Category Archives: Fiction

Dumpster Dive with Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. November 17, 2023.

Dumpster Dive by Jeff Baker (A Bryce Going Story) I was hungry. I was tired. I was cold. It was right around Thanksgiving, my first one out on the streets since my Mom had bailed on me and I’d hit … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge November 2023—-The Results!!!!

Flash Fiction Draw Challenge November 2023; The Results! November 12th, 2023. Hi, again! Mike here, also known as “Jeff Baker.” This time I’m actually posting the stories just a little early! The draws for the November 2023 FFDC were: A … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving With Rainbow Snippets; “Baby If You’ve Ever Wondered” by Jeff Baker. November 11, 2023.

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/963484217054974 An early-Thanksgiving snippet or snippets this week, this from “Baby, If … Continue reading

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The Horn Blows at Midnight for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. November 10th, 2023.

The Horn Blows at Midnight by Jeff Baker There’s nothing like small-town High School football. And our team usually played nothing like small-town football. We didn’t have the worst record in the state but some people were surprised to hear … Continue reading

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“The One Who Yawns.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story For November 2023, as by Mike Mayak. (November 7, 2023.)

The One Who Yawns by Mike Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the November 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: Historical Fiction, set in a Railroad Car involving an Antique Cola Bottle. I realize that the term used for First … Continue reading

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“Jack Fell Down” in Friday Flash Fics as by Mike Mayak . November 3rd, 2023.

Jack Fell Down and Broke His Crown by Mike Mayak I was standing in front of the mirror, admiring my legs in those basketball shorts I’d kept from High School and didn’t notice Mom & Dad coming into the downstairs … Continue reading

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Halloween at the Food Garden Court. “All-Hollowed Eve,” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. October 26th, 2023.

All-Hollowed Eve by Jeff Baker (A Food Garden Court Story) The luminous white blob, dark smudges for eyes and mouth, surged up out of the floor, emitted a low moan and hovered between the tall young man and the customer … Continue reading

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“Candy Is Dandy.” Early Halloween for Friday Flash Fics from Mike Mayak (aka Jeff Baker.) October 20, 2023.

For a bit of Pre-Halloween romance, I turned this over to my pen-name Mike Mayak for this sequel to my story “Leader of the Laundromat.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2023/05/05/meet-the-leader-of-the-laundromat-for-friday-flash-fics-by-mike-mayak-may-5th-2023/ What’s up with Mick and Justin? Some of my readers wanted to know! ——j … Continue reading

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October Flash Fiction Draw Challenge—the Results! October 15, 2023.

The draws for the October 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were a romance set on the Interstate involving a Rusted Musket. E. H. Timms wrote “Shift Change.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2023/10/flash-fic-challenge-shift-change.html And I wrote: “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2023/10/14/the-shot-heard-round-the-world-flash-fiction-draw-challenge-story-from-jeff-baker-october-14-2023/ Now, how … Continue reading

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“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story from Jeff Baker. October 14, 2023.

The Shot Heard Round the World by Jeff Baker Author’s Note: The draws for the October 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Romance on the Interstate involving a Rusty Musket. Here’s what I came up with. The two forty-something … Continue reading

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