Category Archives: Short-Stories

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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When the Red, Red Robin…Friday Flash Fics by Jeff baker for April 17, 2020.

Posted on April 17, 2020 by jeffbaker307

When the Red, Red Robin Goes Bob, Bob Bobbin’ Along By Jeff Baker “Okay, listen. I’m just glad there’s reception out here and this thing is charged. Yes, I told him to go take a flying leap. Then I told … Continue reading →

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Along Comes a Steampunk Spider. April 2020’s Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story by Jeff Baker

Posted on April 12, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Note: The prompts for the April Flash Fiction Draw Challenge (thanks Cait Gordon!) were a steampunk story involving a spider set at an apothecary. I send my thanks to Jan Grape for her input and suggestions which made the story … Continue reading →

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Voyage Into Doubt: Friday Flash Fics by Jeff Baker, April 11, 2020.

Posted on April 11, 2020 by jeffbaker307

Wanderer’s Bay By Jeff Baker We’d traded our sloop in on something with an engine and had spent about a day fishing in the open sea. I guess that was my Stepdad’s idea of “bonding,” and it largely worked. Then … Continue reading →

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