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Robert Scott Leyse
Robert Scott Leyse was born in San Francisco, grew up in various locales as a Nuclear Power Brat, lived off-grid in Paris for two and a half years, and presently resides in Manhatt...view moreRobert Scott Leyse was born in San Francisco, grew up in various locales as a Nuclear Power Brat, lived off-grid in Paris for two and a half years, and presently resides in Manhattan, Sun Valley, ID, and Puerto Rico. Upon arrival in Manhattan he lived in East Village dumps and worked as a New York cab driver on the night shift, with the aim of atoning for a sheltered upbringing and having adventures the likes of which he'd never had before and expectation was vastly surpassed. Subsequently he worked in the legal field, where he was pleasantly surprised to find adventures of the office shenanigans variety were to be had and sought them out at every turn. Thereafter he switched to the more tech-friendly advertising industry, where he favored working remotely (well before COVID), amazed himself by getting away with an insane amount of on-company-time escapades, becoming bolder by the month without even trying. He resigned from employment in 2021, but the notion that he’s retired’s ridiculous, as he’s more active than ever and will never have enough time to do all the things he wants to do. He once took a belly dance class in Green Bay, WI, came close to sliding to his death on loose gravel above a sea cliff in his hometown (nails bloodied by digging into the dirt saved his life), and the most incandescent yoga class he’s had was on a SUP during a storm in Condado Lagoon, San Juan. He eats fish heads and insects and drinks blood, but can’t be paid to eat potato chips or cake.His novels are: Liaisons for Laughs: Angie & Ella’s Summer of Delirium (July, 2009), Self-Murder (April, 2010), and Attraction and Repulsion (June, 2011). His novellas are Penelope Prim and Tallulah Tempest (both February, 2015). The latter was originally intended to be a send-up of volatile relationships but wound up being an appreciation and celebration of them instead: often a tale chooses where it wishes to go, the author be damned. Forthcoming are collections of short stories, epigrams, and more novellas.view less