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Category Archives: Fiction
“It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a frog!” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge story by Jeff Baker for October 8, 2018
Note: The way this works is ‘Nathan Burgoine draws three cards that correspond to a genre, a setting and an object. Then we write a story using all three. This month the draws resulted in a horror story set at … Continue reading →
An optimistic take on the weekly picture for Friday Flash Fics, October 5, 2018 by Jeff Baker.
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life By … Continue reading →
Who Killed The Mysterious Spy? Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, September 28, 2018
Lust’s Dominion, and Other Bawdy Stories By Jeff Baker The fog was so thick Kit worried about stumbling into a tree. “This fog, so thick I can barely…Halt! Identify yourself or feel my steel!” “It is I! Ingrim Frizer!” “Frizer! … Continue reading →
The Middle of Nowhere? Friday Flash Fics for Sept. 21, 2018 by Jeff Baker.
Little House on the Prairie By Jeff Baker “There it is!” … Continue reading →
Stuck on you for Friday Flash Fics, September 14, 2018 by Jeff Baker
It Takes a Licking … Continue reading →
“A Traffic In Dollars,” by Jeff Baker. September entry for the Monthly Flash Fiction Draw Challenge.
NOTE: This month’s Flash Fiction Draw results were a suspense story set at a border crossing involving a bag of money. This reminded me of the old radio show “Suspense,” which put me in mind of the old “Radio Mystery … Continue reading →
A wild ride for Friday Flash Fics, September 7, 2018 by Jeff Baker
The Wild Ride of Cormac O’Toole By Jeff … Continue reading →
“Shine On Harvest Moon,” a reading by Angel Martinez
https://angelmartinezauthor.weebly.com/from-angels-cave/friday-reading-day-shine-on-harvest-moonThe fine writer Angel Martinez does a reading of my short story on her weekly Friday Reading Day podcast! Thanks for the kind words, Angel!
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Off on a Bike; Friday Flash Fiction for August 31, 2018 by Jeff Baker
Sidetracked By Michael J. Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is a prologue of sorts to a novel I was writing (under my pen-name) that I put to the side because it wasn’t working. At one point I thought I might … Continue reading →
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Uncorking Friday Flash Fics for August 24, 2018, by Jeff Baker.
Return For Deposit (Except in KY, IL, WI & NJ.) By Jeff Baker The bottle was glistening as it washed onto … Continue reading →
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