About a year ago, my first short story was published by Fandom Press, a division of Windstorm Creative. It was part of a science fiction anthology entitled "Tales of the Slug". All the stories deal with slugs, in one genre or another, and thirteen clever tales make up the book. My own offering, "A Matter of Taste", is concerned with a sleazy scientist who has a taste for rare and endangered species of animal. He tracks down a delicious dish made from outlawed slugs, and finds a terrifying surprise at the end of his ruthless endeavors to discover their source.
Each story has its own bizarre twists and turns. It's science fiction with doses of pure fun, humor, and at times a touch of horror.
About Me
- Frederick J. Masterman
- I'm a retired Episcopal priest living in Tucson, Arizona for the past two and a half years. My wife Rebecca is also an author, as well as forensic editor for a scientific publishing house. Our dogs Casper and Raven fill out the household, since our children are grown and gone. Although I had a wonderful career as priest, and still function part-time, my first college degree was in geology and paleontology. I've never lost interest in those fields, and have managed to keep up with them. Astronomy also has fascinated me since I was a kid, and provides a lot of satisfaction here in the desert air of Arizona. The science is a great base for my books, and one of these days I might put together a book on the positive interface of science and relgion. For me, they have complemented and strengthened each other!