Dr. Scott Foran

Dr. Scott Foran joined the Montreat College faculty in 2022. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Simpson College and a Master of Arts in English at California State University, Chico. At Pacifica Graduate Institute, he completed a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology.  His dissertation, The Shadow Side of Grace: Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood as Nekyia, was nominated for a Dissertation Award of Excellence.

Selected Bibliography

POETRY

“a reader’s miscellany” (chapbook). Bottlecap Press, 2024.

“kafka in the snow” Arboreal Literary Magazine / 2023, Vol. 1, No. 3, p.21

“walk in the rain” Euphony Journal / 2023, Vol. 23, No. 1, p.14

“lotus eater” Between / 2018, Vol. 21, p. 39

“windmills” Metonym / 2015, Vol. 5, p. 76

“an afternoon in march” Poetry 99 Chapbook / 2009, p. 20

SHORT FICTION
“Requiem of Desire” Ink Quarterly / Summer 2008, Vol. 3. No. 3, p. 7-10

“Bite of the Bacchae” Candor / July 2006, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 3, 8-14

“Solipsis” The Blotter Magazine / July 2006, pp. 4-5

CREATIVE NONFICTION
“The Quiet of an Afternoon” Sweetbay Review / 2010, pp. 129-132

“Like Chocolate Driven” The Blotter Magazine / March 2006, pp. 7-10

“Minersville 393” Writers Studio: The Journal / Spring 2006, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 9

DRAMA
Fool Me Twice Shasta College Theatre / Performance, 2010

Alice Shasta College Theatre Department / Reading, 2009

ARTICLES
“A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Revision” The California Parent Educator Magazine / Summer 2010, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 16-17

“The Benefits of a Writing Habit” The Journal /Summer 2007, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 1-2

“Into the Wardrobe” Evince / September 2006, p. 17