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Stewart C. Baker

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in Croydon, The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry

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Ursula K Leguin, Iain M Banks, Terry Pratchett, Kij Johnson, Samuel R ...more

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June 2011

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Stewart C Baker is an academic librarian and author of speculative fiction, poetry, and interactive fiction. His most recent game is the Nebula-nominated The Bread Must Rise, a novel-length comedic fantasy from Choice of Games written with James Beamon. Stewart’s stories and poems have appeared in Asimov’s, Fantasy, Flash Fiction Online, Lightspeed, Nature and other places. Born in England, Stewart has lived in South Carolina, Japan, and Los Angeles, and now lives with his family within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya in Oregon—although if anyone asks, he’ll usually say he’s from the Internet.

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Plans in my pocket like grains of sand

Somehow, nearly half a year has passed since I last updated this newsletter/blog.

I had big plans for summer updates: announcements for not one but two major new games; insightful and intelligent commentary on various things such as the relationship between morality and “winning” in games, the fragmented discourse communities of poetry, and some other things I’ve forgotten about; and lots of pointe

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	Writers of the Future Vol. 32 by David Farland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Lasser (Contributor), L. Ron Hubbard 3.88 avg rating — 204 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Butterfly Disjunct: And Other Stories 3.93 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Butterfly Disjunct 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plasma Frequency Magazine: Issue 15: January/February 2015 by Stewart C. Baker (Goodreads Author), Natalia Theodoridou (Goodreads Author), Bridget A. Natale 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash Fiction Online May 2020 by Stewart C. Baker (Goodreads Author), Aimee Ogden (Goodreads Author), Angela Teagardner 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash Fiction Online October 2018 by Stewart C. Baker (Goodreads Author), Carrie Cadwallader, Dafydd McKimm 1.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Abbot's Garden 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash Fiction Online December 2017 by Stewart C. Baker (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Haupt (Goodreads Author), Charity Tahmaseb (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Abbot's Garden: a novelette 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tiffany Aching Complete 5-Book Collection: The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight, The Shepherd's Crown – An Epic Young ... from Terry Pratchett's Beloved Discworld

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“All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them.”
― Umberto Eco

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“Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.”
― Philip K. Dick

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message 4: by Seonaidh

Jun 25, 2011 11:07AM

Good to see you, Stewart :D

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message 3: by Stewart

Jun 23, 2011 11:22AM

Taka wrote: "Shisho! Is this your new way to procrastinate?! :P"

I was already doing the reading (bus + anti-motion-sickness wristbands!) so figured I may as well track it. Plus it makes my website look more active, as I slapped a widget in the sidebar. ;)

And hi, Aimee!

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message 2: by Taka

Jun 22, 2011 07:03PM