OK, I know: another crazy Thompson story. It’s a short one. Quick background: Death of a Poet by Hunter S. Thompson was previously published in his collection Screwjack. The story is about a chaotic night in a Green Bay trailer park after a Packers loss, focusing on a friend’s breakdown. The Packers have lost, and the…
Freak Power in the Rockies, A Memoir and Rambling Discussion (with Rude Slogans) of Freak Power in the Rockies. . . on the Weird Mechanics of Running a Takeover Bid on a Small Town. . . and a Vulgar Argument for Seizing Political Power and Using It like a Gun Ripped Away from a Cop.…
Published in 1936 in Esquire, The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway is the story of a writer, Harry, dying of gangrene on an African safari, who reflects on his life, regrets, and failed artistic potential while his wealthy wife, Helen, cares for him. The narrative uses a dual timeline, with italicized sections detailing Harry’s…
The Mangler is a Stephen King short story about a demonic, sentient laundry press machine that causes a series of gruesome deaths at a laundromat, which a police detective investigates, eventually discovering the machine is possessed and attempting to exorcise it. First published in Cavalier magazine in 1972, it was later collected in King’s 1978…
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published on 17 February 1884 in the French newspaper Le Gaulois. It is known for its twist ending, a hallmark of de Maupassant’s style. She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she…
The following is an excerpt: The Sisters B36 by Kurt Vonnegut – a Kilgore Trout story… On the matriarchal planet Booboo in the Crab Nebula, there were three sisters whose last name was B-36. It could be only a coincidence that their family name was also that of an Earthling airplane designed to drop bombs…
CHAPTER I – HOW MRS. LIRRIPER CARRIED ON THE BUSINESS Whoever would begin to be worried with letting Lodgings that wasn’t a lone woman with a living to get is a thing inconceivable to me, my dear; excuse the familiarity, but it comes natural to me in my own little room, when wishing to open…
The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs first appeared in Harper’s Monthly in September, 1902… Summary: Mr. and Mrs. White, and their grown son, Herbert, are visited by Sergeant-Major Morris, a friend who served with the British Army in India. During dinner, he introduces them to a mummified monkey’s paw. He explains how an old…
Yes we know, this is a long-ass story. but we just love it so much. Diamond as Big as the Ritz, too! Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Jelly-Bean First published in 1922 collection Tales of the Jazz Age, the story follows Jim Powell, a lazy but likable young man in…
Welcome to Real Writer’s Market: Independent Publishers Worldwide. We like to think we picked up where the old Writer’s Digest books left off. Only better. Way better! Real Writer’s Market is your guide to the burgeoning, global publishing marketplace: both literary and commercial. These are real publishing houses where you can submit your book proposals,…
