Scotia Leslie

Scotia is a trans screenwriter from Kentucky. She has taught English in South Korea, been electrocuted in a Mayan pyramid, and ordered off the three-złoty menu at a McDonald’s in Poland. She now lives in Los Angeles without a car.

Her characters include a night-shift mortuary technician, a kitchen manager whose crew is dead, and a cat who is mayor. They all have jobs to do.

In development

Ghost Kitchen

Feature. Supernatural drama.

A kitchen manager sent to automate a delivery-only kitchen finds the overnight crew still working the line, years after they died there. They keep cooking so their families keep getting paid. Finishing her job ends that.

Also in development: Death Before Detransition, Cat Mayor of Kuluk, and Shuckers.

Short fiction: Ewphoria · Before the Fries