Slash is a non-fiction author.
George Henry Smith ( October 27 , 1922 -- May 22 , 1996 ) was an American science fiction author , who also wrote soft-core erotica . Saul Hudson ( born July 23 , 1965 ) , better known by his stage name Slash , is a British-American musician and songwriter . Slash fiction is a genre of fan fiction that focuses on interpersonal attraction and sexual relationships between fictional characters of the same sex .