Published: 08 Jul 2026 › Updated: 08 Jul 2026
Having the Publisher Over for Dinner
"Impressive," the publisher gushed. "Your novel about the serial killer eating the livers of publishers who reject his books? Brilliant! I'll run fifty-thousand copies, immediately."
"Most gratifying," the writer smiled. "Though, it seems I'm going hungry today."
The publisher frowned. "Why?"
"You see," the writer grinned, "it was a biography."
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