Category Archives: LGBT

Short-Story Month, Day 24. Anthologies I’m Looking Forward To

Posted on May 30, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker I submit stories to a lot of anthologies and I only get in a few (which is a pretty good average!) and I’m looking forward to one I didn’t get published in: “Schoolbooks and Sorcery,” an LGBT inclusive YA … Continue reading →

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“Best-Of” Anthologies I Love. Short-Story Month Day #21

Posted on May 23, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker I read (and buy) tons of “Best Of The Year” anthologies. We are living in a golden age for Best-Ofs. Here are a few I love: Lethe Press’ fine “Wilde Stories” (Best Gay Speculative Fiction,) “Heiresses of … Continue reading →

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More On the Same Theme; Day #20 of Short-Story Month.

Posted on May 23, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker What short-stories do I want more of? I’ve actually spoken (online) with Steve Berman, asking for more of his series set in the mysterious “Fallen Area,” a part of a city taken over by magic and shunted … Continue reading →

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Historical Fiction for Day #18 of Short-Story Month.

Posted on May 19, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker I love historical fiction, and there are plenty of short-stories in the genre. Steven Saylor wrote a series of novels and short stories set in Ancient Rome featuring Gordianus the Finder, basically a private detective. The short … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction for Friday May 17, 2019

Posted on May 17, 2019 by jeffbaker307

An Old Love Story By Jeff Baker   “Okay, so which one’s your nephew?” “That one. Over there. Stage left.” “The tall one? By the fake tree at the edge of the stage?” “Yeah. Hey, remember when we were on … Continue reading →

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YA Short-Stories; Short-Story Month, Day #16

Posted on May 16, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker When I was a kid (I mean, really a kid) I had subscriptions to two magazines: “Jack and Jill” and “Golden Magazine.” (and I sent my first submission off to J & J about 1968, to one … Continue reading →

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Holiday Stories, Short-Story Month, Day # 15

Posted on May 16, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker I have a tradition involving reading short stories around Christmas. I re-read two stories by the great British author Margery Allingham. The first, “On Christmas Day In The Morning,” involves her detective Albert Campion (a man who … Continue reading →

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Horror Stories, a few classics for Short-Story Month, Day #13

Posted on May 14, 2019 by jeffbaker307

By Jeff Baker I’m one of those readers who believes that the short-story is the perfect form for the horror story. M.R. James’ ghost stories for openers, like “The Haunted Doll’s House” which blends terror with laughs. H.P. Lovecraft was … Continue reading →

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Where I Find Short Fiction. Short-Story Month, Day# 12

Posted on May 12, 2019 by jeffbaker307

How do I find short-stories to read? For openers, I subscribe to a buttload of magazines, like Analog, Asimov’s, Ellery Queens, Alfred Hitchcock’s and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. I also scope out anthologies in The Science Fiction … Continue reading →

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Voyage Into Danger for Friday Flash Fics, by Jeff Baker. May 10, 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019 by jeffbaker307

                                     The Voyage of the Kish By Jeff Baker Zamed watched as the clouds covered the moon that was high in the sky. … Continue reading →

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