This one has to do with police officers and dolls and it was quite ridiculous but definitely unique. I thought this one was kind of funny actually. This is about an amateur artist who sneaks paintings into museums. Whitter and it was one of the best stories in this anthology. A journalist murders a former child star and frames him to look like he collects child pornography in order to write a story that wins him the Pulitzer Prize. This one was definitely unique and I liked it. A rich married couple pretend to be homeless because they are bored and accidentally witness a crime that leads to a murder.

This one takes place in a studio doing a morning show and I actually didn’t really like it. This one was over the top but I lived it. This is about a woman who is employed as a prostitute based on her skills as a reflexologist and her foot jobs that can kill. This is about a few accidents having to do with masterbation and according to the author, they are true stories from three men that he met while researching for another book. I actually didn’t think it was all that gross but I also love gory horror movies. It’s been said that while the author has read this story aloud people have actually fainted. This one is apparently the best known from this anthology but I had never heard of it before. I’m not really sure how to go about this review because it’s not like anything I have ever read before so I think I’m just going to list the stories, give a short thought on it and my rating.ġ. They also plan to blame everything on Mr. The writers decide that the more they suffer, the more money they will get so they begin to increase their suffering by self mutilation and cannibalism. Whittier, who runs the retreat and his assistant, Mrs. They sabotage their food and electricity and then have to survive starvation, cold, and darkness. They live in harmless conditions, but then decide that it would make for a better story if there was suffering and they could become rich when they are rescued.

They will have enough food and water for their stay as well as bedrooms, bathrooms, electricity, and a washer and dryer. This retreat takes place in an abandoned theater. Before each story is a poem written about a character in the book, then the story is written by that character and each story is followed by a chapter in the main narrative.Īll of the characters are people that are going on a three month writing retreat where they are expected to write a masterpiece, and they all go by nicknames that have to do with the stories that they write.

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a collection of 23 short stories.

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