Loving (7.0 on IMDb) – The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court’s historic 1967 decision. Director: Jeff NicholsWriter: Jeff NicholsStars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton Watch “Loving” for FREE from these movie rental […]
Author: Phil Slattery
Phil Slattery’s Sci-Fi Novelette “Alien Embrace” is Free Today on Amazon Kindle.
Alien Embrace is included in my collection A Tale of Hell and Other Works of Horror: Stories of Wizards, Werewolves, Serial Killers, Alien Worlds, and the Damned.
Logan Rickover, owner of a hardware store in a small town in Kentucky, has lucid dreams of life as an astronaut that intrude upon his life at any moment. Which of his lives is real? The quiet paradise of Danville or the terrifying jungle world of Stheno D?
This novelette is a terrific read for those who have only a quick break to take a breather and escape to another reality. In this sci-fi thriller, I endeavor to blur the boundaries between alien-induced hallucinations, the brutal reality of the present, and memories of an idyllic past.
Ron Baker calls it “Nightmare Planet”, gives it five stars, and comments: “This short has exactly what I like in science fiction: planet exploration and bizarre otherworldly aliens, in this case insectoid. The horrendous purpose the aliens have for the hapless astronauts who make planetfall to find the numerous previous missing exploration teams is grisly. I love the mystery of the planet and the authors device of alternating from the aliens bizarre perspective then switching to the astronauts point of view.”
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Don’t forget: this novelette is included in my horror collection A Tale of Hell and Other Works of Horror.
Titles Available Now in my Amazon Store
The following works are now available at my Amazon page: amazon.com/author/philslattery.






Shadows and Stars is my first, full-fledged novel. It is a science-fiction tale about a scientist who invents a portal and transports to an alien world where he becomes caught up in a revolution. I am finishing the first draft. The final draft will probably not require many changes. At approximately 135,000 words, it will be about 300 pages in 6 x9 format. This is how I visualize the cover currently.


I have added two more recordings of my interviews to my website.

I have uploaded two more recordings of my interviews with Traci Hales-Vass for her Write-On Four Corners program on KSJE public radio to accompany the one I already have up. Both last about half an hour (with no commercials). Neither has any video. They are only audio. They are in tiny print on the right hand bar below the first video/interview I had with KSJE. Unfortunately, I am not sufficiently skilled in WordPress to change the size of the font. They are between the Top Posts and Pages link and my Tweets.
The interview below it is from May 24, 2017. We discuss the creation of the Farmington Writer’s Circle and the upcoming Meet and Greet to introduce local authors to their readers. We also discussed my latest collection of short stories “The Scent and Other Stories”, which is available at Amazon.
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Hasta Luego.
Just a gentle reminder…

Monsters #midnighthaiku — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo
Darkness feeds terror Even monsters are vanquished Held within the light *
I have added two more recordings of my interviews to my website.

I have uploaded two more recordings of my interviews with Traci Hales-Vass for her Write-On Four Corners program on KSJE public radio to accompany the one I already have up. Both last about half an hour (with no commercials). Neither has any video. They are only audio. They are in tiny print on the right hand bar below the first video/interview I had with KSJE. Unfortunately, I am not sufficiently skilled in WordPress to change the size of the font. They are between the Top Posts and Pages link and my Tweets.
The interview below it is from May 24, 2017. We discuss the creation of the Farmington Writer’s Circle and the upcoming Meet and Greet to introduce local authors to their readers. We also discussed my latest collection of short stories “The Scent and Other Stories”, which is available at Amazon.
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment.
Hasta Luego.
Book Review: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1), by Martha Wells — FELIX THE FOX MYSTERIES
The Murderbot Diaries won both Hugo and Nebula, and with good reason. What to Expect A novella told from the point of view of an android assigned as a security unit to a team of scientists exploring a new planet. action is packed in this very short novel (or lengthy novella), but more importantly there’s […]
via Book Review: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1), by Martha Wells — FELIX THE FOX MYSTERIES
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— Hear Me Roar (@Stop_Trump20) September 1, 2020
I have added two more recordings of my interviews to my website.

I have uploaded two more recordings of my interviews with Traci Hales-Vass for her Write-On Four Corners program on KSJE public radio to accompany the one I already have up. Both last about half an hour (with no commercials). Neither has any video. They are only audio. They are in tiny print on the right hand bar below the first video/interview I had with KSJE. Unfortunately, I am not sufficiently skilled in WordPress to change the size of the font. They are between the Top Posts and Pages link and my Tweets.
The interview below it is from May 24, 2017. We discuss the creation of the Farmington Writer’s Circle and the upcoming Meet and Greet to introduce local authors to their readers. We also discussed my latest collection of short stories “The Scent and Other Stories”, which is available at Amazon.
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment.
Hasta Luego.
Update of August 31, 2020: Another Marketing Idea

As you may have noticed, occasionally I post an article in German. I speak some German, ergo I have an interest in things German, particularly German literature.
In the future, you will start seeing more articles post around 1:00 a.m. Central time or later. This is so they will appear in Germany around 8:00 a.m. or later.
Germans rank about #4 or #5 in buying my works, so they have a fair market share that I would like to expand.
You will also see me post at other odd hours in the US to appeal to a market somewhere else around the globe, e.g. India (my #2 audience) or Australia.
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Author Spotlight: Hildy Silverman — Morgan Hazelwood: Writer In Progress
Today’s Author Spotlight is on Hildy Silverman! a short fiction author and the former publisher of Space and Time magazine
via Author Spotlight: Hildy Silverman — Morgan Hazelwood: Writer In Progress
Challenge #midnighthaiku — Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo
Late summer magic Multi-hued petals open Challenging autumn *
„The Handmaid’s Tale – Der Report der Magd“ (Staffel 1, 2017) — Testkammer
Serienkritik: Die mehrfache ausgezeichnete amerikanische Serie „The Handmaid’s Tale – Der Report der Magd“ ist in ihrer ersten Staffel eine gelungene Adaption des bereits 1985 entstandenen Romans „Der Report der Magd“ von Margaret Atwood und erzählt die Dystopie in zehn Folgen wunderbar aus. Nachdem Amerika durch diverse Missstände stark gezeichnet wurde und die Fruchtbarkeit von…
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Titles Available Now in my Amazon Store
The following works are now available at my Amazon page: amazon.com/author/philslattery.






Shadows and Stars is my first, full-fledged novel. It is a science-fiction tale about a scientist who invents a portal and transports to an alien world where he becomes caught up in a revolution. I am finishing the first draft. The final draft will probably not require many changes. At approximately 135,000 words, it will be about 300 pages in 6 x9 format. This is how I visualize the cover currently.







