Sometimes you'd really like to reach out and shake somebody . . . Crosswalk Troll, is now online at Down in the Dirt magazine as part of their March 2026 “Mars and Cotton Candy Clouds” issue. Click the link here to read.

The collection is available in print on Amazon. Check it out. Might even be cathartic.

Shallow Thoughts and Glib Reactions

“The most thrilling and magical time of a creative day is that feeling of invincibility that comes when the words seem to arrange themselves, bringing into lightning clarity what you are trying to say. Those are the times when writing is amazing and irresistible.”

On the Reading List

for entertainment and enlightenment:

Slaveroad by John Edgar Wideman (getting re-acquainted with a writer from my Avon Books days) 

Four Farces by Georges Feydeau, translated by  (the start of a walking tour among comic giants)

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer (trying to fathom herd mentality)

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Bozophobia and Immortalman can still be found on Amazon and through Bookshop.org.

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Click on In the Works link here or in the menu above to read excerpts of longer pieces Scott is developing for publication.

Click on the Meter Readings link here to sample Scott's adventures in versicular mayhem.

Click on Going Off-Road link here to read about those times when the pavement gives out and the story is the journey.

Click on Credits link here or in the menu bar above to see where else Scott's short fiction has appeared. Click the title to read the piece.

All text (c) Scott Parson

Header image:  Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1964 (cropped)