Harry Stephen Keeler

Harry Stephen Keeler was a half-mad pulp fiction writer best known for his completely nonsensical plots and generally odd way of writing.

His work includes examples of:


 * Author Appeal: Skulls, Clowns, Corpses...
 * Compound Interest Time Travel Gambit: "John Jones's Dollar"
 * Doorstopper: His novel cycles.
 * The Film of the Book: Sing Sing Nights to The Mysterious Mr. Wong.
 * Kudzu Plot: Or as he called it "The Webwork Novel".
 * Mind Screw: Just read the resolution of X. Jones of Scotland Yard
 * Padding
 * Purple Prose