Scott Garson
Scott Garson
MFA, George Mason University
Scott Garson is the author of a collection of stories, Is That You, John Wayne? (Queen’s Ferry Press, 2013), and a collection of microfictions, American Gymnopédies (expanded 2nd edition, The Lit Pub, 2012). His fiction has appeared in print or online in Electric Literature, Threepenny Review, American Short Fiction, Kenyon Review, Conjunctions, and many others. He’s the Editor of the multi-Pushcart-Prize-winning journal of flash fiction, Wigleaf. He leads the Wigleaf internship and teaches courses in Creative Writing and Writing & Rhetoric.
Best Small Fictions, Alternating Current Press, 2024
MU Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, 2023
Best Microfiction, Pelekinesis Books, 2022
Best Microfiction, Pelekinesis Books, 2021
Best Microfiction, Pelekinesis Books, 2020
MU English Davidson Faculty Fellowship, 2020
Distinguished Story, Best American Short Stories, 2018
Best Small Fictions, Braddock Avenue Books, 2017
“Old” and “Party,” hex (forthcoming)
“Mad Science,” HAD (January 24, 2024)
“Reality Show” and “Case,” Gone Lawn (Fall/Winter, 2023)
“Body,” MoonPark Review (Fall, 2023)
“Okay,” The Cincinnati Review / miCRo (November 30, 2022)
“Ybeltrab,” The Journal (46.1; Fall, 2022)
“Act Two,” “Trip,” and “Market,” Passages North (No. 43; Spring, 2022)
“Five Fictions,” New World Writing (June, 2021)
“My Cat Gets Loose in the Steakhouse,” Craft (May 29, 2020)
“Young Frankenstein,” anthologized in Teacher Voice (Malarkey Books, 2020)
“Nine Fictions,” Electric Literature (December 16, 2019—Issue No. 95)
“Describe Your Goals,” Bat City Review (Issue 15; Winter, 2019)
“A True Place in the World,” Whiskey Island (Issue 71; Winter, 2019)
“Search Your Feelings,” Indiana Review (Volume 40; Number 1; Summer, 2018)
“West Seventh and Burn Hill Road,” Threepenny Review (Winter 2018; Issue 152)