Author Spotlight
Laura Ellen Scott
Laura Ellen Scott was cute as shit, (stolen from the Plots With Guns site.)
Laura Ellen Scott is funny. She is not only funny, but her humor is laced with a wickedness that warrants highlighting. Scott employs an outrageousness in her fiction that makes me make strange faces at the page, or screen, when reading her work and often think “what the fuck?” in the best possible way. She is never predictable. Her stories encompass the strangest ideas and characters and every line- every sentence- veers in a surprising direction. The amount of action that she packs into the very shory story “The Temple Dog”, recently published in Everyday Genuis (click here to read it), is a technical feat that never feels anything but naturally joyous and wonderfully alarming. The woman has a way with words. Check out her blog here, and click on the many links to her fiction which appears in Plots with Guns, Dogzplot, Eclectica, Hobart, The Mississippi Review, Storyglossia, juked and elsewhere. Below is an excerpt from “Folk Hero”, which appears in Plots With Guns (click here to read the whole thing. It’s fantastic).
Carol wasn’t where he left her, which pissed him off. When he’d gone back to the rock ledge in the woods behind the camp, he knew he had the right place. The shale drooped sad layers, and Carol rested just below, buried in softness. In a special place with a rock slab where a man could sit and remember.
Remember Carol, her mango nails and that unusual bedtime prayer: “Father Mother Good.” She said she was Christian Science, a risky faith for anyone, let alone a whore. Remember others, too. Remember how all hard women go soft as they recall, then recite, the pledges of childhood.
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no relation to james scott.
no relation to james scott.
her hobart story is great.
her hobart story is great.
She is awesome. I heard her talk in DC on a panel about microfiction and she was smart and funny. And like you said, not predictable.
She is awesome. I heard her talk in DC on a panel about microfiction and she was smart and funny. And like you said, not predictable.
ha. It’s scott monday. tomorrow we’ll feature reynolds.
nice! so much to read. makes a slow day at work not so bad.
nice! so much to read. makes a slow day at work not so bad.
finally mean mondays are back.
finally mean mondays are back.
i like laura ellen scott’s words a lot.
i like laura ellen scott’s words a lot.
Wow, thanks “pr”. I miss that dress, but not the wart.
Wow, thanks “pr”. I miss that dress, but not the wart.
I didn’t notice the wart! Is that a first grade photo? In my first grade school photo I’m wearing a dirndl and one of my braids is shorter than the other because I chewed on it incessantly.
yes it is! it was a real find, this story. congrats on the new publication, laura.
yes it is! it was a real find, this story. congrats on the new publication, laura.
yeah I’m sure this is 1st grade. pretty much my peak year. creepy old men would cross the street to pet me. braids are delicious.
yeah I’m sure this is 1st grade. pretty much my peak year. creepy old men would cross the street to pet me. braids are delicious.
Laura Ellen Scott is great. Her story “Rot” in Identity Theory is another great one. I was fired up to meet her at that DC microfiction panel. I’d post the “Rot” link but can’t seem to get it.
Laura Ellen Scott is great. Her story “Rot” in Identity Theory is another great one. I was fired up to meet her at that DC microfiction panel. I’d post the “Rot” link but can’t seem to get it.
http://www.identitytheory.com/fiction/scott_rot.html
Here it is –
Man, she’s good.
thanks…PR. Yeah, I can’t imagine reading a better story than “Rot” anytime soon. It’s caused quite a Chinqueeesque firestorm on fictionaut…it’s that good.
thanks…PR. Yeah, I can’t imagine reading a better story than “Rot” anytime soon. It’s caused quite a Chinqueeesque firestorm on fictionaut…it’s that good.
Laura is my new hero. Can I hero-worship you, LES?
And this is not because you dedicated a really cool wacky to story to me. No, not at all. But it definitely helps with the hero-worship part.
You totally rock!
Laura is my new hero. Can I hero-worship you, LES?
And this is not because you dedicated a really cool wacky to story to me. No, not at all. But it definitely helps with the hero-worship part.
You totally rock!