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The Penny-a-Worder
The Penny-a-Worder
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Cornell Woolrich is "our greatest writer of Suspense Fiction" - Francis Nevins, Woolrich biographer.
Pulp fiction writers produced millions of words under intense time pressure in order to fill the pages of dozens of mystery magazines which filled newsstands from the 1920's through the 1950's.
Some would argue that Woolrich's The Penny-a-Worder is one of the best pieces of fiction on the subject. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1958, this short story is not only a fun read about a pulp writer's life but is a wonderful example of Cornell Woolrich's later work and, for all we know, may have been a first-hand experience sufferd by Woolrich himself.
It's the later part of the 1930's and a struggling author by the name of Dan Moody checks into a hotel with an assignment to turn out a novella - literally overnight - with a story whos subject will coincide with artwork that has already been produced for the imminent publication of a "dime-detective" type magazine. With the publisher's voice constantly in Moody's mind and various distractions around him, the writer attempts to create a story worthy of publication.
Pulp fiction writers produced millions of words under intense time pressure in order to fill the pages of dozens of mystery magazines which filled newsstands from the 1920's through the 1950's.
Some would argue that Woolrich's The Penny-a-Worder is one of the best pieces of fiction on the subject. First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1958, this short story is not only a fun read about a pulp writer's life but is a wonderful example of Cornell Woolrich's later work and, for all we know, may have been a first-hand experience sufferd by Woolrich himself.
It's the later part of the 1930's and a struggling author by the name of Dan Moody checks into a hotel with an assignment to turn out a novella - literally overnight - with a story whos subject will coincide with artwork that has already been produced for the imminent publication of a "dime-detective" type magazine. With the publisher's voice constantly in Moody's mind and various distractions around him, the writer attempts to create a story worthy of publication.
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