“Dazed” Featured in New Issue of Horror Sleaze Trash!

My 2,000-word metafictional story, Dazed, has been published and is featured in the August 4, 2024 edition of Horror Sleaze Trash magazine, whose motto is "Like pissing wine into an ocean of alcoholics." To drive it a little further home, their submissions guidelines include this phrase, "As long as it either gives you a laugh …

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“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. …