FICTION FORMULAS
"Fiction Formulas" is tho title Elias Lieberman has given to a group of rhymed burlesques in the "Harper's Magazine^" Here are two that may be of use to budding novelists: ■ Tho Mystery Detective Story. Miser murdered ! Just a start ■ For a host of baffling clues: •. '. Who has carved poor Potter's heart? What'has stained his lawyer's shoes? Did the penknife play a part? Was the servant prone to boozo? M. T. Domes will show his art; ■ Watch the rival ferrets lose. M. T. Domes proves clear as fudge That the villain is the Judge. Tho Sordidly Realistic Novel. ■ Upon a street as drab as sin There dwell a wanton, knave, and clown; In fact, you'll find such folks within Each house that horrifies the town; The girls are brooding mysteries To hyperconscious boys who blush; The plot concerns a few of these Who indirectly meet—but hush ! ' Our lives wonld not be so complex i Without suppressed desires and sex.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 17
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160FICTION FORMULAS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 17
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