Fountain

"David Scott Hay has done a something incredible - an artful book about an arty subject that doesn't drop into pretension. 'Fountain' is an affecting story about tough, interesting people who hold beauty up like Achilles' shield against a very real, very bitter, and oddly funny world. A must for fans of sharp tongues and sharp writing."

- Darren Callahan, The White Airplane Horror Academy: Two Plays

A postmodern satire for the fans of Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon.

In a kiddie art exhibit two masterpiece works of art are created in the span of forty-five minutes; one by Timmy O’ Donnell, a 10 year old sociopath and one by Tabby Masterson, a 62 year old Midwestern widow, forever changing the lives of the artists and witnesses.

The source of their inspiration is soon revealed to be a drinking fountain on the third floor of a Museum of Contemporary Art, which grants the ability to create one artistic masterpiece. Fame and fortune await…

But shortly thereafter you just might die.

It’s your life versus your legacy. How bad do you want either?

A story that stretches from Chicago to Mars.

Praise for Fountain

“Darkly funny… a howling success!” – Pinckney Benedict, Miracle Boy and Other Stories

“Smart, inventive, and accomplished.” – Naeem Murr, The Perfect Man

Praise for Cloning Christ: The Second Book of Daniel

"CLONING CHRIST heralds a mercurial new talent to the page! Quirky, riveting, hilarious, disturbing, and unclassifiable (in the best sense). It is a page-turner that is at once magically realistic and completely allegorical. If Christ were cloned, as is the central conceit here, he would enjoy the hell out of this book." - Jay Bonansinga, National Bestselling Author of PINKERTON'S WAR, PERFECT VICTIM, and co-author of THE WALKING DEAD TRILOGY.

Praise for [the] Violent Sex: a play in two acts:

"CRITIC'S PICK OF THE WEEK" - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

"Men don't understand women; women don't understand men. There's nothing new here; it's a premise that has rung true since the dawn of time. But in his new play, "[The] Violent Sex," David Scott Hay builds a smart, disturbing and completely engrossing contemporary drama around this simple statement.

Hay displays a biting, sarcastic wit that inflames the deep- seated confusion and unhappiness of his characters. A sort of new- generation mix of Albee-Mamet-Shepard, he lacerates relationships and lays bare the emotions and deceit that feed them. His writing is witty, smart and precise; there is not a wasted word in this play."- Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times