Harry Stephen Keeler

[LickTheStar]

Every time I think I'm the only person who reads this guy, I find another fan... anyone here a fan?

The long and the short of it is that he's a pretty damn terrible writer a lot of the time... but he plots like a motherfucker and the plot alone is worth reading his stuff for. Or the titles...

http://site.xavier.edu/polt/keeler/index.html

 

[Rekrab]

Interesting stuff. Never heard of him, but from a glance at that website, worth a deeper look.

 

[skiroomalum]

His bio reads like that of an "outsider" artist if that term can apply to writers. Plus he uses three names like an assassin or serial killer, which is always enjoyable.

 

[Rekrab]

[...] Plus he uses three names like an assassin or serial killer [...]

Poets who take themselves too seriously also do this.

 

[skiroomalum]

True. Also I can't recall any women who use three names (aside from H.B. Stowe). We are a pretentious lot.