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Here you will find the personal blog of Phil Slattery, writer, and publisher of The Chamber Magazine and Rural Fiction Magazine. Posts include musings, thoughts, updates on his work, and anything else that he finds interesting.

New Issue of The Chamber Coming April 7

With a minimum of 40,000 words of prose (Prose alone! Poetry is a bonus!) in each issue, every month you receive the equivalent of a small novel. Visit The Chamber Magazine now and subscribe so you don’t miss out.

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New Issue of The Chamber Coming April 7

With a minimum of 40,000 words of prose (Prose alone! Poetry is a bonus!) in each issue, every month you receive the equivalent of a small novel. Visit The Chamber Magazine now and subscribe so you don’t miss out.

Keep reading

Rural Fiction Magazine is Seeking Submissions

Rural Fiction Magazine, a sister publication of The Chamber, is seeking submissions. As with The Chamber, there is no pay except exposure, and, as with The Chamber, Rural Fiction Magazine (RFM) is endeavoring to reach a worldwide audience and is therefore seeking submissions from around the world. If you have something you think would interest…

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Rural Fiction Magazine is Seeking Submissions

Rural Fiction Magazine, a sister publication of The Chamber, is seeking submissions. As with The Chamber, there is no pay except exposure, and, as with The Chamber, Rural Fiction Magazine (RFM) is endeavoring to reach a worldwide audience and is therefore seeking submissions from around the world. If you have something you think would interest…

Keep reading

Rural Fiction Magazine is Seeking Submissions

Rural Fiction Magazine, a sister publication of The Chamber, is seeking submissions. As with The Chamber, there is no pay except exposure, and, as with The Chamber, Rural Fiction Magazine (RFM) is endeavoring to reach a worldwide audience and is therefore seeking submissions from around the world. If you have something you think would interest…

Keep reading

Rural Fiction Magazine is Seeking Submissions

Rural Fiction Magazine, a sister publication of The Chamber, is seeking submissions. As with The Chamber, there is no pay except exposure, and, as with The Chamber, Rural Fiction Magazine (RFM) is endeavoring to reach a worldwide audience and is therefore seeking submissions from around the world. If you have something you think would interest…

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“Invictus” Poem by William Ernest Henley

Phil’s note: This is one of my favorite poems of all time. Incredibly powerful. It’s said that Nelson Mandela used to recite it to other prisoners when he was incarcerated at Robben Island to give them strength…

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Historical Accuracy in Works of Fiction

A week or so ago, a contributor submitted a work of historical fiction that had an error in it that was obvious to me, though it probably wasn’t to a lot of readers. I replied that I would reconsider the work (it was nicely written and had a good plot and ending) if he would…

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Rights and the Small Publisher

Last night, I posted a rather lengthy comment to a post in Lit Mag News about rights and reprints. It was so long that I thought it would be a shame for it to be seen only there and so I thought I would post an expanded and refined version here for your enjoyment and…

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Returned to Rohwer War Relocation Center Today

I have been trying lately to create my own YouTube videos and develop The Chamber’s (and mine) YouTube channel to a greater degree to attract an audience. Over the last few nights, I have made a few videos utilizing my iPhone and a photographer’s tripod. This combination makes excellent videos. However, I do have a…

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Update: Progress on My Novel Shadows and Stars

For the last week I have been focusing on completing the final draft of my novel Shadows and Stars. Tonight, I reached the halfway point, page 165 of 330. The end is coming into view. After I finish this draft, I will start looking for an agent.

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Bio

While I have always enjoyed reading, writing has been another matter. Over the years, my various careers have necessitated that I write professionally. As a byproduct of this, I have developed a taste for writing as well as reading fiction. My published works so far have been short stories and poems, but I am now working on a play and two novels, which I hope will be completed before long.

In late 2015, I founded the Farmington (New Mexico) Writers’ Circle, which focuses on the publicity and marketing of writers works, rather than on the art of writing.

In December 2020, I resurrected a long-dead project of establishing an online magazine called The Chamber.  It has been steadily growing since them and as of August, 2022, it has had over 50,000 hits. Contributors and readers come from around the world with some, like Niles Reddick (England) and Marcelo Medone (Argentina) being established, professional authors. 

In 2021, I started Slattery Publishing to bring several of my endeavors under one roof. Currently, Slattery Publishing publishes only my own works and blank notebooks (with beautiful covers) via Amazon.  Hopefully, production will expand one day to include other works. Go to the Books link on the website’s homepage to see what is available.

I can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and LinkedIn, and elsewhere but this is my primary website/weblog.

To find out more, check the blog above or follow this link to the page containing my interviews over the past several years.

You can also find me on Goodreads.

Phil Slattery
Aztec, New Mexico 2017, Phil Slattery

6 thoughts on “Home”

  1. I really like your wordpress page, very friendly, intriguing. Thanks for being so generous with your information and sharing! I too love horror. Brian Evenson. Is writing some of the greatest horror of our day. His ability to utilize perception, perspectives, telling a story from many points of view, or from unconventional points of view – to bring about the psychological commentary – the reflection of experience in disproportion to societal-realities. His writing, is masterful. – Check him out.

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  2. Phil, we have an original picture from 1890 of H. H. Holmes and Benjamin Pitezel doing an autopsy over a cadaver. Please contact us.
    Thanks,
    Jacque Walker
    Cedar Rapids, IA

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  3. Horror… I have to dabble on that for sure. And we have another thing in common, both have been in the military. Although I just got to corporal in the infantry, I hate water and boats. You’re very educated man and obviously very qualified for this job, and I also had to add that the last comment that this Jacque Walker said, it was kind of weird. But since you write horror,….that comment might actually give me and idea to write about.

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