Scotia Leslie

Scotia is a trans screenwriter from Kentucky.

She was a lifeguard at a Boy Scout camp. She taught English at a hagwon in Incheon. She ran an online Lego store. She got lost in Tokyo Station. She was electrocuted in a Mayan pyramid. She avoided electrocution at Machu Picchu.

She lives in Los Angeles without a car.

Her characters are a woman who screams strangers’ grievances for money, a kitchen manager whose crew is dead, and a cat who is mayor. They all have jobs to do.

In development

Cat Mayor of Kuluk

Feature. Family.

For years, the mayor of Kuluk, Alaska, a village of 94 people, has been a cat named Augustus. When the state orders the town relocated because the permafrost under it is melting, a nine-year-old accidentally becomes his legally binding successor.

Also in development: Death Before Detransition, Ghost Kitchen, and Shuckers.

Short fiction: Ewphoria · Before the Fries