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A mature-aged student undertaking work placement at a boutique publisher learns there's more to writing than talent, and that success demands its own toll.

When a multinational publisher looks for somebody to fill the vacancy heading their fiction department, a spited senior editor is determined to win the position at any cost.

A middle-aged writer struggling with a lack of success, years of rejection, and questioning his own self-worth, re-examines just why he writes, and whether to go on.

The Slush Pile Demolitionist features three short stories centered around writing and publishing that explore the darker side of creativity, the desperation of insecurity, and the uncertainty of the future.

Les Zig is a novelist, screenwriter, and speaker.He has five published novels: Just Another Week in Suburbia (Pantera Press 2017), explores the questions of trust, fidelity, and how well you can ever truly know another person; while August Falling (Pantera Press 2018) is a story about unconditional acceptance, reclaiming the past, and finding a way forward; and Prudence (ECG Press 2023), which is a exploration of fidelity, temptation, and our darkest desires.As "Lazaros Zigomanis", he wrote the YA novel Song of the Curlew (Pinion Press 2019), a story about dreams, coming of age, community, love, and racism. It has been described by best-selling Young Adult author George Ivanoff as "an extraordinary book". His YA novel, This, (MidnightSun Publishing 2023), tells the story of a 15-year-old dealing with burgeoning neurosis as he navigates social pressures, high school obligations, and his overbearing Greek parents.Les is also the writer and director behind the half-hour satire mockumentary Little Diva Rising, which has met with great success on the independent festival circuit; and the web series The Abnorms, a preternatural take on life in lockdown during the pandemic. He also wrote and directed the short action film, The Other Side of Paradise. He's had four screenplays optioned, and a raft of unproduced screenplays place in over one hundred competitions. His stories and articles have also been published extensively.A lifetime writer, Les has a love of storytelling, and has always wanted to tell stories.