Category Archives: J. Scott Coatsworth

J. Scott Coatsworth’s New Book: “Down The River.” Available November 30, 2025

My friend J. Scott Coatsworth is releasing his latest book, “Down The River” on November 30, 2025 But I’ll let him tell it… Nine years have passed since a group of strangers first met at a magical little restaurant in … Continue reading

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Reading Report. October/November 2025 from Jeff Baker. November 20, 2025.

Read “Crossing the Border” by Barry N. Malzberg in his collection “Collecting Myself.” Story written for the Resnick anthology “Men Writing Science Fiction as Women.” More from both books as this report progresses. Also from the Malzberg book read “Gotterdamerung” … Continue reading

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Reading Report September/October 2025. The Papers of the University Of Cosmopoli and a Ghost Table. From Jeff Baker

Reading Report, September/October 2025 I’ve wanted to read the University Of Cosmopoli Papers by Christopher Blayre (pen-name of Edward Heron-Allen, 1861-1943) since I stumbled across a couple of the stories a year ago. Cast as the papers of faculty and … Continue reading

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Reading Report, August/September 2025 from Jeff Baker

Image courtesy of J. Scott Coatsworth Read Joe R. Lansdale’s “The Shadows In the Rock,” in the anthology “Scaring and Daring.” A fine homage to Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn. The dialogue is perfect. (“You listen right smart, that river … Continue reading

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Reading Report for July/August 2025. Ancient Rome (again) and Myriad Horrors and Wonders.

Reading Report July/August 2025 Of course I read the monthly offerings by E. H. Timms and J. Scott Coatsworth, as well as the weekly stories Kaje Harper posts. She has wrapped up a serial which I wrote about in an … Continue reading

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Harper and Coatsworth Works Worth Noting—And Available Online Jeff Baker, August 6th, 2025

Reading Report Extra: August 6th, 2025 I’m posting this extra because two extraordinary reading events are going on right now. Two fine writers are posting serials that show them at the top of their craft in making entertaining works for … Continue reading

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“Office Of the Lost” by Coatsworth and Fielding. Pride Month Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. (June 27, 2025.)

I’ve been posting stuff from J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding’s fun novel “Office Of the Lost” for Pride Month. Today we meet the adorable Minkis. Friday, June 27, 2025 Every week we post six lines from a work of … Continue reading

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

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.

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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Rainbow Snippets and Someone Very Messy! From J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding. (“Office Of the Lost”) June 13, 2025

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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