CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
"Close to Zero" (yet another story adapted from Scarsbrook's recently-completed fifth novel, THE INDIFFERENCE LEAGUE), can be read online now at Lies With Occasional Truth!
(While you're there, also read the story "I Bet She's Right" by Crystal Bourque, who workshopped the story in one of Richard's college creative writing classes.
And, if you click on the "Bonus Points" link at the bottom of the List of Authors, you can also read Richard's first contribution to the LWOT Author Panel, which tackles the pressing issue of the day: "If you were to eliminate one piece of popular culture, what would it be?")
"Bankrupt", a chapter-turned-short-story from Richard Scarsbrook's upcoming novel THE INDIFFERENCE LEAGUE, was chosen by Heather O'Neill (Lullabies for Little Criminals) as the winner of the 2009 Matrix LitPop Award, and the story is available to read in the Fall 2009 issue of Matrix.
A dark, sexy new story called "Time Bomb", from Richard Scarsbrook's latest novel-in-progress, THE INDIFFERENCE LEAGUE, can be read in the second issue of The Moose and Pussy, available in print and online.
A new poem called "Rendezvous" will appear in the next issue of Jones Av.
A new story called "Yellow to Blue is available to read online at
Lies With Occasional Truth, a Canadian literary magazine known for their cool retro covers and funky layout. "Yellow to Blue", by the way, is a chapter-turned-short-story from THE MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES.
Another new story, called "Brown is Not a Colour", ALSO a chapter-turned-short-story from THE MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES, was published in The Dalhousie Review.
A third story originating from THE MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES, "Neville 19:56" was published in the Summer 2008 edition of The Nashwaak Review.
"They Met on Dock on the Last Night of June" (AKA "The Jazz Man's Girl") was published in the Guardian Unlimited (UK) Short Short Story supplement, as selected by author Dave Eggers. This story is composed entirely from one-syllable words, and is available online HERE .
RECENT FICTION PUBLICATIONS
- "Bankrupt", Matrix, Fall 2009
- "Time Bomb", The Moose and Pussy, Winter 2008/2009
- "Neville 19:56", The Nashwaak Review, Summer 2008
- "Brown is Not a Colour", The Dalhousie Review, Spring 2008
- "Yellow to Blue", Lies With Occasional Truth, Fall 2007
- "Post Script", Rampike (Spring 2006)
- "Rebound", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Winter 2005
- "They Met on Dock on the Last Night of June" (AKA "The Jazz Man's Girl"), The Guardian Unlimited (UK), April 2005
- "Lost and Found", Descant, Fall 2004
- "What's Inside", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Fall 2004
- "Rule Number One", ,Storyteller: Canada's Short Story Magazine Spring 2003
- "The Twilight Girl" and "The Jazz Man’s Girl", The New Orphic Review, Spring 2003 (ISSN 1480-5243)
- "Traffic Jam", Winners Circle Anthology 10, Canadian Authors Association 2003
- "The Doppler Effect", The Nashwaak Review, Fall 2002
- "Electric Sins", ConTales 2002: Top Stories of the ConVersion Short Story Contest Winners Anthology, ConVersion Calgary, 2002
- "Skin", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Summer, 2001
- "Sky and Earth", The New Orphic Review, Spring, 2001 (ISSN 1480-5243)
- "Sandcastles, Waves", Love and Longing in the Near North, Catchfire Press, 2000 (ISBN#1-9680-353-9-6)
- "Tristan's Quarter", The Harpweaver, Summer, 2000 (ISBN 1201-317X)
- "The History of Western Art (In Thirty Minutes, With Commercials)", Winners Circle Anthology 8, The Canadian Authors Association, 2000 (ISBN#1-894584-01-5)
- "Cheeseburger Subversive", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Winter 1999
- "Storm", Canadian Writer's Journal, Fall 1999. Reprinted in Choice Works: CWJ 1999 Short Fiction Winners, White Mountain Publications, 2000 (ISBN 1-896331-68-8)
- "Benjamin's Aliens", Backwater Review, September 1998 (ISBN 1205-7134)
- "Hell On Wheels", NeWest Review, August/September 1996
RECENT POETRY PUBLICATIONS
- Guessing at Madeline (Poetry Chapbook), by Richard Scarsbrook, Cranberry Tree Press, 1997
- "Great Unanswered Questions of History", New Classic Poems, McAlsiter, 2005
- "Veterans Hospital", Witness Anthology, Serengeti Press, 2004
- "Secretary", "The Grim Reaper’s Alphabet Song", and "Glass Half Empty", Carousel, Spring 2003
- "Swirl" and "Icon", The Saving Bannister Anthology, Canadian Authors Association, Niagara Branch, 2003
- "Glass Half Empty", 2003: Tea For Three, Cranberry Tree Press, 2003 (ISBN 1-894668-13-8)
"What Moonlight Knows" and "Water, Still and Deep", Rocks and Rhythm: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry, The Ontario Poetry Society, 2003 (ISBN 0-9687157-3-7)
- "Stop", Verbicide, Fall 2003
- "The Grim Reaper's Alphabet Song", O2: Coming Up For Air, Cranberry Tree Press, 2002 (ISBN 1-894668-12-X)
- "Observations on the Lover’s Mindprobe", The Harpweaver, Spring 2002
- "Destiny's Telescope", 2001: A Space Anthology, Cranberry Tree Press, 2001 (ISBN 1-864668-06-5)
- "Stop" and "High Diver", Surface and Symbol, April 2001
- "Wander" and "Observations on the Lovers' Mindprobe", $10 Value: an Anthology of Assets, Cranberry Tree Press ,2000 (ISBN 0-9684218-7-3)
- "December Valentine", No Love Lost (In International Anthology of Poetry), Hidden Brook Press, 1999 (ISBN 0-9699598-3-4)
- "Invitation", Zygote, Fall/Winter 1998; "Wastebasket Poem", Zygote, Spring 1997
Endorsements
"Richard Scarsbrook is a talented and versatile writer whose. . . work is witty, imaginative, and intelligent. Consistently, his productions display a fine craftsmanship. It is rare to come across a young author with this degree of consistency."
- Angus Somerville, Editor, The Harpweaver
"(Richard Scarsbrook) is an excellent writer - we expect to see (him) in the Governor General’s winner’s circle one of these years, and then we can say, 'we published that guy once'!"
- John Kooistra, Publisher, Catchfire Press
"Richard Scarsbrook is a dynamic writer with a great sense of character and story. He not only knows how to be funny, he knows when. His fiction about contemporary youth always rings true."
- Melanie Fogel, Editor, Storyteller: Canada's Story Magazine
"Close to Zero" (yet another story adapted from Scarsbrook's recently-completed fifth novel, THE INDIFFERENCE LEAGUE), can be read online now at Lies With Occasional Truth!
(While you're there, also read the story "I Bet She's Right" by Crystal Bourque, who workshopped the story in one of Richard's college creative writing classes.
And, if you click on the "Bonus Points" link at the bottom of the List of Authors, you can also read Richard's first contribution to the LWOT Author Panel, which tackles the pressing issue of the day: "If you were to eliminate one piece of popular culture, what would it be?")
"Bankrupt", a chapter-turned-short-story from Richard Scarsbrook's upcoming novel THE INDIFFERENCE LEAGUE, was chosen by Heather O'Neill (Lullabies for Little Criminals) as the winner of the 2009 Matrix LitPop Award, and the story is available to read in the Fall 2009 issue of Matrix.
A dark, sexy new story called "Time Bomb", from Richard Scarsbrook's latest novel-in-progress, THE INDIFFERENCE LEAGUE, can be read in the second issue of The Moose and Pussy, available in print and online.
A new poem called "Rendezvous" will appear in the next issue of Jones Av.
A new story called "Yellow to Blue is available to read online at
Lies With Occasional Truth, a Canadian literary magazine known for their cool retro covers and funky layout. "Yellow to Blue", by the way, is a chapter-turned-short-story from THE MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES.
Another new story, called "Brown is Not a Colour", ALSO a chapter-turned-short-story from THE MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES, was published in The Dalhousie Review.
A third story originating from THE MONKEYFACE CHRONICLES, "Neville 19:56" was published in the Summer 2008 edition of The Nashwaak Review.
"They Met on Dock on the Last Night of June" (AKA "The Jazz Man's Girl") was published in the Guardian Unlimited (UK) Short Short Story supplement, as selected by author Dave Eggers. This story is composed entirely from one-syllable words, and is available online HERE .
RECENT FICTION PUBLICATIONS
- "Bankrupt", Matrix, Fall 2009
- "Time Bomb", The Moose and Pussy, Winter 2008/2009
- "Neville 19:56", The Nashwaak Review, Summer 2008
- "Brown is Not a Colour", The Dalhousie Review, Spring 2008
- "Yellow to Blue", Lies With Occasional Truth, Fall 2007
- "Post Script", Rampike (Spring 2006)
- "Rebound", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Winter 2005
- "They Met on Dock on the Last Night of June" (AKA "The Jazz Man's Girl"), The Guardian Unlimited (UK), April 2005
- "Lost and Found", Descant, Fall 2004
- "What's Inside", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Fall 2004
- "Rule Number One", ,Storyteller: Canada's Short Story Magazine Spring 2003
- "The Twilight Girl" and "The Jazz Man’s Girl", The New Orphic Review, Spring 2003 (ISSN 1480-5243)
- "Traffic Jam", Winners Circle Anthology 10, Canadian Authors Association 2003
- "The Doppler Effect", The Nashwaak Review, Fall 2002
- "Electric Sins", ConTales 2002: Top Stories of the ConVersion Short Story Contest Winners Anthology, ConVersion Calgary, 2002
- "Skin", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Summer, 2001
- "Sky and Earth", The New Orphic Review, Spring, 2001 (ISSN 1480-5243)
- "Sandcastles, Waves", Love and Longing in the Near North, Catchfire Press, 2000 (ISBN#1-9680-353-9-6)
- "Tristan's Quarter", The Harpweaver, Summer, 2000 (ISBN 1201-317X)
- "The History of Western Art (In Thirty Minutes, With Commercials)", Winners Circle Anthology 8, The Canadian Authors Association, 2000 (ISBN#1-894584-01-5)
- "Cheeseburger Subversive", Storyteller: Canada’s Short Story Magazine, Winter 1999
- "Storm", Canadian Writer's Journal, Fall 1999. Reprinted in Choice Works: CWJ 1999 Short Fiction Winners, White Mountain Publications, 2000 (ISBN 1-896331-68-8)
- "Benjamin's Aliens", Backwater Review, September 1998 (ISBN 1205-7134)
- "Hell On Wheels", NeWest Review, August/September 1996
RECENT POETRY PUBLICATIONS
- Guessing at Madeline (Poetry Chapbook), by Richard Scarsbrook, Cranberry Tree Press, 1997
- "Great Unanswered Questions of History", New Classic Poems, McAlsiter, 2005
- "Veterans Hospital", Witness Anthology, Serengeti Press, 2004
- "Secretary", "The Grim Reaper’s Alphabet Song", and "Glass Half Empty", Carousel, Spring 2003
- "Swirl" and "Icon", The Saving Bannister Anthology, Canadian Authors Association, Niagara Branch, 2003
- "Glass Half Empty", 2003: Tea For Three, Cranberry Tree Press, 2003 (ISBN 1-894668-13-8)
"What Moonlight Knows" and "Water, Still and Deep", Rocks and Rhythm: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry, The Ontario Poetry Society, 2003 (ISBN 0-9687157-3-7)
- "Stop", Verbicide, Fall 2003
- "The Grim Reaper's Alphabet Song", O2: Coming Up For Air, Cranberry Tree Press, 2002 (ISBN 1-894668-12-X)
- "Observations on the Lover’s Mindprobe", The Harpweaver, Spring 2002
- "Destiny's Telescope", 2001: A Space Anthology, Cranberry Tree Press, 2001 (ISBN 1-864668-06-5)
- "Stop" and "High Diver", Surface and Symbol, April 2001
- "Wander" and "Observations on the Lovers' Mindprobe", $10 Value: an Anthology of Assets, Cranberry Tree Press ,2000 (ISBN 0-9684218-7-3)
- "December Valentine", No Love Lost (In International Anthology of Poetry), Hidden Brook Press, 1999 (ISBN 0-9699598-3-4)
- "Invitation", Zygote, Fall/Winter 1998; "Wastebasket Poem", Zygote, Spring 1997
Endorsements
"Richard Scarsbrook is a talented and versatile writer whose. . . work is witty, imaginative, and intelligent. Consistently, his productions display a fine craftsmanship. It is rare to come across a young author with this degree of consistency."
- Angus Somerville, Editor, The Harpweaver
"(Richard Scarsbrook) is an excellent writer - we expect to see (him) in the Governor General’s winner’s circle one of these years, and then we can say, 'we published that guy once'!"
- John Kooistra, Publisher, Catchfire Press
"Richard Scarsbrook is a dynamic writer with a great sense of character and story. He not only knows how to be funny, he knows when. His fiction about contemporary youth always rings true."
- Melanie Fogel, Editor, Storyteller: Canada's Story Magazine
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