Category: Literature
The Penis and the Pendulum
After Hack wrote his Edgar Allan Poe rip-off The Tell-Tale Butt, his friend Dave Ritterband mocked “Wow! This one was even better than The Penis and the Pendulum!” Hack was outraged at the slight so he wrote a book with the title to put Ritterband in his place. But his friend was right, The Tell-Tale Butt was much better.
2024
Happy heavenly birthday to Sir John Hurt!
Gunga Pug
Happy heavenly birthday to Cary Grant!
Dorothy’s Brain
“‘Now who will you miss most of all?’ asked the Tin Man contemptuously as he and Dorothy watched the Lion devour the wizard’s insane face.”
Badges of the Sierra Madre
How the Inch Stole Christmas
A Jonny Carol
Opusso
Since his series of Shakespearean adaptations was such a surprising success, Hack couldn’t rest until he did the final major tragedy, Othello. It’s honestly far from my favorite play but Boris thought this novelization represented Hack’s best work.
King Rear
Boris went to the vet only to be told (as usual) how goddamned fat he is. That led to this, Hack’s third Shakespearean adaptation, from a play which your humble narrator considers to be the greatest work of art ever created. I don’t think anyone will say the same about this novelization but at least it has enough of Hack’s signature anal sex scenes to hold the reader’s interest.