In Joe Baumanns newest collection Where Can I Take You When Thereampamp8217s Nowhere To Go queer men explore their sense of who they are and what they want often in worlds that are tilted askew from what we might expect.ampamp160Thirteen surreal short stories utilize the strange and the bizarre as a backdrop for explorations of loneliness queer comingofage selfdiscovery and loss. In We Adore These Bodies Until They Are Gone people evaporate when suffering isolation and directionless in ampamp8220Happy Birthdaysampamp8221 characters transform into different ages when they consume particular kinds of cake and in the titular story a pair of lonely teenagers come together at a party after one of them gifts the other with a small cloud he has spun out of his own hands. ampamp10ampamp10Baumannampamp8217s tender vignettes of love anger grief and desire are a stunning ode to the places and people that can give us solace within an absurd and chaotic world.