I was crazy about Craig Clevenger when Contortionist's Handbook came out, i think i read it twice in a row, and liked Dermaphoria, which got me into Baer through Kiss Me Judas.

Handbook was revolutionary for me, i completely fell into the story and that primed me for dermaphoria, which i remember as more abstract at points, which made it easier to be absorbed by some of his prose.

I remember after Clevenger I was like "more books like this please" and they were really hard to track down or specifically identify, so it took me a while to find Judas.

I see Clevenger finally released a recent third novel in 2023 that i have to read now, so thank you for this memory jog!