“Another Fine Long Beach Day” Featured in New Issue of Mad Swirl Magazine

My 1,000-word story, "Another Fine Long Beach Day," has been published and is featured in the May 7, 2024 edition of Mad Swirl, a literary journal I've really come to enjoy, respect and recommend. I've previously written about another story of mine Mad Swirl published in February. There's also a Mad Swirl Scott C. Holstad …

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New Story Featured in Bristol Noir Magazine: “Acquiring Experience, Making Friends”

Bristol Noir Magazine -- Scott C Holstad Preview - 3-28-2024 I have a new story titled "Acquiring Experience, Making Friends" featured on the Bristol Noir: Curiously Dark Fiction website. It's a little different than many of my stories published over the past year in that it's a longer work, at 1,500+ words. However, I've been …

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The Defunct Heat City Literary Review

Does anyone remember the high quality, short lived Heat City Literary Review? It was a really nice literary journal, based if I recall correctly in Boston. It seemed very promising. Their first couple of issues were very high quality using professional materials, excellent professional perfect bound glossy covers, about 90 pages. I loved their covers …

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“Dollar Storing” Featured in Mad Swirl Magazine

It was my first trip to a dollar store anywhere, this one on Broadway, and she was aghast that I’d never been to one before. Dollar Tree was her idea of a darn good time. I was back in Knoxville after burning through money in Beverly Hills like Satan was after it. Had some good times, paying the price after. …

Surviving It All, Hidden Peak Review, February 15, 2024 (Scott C. Holstad)

New Short Story Featured in February 15 edition of Hidden Peak Review

I have a new story that is currently featured by the Hidden Peak Press (2/15/2024) and scheduled to appear in the next issue of the Hidden Peak Review: "Surviving It All." This is a fairly newish publishing company headed by some experienced professionals with real cred based in the greater metro-Denver area. They do a …

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