Category Archives: Short-Stories

An Out-Of-Sight Rainbow Snippets Post for Valentine’s Day Week from Jeff Baker (February 12, 2022)

Staying home with the hubby for Valentine’s Day. So, I have a couple of snippets from a romantic story today. Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published, or a recommendation of someone … Continue reading →

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“Our Life Exempt from Public Haunt,” a Special Friday Flash Fics by Jeff and William Baker, February 11, 2022.

Our Life Exempt From Public Haunt By Jeff Baker & Wm. R. Baker I was there late that evening in the old Lopresti Library because the books I needed weren’t online and I couldn’t check them out. Somehow the guard … Continue reading →

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Ride The Grey Ferris for Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker (February 4th, 2022)

The Grey Ferris by Jeff Baker “Okay,” Ross said. “In another minute, kiss me.” “What? Are you crazy?” Burt said. “Your Mom and Dad are…” “Sitting down in the beer garden,” Ross said. “In another minute, the Ferris wheel will … Continue reading →

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Beer Nuts with Billy Gonzalez for Friday Flash Fics, January 28, 2022 by Jeff Baker

Beer Nuts by Jeff Baker (A Billy Gonzalez Story) I wasn’t out drinking with the ghost but I was the designated driver. I’d been at a couple of parties at Jayce Mackey’s’s house. He’d started renting it my Junior year … Continue reading →

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The Enlightened One is Here; Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for January 21, 2022

The Enlightened One is Here by Jeff Baker Author’s Note: The prompt pic this week showed a Buddhist Monk rapt in study. I translated this to a different setting as I hadn’t visited my World of Three Moons in a … Continue reading →

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All Around the Town with Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker for January 14, 2022

All Around the Town by Jeff Baker The two young men walked down the New York City sidewalk, cautiously avoiding holding hands. Trevor hadn’t been to New York City since he was about twelve. That had been in 2005 and … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge for January 2022–the Results!

The draws for the January Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were a Westen, involving artificial grass set at the Tower of London. I’ll post them here as I get them, no rush! Here are the results! Thanks to everyone who played … Continue reading →

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Showdown in the Bloody Tower. January 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge story by Mike Mayak and Darryl Thompson.

With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm by Mike Mayak and Darryl Thompson NOTE: The Draws for my first month moderating the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were a Western, set in the Tower of London involving artificial grass. Darryl helped … Continue reading →

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Mystery of the Sinking Snowman. Friday Flash Fics for the New Year by Jeff Baker. (January 7, 2022)

The Mystery of the Sinking Snowman by Jeff Baker I didn’t expect to be staking out a field of snowmen. Certainly not in a cold middle of the night in January but that was what I’d been hired to do. … Continue reading →

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Tales of Auld Lang Syne: Happy New Year’s Eve from Friday Flash Fics, by Jeff Baker. December 31, 2021.

Auld Lang Syne by Jeff Baker The sun was setting as the little girl and the old man stared at each other there on the beach. “Nobody told me it would be a girl!” he said with a smile. “Hey! … Continue reading →

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