The Red Fern Review Publishes My Flash Fiction Story “The Hit”

Am very excited to have my 500-word flash fiction piece "The Hit" appear in the new Spring 2025 issue of The Red Fern Review. Many thanks to great editors. This piece is a bit different from many of the stories and short stories I've had published over the past couple of years. How? It's tranquil. Hah! …

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“Madnesses Again” published by Libre Magazine!

Many thanks to Libre for publishing my prose piece, Madnesses Again today. I'm very honored & especially wish to thank @marybsell for her quality editorial leadership & suggestions. #WritingCommmunity #prose #madness #survival https://t.co/GPSVzYzIn0 — Scott C. Holstad (OOP -- Out Of Print) (@tangledscott) April 5, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js --------------------------------------------------------------- MADNESSES AGAIN @ Libre Magazine

“No, Not in Years. Why?” published by Friday Flash Fiction

My new 100-word MF piece, "No, Not in Years. Why?" up on Friday Flash Fiction website today! Trigger Warning though [PTSD, imagery]. Many thanks to the kind FFF editor for taking a chance on this one. I was trying to do a couple of distinctly different layers on this but don't know if I succeeded. …

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New 100-Word Microfiction Story, “Need for Speed,” up on Friday Flash Fiction

Need For Speed, by Scott C Holstad https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/ Do you like writing microfictions? Friday Flash Fiction is a fun, friendly global community with all types of small fictions published, and a good place to try out and send some stuff if you're interested. Tell the editor I sent you! Scott

My 2023-2024 Writing/Publishing Stats

Pieces: 154 Submissions: 288 Rejections: 185 Acceptances: 62 Pending: 26 Acceptance Percentage: 25.1% I’ve seen others post these types of stats lately and some have very high acceptance percentages and others lower. Some also have higher or lower numbers in terms of pieces written, submissions, etc. One thing that’s been personally helpful for me to …

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