A writer, musician and artist living near San Antonio, Jeff Bagato's new books for 2022 include In the Engine Room with Bettie and Andrea Reading Pornography (poetry); Savage Space (stories); and Gonch Poems. His other books include Computing Angels, The Toothpick Fairy, Dishwasher on Venus, Heta's Book, The Revenge of the Rat's Hand, and My Breasts in Darkness, My Back to the Light, and Love and Death in the Land of Souls. He has also published two other books in the Dishwasher series, Dishwasher on Uranus and Dishwasher on Mars, and a collection of limericks based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, naturally titled Cthulhu Limericks. Other books include a surreal science fiction novel, Kill Claus! and a photo book about now defunct Northern Virginia outsider environment Johnston's Garage.
As a musician, he has performed in several music projects including Tone Ghosting (solo electronics), Stylus (turntable ensemble), Mercury Fools the Alchemist (free improvisation trio), For Official Use Only (electronics trio), Bionic Eyes (electronics duo), and Alzo Boszormenyi and the Acid Achievers (7 piece improvising rock band). Mercury Fools the Alchemist's CD "The Science of Unobtainable Results" and Tone Ghosting's "Plastic Voice" CD are also available via Amazon.
His poetry and fiction have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, Chiron Review, Otoliths, Utsanga, Slipstream, The Chamber, Word for/Word, Outlaw Poetry, Rusty Truck, Brave New Word, Var 2(x), and many other publications.
More information about his writing and publishing efforts can be found at jeffbagato.com