I just had a very short absurdist play published in the new Fresh Words anthology, HELLO GODOT! (VOLUME 12) An Anthology of Existential & Absurd Plays! Fun all the way around. My play is titled GREGG IS DEAD – [maybe]. GREGG's opening statement to his companion? "I think I'm dead." You can read it for …
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If you haven't noticed the new tab in the menu running across the top of this website titled Holstad — Conversations With AIs, consider checking it out. I've had a lot of downtime this year because of injuries, post-op complications and a host of other horrors, and while that hasn't eliminated all of my various obligations, …
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Have been in the hospital. Helluva week. Am awaiting emergency surgery in 2 hours. Hoping not to lose a thumb of all things. They claim they’re keeping me here into next week, which doesn’t make for happy campers. Awesome ending to a POS year. Well, cheers to all of you! pic.twitter.com/IRckdFdT5y — Scott C. Holstad …
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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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