pickycollector Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Buzzetta said: I kind of want this. I sold it a few years ago, sorry, but I kept the scan to remember that great cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, pickycollector said: I sold it a few years ago, sorry, but I kept the scan to remember that great cover oh no... I wasn't trying to buy yours even if you had it. As soon as I typed it I ran to eBay and started saving a few on my watchlist. I have $18 in eBay bucks I have to burn by the end of the month. I like to pick up the train and subway and death on the subway covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypinkblu Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Meecrab said: EC stole the idea for their Horror and Sci-Fi books and called it a "snap ending". They created the phrase "Oh snap!". I always thought "House" invented that phrase, learn something every day. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttfitz Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 9 hours ago, kav said: O Henry's works basically all contain a surprise ending. They lead you on it the beginning with a thought that everything is going according to plan. He lets the reader think that they have it figured out by we don't. He has something waiting for us at the end of the story. For example in Gift of the Magi a broke young couple buy christmas gifts-the woman sells her hair to buy a silver chain for her husband's pocket watch. It turns out he sold his watch to buy her a set of combs. Lots of great O Henry stories. One of my favorite is one of the first I ever read, The Ransom of Red Chief. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Just now, ttfitz said: Lots of great O Henry stories. One of my favorite is one of the first I ever read, The Ransom of Red Chief. There was a columnist for the local paper here-she was making big bank with her popular columns-then they noticed the supposed true life stories always had an O Henry ending-started researching and it turned out it seems she invented em all so she was canned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 This was back when newspapers were successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) Also suspicious was how she just so happened to randomly meet all these interesting people with fascinating tales. She'd go to like taco bell and encounter a couple teenagers for example that had an O Henry story to relate to this random stranger-funny how that happens. Most of the people I randomly meet wanna brag about themselves or ***** about their ex- Edited January 10, 2021 by kav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icefires Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 My favorite Strange Adventures FoggyNelson and BigLeagueCHEW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Giant hand cover is really memorable‼️👍😷 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
