In this particular universe, Unpublished Guy is a full-time marketing professional and zero-time writer. In the time he hasn’t been writing, he has published 0 novels. He hasn’t been published in The New Yorker or any literary publications or journals. …
Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel (left to right): William Blake, Dr. Zaius, Mrs. Butterworth
Each month, more or less, the Unpublished Guy Fiction Panel discusses a novel or short story. This week: Franz Kafka the Complete Short Stories.
William Blake:…
Three Sample Chapters. No more, no less. Three shall be the number,
and the number shall be three. Five is right out.
Being a submitter of unsolicited short story manuscripts that I could fold twice and fit in a #10 …
How might Franz Kafka, today, with access to psychoactive medications rewrite his best known short story, The Metamorphosis? It might start something like this if he had also developed an appreciation for theories of web usability.
As Jakob Nielsen awoke …
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka speaks personally to me. On some levels, I can relate to Gregor Samsa. First, Gregor Samsa is a fictional character, and I am a fictional character. We were both human and then we changed. …
I decided to try a novel approach to a book reviews, and write a review of the reviews of the book before I have completed reading the book. Why would I do that? Do a Google search on “book reviews …
When Vladimir Nabokov was asked whether he had read Franz Kafka’s The Trial before writing Invitation to a Beheading, Nabokov insisted that he had not. Having read Invitation to a Beheading, the basic premise is so similar—a man awaits execution …
