Rachel Baker
@dontcallmerach.bsky.social
She/her. Writer of spooky stories. Chronically ill. Possibly a cryptid.
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Rachel Baker
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August 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Beyond ecstatic to announce that my short story, The Buttons, received an honorable mention in the #writersofthefuture contest.
July 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Beyond ecstatic to announce that my short story, The Buttons, received an honorable mention in the #writersofthefuture contest.
Cover reveal for All the Dark and Pretty Things, coming September 13 #horrorbooks #shortstories #indieauthorsofbluesky
July 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Cover reveal for All the Dark and Pretty Things, coming September 13 #horrorbooks #shortstories #indieauthorsofbluesky
Coming soon...cover reveal for All the Dark and Pretty Things!
July 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Coming soon...cover reveal for All the Dark and Pretty Things!
June 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...my weird little flash fiction!
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Jenny Greenteeth — Zoetic Press
Something stirred in the murky water, sending bubbles up to pop on the scummy emerald surface. “Honey, stay away from the pool!” I called. “Why, mommy?” my four-year-old pouted. I was tempted to ye...
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May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...my weird little flash fiction!
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Just spent a solid ten minutes searching for my phone going, "I could've sworn I put it down on the table!", only to find my sister had absentmindedly put it in her pocket thinking it was her own phone. 🤦♀️
March 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just spent a solid ten minutes searching for my phone going, "I could've sworn I put it down on the table!", only to find my sister had absentmindedly put it in her pocket thinking it was her own phone. 🤦♀️
When your optometrist has never heard of #EDS but somehow feels qualified to give you a lecture in nutrition. #chronicillness
March 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
When your optometrist has never heard of #EDS but somehow feels qualified to give you a lecture in nutrition. #chronicillness
Guess whose weird little flash fiction got published in an award winning literary journal! @zoeticpress.bsky.social
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Issue #39: Mistaken Identity — Zoetic Press
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March 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Guess whose weird little flash fiction got published in an award winning literary journal! @zoeticpress.bsky.social
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Check out this awesome collection of horror flash fiction, featuring yours truly and several other talented writers. www.flashphantoms.net/march-flash-...
March Flash Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms
For the month of March 2025, these are the horror stories of 1,000 words or less that entertain us most.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Check out this awesome collection of horror flash fiction, featuring yours truly and several other talented writers. www.flashphantoms.net/march-flash-...
Lil interview I did with @atmospherepress about my short story collection, All the Dark and Pretty Things, coming out later this year.
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An Interview with Rachel Baker | Atmosphere Press
Rachel Baker is a queer, disabled writer who haunts the Pacific Northwest with her sister and their cat, Boo. She loves writing spooky stories, knitting warm things, and devouring every book in her pa...
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February 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Lil interview I did with @atmospherepress about my short story collection, All the Dark and Pretty Things, coming out later this year.
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You know when you’re just sitting there minding your own business and you get like a full-body shiver out of nowhere? That’s a demon jumping in to possess you and then jumping right back out after he’s had a quick look around like nooooope
February 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You know when you’re just sitting there minding your own business and you get like a full-body shiver out of nowhere? That’s a demon jumping in to possess you and then jumping right back out after he’s had a quick look around like nooooope
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![new doctor reading my chart:
[food worker reading a piece of paper]
...I know some of these words](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreieqvwsf7hf2yir4l4lu2mnbhqxxt65ipsizgx5yvy5ipwdr2fl4ke@jpeg)
Just a lil interview I did for @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social for my poem Deep Breaths.
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Poet Rachel Baker (DEEP BREATHS)
Get to know the poet: 1) What is the theme of your poem?Insanity! I wanted to convey that feeling when you’re in bed at night and your mind is playing tricks on you because you’ve just …
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February 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just a lil interview I did for @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social for my poem Deep Breaths.
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Chronically ill & disabled people love to put "LOL" or 🤣 after the most disturbing sentences you've ever set your eyes on.
February 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Chronically ill & disabled people love to put "LOL" or 🤣 after the most disturbing sentences you've ever set your eyes on.
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i don’t trust people who aren’t overly caffeinated and don’t use “fuck” as a sentence enhancer.
February 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
i don’t trust people who aren’t overly caffeinated and don’t use “fuck” as a sentence enhancer.
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Chronically Ill people don't want to be stuck at home all the time, stop saying this to us
#chronicallyill #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnessmemes
#chronicallyill #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnessmemes
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Chronically Ill people don't want to be stuck at home all the time, stop saying this to us
#chronicallyill #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnessmemes
#chronicallyill #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnessmemes
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Me: My back hurts
My Body: This is a symptom of standing too long
Me: *sits* My back still hurts
My body: This is a symptom of sitting too much
Me: Fuck off
My body: That would hurt your back too
My Body: This is a symptom of standing too long
Me: *sits* My back still hurts
My body: This is a symptom of sitting too much
Me: Fuck off
My body: That would hurt your back too
February 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Me: My back hurts
My Body: This is a symptom of standing too long
Me: *sits* My back still hurts
My body: This is a symptom of sitting too much
Me: Fuck off
My body: That would hurt your back too
My Body: This is a symptom of standing too long
Me: *sits* My back still hurts
My body: This is a symptom of sitting too much
Me: Fuck off
My body: That would hurt your back too
If a woman reads a comic book and there are no men around to correct her, is her opinion still wrong?
February 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
If a woman reads a comic book and there are no men around to correct her, is her opinion still wrong?
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...a reading of a poem I wrote!
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Poetry Reading: Deep Breaths, by Rachel Baker
Performed by Val Cole POEM: Shadows (they move) Deep breaths (can’t breathe) Darkness swirls (like the madness in my mind) Deep breaths (can’t breathe) Name 5 things (but it doesn’t go away) Deep b…
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February 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...a reading of a poem I wrote!
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Remembering that time when I saw a new doc, told her I had #EDS and she said her only experience with it was when they showed her "pictures of circus freaks" during med school 🤦♀️
January 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remembering that time when I saw a new doc, told her I had #EDS and she said her only experience with it was when they showed her "pictures of circus freaks" during med school 🤦♀️
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A large group of doctor's appointments is also called my life
January 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A large group of doctor's appointments is also called my life