Happy B-Day, Gretch!

This weekend, Gretchen had a big damn day. She turned 60 years old (!!!!!) this weekend, which though factually accurate, seems so surreal and bizarre that it's hard to accept as real. I mean look at her! She's still just as smoking hot as when I met her! Heh. Forgive me if it seems like …

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New Story Featured in Bristol Noir Magazine: “Acquiring Experience, Making Friends”

Bristol Noir Magazine -- Scott C Holstad Preview - 3-28-2024 I have a new story titled "Acquiring Experience, Making Friends" featured on the Bristol Noir: Curiously Dark Fiction website. It's a little different than many of my stories published over the past year in that it's a longer work, at 1,500+ words. However, I've been …

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Sporting Mad Swirl Merch

Last month I posted that a story of mine was just published in Mad Swirl magazine. (To go straight to the story, click on this link.) I meant to add, and forgot until now, that they've got cool merch. My post today is a collage of me sporting a Mad Swirl shirt. If you've read …

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The Defunct Heat City Literary Review

Does anyone remember the high quality, short lived Heat City Literary Review? It was a really nice literary journal, based if I recall correctly in Boston. It seemed very promising. Their first couple of issues were very high quality using professional materials, excellent professional perfect bound glossy covers, about 90 pages. I loved their covers …

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Surviving It All, Hidden Peak Review, February 15, 2024 (Scott C. Holstad)

New Short Story Featured in February 15 edition of Hidden Peak Review

I have a new story that is currently featured by the Hidden Peak Press (2/15/2024) and scheduled to appear in the next issue of the Hidden Peak Review: "Surviving It All." This is a fairly newish publishing company headed by some experienced professionals with real cred based in the greater metro-Denver area. They do a …

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