Category Archives: Ghost Story

Enter “The Dark Tower” If You Dare! Spooky Friday Flash Fics for Christmas from Jeff Baker December 19, 2025.

The Dark Tower by Jeff Baker All the kids on my street knew the old grain elevator was haunted, especially around Christmas. The street stretched into a dirt and gravel road with a gully and overgrown weeds on either side … Continue reading

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“If It’s On A Shelf, Knock It Off.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker for Friday December 12, 2025

If It’s On A Shelf, Knock It Off… by Jeff Baker Okay,” Zane said tossing his jacket on the couch just inside the front door. “You think the house is haunted? You always say your house is haunted. What’s the … Continue reading

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“Tweet-O-Ween.” Friday Flash Fics For Halloween from Jeff Baker. (October 31, 2025)

Tweet-O-Ween by Jeff Baker You’d think Halloween in a genuinely haunted house would be fun, but not when you’re the ghosts and the home’s blissfully unaware owners were out for the weekend. Gus and Bertram (“Bertie”) had been happily “shacked-up” … Continue reading

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Reading Report: April/May 2025 from Jeff Baker. With Some Horror MAYhem! (May 20, 2025)

Reading Report: April/May 2025 I’ve found this period I did more reading away from the house: at the laundromat and at the repair shop. Twice. (Low tires.) Read Robert W. Chambers’ story “The Tomb of Samaris.” (Actually several chapters in … Continue reading

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Spooky Baby Buggy Bumpers. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Stories for December, 2024. (Mike Mayak, December 9, 2024)

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the December 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Romance Set in a Haunted House Involving Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers E. H. Timms wrote: “Love After Death.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2024/12/flash-fic-challenge-love-after-death.html And I wrote: … Continue reading

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“Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers” (Try Saying THAT Three Times!) Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for December 2024 from Mike Mayak (December 8, 2024)

Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers by Mike Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the December 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge (last one for this year, more coming in January 2025) were A Romance set in a Haunted House involving Rubber Baby … Continue reading

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“Wheels And Skulls.” Friday Flash Fics For (Near) Halloween, from Jeff Baker. October 25, 2024.

Wheels And Skulls by Jeff Baker The skeleton astride the motorcycle in the parking lot cackled in a ghostly voice; “Beware! I am the Hell-Spawned Spirit of Vengeance!” “Sounds good to me,” said a voice from the van parked in … Continue reading

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“The Year Is Gone…” But Rainbow Snippets Is Still Here! Jeff Baker, January 6th, 2024.

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 For my first snippet of the … Continue reading

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“The Year Is Gone Beyond Recall.” A Story For New Year’s By Jeff Baker. December 26, 2023.

The Year Is Gone Beyond Recall by Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: No Friday Flash Fiction story this week, but I have a story for New Year’s that I’m posting this week. The picture that inspired it I took right before … Continue reading

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“Benched.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. December 1st, 2023.

Benched by Jeff Baker The older of the two workmen finished bolting the last of the metal legs of the wooden bench into the concrete to one side of the sidewalk that ran between the Fine Arts Building and Campus … Continue reading

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