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Publication Announcement: “The Slightest of Indiscretions”

Today, my story “The Slightest of Indiscretions” is being published at Fiction on the Web in the United Kingdom.  “The Slightest of Indiscretions” is not horror, but rather more of dark mainstream literature.  It is a about a park ranger who encounters a strange couple, who enter the park’s bookstore, the weird “vibe” he receives from them,

Phil Slattery self-portrait October 28, 2015
Phil Slattery
self-portrait
October 28, 2015

and his very brief but eerie interaction with them.   The story is based in part on a personal experience in 2002.

I would like to thank Charlie Fish for electing to publish this story.  I enjoyed writing it and I believe it is a good story, but I have had a very hard time placing it, probably because of its offbeat nature.

Please drop by Fiction on the Web and check out the story when you have the opportunity.

Publication Announcement: “The Slightest of Indiscretions”

Phil Slattery circa 2007
Phil Slattery
circa 2007

Today I found out that my short story “The Slightest of Indiscretions” will appear at Fiction on the Web on April 19.  I would like to thank publisher Charlie Fish for publishing this story.

“The Slightest of Indiscretions” is a departure from my work in horror and is mainstream literature, although it still a dark edge.  The story center around a brief but intensely eerie encounter between a park ranger and a strange couple who enter the bookstore where he is working.

Please drop by Fiction on the Web on April 19 and check out the story.