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ClickHole contributor. Writer. Person. An actual human being. In DC. chrisscottwrites.com

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 9d

So excited to have a new story in one of my very favorite magazines today. Super proud of this one, and I hope you all like it.

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 9d

"...I'm overcome with the sudden certainty that she'll vanish, the door transporting her to the moon or Siberia. But before my fear can get away from me, she's already through."

"Door in the Woods" by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Door in the Woods by Chris Scott

Sarah is hiking up ahead of me, so she’s the first to see it. She goes around the bend, says “Hey now,” and stops in her tracks. Then I see it, too. Right there in the middle of the trail is a sing…

okaydonkeymag.com

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 10h

In hindsight *maybe* could’ve picked a slightly less spooky book to read in the woods but no regrets. Loving this, @renbolger.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

Book: The Barre Incidents by Lauren Bolger

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 2d

Appreciate you Rebecca!

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Dan!

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Elena!

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 2d

Just found out my story D.A.R.E. Cop has been nominated by scaffold lit for a Pushcart Prize. Proud of this little weirdo and really grateful to see it get some love. Thanks scaffold! www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

D.A.R.E. cop by chris scott — scaffold literary magazine

micro fiction

www.scaffoldlit.com

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks friend!

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the kind words about “Door in the Woods” Hugh! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/10/03/d...

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 2d

The Shortlist for Oct 10:

Look busy at work reading great writing.

Links to nonfiction from:
Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social

& fiction from:
Ashton Russell in @turnandwork.com
Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com
(...cont'd)

The Shortlist for October 10 - Turn & Work

Nonfiction by Christopher Stevenson, and fiction from Ashton Russell, Alice Ashe, Chris Scott, Erin Somers, Michael Czyzniejewski, Karen Crawford, Jen Shepherd, and JS Apsley.

www.turnandwork.com

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 2d

Technically I also “lost“ the Nobel prize but since I savvily didn’t spend the last 6 months openly campaigning for it like a needy little child, I managed to avoid these headlines today

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

lol

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

Who is the funniest person they could give the Nobel Peace Prize to tomorrow? Barack Obama again?

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

This is so fucking funny

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 3d

AS: My opponent has also previously said that she thinks it’s okay for someone to be fired from their job for being gay. That is discrimination.

WES: That’s not discrimination! (2/2)

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

I am learning and growing

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

Hello

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

Knocking on doors for Harris/Walz in a swing state frequently felt like saying "That's a nice cheese grater you got there. Would you be interested in not running it up and down your own face?" and like half the time the voter saying "What if it feels good though"

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Rogan on Trump’s cruel mass deportations, racially profiling non-criminals and ripping apart families: “This is crazy. That shows no heart. You’re not gonna get any reasonable people to go along with that. Any kind person would go ‘this can’t be the only way to do this’.”

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

Nobody tell Louis I said this, but his ranking is correct here

Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of the new 4K releases, I ranked every Nightmare on Elm Street movie for Vulture.

Every Nightmare on Elm Street Movie, Ranked

A Nightmare on Elm Street is the rare horror franchise in which there’s (almost) no bad installment.

www.vulture.com

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

RFK Jr. finally figured out what's causing autism (Tylenol and babies having their foreskins removed) and people are STILL giving him a hard time

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 4d

Gather round the campfire and let me tell you a scary story about scary stories, at @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Big thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for publishing this, and to *you* for reading it. Happy camping! mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

“I’m not losing my mind, right? This guy was not in the picture we took.”
“Who the hell is he?” They’re squinting hard in the dark. He just looks like another one of them, to put it plainly. Like he could have been a fourth roommate. But there was no fourth roommate. It was always just the three of them.
“I have absolutely no memory of this dude. I’ve never seen him before in my life.”

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

In theory having a vain president whose bizarre fixation on winning a Nobel Peace Price convinced him to do a bunch of peace-related things could, in a weird way, work out well for everyone. Unfortunately he's a gigantic fucking moron who messes everything up constantly, every single time. Too bad.

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

Wow I really love this one. So well done!

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sarah lynn hurd @sarlynh.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to share my newest piece in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Issue 36: "Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?"

Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for including my work alongside that of so many other remarkable writers!

gooseberry-pie.com/where-do-you...

Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash by Sarah Lynn Hurd You might be flat on your back, picking at loose fibers in a worn Turkish rug you inherited from your mother, who managed a Pier 1 I...

gooseberry-pie.com

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks I think I will

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds like you kinda don’t though

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 4d

Kinda sounds like you don’t exist and you’re the only one who doesn’t realize it…

Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 4d

Hands down funniest thing my car does is pull up a photo of Charo whenever I listen to Clairo

The song Add Up My Love by Clairo (which fucking rocks by the way) but my Prius thinks it’s Charo

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 4d

Tis the season :)