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"The other point that I wished to make, if I may in-view of the aforesaid partnership-interest, is this: A serial story is, in my opinion, from the standpoint of artistry, a failure. This is especially true of the type of story stands for. Poe was the first to point out that impressionistic and mystery stories must be short. He held that no story that could not be read at one sitting could sustain the impression it started out to make. The interval between the first and second sitting is, however short it may be, sufficient to modify one's outlook upon life. Therefore the reader brings to bear upon the reading at the second sitting an additional wealth of ideas and experiences that he lacked at the first sitting. The unity of impression is destroyed. A serial is a failure in another respect.

"In this day of news-stands, when one does not have to subscribe to magazines, when one may examine first what he is about to buy, the magazine that has the 'continued-in-our-next' type of story is for the most part left upon the shelves. Where one is intrigued into buying a two-part story, he finds that the second part lacks the thrill of the first part; for he naturally expects a climax, which does not materialize owing to his modified mental content, and these two things, anticipation and disappointment, make him feel that the publisher has sold him a barrel of apples with the big ones at the top. For instance, the thrill in 'The Damned Thing' was acute in the first part. In the second part this thrill not only failed to grow, but there was an apparent 'marking time' feeling. In the third part there is felt a decline of interest even upon the part of the writer, and the denouement is not in keeping with the incidents of the story. According to the writer, 'The Damned Thing' had color that rendered it invisible. When one reflects what color is and is told that the monster was invisible in the twilight of the street lights, in the darkness of the reporter's room, and the glare of the morning sun, it is asking too much of him to expect him to accept the solution, unless the writer implied that his monster was a sort of chameleon with varying shades of invisible color. The story is a disappointment in that it did not keep the promise of its first part. I, therefore, vote for no more serials of impressionistic type.

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