in parallel to his teaching, scott's career as a creative writer includes the publication since the 1990s of novels and collections of short stories. his stories have also been broadcast on bbc radio and have been anthologised internationally, notably in "the penguin book of caribbean short stories", "the oxford book of caribbean short stories" and "our caribbean, a gathering of lesbian & gay writing from the antilles" (duke university press). he has published poetry in several anthologies and journals, including "" (lawrence & wishart, 1990), "caribbean new voices 1" (longman, 1995), "trinidad & tobago review", "cross/cultures 60" (editions rodopi b.v. amsterdam – new york, 2002), "agenda" and "wasafiri". in addition he is the author of numerous essays, reviews and interviews on the work of other caribbean writers, including earl lovelace and derek walcott.