Category Archives: Fiction

“Will I Be Rich?” The Bells of Shoredich Chime for April’s Flash Fiction Draw Challenge by Jeff Baker (April 11, 2022)

Posted on April 11, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Will I Be Rich? Say The Bells of Shoredich by Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the April 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A sports story, set in a piano factory involving a pair of handcuffs. I write … Continue reading →

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Everyone is Writing a Book. Friday Flash Fiction from Jeff Baker, April 8th, 2022

Posted on April 8, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Everyone Is Writing a Book by Jeff Baker It was the early spring of nineteen-seventy-five and I was trying to be a writer. I would park in Old Man Emmerdale’s lot in front of the store and then go into … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets: “Hope Echoes” from “Three Left Turns to Nowhere.” from Jeff Baker, April 8, 2022.

Posted on April 8, 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’ve been posting from the new … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets “Scavenger Hunt” from “Three Left Turns to Nowhere”

Posted on April 2, 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 Last week we started looking at the … Continue reading →

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The Triumph and Eventual Dissolution of Doctor E. A. Valdemar, Mad Scientist. Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, April 1st, 2022.

Posted on April 2, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Triumph and Eventual Dissolution of Doctor E. A. Valdemar Mad Scientist. By Jeff Baker The grey-haired man in the lab coat stared town at the tiny figures and raised fists in triumph. “It works! It works!” he shouted to … Continue reading →

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Soup, a Barn and a Bouquet. And a Goose. Story by Jeff Baker from (yet another prompt!) March 30, 2022.

Posted on March 30, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Is It Soup Yet? By Jeff Baker You should be careful when you pick wildflowers. I sat there on the bale of hay in the barn watching Charlie’s cousin mix up the broth in the pan on the little fire … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets Makes a Left Turn to Nowhere (March 26, 2022.) Jeff Baker, with Jeffrey Ricker

Posted on March 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 This week we look at the … Continue reading →

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Enter the Fourth Dimension for Friday Flash Fics, March 25, 2022 by Jeff Baker

Posted on March 25, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The Fourth-Dimensional Chronomizer by Jeff Baker I had not seen Professor Dummkopt for several weeks, not even at the regular meetings of the Radical Club (which studied the unknowable) when I received a note by messenger to meet him at … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets for March 19, 2022. “Nereus” from Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 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 My snippet this week is from my … Continue reading →

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“You Drive.” On the Road for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, March 18, 2022.

Posted on March 18, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Just Drive by Jeff Baker Jack gripped the wheel, his fists opening and shutting. Just drive, Jack, he kept saying to himself. Just drive. Don’t freak out. Speed limit. Watch the stop signs. Rob and Joey are in the back … Continue reading →

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