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MONSIEUR SATAN

By 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 names. So when I went to see the celebrated Monsieur Satan in Paris I was no more astonished to…

THE DANCER

By 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 the face of the bric-a-brac dealer who sold the mysterious parchment, -a forehead of immense breadth…

BACK TO NORMALCY

By The EditorsJanuary 20, 2021

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 Dealer." The editorial below was published almost exactly 100 years ago in response to the swearing…

THE MAGICIAN OF BANKOK

By Judith GautierOctober 01, 2019

The story below, translated by Lafcadio Hearn, appeared in issue 4 of "The Double Dealer." The original spelling and grammar have been preserved. Judith Gautier (1845-1917) was a French poet and novelist. Gautier had a scholarly interest in East Asia…

DIALOGUES OF SCAMANDER

By Marvin LearSeptember 17, 2019

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 information we have comes from an issue of a defunct literary magazine "The Dial": "Marvin Lear is…

THE RIDER THROUGH RELATIVITY

By Herman George ScheffauerSeptember 10, 2019

The story below appeared in issue 3 of "The Double Dealer." Herman George Scheffauer (1878-1927) was a German-American writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Scheffauer was encouraged by his mentor, Ambrose Bierce, to quit his day job…

A THOUSAND HEAD OF CATTLE

By William SaphierSeptember 03, 2019

"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.org, he served as associate editor for "Others," a monthly modernist magazine he co-edited with…

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THE LAST OF THE NEW ORLEANS FENCING MASTERS

By Lafcadio HearnJuly 31, 2019

*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 Orleans was contributed by Lafcadio Hearn some thirty-five years ago to the Southern Bivouac of…

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