I have been feeling the need to resurrect Rural Fiction Magazine. I have been thinking about this a lot and there is something I love about publishing, particularly publishing something that is intended to help people, and RFM is intended to help people relax and avoid stress during these trying times for not only the US but also for nations around the globe.
Publishing RFM is something I really love to do.
I will need to find a way to make money from it, and that is not easy for a literary magazine whether just in print or online. But, as I have learned so often in life, I will just have to (as Clint Eastwood said in one of his movies – I forget the name – in it he was a Marine gunnery sergeant invading Grenada in the 80’s. “…Improvise, adapt, and overcome”, which actually is sort of an unspoken principle of the Navy, where I spent my time in the Service. It is a very good principle and is actually reflected back throughout military history as far back as Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in the fifth century B.C.E.
So, I may not resurrect RFM soon; this will require substantial planning, but I think in the long run it will be worthwhile, if not financially, then perhaps spiritually, because it is something my subconscious demands of me.
If my writing seems erratic, itis because I am on my third White Lady (equal parts gin (in this instance Tanqueray), orange liquor (in this instance Cointreau), and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
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[Addendum: the first few paragraphs above are honest opinion, the ones after the word “gin” — well, what can I say other than White Ladies are really good? Updated December 3, 2025 at 1:20 am (CST) after a couple of gin and tonics.]
Phil Slattery, Writer, Publisher 