Short Story (Flash Fiction) in New Winter 2024 Edition of The Bond Street Review

My short story, Phoenix AZ, 3 AM, is in the new Winter 2024 issue of The Bond Street Review. It's a piece of flash fiction, a genre I've been focusing on for the past couple years, getting about 30 stories published in 2023 and hoping for additional growth in that area for 2024. This issue …

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Scott C. Holstad’s TOP Subject Rankings in Open Library

I was surprised to learn I'm the #1 "Most Prolific Author" in 14+ diverse topics/categories in Open Library's 2 million titles. I wondered what they were. Here they are! (God, what does this say about me?)

Last Issue of RRR

It's the first day of spring and that means the Spring 2016 issue of Ray's Road Review has been published. Please feel free to drop by and read some fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Additionally, we're going on indefinite hiatus, which makes us a bit sad. My severely poor health makes it no longer possible for …

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New Ray’s Road Review

I'm pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2015 issue of Ray's Road Review. It has plenty of new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. Feel free to check it out at http://raysroadreview.com. Since I'm the poetry editor, I may as well plug the poets. They are Ruth Z. Deming, Ernest Williamson, R.T. Castleberry, Ross …

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Submission Guidelines

Why don't so many people read or adhere to magazine submission guidelines? This is the eternal mystery for me. As a magazine poetry editor, I have published a set of submission guidelines that I expect people to follow when submitting. I don't think it's too much to ask. When you're a writer submitting to a …

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