“Dollar Storing” Featured in Mad Swirl Magazine

It was my first trip to a dollar store anywhere, this one on Broadway, and she was aghast that I’d never been to one before. Dollar Tree was her idea of a darn good time. I was back in Knoxville after burning through money in Beverly Hills like Satan was after it. Had some good times, paying the price after. …

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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The Times, They Are a Changing

The times, they are a changing. The physical transformations that FIVE (5) DECADES of writing have forced upon Scott C. Holstad. 1988 - 2021. A slideshow of the path my career and journey as a writer has taken me over a FIVE DECADE span (which is really hard to believe). All of these photos representing …

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Have Some Caffeine!

I've been crazy busy the past five weeks and haven't had a chance to get online very often, but one thing I've been able to make a little time for is finally unpacking some boxes that have been in storage for the past few (okay, many) years while trying to find old contributor copies of …

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An Intro to the Finnish Readers of Rendezvous’ssa re US Writer Scott C. Holstad, Circa 1993

When I started getting published in 1988-89, somehow -- I no longer remember how -- I came into contact with some Finnish writers, editors, publishers & magazines by at least 1990. At the time, Bukowski was very popular in Finland (& with me as well) & I'm afraid that like many, I emulated him just …

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