Author: Chris Scott

  • The Shortlist: March 7, 2025

    The Shortlist: March 7, 2025

    Eight (!) fiction stories from Kelly Robson, Amy DeBellis, Katherine Plumhoff, Mark Ifanson, Chris Scott, Nathan Leslie, and Kevin Light-Roth

  • I Don’t Know What Wind Is by Chris Scott

    Approximately thirty seconds before dismissal, one of my first graders asks me what wind is. I freeze up, sixteen first grade faces watching me, they all suddenly want to know what wind is, right now, right this moment. I’m 41 years old, and I honestly have no idea.  This story isn’t about wind, and I…

  • Blueberries by Chris Scott

    This story is way too short. It’s a bit of a John Marrs-type concept – people start getting texts from alternate-universe versions of loved ones. Put me on the preorder list for the novel already.