BA Brock has posted a great review of my story Avalon, and for the first issue of the Mischief Corner Books Quarterly:
A GREAT anthology, and the first volume of what I expect will be a successful quarterly magazine. The magazine features short LGBTQ+ works, and within that category, the genres are limitless. In this issue there was horror, literary fiction, humor, drama, and so much more. There was even art in the form of book covers, and interviewsâsomething for everyone… Avalon by J. Scott Coatsworth. Iâve read nearly everything Coatsworth has written (Iâm his number one fan, and I may fight anyone who declares otherwise), but I wasnât prepared for this piece. Normally I find Coatsworth to be light-hearted, even when he is dealing with heavy issues of social injustice, but this piece knocked me on my ass and nearly made me cry. I had to âcomfort textâ him as I read it.
Me: Please say Tony wonât do such and such. Me: Oh my god! Jakeâs not going to such and such, is he? You know something? Coatsworth was laughing at me the entire time, gleefully enjoying my anguish. Heâs pretty sadistic, the sick bastard. But itâs a great piece, and certainly stands out in this anthology.
So there you have it. I’m a sadistic bastard. But I write a great short story. đ
