Biography

Shya Scanlon is a writer and professional copywriter living in New York City. He co-founded the literary journal Monkeybicycle, where he still occasionally consults, and its fiction, poetry, essays, and ads can be found in a variety of on line and print publications. In addition to the canonical progressive writers throughout history, its literary influences and interests have most recently come to include the authorial Diaspora of The Quarterly. Shya is currently working on a fabulist science fiction novel called “In the Time of Useful Consciousness,” and a collection of linked prosetry called “In This Alone Impulse,” excerpts from which can be found on elimae and canwehaveourballback?. Though it might appear otherwise, it’s not like Shya has some fixation with the preposition “in.”