Category Archives: Fritz Leiber

Reading Report December ’24/January ’25, from Jeff Baker. (January 20, 2025)

Posted on January 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report; December2024/January 2025 Continuing my Rudyard Kipling jag I (re-)read “The Bridge Builders,” a story I had read before maybe 30+ years ago. Read some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Wonder Book,” where he re-tells Greek Myths for a young audience. … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: September/October 2024, from Jeff Baker

Posted on October 20, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report, September/October 2024 Jeff Baker Grabbed a lot of time to read this month! Started reading Dave Musson’s “Once More Round the Sun.” Read the stories “Start As You Mean To Go On,” “The Strange Phenomenon of Epping Manor,” … Continue reading →

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Bulls And Snakes And Cakes—Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for October 2024. (Mike Mayak, October 14, 2024)

Posted on October 14, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Hi, again! I’m Mike Mayak, AKA Jeff Baker. The Draws for the October 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Monster Story Set in A Cake Shop Involving A Rubber Duck E. H. Timms wrote “Bull In A Cake Shop” … Continue reading →

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“I Just Found Fritz!” Friday Flash Fics Story By Jeff Baker (October 11, 2024)

Posted on October 12, 2024 by jeffbaker307

I Just Found Fritz by Jeff Baker Kyle walked up the stairs to the second floor of the new Public Library. He was a little out of breath and realized he wasn’t a kid on the High School track team … Continue reading →

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“I Don’t Like Spiders And Snakes.” But I DO Like the October 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker. (October 10th, 2024)

Posted on October 10, 2024 by jeffbaker307

I Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes by Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the October 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Monster Story set in a Cake Shop involving a Rubber Duck. Here’s the story, but can you … Continue reading →

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Reading Report For April/May 2024, From Jeff Baker. (May 20th, 2024)

Posted on May 21, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report April/May 2024 I actually think I did more reading than writing this time around! Started reading some of the stories in the Crippen and Landru collection of Frances and Richard Lockridge’s “Flair For Murder.” It includes all of … Continue reading →

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Reading Report; April 20th, 2024, from Jeff Baker.

Posted on April 20, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report: March/April 2024 from Jeff Baker Okay, I didn’t read Poe this time around! Didn’t read a lot of any fiction this month. Except for the usual; the Kaje Harper stories and the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge stories (not … Continue reading →

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Reading Report, March 20th, 2024. From Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 21, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report: February/March, 2024 Again this month, unless noted most of these are short stories. Re-read Asimov’s “Where No Man Persueth.” Listened to a reading (on You Tube) of Mike Resnick’s story “The Wizard Of West 34th Street.” Posted it … Continue reading →

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Meet the Motorcycle Cat For Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. February 2nd, 2024.

Posted on February 2, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Zen And the Art Of the Motorcycle Cat By Jeff Baker The late afternoon sun was setting and the garage was cool as Joey fished in his toolbox from his position under the parked motorcycle. From his perch on the … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: December 2023/January 2024, from Jeff Baker. (January 19, 2024)

Posted on January 19, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report for January 2024 (!!!!) Starting off with the last week in December, 2023, I finished reading James Moran’s story “A Canadian Ghost In London,” from his collection “Fear itself.” I THINK I’ve read all the stories in the … Continue reading →

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