That’s The Signpost Up Ahead; Jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender
That’s The Signpost Up Ahead By Jeff Baker Somehow in the last few weeks, nostalgia has been flowing freely here. Not the drinkable kind, but a feeling, that … Read more
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Lewis Padgett’s “Mutant,” Jewelle Gomez’ “Gilda” – Boogieman in Lavender
LGBT people are regarded as “the Other,” and sci-fi and fantasy specializes in characters who are “the Other.” And “the Other” is often perceived as a metaphor or stand in … Read more
Boogieman In Lavender: On Beyond Cisgender: Books for High School
On Beyond Cisgender: Books For High School By Jeff Baker A. M. (Amy) Leibowitz has grumbled on Facebook about the “Old Dead White (mostly/presumed) Cis Hetero Male Literature Canon,” … Read more
Jeff Baker, Boogieman In lavender: Halloween Reading; Clive Barker
By Jeff Baker The year was 1993 (or pretty close.) I was running a delivery route in-town and on my lunch hour I ran into a used bookstore and grabbed … Read more
A Loaf of Bread, A Jug of Urine and Thou – Jeff Baker
Writers have day jobs. It’s a plain fact of economics, writing doesn’t pay that much unless the writer is very lucky. We supplant our creative careers with a nine-to-five (or … Read more
Following Oscar Wilde – Boogieman In Lavender
Following Oscar By Jeff Baker “In the old days, men had the rack. Now they have the Press.” —Oscar Wilde. It is possible, in the United States, to … Read more
Ray Bradbury Revisited: jeff Baker, Boogieman in Lavender
I haven’t read every story by Ray Bradbury, but Graham George Barber may have. Barber contacted me to point out that Ray Bradbury did write at least two more … Read more
Rambling Through the Year—Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender
Some End-Of-the-Year Rambling By Jeff Baker The end-of-the year is a time for reflections. On the year, … Read more
The Last “Wilde Stories” Reviewed – Boogieman in Lavender
“Wilde Stories 2018” reviewed. By Jeff Baker Author’s note: My full-fledged, full-length review of “Wilde Stories 2018” … Read more
The Picture of Jonathan Collins; a Queer Horror for Halloween – Boogieman In Lavender
By Jeff Baker Some reading for Halloween, now. First I’ll open a can of worms and recommend a queer-themed story by a straight author, something a lot of readers or … Read more