Category Archives: ‘Nathan Burgoine

Toy Story for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker May 31, 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 by

  The Forlorn Bear By Jeff Baker   I was twelve years old and I was in bed with a cold. Over my protestations, my Mother sent for the doctor. Our regular doctor having been summoned on another call, Old … Continue reading →

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Side-Character Stories. Short-Story Month, Day # 22

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

By Jeff Baker “And then what happened?” The question which may indicate  that a kid is going to try to become a writer, but writers ask it too. I’m actually thinking about the relationship (just friends) of two characters in a … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

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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Holiday Stories, Short-Story Month, Day # 15

Posted on May 16, 2019 by

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

Posted on May 12, 2019 by

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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Short-Story Month, Day # 10. I Love a Mystery.

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

By Jeff Baker I’ve loved mystery short-stories for decades. Let’s start with Greg Herren’s “Annunciation Shotgun,” (which appears in New Orleans Noir.) Set in the post-Katrina New Orleans the author knows so well, if it was an episode of “Alfred … Continue reading →

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Making Connections. Short Story Month, Day #9

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

by Jeff Baker The theme for Day # 9 of Short-Story Month is “Connected Short Stories.” Plenty of stories have the connection of the same setting or characters (I’ve written a few myself,) but these count more as series stories. … Continue reading →

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