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The Goblin Saint, an Amazon Short
by Scott Virtes (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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Length:  3,605 words, 16 pages
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You can all watch me die in Master and Commander - I was the guy with the neck wound after ... Read more
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I was working as a nobody in a major film (see bio for info), and this idea popped into my head in my hotel room one night when I was trying to sleep. I had been writing more comedy lately, and someone asked why there weren't more funny fantasy stories. We could think of Piers Anthony and Robert Sheckley, and not many others  so here's one of my own. Enjoy.

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About the Author

You can all watch me die in Master and Commander - I was the guy with the neck wound after the first French attack, being dragged away by my feet. That was my full-time job when this piece was written, down at Fox Baja Studios in Rosarito Beach, Mexico. As for writing, I've had about 300 short stories, poems and articles printed since 1986, including a crazy spoof story in Analog, other works in Space & Time, Dreams & Nightmares, and many more. I have been writing mostly comedy and horror short films lately. So when I do sit down to write fiction, just about anything can come out.

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12:54 AM PST, January 29, 2008
My latest sales & publications ...

Hot off the press:

- "Old Emmett's Grave" (flash) posted at Postcards from Hell.    [link]

Recent works accepted:

- a haiku accepted by Mindflights
- "Lugosi Rock" (flash) accepted by Postcards from Uranus.
- "supernobody" (poem) accepted by Not One of Us

New book cover design:

- Sounds of the Night, Feb 2008 (SamsDot)
Since I missed posting a few updates, this is about the 10th book/magazine cover design I've done for them.

Books & stuff:

"Blank Spaces & other dangers".  Now available again!  The original publisher dropped all projects, and I have posted a second edition myself over at Lulu.com.  A collection of 27 of my stories - all kinds of fantastic flights and weirdness.  For more info and excerpts, here's the link.


Also (I forgot to mention this earlier) ... I have a stack of the July/Aug 2007 Analog with my story, "Jimmy the Box", in it.  If you'd like a signed copy, email me from my website - $8 includes postage in the USA.

My writing home page has a new, more sensible URL.  Drop by any time.  ;-)
 
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11:14 PM PDT, May 11, 2007
Looks like my tale "Jimmy the Box" will be in the July issue of Analog.  Complete contents here:
http://www.analogsf.com/0707/issue_07.shtml

I hope you'll check it out -- it's a fun little romp.

I've been working on some new tales, and a series of nonfiction -- mock science articles on seemingly pointless topics.  Hard to explain.  I hope to get them "out there" soon.
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12:46 AM PDT, April 26, 2007
I have a new story coming in Analog this year.  Not sure which issue yet.  It's an offbeat satire about intelligence rearing its head in strange places.

I also have a cyberpunkish epic poem being printed in chapbook form in May 2007 over at samsdotpublishing.com -- I hope you'll check it out.

Cheers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not too keen on this genre..., April 9, 2006
By Adam Mezei "Adam Daniel Mezei" (Prague, Czech Republic) - See all my reviews
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...but the writing is extremely well-done, cogent, and highly prosaic. I was right with Orton when they'd had him backed up to...

...well, I plum won't say because others might wish to have a little look-see on their own-some, and don't need my spoiling "help."

I'm going to have a squizz to see if some other Shorts are available from you up here. I'd be more than pleased to read some of your other stuff. I'm good for a review or three.

Loved Master & Commander, but can't recall that scene from the beginning -- if it was a death sequence, let it be a bold and mighty death, I say!

Themes I'd learned from reading The Goblin Saint:

** Greek was a lingua franca for a very long period of time, perhaps even outdating the longevity of Latin. (The corresponding question I had was whether modern-day Greek in any way resembles ancient Greek...pray tell?)

** Goblins do some pretty *nasty* things with their bodies that I'm not quite sure HOW you know about...but sure glad to know what