Silly Little Sonnets
by Scott E. Crain
Who Am I?
Just some guy. Born in an elevator in the Florida Keys.
Now, I’m, um… still in Florida; trying my best (doing my worst).
Recently, I began publishing personal essays that expand on topics ranging from addiction to neoliberalism, and how we can find meaning in our lives despite the existence of these two things.
I also write short fiction and poetry, and my posts are categorized on my homepage.
A couple promises…
I promise to never use A.I. in the creation of my posts. A human edited this ‘About’ page at exactly 3:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
I will not spam your inbox. Expect 1 email from me per week. You can always change this setting on the Substack website, or unsubscribe at any time.
Last October, I self-published a book of poems and short stories. “Silly Little Sonnets” is the name of one of the poems, which inspired the title of this publication.
In Spring 2026, I unpublished my book from Amazon to make changes to the manuscript and the cover. (Also, Amazon is an unethical corporation that produces shitty books.)
A reissue of Hollow Trophies is in the works, which I plan to release through Barnes & Noble sometime this year.
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Everything else you need to know is in this post:
I Wrote an Unhinged Note & Went Rogue
(This post was was originally published in a note on March 18, 2026. It has since been edited and polished.)
Bio
“Scott Crain was taught in Broward County, Florida public schools and educated in South Florida bars and stages. As a singer-songwriter, he has long been drawn to stories of the struggle, of love and paychecks that are not enough; of families that work like families should, to a point; of triumph and failure as it is lived in humid, sticky circumstances. Now, he is turning that eye to poetry.
A familiar face on the South Florida music scene, Scott has been a part of a number of bands. He also runs independent record label Unfiltered Southern Grit. His writing mixes humor and indignation, cold-eyed realism and hard-won optimism. He is an exciting young voice whose words thrive on the page as well as they have when coming from a microphone.”
- Erik Petersen
Fiction from the Archive
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