Category Archives: ‘Nathan Burgoine

Romantically Clowning Around in…Oh, the Heck With It! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws For December 2025 from Mike Mayak (December 8, 2025)

Posted on December 8, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s the draws for the December 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Romance Involving A Clown Costume Set in A Library Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I also write as … Continue reading →

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Cyberpunk Trolley Wigs (and a little Mold!) Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws For November 2025 from Mike Mayak. (November 3, 2025)

Posted on November 3, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s the draws for the November 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Cyberpunk Story Involving A Moldy Wig Set on A Trolley Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I also write … Continue reading →

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Reading Report, August/September 2025 from Jeff Baker

Posted on September 21, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Image courtesy of J. Scott Coatsworth Read Joe R. Lansdale’s “The Shadows In the Rock,” in the anthology “Scaring and Daring.” A fine homage to Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn. The dialogue is perfect. (“You listen right smart, that river … Continue reading →

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“Dogs Don’t Break Hearts.” ‘Nathan Burgoine’s New YA Book Reviewed by Jeff Baker. (August 29, 2025)

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jeffbaker307

“Dogs Don’t Break Hearts” is ‘Nathan Burgoine’s second YA book under Lorimer’s “Real Love” imprint since his fun “Stuck With You” two years ago. Like the earlier book, it is a “Hi/Lo,” a “high interest, low reading complexity book” meant … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Snippets from ‘Nathan Burgoine’s “Dogs Don’t Break Hearts.” Jeff Baker, August 29, 2025.

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Every Week at Rainbow Snippets https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 participants post six lines of a work of theirs, a work-in-progress or a work by someone else that has LGBT characters. This week I’m posting from “Dogs Don’t Break Hearts,” the latest YA romance … Continue reading →

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Reading Report for July/August 2025. Ancient Rome (again) and Myriad Horrors and Wonders.

Posted on August 22, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report July/August 2025 Of course I read the monthly offerings by E. H. Timms and J. Scott Coatsworth, as well as the weekly stories Kaje Harper posts. She has wrapped up a serial which I wrote about in an … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tales and Jelly In the Empire State! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge For August 2025, from Mike Mayak. (August 4th, 2025.)

Posted on August 4, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s the draws for the August 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Fairy Tale Involving A Bowl Full Of Jelly Set at The Empire State Building Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws For May 2025 from Mike Mayak. Lights, Camera, Action In A Palace! (May 5th, 20025)

Posted on May 5, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s the draws for the May 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Western Involving A Director’s Chair Set at A Palace Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I also write as … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws for April 2025! Capers, Leg Irons and Racetracks!

Posted on April 7, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s the draws for the April 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Caper Story Involving A Set Leg Irons Set at A Racetrack Now, on to the details. Hi! I’m Mike Mayak, I also … Continue reading →

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A Paranormal Story In Stereo! (And then we can go to Outback!) Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Draws For March, 2025. (Mike Mayak, March 3, 2025)

Posted on March 3, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Photo By Amy Tharp Here’s the draws for the March 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge. Followed by my usual long-winded explanation: A Paranormal Story Involving A Set Of Stereo Speakers Set in The Australian Outback Now, on to the details. … Continue reading →

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