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scott c virtes
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I've been writing for longer than I can remember. I've read so many books, and done so many things, that my writing is an entertaining melting pot. But some influences are: Roger Zelazny, Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, Lord Byron, Lord Dunsany, Poe, and my own wacky dreams.
By day, I am an internet engineer, and I have an eBay business (mostly stamp collections) to fill in between the gaps.
Birth Place: endicott, NY
Accomplishments: Over 350 stories & poems published since 1986. Two story collections ("Blank Spaces" and "Year of the Twist") and three poetry chapbooks ("afterlife 9", "insomnia f/x", "the Other secret house") now in print. From a different creative angle, I was one of the core sailing and fighting crew on Russell Crowe's ship in the film "Master and Commander."
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Books
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 | the Other secret house by scott c virtes
The house next door. Strange things happen when the owners are away. Microscopic things, comical things ... there's nothing else quite like it....
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Short Stories
Touch of Midnight (audio) by scott c virtes
A quick & creepy audio tale...
Moondust (audio) by scott c virtes
A wild sci-fi tale of overlapping lives and the end of a world....
The Killer Sandwich (audio) by scott c virtes
A funny one-minute flash fiction oddity....
Stargazers, a study by scott c virtes
A trip down a bizarre avenue, where nobody is willing to look up & face reality. ...
Ms. North: A Quick Case Study by scott c virtes
I knew a girl who thought that north was whatever direction she was facing at the time... ...
Interfering Angels by scott c virtes
Creatures appear among us and start judging our worthiness. But an ordinary man might just drive them away. ...
The Soup Trick by scott c virtes
A glimpse of the ritual magic of everyday life, as demonstrated by a pair of hopeless knuckleheads. ...
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Poetry
Live Poetry reading - July 1, 2007 by scott c virtes
An audio recording of a live poetry reading of mine, mostly focused on sci-fi and odd poems....
overshadowed (audio) by scott c virtes
eon one by scott c virtes
knowing the poet by scott c virtes
going thru channels by scott c virtes
Rolling out cold by scott c virtes
ups and downs, cycles of time, we'll know where we're going if we get there
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Almost a way out by scott c virtes
Wishful Style by scott c virtes
sometimes editing is a real battle...
A final rain by scott c virtes
the future is always uncertain, until consumed...
absolute drifter by scott c virtes
portrait of an archetype, a study in boundaries ...
faded chains by scott c virtes
the imaginary (?) weight of the world ...
bridges by scott c virtes
stream dream by scott c virtes
Here's a more recent one. A playful little thing we hardly notice anymore, given a personality....
almost hold the people by scott c virtes
A glimpse of a younger me, having one of those moments that's hard to capture. But that's where poetry rules....
Candlewood Lake by scott c virtes
A glimpse of too much time spent in Connecticut....
the gardener waits by scott c virtes
midnight, route 78 by scott c virtes
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News
Short story in June 4 issue of NATURE by scott c virtes
One page flash fiction, but a big sale...
Master and Commander by scott c virtes
Scott spent the summer in a movie, portraying a sailor from 1806 in the upcoming film "The Far Side of the World."...
Voice of the Dead by scott c virtes
Scott wrote the script for this half-hour low-budget film....
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Links
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| SCV Tales
My official home page. Lots of links to stories & poems you can read for free. Latest news. Come on in.
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My photography & digital art gallery
Digital art, fractals, photography, even some mazes to play with.
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The Actors Playground
A fun actors group in San Diego -- I'm the head writer and one of the producers. Comedy and drama, stage and short films.
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Additional information
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| Recent poems or stories in Elysian Fiction, specFicWorld's October Rush anthology, Star*Line, Dreams & Nightmares, and more. Now producing/directing a series of dark comedy short films at theActorsPlayground.com |
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