Category Archives: Books

Crispin and Leopold Get Together In An “Office Of The Lost” Snippet. Rainbow Snippets, June 20th, 2025 from Jeff Baker.

Posted on June 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work in progress or part of someone else’s work with LGBT characters at Rainbow Snippets, here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 For Pride Month I’m posting snippets from “Office Of the Lost,” … Continue reading →

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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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“Office Of the Lost” my Goodreads Review. Jeff Baker, June 10, 2025.

Posted on June 10, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Here’s my Goodreads review of my friends J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding’s collaborative novel “Office Of the Lost.” “Office Of the Lost,” a fun new novel by J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding is a breezy, fun read that … 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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Henry Kuttner and Others! Jeff Baker’s March/April 2025 Reading Report. (April 21, 2025)

Posted on April 21, 2025 by jeffbaker307

A Henry Kuttner-heavy Reading Report for March/April 2025 Read “Food For Thought” by Felice Picano who had died a week earlier. It’s in is collection “Tales From A Distant Planet.” The story plays like an episode of the original “Star … Continue reading →

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A Tale Of Dread for Friday Flash Fics: “Dewey Decimal,” by Jeff Baker (April 4, 2025)

Posted on April 4, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Dewey Decimal by Jeff Baker “Okay. It’s not here. Upstairs, quick!” Hal pointed at the library stairs. Mack would rather have used the elevator. “You checked the card catalog? You know, the computer files?” Mack asked. “First thing I did … Continue reading →

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February/March 2025 Reading Report from Jeff Baker. (March 20, 2025)

Posted on March 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report February/March 2025 Got two anthologies by Ardath Mayhar, who I’d heard about but never read (after a post on Keith West’s blog https://adventuresfantastic.com/ for her birthday; he had met Mayhar!) And I’ve been on a Mayhar jag, I … Continue reading →

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Reading Report. January/February 2025 From Jeff Baker (February 20, 2025)

Posted on February 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report; January/February 2025 I’m reading Stephen King’s first Dark Tower novel; “The Gunslinger.” Told myself I’d do it if I got snowed-in, and I’m not going anywhere in the 1” of snow we had! The book is comprised of … Continue reading →

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Reading Report December ’24/January ’25, from Jeff Baker. (January 20, 2025)

Posted on January 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report; December2024/January 2025 Continuing my Rudyard Kipling jag I (re-)read “The Bridge Builders,” a story I had read before maybe 30+ years ago. Read some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Wonder Book,” where he re-tells Greek Myths for a young audience. … Continue reading →

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Left On Read. New Bookstore Here In Wichita. (Jeff Baker, December 12, 2024.)

Posted on December 12, 2024 by jeffbaker307

by Jeff Baker Wichita’s newest bookstore, “Left On Read” occupies a cool niche in a multicolored alley just East of Old Mill Tasty Shop at 612 E. Douglas, Suite 200. When I visited the store, owner Latasha Kelly was busy … Continue reading →

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