Category Archives: LGBT

“Las Posadas,” A Friday Flash Fics Christmas Story by Jeff Baker (December 17, 2021)

Las Posadas by Jeff Baker It was a couple of weeks before Christmas around 1993, a week before finals and I was going to St. Nigel’s College in Kansas. To my mind about as far away from where Scott Garcia … Continue reading

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Rainbow Snippets: “Christmas at Demeter’s Bar” by Jeff Baker. December 11, 2021.

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. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 Here’s some more snippets from a Christmas story I wrote. This one from … Continue reading

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Tread Carefully Into Deep Waters…Angel Martinez does another fine reading of one of my stories! (Dec. 10, 2021)

Angel Martinez reads a story (or part of one!) every Friday on her blog. Today, she reads one of mine: “One Foot In Sea and One On Shore.” She’s done me the kindness of reading my stories before, but this … Continue reading

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A Ghostly Rainbow Snippet, by an author much better than Jeff Baker. November 28, 2021.

My post this week for the Rainbow Snippets group is a little different: We usually post a snippet featuring at least one LGBT character. None in this, but the writer is an LGBT icon–the legendary Oscar Wilde! And as Christmas … Continue reading

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The Bright Silver Saucer in the Meadow. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge story for November, 2021, by Jeff Baker. (November 12, 2021.)

The Bright Silver Saucer in the Meadow by Jeff Baker Being married to the Grand Sorceress has some advantages. Most of the time. The family complains, says I should live in a palace or at least a mansion. But we … Continue reading

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A Rainbow Snippets Post, from Jeff Baker (October 25, 2021.)

I just joined Rainbow Snippets! I’m not sure exactly how this works or when the regular schedule is, but I’m supposed to post six sentences from either an LGBT WIP or another LGBT work of fiction. This is from a … Continue reading

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“Trick and/or Treat” Friday Flash Fics (and Fiction) by Jeff Baker for October 22, 2021. (or is that 1975…)

Trick and Or Treat by Jeff Baker I turned fifteen years old the week before Halloween, Nineteen-Seventy-Five. I felt like an adult. I wasn’t, but you couldn’t tell fifteen-year old me anything. Trick-or-treating was for little kids, I had done … Continue reading

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“Your Silvery Beams” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for October 15th, 2021. (Play this one loud!)

Your Silvery Beams by Jeff Baker The Moon was a pretty good place to hold a concert, no sound outside the auditorium, so they could play as loud as they wanted. I grinned at Duke seated right next to me. … Continue reading

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A Quickie Flash Fiction Draw Story for October 11, 2021 from Jeff Baker. Mooooooo!

Can’t This Cow Go Any Faster? By Jeff Baker As the cow trundled across the unused cornfield, Nick marked of a spot on the map. “Your Dad’s old fountain pen still working?” Alex said. “Best it can jostling around on … Continue reading

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“A Mischief That Is Past and Gone” for Friday Flash Fics, September 24, 2021 by Jeff Baker.

(Picture by Jeff Baker) A Mischief That is Past and Gone by Jeff Baker “You got your phone?” I asked. “Nope, something better,” Kip said. “Where did you get that?” Chad asked. “My birthday when I was about twelve,” Kip … Continue reading

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