Scott Talbot Evans wandered the earth for 46 years searching for his purpose and seeking the ultimate truth of existence. When that turned up empty, he buckled down and started writing seriously. He is a big fan of coffee shops and the standing desk method.
He has stories in Space & Time, Weekly Humorist, Shoreline of Infinity, Creepypod, and Crimeucopia. He won the GEVA Theater 2 Pages/2 Voices competition, the Script Studio Scriptitude Competition, and is a three-time finalist in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.
His most recently published satire novel, The Love Police, portrays a utopian future where the police use totally nonviolent methods. Instead of shooting bullets, they spray glue on criminals to catch them. And politicians who lie are forced to tell the truth.
Come say hi on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/social-scott.bsky.social
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If you could travel to any alternate universe where a different version of yourself exists, what do you think your other self would be like?
The problem is that when I arrived, my alternate self would not be there. He would be out visiting his alternate self. Knowing how socially awkward we both are in all universes, we would keep missing each other and take it the wrong way and then never speak to each other again.
If you were to write a book about a group of superheroes with completely useless powers, what would their powers be?
Look out, crminals! The Thankless Three are on your trail.
The Wizard of Realms, a writer so good at worldbuilding that he never actually completes anything.
And no matter how good things are going, rest assured, The Naysayer will always find something to complain about.
Finally, behold The Hoardmeister. Tremble at his other-worldly power to save twist ties and empty yogurt containers.
What’s the silliest misconception you’ve had about something scientific, what was it and how did you learn you had misapprehended?
When I was a kid, I seriously thought that a woman got pregnant by having the wedding ring put on her finger. I wasted countless thousands on fertility procedures before figuring that one out.
If you could alter any one single natural law, what would it be and how would you change it?
I think gravity should push instead of pull. Think how much easier it would be to lose weight.
If you could transport yourself to any fictional universe you’ve seen in a television show or movie, which universe would you go to?
I would go to the Twilight Zone’s “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” a world where everyone has a perfect body and anytime you’re feeling down you just have a cup of Instant Smile. I guess that makes me a superficial person, but what a hunk!
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SUPER STRAYS: ADVENTURE IN RIO is a middle-grade novel currently in search of a literary agent. It’s about four neurodivergent dogs who attend a mystical school, turn their challenges into superpowers, and rescue strays from an evil dog food factory.
Stupid Drone Wars is my sixth book currently under construction. A speculative SFF about a physicist living in a society of commercialism gone amok who discovers a new subatomic particle with amazing properties.
“It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature” is a short story coming autumn 2025 to Space and Time Magazine’s 12 Spooky Campfire Stories for Girls and Boys.
Author page: https://scotttalbotevans.wixsite.com/scott-talbot-evans
The Love Police is available on Amazon.
