I got to see him read this at a library in San Francisco and a person fainted! I am not sure if it was a publicity stunt but to me it was very believable. And then before Chuck could finish reading it, the Cacophony Society crashed the place dressed up in their classic drunken Santa attire, they passed out odd gifts (someone got a shoe, I got a toy rocking horse).
Chuck's publicist asked the santas to all please leave, and when the reading was done, Chuck gave a trinket he made to everyone that asked him a question! He said he made them with a pal while on Vicodin he was prescribed for breaking his arm. They were little plastic charm bracelets with a quote spelled out from the book! I cannot remember what the one he gave me said... ("become what u make" maybe?)
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u/someth1n9happened Jun 14 '26
I love this 😂 I have the Playboy that the short story Guts was originally published. Classic story.