“invisible” Published by A Sufferer’s Digest!

Am very excited to have my piece "invisible" appear in A Sufferer's Digest new Flash section. Many thanks to a great editor. I've enjoyed this publication since its creation a year or so ago and I encourage people to check it out, if for no other reason than its unique emphasis is "exploring human suffering …

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Deja Vu. Brutal Surgery 2 Years Ago Today.

https://twitter.com/tangledscott/status/1900455924248072435 This post is following up on the previous post, Emergency Outpatient Surgery Two Days Ago. So much to say but not enough time, strength or energy. But I recalled two years ago, I underwent a more serious version of the same thing so looked it up, found I wrote about it here and also tweeted …

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Newly Published in Bristol Noir Magazine: “Once, the Meek Died Young!”

Bristol Noir Magazine: Scott C. Holstad's "Once, the Meek Died Young" I have a long new poem titled "Once, the Meek Died Young" up today in the March 10, 2025 issue of Bristol Noir: Curiously Dark Fiction. I think this may be the 5th piece of mine they've published in the past year and I'm …

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“No, Not in Years. Why?” published by Friday Flash Fiction

My new 100-word MF piece, "No, Not in Years. Why?" up on Friday Flash Fiction website today! Trigger Warning though [PTSD, imagery]. Many thanks to the kind FFF editor for taking a chance on this one. I was trying to do a couple of distinctly different layers on this but don't know if I succeeded. …

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