I have been searching for a vocabulary of horror and have yet to find one, therefore I decided to develop my own. This is a page dedicated to listing words, terms, trivia, and phrases that may be of interest to writers of horror and to writers in general. Where possible, I will state the … Continue reading “The Lexicon of Horror”
Since Tuesday, I have spent some time trying to improve my book sales by using keywords better on my Amazon site. When I set up the site, I saw that they had seven fields for seven words up to fifty characters long. Mistakenly, I thought you could have only seven keywords, I feel like such … Continue reading “Update of August 13, 2020: Kindle Keywords”
Follow this link to the Imdb article on The Pool. The Pool is a 2018 Thai (Thigh–if you are keeping up with current political events) horror movie about a man (Day) who find himself trapped in an empty, deep swimming pool with no way out. Things get considerably worse when his girlfriend (Koy) and then … Continue reading “Review of The Pool (2018)”
Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night, a callous and disinterested lover is a collection of my poetry written from the mid-80’s to mid-90s, a turbulent, fluid time in my life in many ways, but especially romantically. I have taken many of the poems written during those years and compiled them into a dark narrative … Continue reading ““Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night…” is Available on Amazon Kindle”
Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night, a callous and disinterested lover is a collection of my poetry written from the mid-80’s to mid-90s, a turbulent, fluid time in my life in many ways, but especially romantically. I have taken many of the poems written during those years and compiled them into a dark narrative … Continue reading ““Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night…” is Available on Amazon Kindle”
Diabolical is free on Amazon Kindle July 18-19. These stories are included my collection A Tale of Hell and Other Works of Horror. Go to amazon.com/author/philslattery or Goodreads or any other social media to leave a review. Jack Thurston is a retired professor of medieval literature and history. He is also a widower and father … Continue reading ““Diabolical: Three Tales of Vengeance and the Sorcerer Jack Thurston” is Free July 18-19, 2020″
Diabolical is free on Amazon Kindle July 18-19. These stories are included my collection A Tale of Hell and Other Works of Horror. Go to amazon.com/author/philslattery or Goodreads or any other social media to leave a review. Jack Thurston is a retired professor of medieval literature and history. He is also a widower and father … Continue reading ““Diabolical: Three Tales of Vengeance and the Sorcerer Jack Thurston” is Free July 18-19, 2020″
Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night, a callous and disinterested lover is a collection of my poetry written from the mid-80’s to mid-90s, a turbulent, fluid time in my life in many ways, but especially romantically. I have taken many of the poems written during those years and compiled them into a dark narrative … Continue reading ““Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night…” is Free Today on Amazon Kindle”
Diabolical is free on Amazon Kindle July 18-19. These stories are included my collection A Tale of Hell and Other Works of Horror. Go to amazon.com/author/philslattery or Goodreads or any other social media to leave a review. Jack Thurston is a retired professor of medieval literature and history. He is also a widower and father … Continue reading ““Diabolical: Three Tales of Vengeance and the Sorcerer Jack Thurston” is Free July 18-19, 2020″
Last night/early this morning, my wife and I watched The Witch in the Window (2018, directed by Alex Mitton) on Shudder. This is one movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat and has an ending that was disturbing yet somewhat comforting. The movie involves a divorced father who takes his estranged … Continue reading “Review: The Witch in the Window (2018)”
Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night, a callous and disinterested lover is a collection of my poetry written from the mid-80’s to mid-90s, a turbulent, fluid time in my life in many ways, but especially romantically. I have taken many of the poems written during those years and compiled them into a dark narrative … Continue reading ““Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night…” is Free Today on Amazon Kindle”
Study the marketing strategy and tactics of this article for a moment, then read my analysis following it. In these times, reality is getting to us all. Take a little sexual escape into a fantasy world which only Scono Sciuto can conjure. Are these wildly erotic tales based upon many people, or one special muse? … Continue reading “Marketing Analysis: “Need A Distraction? Read “Embrace The Wild” — Short Story Scribe””
Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night, a callous and disinterested lover is a collection of my poetry written from the mid-80’s to mid-90s, a turbulent, fluid time in my life in many ways, but especially romantically. I have taken many of the poems written during those years and compiled them into a dark narrative … Continue reading ““Nocturne: Poems of Love, Distance, and the Night…” is Available on Amazon Kindle”
I ran across this on YouTube and thought it would make a good Saturday Night Special. It says it’s a “Lovecraft Short Film”, but to be precise, this is a short film, albeit a good one, based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Ergo, you will note a great difference in the narration, plot, and themes, … Continue reading “The Saturday Night Special: “The Deep End” a Lovecraftian Short Film”
As you may already know, I have written the manuscript for a children’s picture book entitled Bobby the Brave Brown Pelican. This morning I have been trying to find a publisher for it. This is considerably harder than finding a short story publisher. I did submit my work to a few publishers a few weeks ago, … Continue reading “June 6, 2020: Trying to Find a Children’s Picture Book Publisher”
Phil Slattery, Writer, Publisher 