MISFIT Issue 42 was published this week and it is editor Alan Catlin's final issue as he's finally going to retire. He insisted in going out with a bang, as the issue is packed with badass stuff and includes many great contributors such as Tony Gloeggler, David Chorlton, Damon Hubbs, Juliet Cook, Jeffrey Zable, Charles …
I'm still recovering from several recent surgeries and in fact, things have been going poorly, are very challenging. Complications from one emergency surgery may be leading places I don't want to go but have little choice. I haven't been able to write, post, email, do much of anything and that can be difficult so I …
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It was a record-setting year in terms of overall number of pieces accepted/published in one year, though I have had years with more of my books published simultaneously. I may have countered that with an assault on anthologies this year though. Heh. Here is a synopsis and basic stats re my 2025 publishing efforts. I …
Continue reading 2025 in Review re my Submissions/Publishing Results
Prolific author and poet Holstad has…continued to maintain his somewhat cult-favorite status as the dark troubadour of the rebellious underbelly of contemporary American poetry. Much of this poetry can be instantly and favorably compared to the poems of Bukowski or some of the messier-around-the-edges work of particular beat poet extraordinaires, such as Kerouac and Burroughs. …
A raw poetry collection with an unrelentingly bleak point of view. Holstad combines character studies with dark inner monologues… the poet effectively blends brutality with compassion..”. Holstad excels at visceral descriptions, like that of Bianca, who had “so many track / marks, it looked like a / river of small lakes on / her torn …
Continue reading KIRKUS REVIEWS reviews Scott C. Holstad’s SURVIVING IMMORTALITY AGAIN
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