Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Joe Baldwin

Joe Baldwin

Joe Baldwin is a History graduate who writes fiction, poetry and essays on a wide variety of topics. He lives in Southampton in the United Kingdom. He has been published in a number of journals and is currently writing a novel and a poetry collection.

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About Joe Baldwin

I am a writer from Southampton in the United Kingdom. I was born in London, lived in Scotland, and now live in England once more, so you could say I'm well-traveled in a several hours down the motorway kind of way. I write fiction, poetry and essays. Since finishing my Master's Degree in History I've had much more time to write fiction as opposed to a version of the truth. I've been published in a number of journals over the years and I am currently writing a novel.

These days I split my time between writing and working in a library, so I am pretty much around books all the time and now I don't have degree work to do, I can indulge in reading fiction a lot more. I have a keen interest in historical fiction, but really any genre or time period is fine by me. After all, I can't afford to dislike any genre as a writer as I may end up writing in it one day.

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  • The Most Handsome Man in the Mirror

    Joe Baldwin is a History graduate who writes fiction, poetry and essays on a wide variety of topics. He lives in Southampton in the United Kingdom. He has been published in a number of journals and is currently writing a novel and a poetry collection.

  • Black Ribbon

    Children know nothing of factions or politics. Why must we teach them to take sides, when all we have to do is find food and shelter together?

  • The Werewolf Judge

    "Let them eat cake"? No, that's not what you want to say to this guy...

  • Everybody's Got Problems

    All the people you see are like closed doors. You don't know what's behind them...

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  • A River in Paris

    "Floating down the Seine like a human starfish..."