020.
The planned daily (or near-daily) writing progress report has good news tonight (or early this morning—I keep odd hours!) I finished this week’s Friday Flash Fics story, and it looks good! I also worked on the major story I started … Continue reading →
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Along Comes a Steampunk Spider. April 2020’s Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker
Note: The prompts for the April Flash Fiction Draw Challenge (thanks Cait Gordon!) were a steampunk story involving a spider set at an apothecary. I send my thanks to Jan Grape for her input and suggestions which made the story … Continue reading →
Voyage Into Doubt: Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, April 11, 2020.
Wanderer’s Bay By Jeff Baker We’d traded our sloop in on something with an engine and had spent about a day fishing in the open sea. I guess that was my Stepdad’s idea of “bonding,” and it largely worked. Then … Continue reading →
Futuristic High-Rise for Friday Flash Fics, April 2, 2020, by Jeff Baker.
Exeunt From A Silver High Rise: A Gentlewoman Steps Forward By Jeff Baker Author’s Note: This week’s picture, a futuristic tower, made me think of a corporate high-rise and The Jetsons. And I’d been thinking of Shakespeare and … Continue reading →
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