Category Archives: Thriller

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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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge, August 2024; The Results! (August 11, 2024, from Mike Mayak)

Posted on August 11, 2024 by jeffbaker307

A lot cooler here this week! (Thank you, rain!) I’m Mike, AKA Jeff Baker The draws for the August 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were; A Thriller Set in Field of Lettuce Involving a Box of Rubber Bands E. H. … Continue reading →

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Feel “The Hornet’s Sting!” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story from Mike Mayak (August 8, 2024)

Posted on August 8, 2024 by jeffbaker307

The Hornet’s Sting by Mike Mayak NOTE: The draws for the August 2024 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Thriller, involving a Box of Rubber Bands set in a Field Of Lettuce. Here’s what I came up with. —-jeff, a.k.a. … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Draw Challenge for May 2022—The Results!!

Posted on May 16, 2022 by jeffbaker307

The results are in! The draws of the May 2022 Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were: A Thriller Set in an Alien Palace Involving a Bear Trap. Our bear friend in the picture above is too leery to be trapped, but other beings … Continue reading →

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A Thriller, a Bear Trap and an Alien Palace: “Bear Trap” by Jeff Baker. Flash Fiction Draw Challenge Story for May 2022.

Posted on May 16, 2022 by jeffbaker307

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The draws for the May Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were A Thriller Involving a Bear Trap Set in an Alien Palace. Here’s what I came up with… Bear Trap by Jeff Baker How the hell am I getting … Continue reading →

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“Down By the River,” Flash Fiction Draw Challenge story for February 2021, by Jeff Baker (February 6, 2021.)

Posted on February 6, 2021 by jeffbaker307

                    Down By the River                                                  By Jeff Baker AUTHOR’S NOTE: The prompts for this month’s Flash Fiction Draw Challenge were a thriller set in a sewer involving a suitcase. For my two other stories about my husband-and-wife detectives … Continue reading →

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