Category Archives: Short-Stories

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

(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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“For Murder Though It Have No Tongue.” March 2023 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker. March 7, 2023.)

For Murder Though It Have No Tongue by Jeff Baker (March 7, 2023) The lights at the football stadium were off and they could barely see the grass in the reflected light from the city. “Gimmie that thermos,” Hammie Dane … Continue reading

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“Chalk and Cheese.” Drawing in to Friday Flash Fics for March 3rd, 2023 by Jeff Baker.

Like Chalk and Cheese by Jeff Baker I was sitting at the easel staring at the blank canvas, tapping the tray of chalk with my fingers, regretting taking an art class. Especially since I was in the hallway outside the … Continue reading

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“The Distant Hills” Kaje Harper’s New Collection!

My friend Kaje Harper has a new book out! “The Distant Hills and Other Stories” brings together over two dozen of her short stories, most of them involving men in love but they touch on other themes too. The moods … Continue reading

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“Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit.” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for February 25, 2023. (A Day Late!)

Beans Beans the Musical Fruit by Jeff Baker The whole mess started because Steve saw the poster they put up in our dorm lobby about the 40th Anniversary Millington Chili Blowout. The school (University of Millington or Millington University) usually … Continue reading

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“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” Friday Flash Fiction by Mike Mayak. February 17th, 2023

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Mike Mayak My older Brother and I were both on Spring Break in 2011. I was a Junior in High School and he was in Grad School. He was about ten years … Continue reading

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“The Grackle and the Sun” by Jeff Baker. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for February 2023.

The Grackle and the Sun by Mike Mayak AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the February 2023 Flash Fiction Draw challenge were an Aesop’s Fable, set on or near the Sun, involving a vintage T.V. set. There once was a Grackle … Continue reading

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Early Valentine’s Story by Jeff Baker on RoMMantic Reads. February 10th, 2023.

My new story “The Night in Question” is up at RoMMantic Reads.” Just in time for Valentine’s Day. https://rommanticreads.wordpress.com/2023/02/10/jeff-baker-the-night-in-question/ Special thanks to Fiona Glass and Brent Silveria, who kindly lent me the use of his last name! Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Travel “The Road to Nowhere” with Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker. (February 10, 2023.)

On the Road to Nowhere by Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: Special thanks to Kaje Harper for providing the picture that inspired this week’s story! —jeff Greg Gerber held tight to the steering wheel and let the breeze from the open … Continue reading

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The Best of Ballantine’s “Best of…” by Jeff Baker.

The Best of the Best of Ballantine’s The Best of… Compiled by Jeff Baker From about 1974 through at least the late 80s, Ballantine Books published a series of over 22 (paperback and hardcover) “Best of” collections of the work … Continue reading

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