Category Archives: Short-Stories

Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story from Jeff Baker for December 2023. (Dec. 11, 2023) “Spirits Of the Earth And Air.”

Spirits of the Earth and Air by Jeff Baker (A Billy Gonzalez Story) AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the December Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Fantasy, set in a Parking Lot, involving a Stack of Pizza Pans. So we … Continue reading

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“Snow Day!” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker for Friday December 8th, 2023.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My apologies to followers of Facebook’s Friday Flash Fics page. I either forgot to post this picture there or it got deleted! ——jeff Snow Day by Jeff Baker This all happened about seventeen years ago when I was … Continue reading

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“Benched.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. December 1st, 2023.

Benched by Jeff Baker The older of the two workmen finished bolting the last of the metal legs of the wooden bench into the concrete to one side of the sidewalk that ran between the Fine Arts Building and Campus … Continue reading

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Reading Report for November 2023 from Jeff Baker. (A New Feature of This Blog!)

Reading Report for November 2023 from Jeff Baker. November 23, 2023 (Thanksgiving!) This, the first of these monthly reading reports, is being written in my Brother’s guest room, early in the morning of Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023. I can’t … Continue reading

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“Turkeys Away!” And “Wild Turkey.” Stories for Thanksgiving, 2023. A Friday Flash Fics Extra by Jeff Baker. (November 23, 2023.)

Stories For Thanksgiving 2023 By Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: I meant to only write one story but my post on “Rainbow Snippets” got me thinking about this story https://authorjeffbaker.com/2022/11/18/baby-if-youve-ever-wondered-spending-thanksgiving-with-friday-flash-fics-november-18-2022/ and I decided to follow up on that family a year … Continue reading

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Dumpster Dive with Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. November 17, 2023.

Dumpster Dive by Jeff Baker (A Bryce Going Story) I was hungry. I was tired. I was cold. It was right around Thanksgiving, my first one out on the streets since my Mom had bailed on me and I’d hit … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge November 2023—-The Results!!!!

Flash Fiction Draw Challenge November 2023; The Results! November 12th, 2023. Hi, again! Mike here, also known as “Jeff Baker.” This time I’m actually posting the stories just a little early! The draws for the November 2023 FFDC were: A … Continue reading

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The Horn Blows at Midnight for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. November 10th, 2023.

The Horn Blows at Midnight by Jeff Baker There’s nothing like small-town High School football. And our team usually played nothing like small-town football. We didn’t have the worst record in the state but some people were surprised to hear … Continue reading

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“The One Who Yawns.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story For November 2023, as by Mike Mayak. (November 7, 2023.)

The One Who Yawns by Mike Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the November 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: Historical Fiction, set in a Railroad Car involving an Antique Cola Bottle. I realize that the term used for First … Continue reading

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“Jack Fell Down” in Friday Flash Fics as by Mike Mayak . November 3rd, 2023.

Jack Fell Down and Broke His Crown by Mike Mayak I was standing in front of the mirror, admiring my legs in those basketball shorts I’d kept from High School and didn’t notice Mom & Dad coming into the downstairs … Continue reading

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