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Do not adjust the mirror ...
This is the home page for the writings of Scott Virtes.
I've been writing fiction & poetry since I was a kid, and my first
story was published in 1986. This page will give you pointers
to all my stuff on the web, and the latest news about what I'm working
on, and where my writing can be found.
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Book of Tentacles (2010)
Over 30 stories & poems ... a fun & weird romp.
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Improbable Jane (2008)
A 3-in-1 collection of SF/fantasy longpoems.
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Peripheral Visions (2007)
A collection of poems from the edge of reality.
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Blank Spaces and other dangers (2006)
A collection of 27 sci-fi/fantasy tales, including one from Analog.
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Afterlife 9 (2006)
A poetry voyage : a strange afterlife cycle full of mysteries.
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insomnia f/x (2003)
A poetry chapbook : spend a night without sleep, having visions of the impossible.
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the OTHER secret house (2002)
A poetry chapbook : strange things happen in a home when the owners are away...
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| Poem counts - 2010-05-27 Some interesting stats. Shows how things can accumulate over the years if you just go slow but steady ...
Poems written per decade:
1980s: 518
1990s: 208
2000s: 787
2010s: oops, none yet!
Total Published (all years): 391
Yes, a few of these were self-published, but I'm not counting all the duplicates that have been published more than once, so it should balance out.
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| Story counts - 2010-05-27 Some stats on my short stories:
Written: 337 stories; total 640,000 words
Published: 136 stories; total 192,000 words
Some percent of the stories are either too old to submit, or stuck in my "need work" limbo. Others just don't fit in with any market I can find, or have just been bouncing around for years with no luck. Okay, it's not like I send them out every week. Some have only been submitted two or three times, they just aren't high priorities.
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| New review for Book of Tentacles - 2010-04-11 Here's a nice new review for Tentacles:
April 2010 review by Flo Stanton. Glad you enjoyed it, Flo.
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| Book of Tentacles is here! - 2010-01-01 Always nice after so much work & waiting ... the Book of Tentacles has arrived. I've built a whole new site to support it, and provide extras ... so come on over to tentaclepower.com!
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| Book of Tentacles done - 2009-06-30 This weekend I delivered the last pieces of "The Book of Tentacles" anthology to the publisher. 32 stories & poems, all kinds of genres and styles, all with TENTACLES as an important factor. Fun stuff! Should be available in a few weeks ... stay tuned!
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| 7 stories in one day? - 2009-06-07 Here's an odd item ... folks buggered off and left me alone on Memorial Day. I sat down, banged out two flash fiction pieces, took a walk, came up with a short story ... and by day's end had 7 new stories. Sure, they were all under 1,800 words each, but they're all good enough to submit, and it felt nice to have a creative day after months of stress and baloney.
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| My story in NATURE magazine - 2009-06-05 It's finally here! My flash fiction feature in NATURE magazine, June 4 issue.
If you're a subscriber, you can read it here.
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Cool milestones: in 1997 I wrote my 200th story.
And in 1999 I wrote my 500,000th word of short fiction. Half a million
words, and my fingers are still going. The human body is quite a miraculous
thing. You'd think I'd be tired by now.
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