Randy Baker

Joined January 2024

177 stories

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Poet, author, essayist.

My Vocal "Top Stories":

* The Breakers Motel * 7 * Holding On * Til Death Do Us Part * The Fisherman

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Mirage
“Mirage nabs a mob boss. Stayed tuned for this story and more on your Local News at 9, right here on WXYZ, Channel 7.” The newscaster could barely be heard over the bustle of the midday lunch crowd, but Lou’s ears perked up. He glanced around nervously, as he often did under these circumstances.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Fiction
Solaris Rising
Dr. Audrey Wells was a groundbreaking scientist in the field of solar energy. She was passionate about harnessing the sun’s power to create a sustainable power generator.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Fiction
La Cueva
Introduction In 1954, a modest restaurant and bar was opened in the city of Barranquilla, on Colombia's Caribbean coast. Named La Cueva, it has endured for 70 years.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Wander
Out of Time
Standing still in a sacred place. Lying prostrate on the floor, enveloped by a choir’s chants. Now and then, brushed by angel’s wings,
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Good as Gold
Silence is golden, I was told. Learned it the hard way for myself, even though I still need an occasional refresher
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
The Time Keeper
Dr. Nigel Reid scanned through the headlines on his cell phone. His eyes paused at a mention of some of his recent exploits. He never quite got used to the media attention, though it wasn’t completely accurate to say it was on him. It was more of a yes and no scenario.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Fiction
Contentment
The way your leg drapes over mine. That sparkle in your eyes, mouth in a half-grin. Brush of lips. Fingers intertwined.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Unending Day
If tomorrow starts without me, pray that I have begun that Eighth and unending day, with neither darkness, nor sorrows;
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
That Magic Moment
I held it in the palm of my trembling hand, like a delicate origami swan. . My head spun, like a cheap tilt-a-whirl
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Anti-Inflammatory
slander hyperbole othering dehumanization red/blue right/left innuendo finger-wagging vitriol not me all them
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Burning Down Babylon
Creation groans under the yoke of this artificial life. . The senselessness, the falsity of it all, hawked like counterfeit wares.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
The Fisherman. Top Story - July 2024.
Rising before dawn, as so many times before, he walks to the banks of the Magdalena River. . His age-worn boat bobs,
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets