This poetry chapbook is the newest addition to the portfolio of native Oregonian author, KA Shott. To explore her work... More > further please visit, www.writeshott.com < Less

Set in the late 1800s, this historical fiction addresses the relatively well known issue of medical murder (physicians... More > procuring bodies for medical research through questionable means) and exposes the carefully guarded historical fact of hysterical orgasm (that women diagnosed with hysteria were treated with orgasm or “paroxysm,” achieved via vibratory therapy, water jet massage, and/or manual stimulation). Iowa and Oregon provide the settings for the chronicles of a young physician and a serial killer whose paths are hopelessly and tragically linked. Tristan Andersen becomes a doctor in spite of hopes of him working his family’s Iowa farm. Roy, who at first is seen as merely providing physicians with corpses, is too adept at murder for it to be coincidence. He is, in fact, a serial killer. Perhaps, even, the icon of the infamous White Chapel secret society. This story includes intertextual references to: Van Gogh, Jack the Ripper, The Schoolhouse Blizzard, and more. < Less

The Cr6 Terrorist

What if you knew something was a poison and...you knew that the government knew the same something was a... More > poison but adamantly denied that it was so.

Would you be a terrorist if you put that certain something in the government officials' drinking water?

Can one be a terrorist with a substance the government says is harmless?

The Cr6 Terrorist is a complex imperative in an unconventional telling. The style of this writing is, if one considers its synthesis of physical structures (letters/words/paragraphs) with artistic license, an embarkation on the novel genre.

Most importantly, The Cr6 Terrorist is an expose' on the industrial pollutant hexavalent chromium (Cr6 or CrVI) that literally tells its story from the inside...out.

Author/Poet/Artist:

Native born Oregonian, K.A. Shott, now lives in Southern Iowa with her husband and two sons. Samples of her work can be viewed at www.writeshott.com. < Less

Spiritual sex, as a means of achieving transcendentalism via orgasm, has been a nuance, or sect, of many world religions.... More > Yet, whether it issued from Judeo-Christian bridal mystics, Hinduism’s Kama Sutra or Buddhism’s tantras sex was relegated to either a minor position or to a very small faction of followers. In contemporary culture we also have the scientific aspect of sexuality, the drug-induced alterations of sexuality, and multitudinous displays of sexual imagery. Why?

From the beginning—as is evident by ancient texts—Mankind has longed for meaningful sex…and still does.

The collected poems of Bridal Mysticism allow the reader to explore a unique insight into human sexuality. It is for those who are willing to embrace their sexuality in order to fully embody spiritualism. < Less

The Murder of Vincent van Gogh There is one incontrovertible fact, Vincent van Gogh (the famous and infamous 19th century... More > painter) was shot and died. Was Vincent van Gogh murdered? That question can only be answered with logical supposition: when it is impossible to prove the truth or untruth of a thing then truth matters little. Therefore, what is known as the truth could be a lie and, contrary-wise, what is believed a lie may prove Truth. Let us begin this tale where all good murders begin: a body. Not Vincent van Gogh’s, but a woman’s.

The Year: 1879.
The place: Le Chat Noir... < Less

This poetry chapbook by native Oregonian, KA Shott, was born from her personal and family struggles and triumphs surrounding... More > her husband's diagnosis with early onset Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. The collected poems offer the reader a chance to share a refreshingly strong reliance on Faith. This powerful work displays a unique talent across varied forms of the poetic genre. Other examples of the author's extraordinary gift can be seen at www.writeshott.com < Less

Offerings, by native Oregonian, KA Shott
emphasizes a need for reliance on Christian Faith in all aspects of life. This... More > poetry chapbook is meant as an offering in thanks for God's blessings in all things. To explore the author's work further, visit www.writeshott.com < Less

The Meat Murderers is a collection of poems exploring "flesh" with diversification of specificity ranging topics often... More > broached {death/birth/war}
and those often considered taboo [cannibalism...anorexia] with many falling between these extremes.

One example is the poem, "President Meat Man."

When pondering the image of three dead soldiers lying prostrate on a beach the poem compares war to cannibalism:

"Will those next three be one of mine? Will they be served up for wars made of bologna and peanut butter in a world whose stomach prefers meals of what's been ground down "No bones, please. No teeth. Pass the meat through the grinder again, make it soft enough to eat," while we feed our children to the Sausage-Maker who encases them in the uniforms of --the intestines of- 3 dead soldiers lying on a beach..."

K.A. Shott (author, poet,artist) currently lives in Southern Iowa with her husband and two sons. < Less

Set in the late 1800s, this historical fiction addresses the relatively well known issue of medical murder (physicians... More > procuring bodies for medical research through questionable means) and exposes the carefully guarded historical fact of hysterical orgasm (that women diagnosed with hysteria were treated with orgasm or "paroxysm," achieved via vibratory therapy, water jet massage, and/or manual stimulation). Iowa and Oregon provide the settings for the chronicles of a young physician and a serial killer whose paths are hopelessly and tragically linked. Tristan Andersen becomes a doctor in spite of hopes of him working his family's Iowa farm. Roy, who at first is seen as merely providing physicians with corpses, is too adept at murder for it to be coincidence. He is, in fact, a serial killer. Perhaps, even, the icon of the infamous White Chapel secret society. This story includes intertextual references to: Van Gogh, Jack the Ripper, The Schoolhouse Blizzard, and more. < Less

Offerings, by native Oregonian, KA Shott emphasizes a need for reliance on Christian Faith in all aspects of life. This... More > poetry chapbook is meant as an offering in thanks for God's blessings in all things. To explore the author's work further, visit < Less