In this interview, Andrew Folkler asks about “Strapped,” the tense story of Sammy, a dancer in a gay bar who is tackled by Islamic terrorists to showcase and annihilate Western depravity, fastened with a motion sensory bomb and ordered to “dance or die.” The short story’s been the topic of interest in Hollywood.

Listen to this author read “Strapped” on Short Stories by Scott Holleran. Read “Strapped” in my book, Long Run: Short Stories, Volume One (buy the e-book direct from author via [email protected], on Apple Books or Amazon).

Attend the 21 February 2026 debut screening with Q & A of the first movie inspired by my fiction writing—“Strapped”—in Burbank, California, America’s media city.

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