Category Archives: Short-Stories

Midnight Basketball; Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, May 1, 2020.

Posted on May 1, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Midnight Basketball By Jeff Baker   The sharp bouncing of ball on concrete and the squeaking of shoes echoed through the darkened park, if anybody could hear them. Lit by the moon the three players had no trouble seeing the … Continue reading →

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New Story in “The Necronomicon of Solar Pons!”

Posted on April 27, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Good News! I just got my copies of “The Necronomicon of Solar Pons” in the mail. Including my story “Solar Pons and the Testament In Ice,” the book is full of stories involving August Derleth’s version of Sherlock Holmes, Solar … Continue reading →

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More dirt on progress, April 26/27, 2020 by Jeff Baker

Posted on April 27, 2020 by jeffbaker307

It’s about 5:30 in the morning, April 27, 2020. Yesterday (26th) I worked of the Friday Flash Fiction story for this week (“Midnight Basketball”) and surprised myself by writing the closing line on “A Fistful of Garlic.” I also did … Continue reading →

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Progress Report, April 23/24, 2020 by Jeff Baker.

Posted on April 24, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Did some plotting on the full-length Bryce Going story and then wrote about two pages. Also re-titled it as “Rest on the Flight Into Egypt.” the other title didn’t have anything to do with the story and I couldn’t work … Continue reading →

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Running With a Fox for Friday Flash Fics, by Jeff Baker. April 24, 2020.

Posted on April 24, 2020 by jeffbaker307

When He Reached The Town-O By Jeff Baker   There was no moon, just a starry sky. Dark, the way the Fox liked it. He smiled to himself; with any luck there would be rabbit or egg or fowl for … Continue reading →

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Something for Shakespeare’s Birthday by Jeff Baker (April 23, 1564.)

Posted on April 23, 2020 by jeffbaker307

People are celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday (probably April 23, 1864) in this strangest of years. Shakespeare himself lived in strange, dangerous times, so I think this is appropriate. My offering of fiction here is something of an alternate history, riffing on … Continue reading →

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Progress Report, April 21-22, 2020 by Jeff Baker

Posted on April 22, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Got started earlier in the evening (before midnight!) and plotted out and wrote up some of a story I’ve been meaning to do for about twenty years; I think I even have part of the beginning plotted out/written out in … Continue reading →

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Short Progress Report, for April 21, 2020 by Jeff Baker

Posted on April 21, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Managed to do a few paragraphs on a couple of stories. And actually rewrote the opening of one of them. That’s all!

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More Progress Reports, Jeff Baker, April 20, 2020.

Posted on April 20, 2020 by jeffbaker307

The planned daily (or near-daily) writing progress report has good news tonight (or early this morning—I keep odd hours!) I finished this week’s Friday Flash Fics story, and it looks good! I also worked on the major story I started … Continue reading →

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Finishing Stuff; a Progress Report by Jeff Baker, 4/19/20. (Note; I haven’t finished anything!)

Posted on April 19, 2020 by jeffbaker307

April 19, 2020 I promised myself a long time ago that I wouldn’t start any new story until I’d finished what I was working on. Largely, I’ve kept to that, except for a few starting paragraphs that I typed up … Continue reading →

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