Revenge from the Slush Pile: An Anthology of Short Fiction

By R.W. Byrum

A collection of fifteen pieces of short fiction. Most of the stories are science fiction or fantasy though not all of them fit into those genres.Stories include: The Tiger in Winter: A tiger in the twilight of his life.Just a Dog: A military canine handler is forced to confront the differences between his own value system and that of his superiors.Horse Latitudes: A merchant ship carrying a cargo of horses encounters the tropical doldrums.Second Language: An extra-terrestrial must master the strange quirks of contemporary English.Maternal Instincts: A cat adopts the pups of a recently deceased dog.Revenge from the Slush Pile: A disgruntled author wreaks supernatural revenge against the editor who rejected his stories.A Small Mistake: A time traveler deals with the consequences of making a minor navigational error.Sir Cedric the Dragon Slayer: A would-be hero sets off to slay the dragon.The Bottle: A man frees a djinni from an antique bottle hidden in his antic. Naturally, he receives the customary three wishes.Pickles: A short story about a man who REALLY hates pickles.The Dragon Tamer: The performance of a woman and her trained dragon.The Eye of Ra: The real explanation for the spectacular early successes of the Axis powers.The Ghost Writer: A once renowned author is brought back from the dead to serve as the ghost writer for an unscrupulous hack.Retribution: A pair of lions must find alternative game when human encroachment drives away their traditional prey.The Man in the Mask: A household servant finds her curiosity insatiably piqued by the habit of her employer to always hide his face behind a mask.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517391008
• ISBN13: 9781517391003
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"