Last Publication of 2024: Phoenix ER (Sur)Reality in Mad Swirl (December 28, 2024)

Mad Swirl was the last publication to publish anything of mine in 2024, a short story titled "Phoenix ER (Sur)Reality" on December 28, 2024. I'm very happy because Mad Swirl is one of my favorite magazines and because I've worked and worked and wrote and rewrote this piece and I like how it turned out …

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New Story Featured in Bristol Noir Magazine: “The Final Episode?”

Bristol Noir Magazine: Scott C. Holstad's story The Final Episode? I have a new story titled "The Final Episode?" in the November 28, 2024 issue of Bristol Noir: Curiously Dark Fiction. It's very different from the other stories of mine Bristol Noir has published this year and, for me at least, ends on an upbeat …

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“Dazed” Featured in New Issue of Horror Sleaze Trash!

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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“Another Fine Long Beach Day” Featured in New Issue of Mad Swirl Magazine

My 1,000-word story, "Another Fine Long Beach Day," has been published and is featured in the May 7, 2024 edition of Mad Swirl, a literary journal I've really come to enjoy, respect and recommend. I've previously written about another story of mine Mad Swirl published in February. There's also a Mad Swirl Scott C. Holstad …

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