Brent Baldwin

He’s a deep DEEP lying forward

Cover art by Guy Warley features a futuristic cityscape in yellows and browns. A yellow sky features a small wingless craft flying towards it.

The November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld features stories by R.H. Wesley, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Tade Thompson, Ramiro Sanchiz, Chisom Umeh, Brent Baldwin, and Kemi Ashing-Giwa.
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Ratlines by Brent Baldwin Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

I’m over the moon to have a story published at @clarkesworldmagazine.com after many years of trying. If you think it is reflective of our current (or future) political situation, well, that’s for you to decide. “Ratlines” is available here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/baldwin_11_25/

Ratlines (World War II) - Wikipedia

If you’re not familiar with a ratline, it’s worth a few minutes of reading. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratline...

Funny that Argentina should be in the news lately

Ratlines by Brent Baldwin Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

I’m over the moon to have a story published at @clarkesworldmagazine.com after many years of trying. If you think it is reflective of our current (or future) political situation, well, that’s for you to decide. “Ratlines” is available here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/baldwin_11_25/

A border collie waiting impatiently at the door

This dog does not understand why Strangers keep coming to Her Door. Losing her ever loving mind.

Djed seems like he'd be all over pop culture, which is my glaring weakness. If I can recruit a former Spur, I'd go for Dier, too.

A wok full of charred shishito peppers

Hard to beat freshly charred shishito peppers

The thing about book piracy is: libraries exist! You can read ebooks for free, legally, and they’ll THANK you for doing it. They’ll even help you find new books to read for free.

The "9 months in slush" is not directed at Kaleidotrope. More an observation about how long I've had pieces wait at other SFF markets.

A year is fine and about normal. Two years is a maybe. Three years is "I'll try other markets first." However, the monthly submission window is a positive. If you responded to subs in < a month, I'd be way more willing to wait on publication since the piece wouldn't spend 9 months in slush.

I'm excited to see that there are ZERO category 3 or category 4 tickets available for Kansas City's World Cup matches next summer. Thanks for that, Gianni.

The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins. The secret is patience and compound interest. My local library has 20+ copies between print and ebooks.

But it’s not even transfer season

Halloumi is a great protein for grilled souvlaki.

Cartoon drawing of a teenage mutant ninja turtle with a brown afro, like Bob Ross, and a yellow eye band. Labeled “Bob”, an honorary unofficial fifth TMNT. Bob looks like a shy friendly outcast ninja turtle, to be honest. Made for an 8yo boy who made a cute comment ☺️

One of my favorite fun facts is why the TMNT are named after artists (it’s because the type of turtle they are is a “painted turtle”). I told my nephew about this and he immediately replied that there should be a Bob Ross turtle. So rather than explain the renaissance movement to him, I-

Could also be a common cold. Whatever strain is going around caught up to me two weeks ago and knocked me flat for a couple of days.

So how big does the donation to the "Presidential Library" need to be? $5k? $10k? A 747?

Thanks to Reagan and the National Labor Relations Act, authors cannot legally unionize or take collective action without being liable for antitrust violations. That’s something you might consider addressing when possible, Representative.

A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete… This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of naut…

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$7 a pound for asparagus

My local supermarket. $7 a pound for asparagus is obscene.

Push come to shove, I’d go with G since it’s the food of my childhood (and much of my adulthood), plus all the Caribbean, Cajun, Central American, and even some Spanish and Portuguese.

I could make any of these work. E might be the hardest as I’m the least familiar with it, but I’ve had amazing North African and Ethiopian food. People are dissing A, but you have French cuisine in there, plus I could probably live on Belgian beer alone.

G is a solid choice but don’t sleep on D, either. Everything from Mediterranean to Persian to Indian to Vietnamese to Chinese to Japanese. For me, it’s far from a landslide.

That’s an incredible number of reviews for a pre-release. Congrats!

A bit more the latter, but we've been utterly professional about things once the game opened up.

The Tourist's Guide to London (Football) Soccer: Your guide to the clubs, the pubs, and the grub in the football capital of the world Amazon.com: The Tourist's Guide to London (Football) Soccer: Your guide to the clubs, the pubs, and the grub in the football capital of the world eBook : Baldwin, Brent: Kindle Store

If you're planning a trip to London to watch a Premier League match, check out "The Tourist's Guide to London (Football) Soccer" for tips on tickets, where to have a pint, and where to go for dinner. www.amazon.com/Tourists-Gui...

#epl-live #whutot #coys

The Bobiverse books. I don't see my SFF colleagues discuss them much, but they're frequently recommended on Reddit. They're both bubble gum fun and really get the brain juices churning as they progress.

Heading the ball should be banned. Touching the ball with your head should be treated the same as a handball.