The Interview

by Paul D. Dail

Reporter Jay Kipp is writing a piece on the disturbing rise of transients in the city. When he encounters an old, blind homeless man going by the mythological moniker of Phineus, a Phoenician king who was blinded by Zeus, Jay believes he has the final nail in the proverbial coffin for the senator he is trying to incriminate with his article. However, once “Phineus” starts to tell his story, Jay quickly realizes there is much more to the old man than meets the eye.


This short story also includes a brief afterword from the author explaining where he got the idea for the story. A little insight into the life and mind of a horror writer.


Approx. 10,000 words

ebook

First published February 27, 2012

About the author

Paul Dail is the author of The Imaginings, a supernatural/horror novel, as well as several other novel and short story projects. Writing has always been his passion, and while he will quickly tell you that the people he has met in the many places that he has traveled have been the best schooling he could get, Paul received his formal education in English with a Creative Writing emphasis at the University of Montana, Missoula. He has had a non-fiction submission published in The Sun magazine’s Reader’s Write section entitled, “Slowing Down.”

Currently Paul lives in Southern Utah, amid the red rock, sagebrush and pinion junipers, with his wife and two daughters. He teaches Language Arts and Creative Writing at Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts.

* If you have a little time to kill and really want to delve into the gray matter, the author would recommend his following two blog posts:

- “Why do I like to write horror stories?”

- “My own Works Cited list: 10 books that have inspired me.”