Category Archives: Ray Bradbury

Horror MAYhem, Shadracks and Chimps! May/June 2025 Reading Report From Jeff Baker. June 20, 2025.

Posted on June 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report. May/June 2025 Continuing Horror MAYhem a bit longer, I read “The Summer People” by Shirley Jackson (1950) The beginning reminded me of Nesbit’s “Man-Sized In Marble,” but Jackson’s story takes the very normal and turns it progressively darker. … Continue reading →

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October/November Progress Report from Jeff Baker. November 19, 2024.

Posted on November 19, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Progress Report for October/November 2024 Wrote a very angry Queer Sci Fi column on Election Night. Wrote a story based on the last word prompt by the late Paula Wyant and posted it on the blog earlier this month; “Look … Continue reading →

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“Look Down Fair Moon,” A Special Friday Flash Fics Story by Jeff Baker. November 1st, 2024.

Posted on November 1, 2024 by jeffbaker307

Look Down Fair Moon by Jeff Baker (Title from Walt Whitman) AUTHOR’S NOTE: This story was written from the last prompt posted by Paula Wyant. Two words: “It’s Coming.” I sometimes used her suggestions on her “Paula’s Prompts” feature on … Continue reading →

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Finishing Stuff; a Progress Report by Jeff Baker, 4/19/20. (Note; I haven’t finished anything!)

Posted on April 19, 2020 by jeffbaker307

April 19, 2020 I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t start any new story until I’d finished what I was working on. Largely, I’ve kept to that, except for a few starting paragraphs that I typed up … Continue reading →

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Short Stories from “Invisible Men” edited by Basil Davenport, 1960 (Part Two.) By Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 22, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Basil Davenport’s Invisible Men Beaumont, Bradbury and Gold By Jeff Baker More stories form Basil Davenport’s 1960 anthology “Invisible Men.” The anthology which exposed me to a bunch of stories from the pulp days (and earlier) and became something of … Continue reading →

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