Category Archives: Short-Stories

Horror MAYhem, Shadracks and Chimps! May/June 2025 Reading Report From Jeff Baker. June 20, 2025.

Posted on June 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report. May/June 2025 Continuing Horror MAYhem a bit longer, I read “The Summer People” by Shirley Jackson (1950) The beginning reminded me of Nesbit’s “Man-Sized In Marble,” but Jackson’s story takes the very normal and turns it progressively darker. … Continue reading →

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Dance With Pride for the Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results for June 2025! (June 16, 2025)

Posted on June 16, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the June 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Science Fiction Story Set in A Convenience Store Involving a Circus Poster E. H. Timms wrote: “Dancing With Pride.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/06/flash-fic-challenge-dancing-with-pride.html And I … Continue reading →

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“The Soaper Strikes!” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. (Friday, June 13, 2025)

Posted on June 13, 2025 by jeffbaker307

The Soaper’s Best Hope by Jeff Baker Night in the metropolis of Goat’s Town and the blazing headlights of the Ecolo-Car cut through the enshrouding darkness as Captain Ecology and Compost Boy are patrolling, looking for local miscreants. “We’re fortunate … Continue reading →

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“To The Summer Sweet.” Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. June 6th, 2025.

Posted on June 6, 2025 by jeffbaker307

To The Summer Sweet by Jeff Baker I was fifteen and we were living on the edge of town when my Dad told me and my younger brother to get in the car that Saturday afternoon. “What’s up?” Chris, my … Continue reading →

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“Escape The Heat” With Friday Flash Fics, As By Mike Mayak. (May 29, 2025)

Posted on May 30, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Escape the Heat by Mike Mayak “Pwhew” Jake Malagar said. “Cold in here. Should have brought my hoodie.” “It’s 101 degrees out there,” Ricky Jago said, thumbing at the big glass doors that looked out onto the Library parking lot. … Continue reading →

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Get “Above It All” for a Friday Flash Fics Anniversary Extra, from Jeff Baker. May 27, 2025. (Picture by Joe Phillips)

Posted on May 27, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Picture by Joe Phillips. Friday Flash Fics Anniversary Extra: Above It All by Jeff Baker Ross grinned and hung onto the side of the chair of what he called a ski lift, even if it was the middle of summer. … Continue reading →

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From Here To Eternity, Or Nine Years At Least! Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. (May 23, 2025)

Posted on May 23, 2025 by jeffbaker307

From Here To Eternity Or Thereabouts Friday Flash Fics 9th Anniversary Story by Jeff Baker Geoff found Scott, his teen-age son looking through an old box of photographs in the back room. “I didn’t know anybody still had these!” Scott … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: April/May 2025 from Jeff Baker. With Some Horror MAYhem! (May 20, 2025)

Posted on May 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report: April/May 2025 I’ve found this period I did more reading away from the house: at the laundromat and at the repair shop. Twice. (Low tires.) Read Robert W. Chambers’ story “The Tomb of Samaris.” (Actually several chapters in … Continue reading →

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“All Aboard” For Friday Flash Fics from Jeff Baker. (Gee, coming up with the headline this week was easy!) May 16, 2025.

Posted on May 16, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Photo by Brent Silveria All Aboard by Jeff Baker We’d been downstairs watching Uncle Cuthbert run his model train he had set up on the big table in his basement. Watching as it ran under the mountain and past the … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Results! May 2025!!!

Posted on May 12, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Hi! I’m Mike, A.K.A. Jeff Baker. The draws for the May 2025 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Western Set in A Palace Involving a Director’s Chair E. H. Timms wrote: “Behind Closed Doors.” https://thinkingthinking123.blogspot.com/2025/05/flash-fic-challenge-behind-closed-doors.html And I wrote: “A Contest … Continue reading →

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