Category Archives: Fiction

“We Gather Together” for Rainbow Snippets. November 26, 2022 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on November 26, 2022 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 We’re taking a break from our … Continue reading →

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“We Gather Together.” A Thanksgiving Story by Jeff Baker. November 23, 2022.

Posted on November 23, 2022 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: No Friday Flash Fiction story this week (taking a break!) but I wrote this for Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! ——jeff We Gather Together by Jeff Baker Marcus grinned as he glanced down the picnic table decorated with cutout … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Rainbow Snippet from Jeff Baker, November 19, 2022.

Posted on November 19, 2022 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 A Thanksgiving snippet this week, from … Continue reading →

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“Baby, If You’ve Ever Wondered.” Spending Thanksgiving with Friday Flash Fics: November 18, 2022

Posted on November 18, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Baby, If You’ve Ever Wondered by Jeff Baker Okay. I’ll just sit you down here. Gotta love these baby carriers. Got you right here on this old kitchen table. Don’t worry, it’s as sturdy as this house and maybe about … Continue reading →

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A Legendary Brass Bed on an Ice Shelf (or something like that!) Flash Fiction Draw Challenge, November 2022: The Results!

Posted on November 14, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Draws for the November Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Legend or Tall Tale, involving a Brass Bed set on an Ice Shelf. Jeffrey Ricker wrote “The Brass Bed and the Epic Journey” https://jeffrey-ricker.com/november-flash-fiction-draw-the-brass-bed-and-the-epic-journey/ E. H. Timms wrote “Never … Continue reading →

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“Come Not Between the Dragon and his Wrath.” Friday Flash Fics for November 11, 2022 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on November 11, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Come Not Between the Dragon and His Wrath by Jeff Baker The six-foot-two-inch former college wrestler stood there in the mid-afternoon sun streaming through the restaurant window in his red shorts and pulled up his shirt revealing the red and … Continue reading →

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“The Death of Ezekiel Pink,” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story (Poem) for November 2022 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on November 8, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Death of Ezekiel Pink by Mike Mayak (With apologies to Robert W. Service ) Author’s Note: The draws for the November 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Tall Tale or Legend, set on an Ice Shelf, involving a … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets goes to RoM/Mantic Reads for “Billy Gonzalez and the Day of the Dead,” by Jeff Baker, November 5, 2022.

Posted on November 5, 2022 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 As we’ve just passed The Day … Continue reading →

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“The Well-Tempered Clavier” Plays on Friday Flash Fics, November 4, 2022 by Jeff Baker

Posted on November 4, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Well Tempered Clavier by Jeff Baker The loud music was blaring through the speakers and over the audience from the stage, with a little bit of colored smoke swirling around the keyboard and drum set. “All right!” Marty said. … Continue reading →

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Reading for Halloween: A Treasury of American Horror Stories. Jeff Baker, October 30, 2022.

Posted on October 30, 2022 by jeffbaker307

A Treasury of Terror by Jeff Baker Every year around Halloween I post something involving a selection of spooky tales for the season of Jack O’Lanterns and soaring witches. This year, something different; an entire anthology. In fact, an influential … Continue reading →

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