Alone in the Fish Tank

By Mr. Steven DeMaggio

Alone in the Fish Tank
By someone who was never meant to be an author-just a man with a story that wouldn't stay buried.

I'm not a novelist. I'm not a storyteller. I'm not even sure I'm a good person.
I didn't write this to impress you.
But maybe-just maybe-it'll leave an impression on you.

I was never meant to be an author.
I'm just a man who lived with too much silence for too long.

This isn't just another Ocean's 11 fantasy.
This was my life.
A job that paid in exhaustion and paved the road to broken decisions.
Not because it was right.
Not because it was smart.
But because it felt like the only door that hadn't already locked behind me.

My story is short-but every page is a confession.
Not of guilt.
But of truth.
Details were changed, but not my truth.
If you read between the lines,
you'll see the man I used to be.

Before the end, maybe you'll see yourself.
Or the version of yourself that better judgment kept locked away.
Or something you buried so deep, you forgot it was still bleeding.

I won't last forever.
But these words might.

This is my message.
My confession.
This was my life in print.

I held onto this story for 25 years.
Not out of fear.
Not out of doubt.
But because I kept my word.
Now, that silence is over.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CKGT2JZR
• ISBN13: 9798862728422
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"