Category Archives: Fantasy

Making Connections. Short Story Month, Day #9

Posted on May 9, 2019 by jeffbaker307

by Jeff Baker The theme for Day # 9 of Short-Story Month is “Connected Short Stories.” Plenty of stories have the connection of the same setting or characters (I’ve written a few myself,) but these count more as series stories. … Continue reading →

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Getting Gnarly with All You Zombies. Short-Story Month, Day # 8

Posted on May 9, 2019 by jeffbaker307

For Day #8 of Short-Story Month, here are some takes on two of the most popular themes in speculative fiction: Time travel and Immortality. For starters, two of the twistiest time-travel stories Robert A. Heinlein wrote: “By His Bootstraps” (1941) … Continue reading →

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Singular Stories and a Return for Day #7 of Short-Story Month

Posted on May 8, 2019 by jeffbaker307

I’m going to bend the rules for this one. The idea is to talk about stand-alone stories, but the first one is just too good. There are actually two sequels to this first story, but the story is singular enough … Continue reading →

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Short-Story Month Day #6. The Magic of the Movies; Fantasy Sort-Stories

Posted on May 6, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker For Day #6 of this Short-Story Month blog, about Fantasy stories, I’m thinking about “The Movie People,” a fine fantasy story by the great Robert Bloch. Bloch grew up in the era of the silent movies and … Continue reading →

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“Brotherhood of the Travelling Shorts” by Jeff Baker. Friday Flash Fics for May 3rd, 2019 (posted May 4th!)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by jeffbaker307

The Brotherhood of the Travelling Shorts By Jeff Baker   Stephen and Roy spent the summer on the beach, in a rented bungalow that dated back to the 1940s. They spent their evenings together but when Roy holed himself up … Continue reading →

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“The Milk Grotto.” Walk into the dark in Friday Flash Fics, by Jeff Baker.

Posted on April 26, 2019 by jeffbaker307

The Milk Grotto By Jeff Baker   The police were after me. I’d been in the city three weeks and I was pretty sure I was innocent of anything, but if they really checked they’d find out that my name … Continue reading →

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Beware of the Dragon, Friday Flash Fiction by Jeff Baker, April 19, 2019

Posted on April 20, 2019 by jeffbaker307

Doorway of the Dragon By Jeff Baker I always had a thing for Asian guys. So when I met Alex at the sandwich bar, young, muscular and rocking out a tee-shirt, I started talking to him. Soon we were walking … Continue reading →

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“Riding the Rails.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, April 13, 2019.

Posted on April 13, 2019 by jeffbaker307

Riding the Rails By Jeff Baker   I’d ducked into the freight car thinking the train was headed west. By the time I realized we were heading north there was no way to jump off. But I was seventeen that … Continue reading →

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In a Fog with Friday Flash Fics for March 22, 2019 by Jeff Baker

Posted on March 22, 2019 by jeffbaker307

                            McGuffin and the London Peril By Jeff Baker Delmar and I were waiting on a cab and made the mistake of going back into the clubroom … Continue reading →

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The Library Dancer—Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker (On Saturday again!) March 9, 2019

Posted on March 9, 2019 by jeffbaker307

The Library Dancer By Jeff Baker   The young woman pirouetted around the tall bookcases in spite of wearing high heels, her dress flowing around her legs like an upside down flower. Crouched behind a low bookcase, the two men … Continue reading →

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