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 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. ENJOY! She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen…
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… ENJOY! 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…
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…
You’re not going to find anyone who likes Dorothy Parker as much as we do. This is one of our favorite Dorothy Parker interviews, credit given to the Paris Review, the Art of Fiction No. 13, from way back in 1956. The interview starts at the very beginning INTERVIEWER: Your first job was on Vogue, wasn’t…
First published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1890, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. It is easily his most famous story, if not one of the most famous stories of all time. Notice how long the paragraphs are. Back then, whole paragraphs went one page or more. Part I A man…
Bop Bop Against That Curtain by Charles Bukowski is from the fall 1975 issue of Arcade, The Comics Review #3, complete with Robert Crumb illustrations. Both underground legends from the 60s and beyond, Bukowski and Crumb did not collaborate much, but when they did it was explosive. Some say the character Mr. Natural was even…
