I’ve Been Nominated for Best of the Net 2026!

Many thanks to Libre for nominating me for 2026 Best of the Net in Nonfiction with my piece “Madnesses Again.” Special thanks to EIC Mary Sellers for working hard with me to make the piece as strong as possible. She’s a serious credit to her profession and put in some real time and effort, which …

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Surviving Immortality Again by Scott C. Holstad

Anyone want to review my new book? (Oh, my 1st new book of poems in years is due out October 15, 2025!)

My first new book of poems in (20 YEARS!) a long time is scheduled for release on October 15, 2025 from Alien Buddha Press. Surviving Immortality Again comes in at 132 pages, contains 90 poems, will be available on Amazon, and is loosely intended as a dark "concept" collection. (Read the back cover for an …

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3 More haiQu Experiments Published at haiQu.fOO Last Week

The editor of haiQu.fOO very kindly published 3 of my own experiments over the course of the past week. I want to thank him (Eric) and show a few small screenshots, as well as encourage any of you who like found poetry, Cut-Up techniques, haiku and other short form poetry to go check that site …

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Found 2 “New” Textbooks with Critical Essays of Mine in Them!

All of you know I've been writing and publishing poetry for decades. My first collections were published in 1991. And even if you're new here I assume you know I must write a few other things too, such as fiction -- mostly flash and short stories -- some nonfiction, etc. Actually, I've written any many …

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The New Anthology is #1 in Absurdist Fiction!

I recently posted that I had material in a giant new anthology called The Alien Buddha Gets Isolated and Weird, which was released a few weeks ago. I've been really swamped and forget to post the following. Even though I know the "secrets" to getting #1 books and best sellers on Amazon, which is great …

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