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.

Watch Scott C. Holstad read his stirring micro-fiction piece “Rickee’s Transitions” from THRESHOLD: A Micro Fiction Anthology.

          View this post on Instagram                         A post shared by Fresh Words An International Literary Magazine (@freshwordsmagazine) //www.instagram.com/embed.js LINK/URL: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP-BpLkEb4R/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Watch Scott C. Holstad read his stirring micro-fiction piece “Rickee’s Transitions” from THRESHOLD: A Micro Fiction Anthology.A Pulitzer-nominated writer …

Continue reading Watch Scott C. Holstad read his stirring micro-fiction piece “Rickee’s Transitions” from THRESHOLD: A Micro Fiction Anthology.

Scott Holstad reads Dead Lakes Mini-Fragment & i torment my neighbors (may they rot in hell)

Another new 5-minute video with me reading two of my poems recently published in two anthologies. They're quite different from each other and one of my goals with these new little videos is to try to show some of the diversity in my writing to people who may find some (most? all?) of it interesting. …

Continue reading Scott Holstad reads Dead Lakes Mini-Fragment & i torment my neighbors (may they rot in hell)

An Instagram Update

Some of you who've been with me for a long time may recall I had an active Instagram account a LONG time ago, and that it was largely music-focused, particularly my love for vinyl. I mention this to explain an otherwise odd-seeming account name, because I resurrected the account but have refocused it on my …

Continue reading An Instagram Update