Graham (Gray) Scott

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#Writer, PhD, and professor of #writing. #ShortStories in Pithead Chapel, Nature, Pulp Literature, HAD, jmww, and Necessary Fiction. Forgot he created the @shortstory account.
Contacthttps://hemicyon.wordpress.com/contact/
Storieshttps://hemicyon.wordpress.com/creative-works/
An online story: Amundsen Sea (via Necessary Fiction)http://necessaryfiction.com/stories/GrahamRobertScottAmundsenSea/
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Show threadGraham (Gray) ScottDec 16, 2024
@ai6yr This. Heat stroke is so inconsiderate of age and fitness that it was probably the most-often emphasized issue in my Army training. They worried about whether 18-year-old guys in peak condition were still sweating and getting enough water.
Graham (Gray) ScottNov 25, 2022
For #FlashFicFriday and Black Friday, I thought I'd share a dark humor (okay, mostly dark) autumn horror story titled "The Johnson Farm Outbreak." The Barrelhouse editor who selected it tweeted that she was surprised to have published a story with zombies in it, which is pretty much the highest praise, don't you think? https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2017/10/14/the-johnson-farm-outbreak
THE JOHNSON FARM OUTBREAK — BARRELHOUSE

BY GRAHAM ROBERT SCOTT When the zombies came, they were kinda lame. 

BARRELHOUSE
Graham (Gray) ScottNov 19, 2022
I've lately acquired a few mutuals from a server called toot.site, and I'm thinking someone missed a trick by just one letter -- by not calling it toot.suite.
Graham (Gray) ScottNov 18, 2022

For #FlashFicFriday, I'd like to share a sci-fi story I published in Nature, titled "Cold Comforts."

https://www.nature.com/articles/544132a

Nature ran the story on their podcast, selected and voiced brilliantly by Shamini Bundell. Nature's audio version can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/nature-extra-futures-april-2017/id81934659?i=1000384880103

Cold comforts - Nature

Message from the abyss.

Nature
Show threadGraham (Gray) ScottNov 18, 2022

@stephstephking

One of my earliest threads on this site was me and a couple others coining new terms for the exodus. No one had #Twexpat, which I love.

Show threadGraham (Gray) ScottNov 17, 2022
@Undertow @josh_rountree Undertow really has the best covers. Fantastic writers, with covers that do them justice.
Show threadGraham (Gray) ScottNov 17, 2022
@wordswithnima Thank you so much for sharing it!
Show threadGraham (Gray) ScottNov 16, 2022
@samuelkhanna I'm a huge fan of it. The first arc of three eps is good, and the second (the heist) is also good. But the third (the prison sequence) is *exquisite*. That prison sequence is HBO prestige TV stuff. I love how patient they've been building the season, trusting the audience to appreciate the art of it.
Graham (Gray) ScottNov 16, 2022

All my writer friends are doing eligibility posts, and I feel left out.

Alas, I've spent most of this year encumbered by university accreditation deadlines. Almost no writing.

But there's one. A shy little huddle of a story. A darksome and speculative flash.

Published in HAD in February, it's titled "Noteworthy Characteristics of the Monster under Your Bed."

https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/noteworthy-characteristics-of-the-monster-under-your-bed

Noteworthy Characteristics of the Monster under Your Bed by Graham Robert Scott

It possesses more teeth than you can count, if you can only count to four. Its claws are as sharp as whiteboard erasers. If you dangle a leg over the edge of your bed, and it clamps its jaws around your foot, you’ll feel something wet. For

Show threadGraham (Gray) ScottNov 15, 2022
@danaiwrites @stephstephking I'm with Steph. If I got two holds and some encouraging responses, I'd keep sending it. If I get more than 10 form rejections and nothing encouraging, I table it and maybe revise the thing after giving it several months to breathe. Record rejection count so far is north of 24, might be close to 30. But those are often more ambitious pieces--I aimed higher.