Category Archives: Mystery

“Something Wonky This Way Comes” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker (May 3rd, 2024)

Posted on May 3, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Something Wonky This Way Comes by Jeff Baker Some of the lights over the convenience store parking lot were burned-out, giving it a shadowy creepy look. The tall redheaded kid and his dog, a small mixed-breed hopped out of the … Continue reading →

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Old Doctor John and the Bespectacled Band. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. July 21, 2023.

Posted on July 21, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Adventure of the Bespectacled Band by Jeff Baker When I was thirteen, my Father had me run occasional errands for him. Sometimes, this involved delivering messages, sometimes packages. I wasn’t sure what he did for a living but as … Continue reading →

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The Man From AUNT CLARA. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. April 28, 2023.

Posted on April 28, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Man From AUNT CLARA By Jeff Baker I had to tell Brad that AUNT CLARA wasn’t my Aunt and wasn’t a reference to that old TV show. He actually believed me when I acknowledged it was a secret intelligence … 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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The Saint Patrick’s Day Chicken Soars for Friday Flash Fics, March 17, 2023 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 17, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Adventure of the St Patrick’s Day Chicken by Jeff Baker We had the case wrapped up by noon. We had to. Josh and I had been hired to find some missing jewelry, gems that hadn’t even been reported stolen … Continue reading →

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“The Adventures of the Puzzle Club” by Queen and Pachter. Reviewed by Jeff Baker (February 1st, 2023.)

Posted on February 1, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Adventures of the Puzzle Club by Ellery Queen and Josh Pachter Reviewed by Jeff Baker “The Adventures of the Puzzle Club,” the latest in publisher Crippen and Landru’s fine series of mystery short-story collections features two (or rather, three!) mystery … Continue reading →

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Merry-Go-Round Mystery for the First Rainbow Snippet of the Year! Jeff Baker, January 7, 2023.

Posted on January 7, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Rainbow Snippets Round and Round She Goes From Jeff Baker January 7th, 2023 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 … Continue reading →

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Surfboards and Mystery! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge for December 2022—The Results!

Posted on December 12, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The draws for the December 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Mystery, set on (or around) a Merry-Go-Round, involving a Surfboard. E. H. Timms wrote “Surfing the Net.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2022/12/flash-fic-challenge-surfing-net.html And I wrote “Round and Round She Goes.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2022/12/10/mystery-on-a-merry-go-round-flash-fiction-draw-challenge-story-for-december-2022-from-jeff-baker-december-10-2022/ Again, … Continue reading →

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Mystery on a Merry-Go-Round. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for December 2022 from Jeff Baker. (December 10, 2022)

Posted on December 10, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Round and Round She Goes by Jeff Baker Author’s Note: The draws tor the December 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Mystery, on a Merry-Go-Round involving a Surfboard. I set my happily-ensconced private eyes Josh and Adam on the … Continue reading →

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“All The Live Long Day.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker for October 10th, 2022.

Posted on October 10, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Here’s my story, based on the prompts of a Crime Drama, set in a Law Office involving a Railroad Tie. I set my lawyer-detectives Musselman and Pearce to work on the case! —–jeff All the Live Long Day by Jeff … Continue reading →

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