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From 1921-26, The Double Dealer was operated from New Orleans as, "A National Magazine for the South." The magazine featured works from literary giants like William Faulkner, Djuna Barnes, Ernest Hemingway, Robert Penn Warren, Thornton Wilder and Hart Crane as well as many other writers more lost to time.

Here in our archives, we will be reviving a selection of those works over time.
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MONSIEUR SATAN

Benjamin De Casseres

The French have strange names. There are Monsieur Brave-Man, Remy Funny-Man, Man-God, and so on. It is probably part of the Gallic imagination — these…

THE DANCER

Lafcadio Hearn

In a curiously illustrated edition of Balzac's Peau de Chagrin there is a strange and terrible face which some of you may remember having seen: It is…

BACK TO NORMALCY

The Editors

In honor of Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, we are republishing an editorial from the second issue of "The Double…

January 20, 2021

THE MAGICIAN OF BANKOK

Judith Gautier

The story below, translated by Lafcadio Hearn, appeared in issue 4 of "The Double Dealer." The original spelling and grammar have been preserved…

October 01, 2019

DIALOGUES OF SCAMANDER

Marvin Lear

The story below appeared in issue 3 of "The Double Dealer." While we wish we could provide more details about the author of the following story, what…

September 17, 2019

THE RIDER THROUGH RELATIVITY

Herman George Scheffauer

The story below appeared in issue 3 of "The Double Dealer." Herman George Scheffauer (1878-1927) was a German-American writer, poet, playwright…

September 10, 2019

A THOUSAND HEAD OF CATTLE

William Saphier

"A Thousand Head of Cattle" appeared in issue 2 of The Double Dealer, in February 1921. William Saphier was a Romanian-born poet. According to poets…

September 03, 2019

THE LAST OF THE NEW ORLEANS FENCING MASTERS

Lafcadio Hearn

*Denotes 2019 editors. *The note below was provided as introduction to the story's printing in 1921: A unique chapter in the romantic history of New…

July 31, 2019

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