Category Archives: Science Fiction

“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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“Stand Ready to Smite” With Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. July 29, 2023.

Posted on July 29, 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 going to add this introduction from when I posted my … Continue reading →

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“Cleanup on Aisle Two.” Friday Flash Fics May Get Messy, from Jeff Baker. July7, 2023

Posted on July 7, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Cleanup On Aisle Two by Jeff Baker Arnie Gilman shifted the loaf of bread in his arms. Real bread, he thought, not that processed stuff they grow in sheets. He should have probably gotten a cart, but hell, sixty-four wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash Fics goes Ballooning With Unearthly Power. From Jeff Baker, June 30, 2023.

Posted on June 30, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Five Weeks In a Balloon (A Secrets of Astaroth Story) by Jeff Baker Millennia ago, an ancient race ruled the galaxy. Their power and potency remained unchallenged and the most feared of these was Astaroth. Then did the ancients rebel … Continue reading →

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Stand Ready to Smite for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. (June 23, 2023)

Posted on June 23, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Stand Ready to Smite by Jeff Baker (A Demeter’s Bar Story) AUTHOR’S NOTE: I haven’t done one of these bar stories in about a year or so, possibly because the hostile and downright violent anti-LGBT mood in the country seemed … Continue reading →

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“Make Me Immortal…” A New Story of Mine Posted on RoMMantic Reads. Jeff Baker, June 17, 2023.

Posted on June 17, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Fiona Glass has done me the kindness of posting my latest story on the RoMMantic Reads zine. “Make Me Immortal With a Kiss” is, I admit, something of a wish-fulfillment fantasy but it felt good to write. Here it is: … Continue reading →

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Behold “The Sun With One Eye.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, June 9th, 2023.

Posted on June 9, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Sun With One Eye by Jeff Baker “Oh, my God! Look!” Maybelle screamed pointing. “The clouds are parting!” “The Sun!” “”Get the blinds down! Hurry!” Pietro was closest on the porch, so he lunged for the controls, landing on … Continue reading →

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Examine “Look Not With The Eyes But With the Mind” by Jeff Baker. Look Closely at Friday Flash Fics for May 19, 2023.

Posted on May 19, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Photo by Jeff Baker. Look Not With the Eyes But With the Mind by Jeff Baker Hank sat in the examination room and fidgeted. Three-hundred-and-eighty-seven years and he’d never needed an eye exam. But he couldn’t well tell the Ophthalmologist … Continue reading →

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What’s Under the “Dome?” A Special Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, for April 7, 2023.

Posted on April 7, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Dome by Jeff Baker April 3, 2023. “There it is!” Inole said, pointing up the hill. “Yes! Finally!” Gewe said, bending over, clutching his knees and catching his breath. They had been running these last few yards. The silvery dome, … Continue reading →

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“Fools That Will Laugh on Earth.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for March 10, 2023.

Posted on March 10, 2023 by jeffbaker307

(The house pic DID inspire this week’s story but I forgot to mention it in the story! Oh well, it’s where our narrator lives! —–j) Fools That Will Laugh on Earth by Jeff Baker The alien invasion failed but it … Continue reading →

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