Category Archives: Romance

Rainbow Snippets Paints the Meadows With Delight. Jeff Baker, November 18, 2023.

Posted on November 18, 2023 by jeffbaker307

November 18, 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/RainbowSnippets/?multi_permalinks=24082521664724569&notif_id=1700355017635329&notif_t=group_activity&ref=notif My snippet this week is from my … Continue reading →

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“Candy Is Dandy.” Early Halloween for Friday Flash Fics from Mike Mayak (aka Jeff Baker.) October 20, 2023.

Posted on October 20, 2023 by jeffbaker307

For a bit of Pre-Halloween romance, I turned this over to my pen-name Mike Mayak for this sequel to my story “Leader of the Laundromat.” https://authorjeffbaker.com/2023/05/05/meet-the-leader-of-the-laundromat-for-friday-flash-fics-by-mike-mayak-may-5th-2023/ What’s up with Mick and Justin? Some of my readers wanted to know! ——j … Continue reading →

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“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story from Jeff Baker. October 14, 2023.

Posted on October 14, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Shot Heard Round the World by Jeff Baker Author’s Note: The draws for the October 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Romance on the Interstate involving a Rusty Musket. Here’s what I came up with. The two forty-something … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash Fics in a Beautiful Pea Green Boat by Jeff Baker, Friday October 13th, 2023.

Posted on October 13, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Beautiful Pea-Green Boat by Jeff Baker It was late afternoon when Billy Delaware’s doorbell rang. The man who stood there was six-foot-one, a little bit of a gut, red hair and beard that were going white. Billy could see the … Continue reading →

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“Slowly I Turned.” Friday Flash Fics for September 22, 2023 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on September 22, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Slowly I Turned… by Jeff Baker They had heard the sound from outside, a rushing, steaming kind of noise in the middle of a summer afternoon. Sol Gribbs had stepped out of their house in an older suburb of town … Continue reading →

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“Roads.” A Friday Flash Fics Labor Day Story from Jeff Baker. September 15, 2023.

Posted on September 15, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Photo by Jeff Baker Roads by Jeff Baker It was about six in the evening, the Friday before Labor Day Weekend when the car turned onto Millington Street in Wichita. “You’re just in time, Dad,” I said, looking at the … Continue reading →

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New Story on RoMMantic Reads (Christmas in August?) Jeff Baker, August 18, 2023.

Posted on August 18, 2023 by jeffbaker307

My new story “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” is up on the RoMMantic Reads ‘zine! Thanks to Fiona Glass, and all my readers! https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/summer-flash-challenge-2-jeff-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-545

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“A Kiss on Venus.” August 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Mike Mayak (AKA Jeff Baker)

Posted on August 12, 2023 by jeffbaker307

A Kiss on Venus by Mike Mayak AUTHORS NOTE: The draws for the August 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Science Fiction story, set in a cave, involving an umbrella. Here’s what I came up with. —-mike We went … Continue reading →

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“Magic Burning” by Kaje Harper. Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker for August 5th, 2023.

Posted on August 5, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 I’m quite crazy about anything Kaje Harper writes! Here’s a snippet … Continue reading →

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Stormy Weather! Alison Lister’s “No Limit on Love” reviewed.

Posted on May 16, 2023 by jeffbaker307

“No Limit on Love,” reviewed by Jeff Baker “No Limit on Love,” Alison Lister’s first YA novel is a breezy, fun, sweet read. The Queer YA romance is about Dan, who is just deciding to be “they/them” and not go … Continue reading →

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