Category Archives: Fiction

Visit The Wild Things (And Demeter’s Bar!) Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker. August 16, 2024

Posted on August 16, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Where The Wild Things Are (A Demeter’s Bar Story) By Jeff Baker Roger Hulot and his husband Paolo were the only customers in Demeter’s Bar that summer afternoon. The fifty-somethings sat at the table Roger sipping a glass of Merlot, … Continue reading →

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“Turn-Off To Dead-End Junction.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. August 9th, 2024

Posted on August 9, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Turn Off To Dead End Junction by Jeff Baker “This is a crazy idea,” Ernie said. “Not that crazy,” Woody replied. “Nobody’s going to come here! The sign’s a perfect deterrent.” The sign on the old power pole by the … Continue reading →

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Feel “The Hornet’s Sting!” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story from Mike Mayak (August 8, 2024)

Posted on August 8, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Hornet’s Sting by Mike Mayak NOTE: The draws for the August 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Thriller, involving a Box of Rubber Bands set in a Field Of Lettuce. Here’s what I came up with. —-jeff, a.k.a. … Continue reading →

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“Christmas In Reverse.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. August 2nd, 2024.

Posted on August 2, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Christmas In Reverse by Jeff Baker “Okay…OOOMPF! Watch the carpet!” Cliff Rogers grunted as he and Terry Slater edged the sofa back to its usual position under the living room window. “Yeah…got it!” Terry said, carefully edging the end of … Continue reading →

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The Chicken Queen Hits Gotha…I Mean Goat’s Town. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. July 26, 2024.

Posted on July 26, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Chicken’s Big Cluck/Flat Out Of Luck by Jeff Baker The dead of night at Liverwurst Labs at the edge of Goat’s Town. Home to the nation’s preeminent scientists and their cutting edge discoveries. But what’s this? Two familiar figures … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets At The Continental Divide. (Sounds like a Fellini Western!) from Jeff Baker. July 19th, 2024.

Posted on July 19, 2024 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 The prompt pic (above) was one … Continue reading →

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“Spare Tire Blues.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. (July 19, 2024.)

Posted on July 19, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Spare Tire Blues by Jeff Baker “You’re kidding!” Jasper Wheeler said gawking at the old heap parked in the garage. “Old Man Kingston left you that?” “Yeah!” Eddie Shooter said. “Isn’t it great?” “Maybe about 1956 it would’ve been great, … Continue reading →

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Melodramatic Slides And Teepees. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for July 2024. (Mike Mayak, July 15, 2024.)

Posted on July 15, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Happy Heatwave, Everybody! I’m Mike, AKA Jeff Baker The draws for the July 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were; A Melodrama Set in A Giant Teepee Involving a Slippery Slide E. H. Timms wrote “Threefold Summons.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2024/07/flash-fic-challenge-threefold-summons.html And I wrote … Continue reading →

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Drink from the Fontaine Di Roma. Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. July 12th, 2024.

Posted on July 12, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Fontane Di Roma by Jeff Baker I stood and stared out the window at the small garden with the trickling stone fountain in the middle like a birdbath. “You’re not seriously telling me you think you’ve got the Fountain of … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for July 2024; Sliding Into Melodrama In A Teepee from Jeff Baker. (July 10, 2024)

Posted on July 10, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Teepee And The Torpor by Jeff Baker The sun beat down on Route 66 ½ and the reddish side of the mountain beside the road. In the huge cone-shaped structure with the worn sign reading “Teepeee Motel; We’ll Keep … Continue reading →

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