Category Archives: Short-Stories

“A Place Where the Sky Never Ends,” Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for June 11, 2021.

A Place Where the Sky Never Ends by Jeff Baker When you’re sixteen the world can swirl around you. That happened to me literally at the Kansas State Fair in 1978, but I wasn’t planning on it. Mark Dundee and … Continue reading

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“What We Found In the Back Room of Viterbo’s Pawn and Loan.” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for June 2021 by Jeff Baker.

What We Found in the Back Room at Viterbo’s Pawn and Loan by Jeff Baker When you work in essentially a large concrete box with a big window it gets hot, even in the winter. I’d worked at the old … Continue reading

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“Pirouette” With Friday Flash Fics, by Jeff Baker (June 3, 2021)

Computer’s going into the shop, so I’m posting this a day early. And I’m still celebrating my 5th anniversary posting these weekly stories: the prompt pic was off the old Monday Flash Fiction site just before I started playing along. … Continue reading

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“Bus Stop,” My Fifth Anniversary Post on Monday/Friday Flash Fics. May 28th, 2021

                Bus Stop                                                 By Jeff Baker                                              (A Bryce Going Story)           At least the rain had stopped, I thought. And we were in a city, I wasn’t sure which one. I hoped it wasn’t Philly or New York; … Continue reading

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Blowing Smoke With Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker (May 21, 2021)

                                          Blowing Smoke                                             By Jeff Baker             “It looks like smoke,” Jonny Kilbassie said.             “I know,” Big Dave said. “That’s why they call it the Cigarette Nebula. The wonder of this part of the Galaxy.”             Big Dave, … Continue reading

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To Everything Turn, Turn, Turn. Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, May 14, 2021.

                                  To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn                                             By Jeff Baker             “So, how long has your brother been missing?” she asked.             He grinned for a moment, it almost sounded like an old radio show.             “About six months now,” … Continue reading

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Flash Fiction Draw Challenge by Jeff Baker for May 2021.

                                   Won’t You Be My Neighbor?                                                 By Jeff Baker Author’s Note: The draws for the May Flash Fiction Draw Challenge (thank you Jeff Ricker!) were a Science Fiction story set in an auditorium involving a tablet computer.             Third-period … Continue reading

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Alexandria Or Bust! Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for May 7, 2021

                                                 Alexandria or Bust!                                                       By Jeff Baker                                                               There was nothing unusual about a lighthouse on the Carolina coast, but this one hadn’t been operational for a long time. And it wasn’t built quite like any of the … Continue reading

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Meet the Housewife Of the Year for Friday Flash Fics (April 30, 2021) by Jeff Baker

                                    Housewife of the Year                                          By Jeff Baker                                                       “Me? Housewife Of the Year? Oh, my word! I mean, I never expected! Why yes, I read Suburb and Garden Magazine every month but I never expected to find your … Continue reading

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Progress Report, April 28, 2021 from Jeff Baker.

Last couple of weeks, did two of the flash fiction stories (including this weeks which I finished a few minutes ago) piddled around on an idea or two and read some Damon Runyon, or rather; studied some Damon Runyon. Hopefully … Continue reading

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