The Whole Wide World Page #4

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to meet his deadline.

Did you say I would?

Well, I told him

he was foolish

to think otherwise.

You've never

missed a deadline.

That's right.

Hang on.

They're thinking

of using it

for the February

cover story.

As well they should.

Oh, son, I hope I did

the right thing.

Mr. Wright wanted to know

if it was okay to give

out your address

to a Mr. Lovecraft?

He said that he was

a big fan of yours

and wanted to write you.

H.P. Lovecraft?

Yes, I believe

that was his name.

The gentleman was from

Rhode Island.

Well, Jesus, yes.

Did you say yes?

Oh, yes.

Of course I said yes.

Hey, you'd better

hurry up.

He'll be here

any second.

Calm down. He can wait.

A girl has to look her best

on a first date.

[KNOCKING]

He's here.

Oh...

How do I look?

Just beautiful.

Thanks.

Have a good time.

I will, I hope.

Oh, he's fine.

He's working hard

as usual.

Oh, he's

a great doctor.

Pardon me.

Well, I didn't know.

I at least thought you'd have on

a coat or a tie.

Well, I got on

a clean white shirt, by God.

I brought this for you.

You said you wanted to

read some of my stuff.

I brought this.

It's called

"The Devil in Iron."

Thank you.

I sure do want to read it.

Well, okay, there it is.

I'm sorry I didn't get

all dressed up.

I didn't think

we'd go to a show or anything.

I just thought

we'd drive around a while

and I'd shoot my mouth off

some more.

If there's one thing

I'm good at,

that's driving and blabbing.

When I got a pretty girl

with me,

it makes it that much better.

What's that story about,

the one you gave me?

"The Devil in Iron"?

Yeah.

Well, what do you think

it's about?

I don't know.

A devil made of iron?

Bullseye.

Evil lord baits a trap for Conan

on this desolate island.

Guess what

the bait is.

A pretty girl.

You read this yarn before, girl?

No.

Swear I didn't.

Conan, he finds

this fantastic city

which has been mysteriously

rebuilt overnight.

Now, he creeps in...

No, don't tell me.

I want to read it.

It sounds exciting.

Excitement's my specialty.

Your specialty, huh?

Uh-huh.

That's right.

Excitement and adventure.

That's what

the readers want.

That's what

I give them.

What kind of stories

you been writing lately?

Adventure? Romance?

Teaching school?

I write down

conversations that I hear

in my journal

for practice.

Sometimes

I try a confession.

You got a lot to confess?

It depends whether

I write about what I do

or what I think

about doing.

No luck, though.

It still all gets

sent back.

Ahem.

Thank you.

What was your

last one about?

It's a little hard

to explain.

It was called,

"I Gave my Daughter Movie Fame."

What did you say?

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