The
Last
Saturday
A novel by Nick Scott
Lock 44 Press
A novel. Coming November 2026.
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Grand Rapids, Ohio
Nick
Scott
I thought I was building a brewery.
I was accidentally building the setting.
Writer. Brewery owner. Chef. Dishwasher. Husband. Father. Fisherman. Steward of a little corner of Ohio.
Read onI'm less interested in extraordinary people than I am in the extraordinary things ordinary people quietly spend their lives becoming.Nick Scott
The
Last
Saturday
A novel by Nick Scott
Lock 44 Press
A year inside one neighborhood bar. And everything underneath it.
The Last Saturday is a work of literary fiction. The bar is fictional. The people are fictional. But like most good fiction, it's built from years of paying attention — to a small town, a river, and the people who keep showing up.
Read more about the book
This Round's on Me.
A few to get us started.
Chapter
Christmas Is My Church
The chapter Nick plans to read at the launch-night event — on the holiday, the bar, and the closest thing he has to a sanctuary.
Read the excerpt ChapterThe Experts
A man in wraparound sunglasses explains beer, music, fishing, and marriage to anyone within earshot. Poorly.
Read the excerpt ChapterStanding in Front of It
On a two-page poem, a red pen, and the difference between writing something and finding it — one slow night at the bar.
Read the excerpt ChapterSomething Worth Coming Back To
A Saturday at the bar — tomatoes from Sue, a lovesick bartender, and the quiet question of what people are really settling for.
Read the excerptThis shelf fills in as new pieces are chosen — six to ten, never the whole feed.
What else he's building
The Culture of Wild Side
A second book, following The Last Saturday — on what it actually takes to build a place people keep coming back to.
Maumee River Press
The publishing arm of the Maumee River Collective — a small press for the craft makers, teachers, and storytellers of the Maumee Valley and western Lake Erie watershed.
Maumee River Collective
In 2026, Nick founded the Maumee River Collective, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the natural, cultural, and human heritage of the Maumee River and western Lake Erie watershed.
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