Category Archives: Kansas

“The Prancing And Pawing Of Each Little Hoof.” Friday Flash Fics For February 16th, 2024 From Jeff Baker.

Posted on February 16, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Prancing And Pawing Of Each Little Hoof by Jeff Baker The sirens were blaring, the wind was blowing and the clouds were dark in the sky that Kansas summer afternoon. The radio ant TV were telling everybody to get … Continue reading →

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Room For Rent with Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. December 15, 2023.

Posted on December 15, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Room For Rent by Jeff Baker Norby, Kansas wasn’t too far away from where we all lived but I hadn’t been through there in a while. But with our son going off to College I figured we ought to. It … Continue reading →

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“Snow Day!” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker for Friday December 8th, 2023.

Posted on December 8, 2023 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My apologies to followers of Facebook’s Friday Flash Fics page. I either forgot to post this picture there or it got deleted! ——jeff Snow Day by Jeff Baker This all happened about seventeen years ago when I was … Continue reading →

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The Horn Blows at Midnight for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. November 10th, 2023.

Posted on November 10, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Horn Blows at Midnight by Jeff Baker There’s nothing like small-town High School football. And our team usually played nothing like small-town football. We didn’t have the worst record in the state but some people were surprised to hear … Continue reading →

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“Roads.” A Friday Flash Fics Labor Day Story from Jeff Baker. September 15, 2023.

Posted on September 15, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Photo by Jeff Baker Roads by Jeff Baker It was about six in the evening, the Friday before Labor Day Weekend when the car turned onto Millington Street in Wichita. “You’re just in time, Dad,” I said, looking at the … Continue reading →

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“Wind and Wheat.” Friday Flash Fics for August 11, 2023, from Mike Mayak (a.k.a. Jeff Baker)

Posted on August 11, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Wind and Wheat by Mike Mayak I went custom cutting during the hot summer of 1980 when I was nineteen years old. Growing up in Millington, Kansas we were always around farm country even if you live in town. My … Continue reading →

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“Going Commando.” Raw Fiction From Jeff Baker for Friday Flash Fics. August 4th, 2023.

Posted on August 4, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Going Commando by Jeff Baker “Cannonball!” Scott yelled, jumping into the pool. “Not so loud!” Chad said. “The neighbors are asleep.” “Oh yeah. Sorry!” Scott said. “Oh, wow! Will you look at the stars! There’s the Summer Triangle, right overhead!” … Continue reading →

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Heavy Metal At “The Gate” in Wichita, KS (Jeff Baker, May 11, 2023)

Posted on May 11, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Heavy Metal at The Gate: a Record Shop in Wichita by Jeff Baker I stumbled across a literal hole-in-the-wall record shop just east of downtown Wichita that I had never heard of and which deserves more attention. “The Gate,” described … Continue reading →

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“All Work and No Play.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for April 2023 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on April 8, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The draws for the April 2023 Challenge were a Hardboiled Detective Story, a Prison Work Farm and a Model T Ford. Here’s my story. All Work and No Play by Jeff Baker In the two weeks I’d been at Prairie … Continue reading →

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“Christmas At de Obras’ Garage.” Friday Flash Fics for Christmas by Jeff Baker (December 23, 2022)

Posted on December 23, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Christmas at de Obras’ Garage by Jeff Baker The radio in the garage was playing “White Christmas,” after playing the weather forecast for temperatures in the 60s through New Year’s. Typical for Pending, Kansas, Eddie de Obras thought as he … Continue reading →

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