Satirical Story “Hannah’s Cupboard (or Charlie Kristos, King of the Gods)” published by The Scalar Comet

My new satirical short story "Hannah’s Cupboard (or Charlie Kristos, King of the Gods)" was published yesterday by The Scalar Comet, a very funny humor-centric publication and I just wanted to both post about it (with a link to the original) and thank the fine editors at The Scalar Comet. I've come to really enjoy …

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3 Poems in The Alien Buddha Talks to Animals anthology

I got my copies of the new anthology, The Alien Buddha Talks to Animals, this week and as ever, the book looks great. It contains three of my poems -- on animals! -- and is a nice change of pace from similar recent anthologies that have published me the past couple of years in that …

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“Was Mother Dancing Dubious Dances?” published in The Piker Press

Those familiar with much of my fiction may recall I rely heavily on interior monologue. I often have to force myself to add dialogue. Well, here's a short story I wrote with the intention of using virtually nothing but dialogue exclusively, and I think it worked out pretty well! Titled Was Mother Dancing Dubious Dances?, …

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Author Scott Holstad reads dirty realism story, “Premeditated”

Poet, writer & author Scott C. Holstad reads a dirty realism short story titled "Premeditated" that was published in Bristol Noir magazine in August 2025.