Category Archives: Short-Stories

Here’s “A Fine Set of Gams” for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, May 12, 2023.

A Fine Set of Gams by Mike Mayak Billy Turner was sitting where he figured he’d sat a million times before, on the edge of Matt’s bed in his bedroom, legs dangling over the side in the blue shorts with … Continue reading

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Listen For “The Lurker In the Details,” and Beware! Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for May 2023 by Mike Mayak (aka Jeff Baker!)

(Above—Mike in his H.P. Lovecraft, E.A. Poe shirt. Photo by Mike Mayak.) The draws for the May 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Lovecraftian Horror Story Set on an Assembly Line Involving a broken Walkman. Here’s what I came … Continue reading

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Meet “The Leader of the Laundromat” for Friday Flash Fics” by Mike Mayak. May 5th, 2023.

NOTE: I went for my occasional pen-name for this story—-jeff Leader of the Laundromat by Mike Mayak The young man in the brown suede jacket sitting on the row or green plastic seats in the laundromat sat talking into his … Continue reading

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The Man From AUNT CLARA. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. April 28, 2023.

The Man From AUNT CLARA By Jeff Baker I had to tell Brad that AUNT CLARA wasn’t my Aunt and wasn’t a reference to that old TV show. He actually believed me when I acknowledged it was a secret intelligence … Continue reading

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Go For A “Car Ride” With Friday Flash Fics From Jeff Baker, April 21, 2023. Woof!

Car Ride by Jeff Baker Oh boy! Oh boy! Car door open! Car ride! Car ride! Hop in! Woooop! Watch the tail! Oboy! Yip! Yip! Window down. Goooood! Moving. There goes the house, here’s the street. Here we goooooo! Ahhhhhhhh! … Continue reading

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“The Errant Kidnapping and Inadvertent Time Travel Of James Sandall Jnr. Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker, April 14, 2023.

The Errant Kidnapping and Inadvertent Time Travel of James Sandall Jnr by Jeff Baker “Okay,” Eddie said. “You can take the blindfold off now.” “Great,” James said, pulling off the black blindfold and tossing it onto the floor of the … Continue reading

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The Hardboiled Detective, the Prison and the Model-T Ford. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for April 2023:

Hi, again! Mike here, also known as “Jeff Baker.” The Draws for the April 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Hardboiled Detective Story Involving a Model T. Ford Set at a Prison Work Farm I almost didn’t do a … Continue reading

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“All Work and No Play.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for April 2023 by Jeff Baker.

The draws for the April 2023 Challenge were a Hardboiled Detective Story, a Prison Work Farm and a Model T Ford. Here’s my story. All Work and No Play by Jeff Baker In the two weeks I’d been at Prairie … Continue reading

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“Steven First Enters the Tower and Views the Magical City.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for March 30, 2023.

(Photo by Jeff Baker) Steven First Enters the Tower and Views the Magical City by Jeff Baker I turned fifteen years old in the Summer of 1974 and spent most of July flat on my back in a hospital bed … Continue reading

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Walk Through the Jaws of Leviathan for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. March 24, 2023.

Leviathan By Jeff Baker This all happened to me my Junior Year in High School. I had a job working at Movie Palace (that was the name of the place!) in a cheap shopping center. Back when shopping centers were … Continue reading

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