Bringing you stories, book and game reviews, writing tips, and updates from author S.G. Baker.
Read my near-future, soft-apocalypse western short "Two Sixes" in this wonderful new anthology, in which a caravan leader must work out a deal with a small town on Route 66 ravaged by drought or lose everything she's worked for since the end of the world.
WordPress told me today is the thirteenth anniversary of my blog. Thirteen years!
"A visceral, haunting collection that punches between beauty and terror, gore and catharsis, fury and justice."
I can't post this announcement until after Christmas, because this is a super secret BIG surprise for my parents, so I'm scheduling this post to go up the day after. But as of writing this in mid-November, I've just ordered the proof copy for The Hopeful Wanderer!
(Oh, boy, does writing one of these feel indulgent. No writing wisdom, no original fiction, no insightful reviews. Just you and me and the way blogging used to be: someone talking about themselves.)
Catch me presenting on writing with sensory detail at the Texas High Plains Writers' meeting on July 19!
A disabled woman survives a soft apocalypse in an overgrown mall and impacts her community by sharing a candle-making recipe stored in her old email inbox.
Little Blue Marble has accepted my short story "I Hope This Email Does Not Find You" for publication!
I've spent the past few weeks working out an ending to the Hopeful Wanderer web series. By ending, I mean a very cool ending that reveals all the little things I've teased about the Wanderer.
An exclusive, never-posted tale about our intrepid Hopeful Wanderer graces the pages of Texas High Plains Writers' most recent anthology — With Words We Weave 2022: Hope. A spiritual sequel to one of the web series flash fictions, "Occlusion" pits the Wanderer against an old, vengeful foe as their blood and everyone else's starts draining … Continue reading Book Release — With Words We Weave 2022: Hope
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