Category Archives: Fiction

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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A Rainbow Snippets Halloween: “The Moon on the Breast of the New-Fallen Snow” by Jeff Baker (October 29, 2022)

Posted on October 29, 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: [LINK] This week, an exciting preview of … Continue reading →

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“The Werewolf Who Came to Dinner.” Happy Halloween from Friday Flash Fics and Jeff Baker. October 28, 2022.

Posted on October 28, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Werewolf Who Came to Dinner by Jeff Baker Lonnie Magruder grinned at the big, carved pumpkin and pulled his jacket around him in the dark. “How long has it been since we went Trick-Or-Treating, anyway?” That was George Gordy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Friday Flash Fics, Friday Flash Fictions, Halloween, Lonnie Magruder, Moon, Short-Stories, Werewolves | 2 Comments

Ride in “The Woodie” for Friday Flash Fics. October 21, 2022 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on October 21, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Woodie by Jeff Baker The world went haywire just before the game was supposed to start. I’d won the tickets and had driven all night from Albuquerque, sleeping in my old Woodie station wagon and was sitting in the … Continue reading →

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“Going Along With the Crowd.” Running With Friday Flash Fics for October 14, 2022.

Posted on October 15, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Going Along With the Crowd by Jeff Baker “Okay, Okay. You. Can. Do. This” Andrew Dominski puffed out the words in rhythm as he jogged along. He wasn’t at the front of the group but he wasn’t bringing up the … Continue reading →

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October 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge: Railroad Ties, Law Offices and Crimes: The Results! (October 10th, 2022—Jeff Baker)

Posted on October 10, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The draws for the October 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Crime Drama, set in a Law Office, involving a Railroad Tie. Here are the results! E. H. Timms wrote “Waterlogged Notes.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2022/10/flash-fic-challenge-waterlogged-notes.html And I wrote “All the Live … Continue reading →

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“All The Live Long Day.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker for October 10th, 2022.

Posted on October 10, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Here’s my story, based on the prompts of a Crime Drama, set in a Law Office involving a Railroad Tie. I set my lawyer-detectives Musselman and Pearce to work on the case! —–jeff All the Live Long Day by Jeff … Continue reading →

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“Gruff” for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. October 7th, 2022.

Posted on October 7, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Gruff by Jeff Baker (A Bllly Gonzalez story.) All Arnie Jorgenson told me was that he’d found a place with some good grass. Me, I wasn’t into that, but he told me to meet him behind the old Power Company … Continue reading →

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