Sherman Reilly Duffy of the pre-World War I CHICAGO DAILY JOURNAL once told a cub reporter, 'Socially, a journalist fits in somewhere between a whore and a bartender. But spiritually he stands beside Galileo. He knows the world is round.' Well, socially I fit in just fine between the whore and the bartender. Both are close friends. And I knew the world was round. Yet, as time went by I found myself confronted with the ugly suspicion that the world was, after all, flat and that there were things dark and terrible waiting just over the edge to reach out and snatch life from the unlucky, unwary wanderer.
Jeff RiceTags: truth horror journalism press kolchak reporter
Nowhere. No one is ever going to hear from you again, sir. No one."
'Uh... well... I...'
'You profane my world, sir! I cannot... I will not permit you to exist... here!"
'In that case, Doctor, why not tell me of your work? You know... condemned man's last request.'
He walked over and put a paternal arm around my shoulders, but the grip of his hand was like steel. He was a lot stronger than he looked. Not big or beefy. But strong.
'Just a dumb reporter... doing his job...'
He looked closely at me, eye to eye.
'You grovel nicely, Mr...'
'Kolchak, sir.'
'Story. You want your story, do you, Mr. Kolchak? Your precious, pitiful story? Your bloody pound of journalistic flesh?'
I smiled but it stuck halfway into a sickly grin. I was clammy. I was trembling. I could feel my wet trouser leg sticking to my flesh and was grateful I'd eaten nothing solid.
(aspiring journalist to Carl Kolchak)
'Andy knows I want to be a reporter. Like you'
This took me by surprise. 'Sallie, my dear, nobody wants to be a reporter like me.
Tags: journalism kolchak reporter
That could be a very sexy story.
LynDee WalkerTags: humor women news mystery reporter female-sleuth
I can't drop it. It's how I'm drawn.
I.B. NoseyTags: humor adventure chocolate interviews reporter gum-drop
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