Category Archives: J. Scott Coatsworth

Reading Report, September/October 2026 from Jeff Baker. (October 19, 2026)

Posted on October 19, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report September/October 2026 (NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all of these works are short-stories.) Got the first issue of “Otherside Magazine. Read the poem “Blessing For Mary Grue” by Elisheva Fox. Read the story “This Is Not Your Extinction Event” … Continue reading →

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“Search For The Lost.” J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding’s New Book Is Out!!! (October 7, 2026)

Posted on October 7, 2026 by jeffbaker307

J. Scott Cotsworth and Kim Fielding’s new novel “Search For the Lost” is out!!! It’s a sequel to last year’s fun “Office Of the Lost.” It picks up where…but I’ll let Scott and Kim tell it! —-jeff SOMETIMES ORDER BECOMES … Continue reading →

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Reading Report August/September 2026 from Jeff Baker. “Bond…Nelson Bond…” and Others! (September 20, 2026.)

Posted on September 20, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Just before bedtime one night I stumbled across an audiobook of Nelson S. Bond’s stories about “Horse-Sense Hank.” Hank is an illiterate turnip farmer who is a inuitive scientific genius. Show Hank part of something and he’ll figure the rest … Continue reading →

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Reading Report; June/July 2026 from Jeff Baker. Of River City and Flying Graveyards (July 20, 2026.)

Posted on July 20, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Just under the wire for Julian Hawthorne’s June 22nd birthday I read a chapter in his novella “Kildhurm’s Oak,” which I left off reading a while back. I need to get back into reading him. Read the monthly offerings by … Continue reading →

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Reading Report, February/March 2026, from Jeff Baker. Christmas In March and More (March 21, 2026)

Posted on March 21, 2026 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report February/March 2026 Finished Bruce Campbell’s “Secret of Skeleton Island.” It’s fun and is worth a blog post in itself. Maybe paired with the similarly-titled Robert Arthur book. Likable characters, action and mystery with characters who seem just a … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 26, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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.

Posted on November 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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

Posted on October 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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

Posted on September 21, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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.

Posted on August 22, 2025 by jeffbaker307

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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