Category Archives: LGBT

Visit the Food Garden Court for Solstice, I mean, Christmas! Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. (December 20, 2024)

Posted on December 20, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work that we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets, here; [LINK] https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 I’ll add a snippet or two (and some shameless … Continue reading →

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“Solsta.” A Food Garden Court Christmas (sort of!) from Jeff Baker for Friday Flash Fics, December 20th, 2024. (Have you asked yet?)

Posted on December 20, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Solsta by Jeff Baker (A Food Garden Court Story) There was a festive air in the mall that season. Green and blue garlands were draped on the walls, storefront windows were festooned with blue lights, even the window in Mrs. … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets Is A Crime! (This Week, At Least!) Oscar Wilde via Jeff Baker. Friday December 13, 2024

Posted on December 13, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Friday December 13, 2023 Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work that we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets, here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=27692899480353418 I’ve gotten a nice response the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 9, 2024 by jeffbaker307

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)

Posted on December 8, 2024 by jeffbaker307

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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No Naked Lights. Friday Flash Fics for November 22, 2024 from Mike Mayak (aka Jeff Baker)

Posted on November 22, 2024 by jeffbaker307

No Naked Lights by Mike Mayak The ancient pickup truck puttered through the convenience store parking lot as Braden Walter, just turned forty-five and still my boyfriend, headed it into the parking space. Not that many people around that late … Continue reading →

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Reading Report for October/November 2024. From Jeff Baker. November 18, 2024.

Posted on November 19, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report October/November 2024. Am still on my Julian Hawthorne jag. Ordered “The Strange Recollections Of Martha Klemm” which collects his two Klemm stories. “Absolute Evil” and “A Goth From Boston.” The intro explains that the first story was reprinted … Continue reading →

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Come Listen To “The Playlist Of My Younger Days.” Friday Flash Fics From Mike Mayak. (November 15, 2024.)

Posted on November 15, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Playlist Of My Younger Days by Mike Mayak “Oh wow,” Max Clyborn said looking around at the big room in the brick building in Old Town. I think I was in here when it was still a warehouse, but … Continue reading →

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Let It Snow! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for November 2024, from Jeff Baker. (November 7, 20240)

Posted on November 7, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Let It Snow! By Jeff Baker We’d walked on the artificial wooden boards (and I knew what “wood” was because Team G, which I’m on, had done a report on it for school) and had seen the Solooen where they … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets: A Rainbow And The Moon.” Jeff Baker, November 2, 2024.

Posted on November 2, 2024 by jeffbaker307

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 occasional snippet, here is … Continue reading →

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