History Creator / AnthonyMRud

* {{Diary}}: The story takes the form of entries in Dr. Burnstrum's personal medical journal, regarding the Pendleton case.

-->'''Dr. Burnstrum:''' ... Identical twins, you know, come from a single fertilized eg. Sometimes such twins are equally developed; more often one twin is better developed than the other. What it means is that the twins compete with each other during embryonic and fetal life, and one may develop at the expense of the other. As a matter of fact, one twin may absorb the other, sometimes completely so, sometimes leaving a few traces such as a hand or foot. Apparently you absorbed your twin nearly completely. The hand is all that is left of him.

'''Anthony Melville Rud (11 Jan 1893 - 30 Nov 1942)''' was a second-generat ion Norwegian-American, in Chicago IL, a major center of American publishing. He graduated Dartmouth College, NH in 1914. The son of a medical doctor, he pursued post-graduate medical studies, but ultimately gained fame as an author of weird tales.

-->Pemberton: No, Madame. I am ''not'' insane!

-->Pemberton: Before the age of ten, I had been expelled from three academies, always on account of the way I treated my associates. I was cruel to other boys ...

Anthony Melville Rud (11 Jan 1893 - 30 Nov 1942) was a second-generat ion Norwegian-American, in Chicago IL, a major center of American publishing. He graduated Dartmouth College, NH in 1914. The son of a medical doctor, he pursued post-graduate medical studies, but ultimately gained fame as an author of weird tales.

A woman interviews Hal Pemberton, a great but criminally-insane artist, in the insane asylum.

* TheSociopath: As a child, Pemberton physically harms others, going so far as to inflict potentially-serious injuries, out of rebelliousness and boredom; as he grows older, he [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals tortures animals to death]] when he believes he ''has'' a serious reason: he ultimately [[TilMurderDoUsPart kills his ''own wife'']] in pursuit of that reason.

* TheSociopath: As a child, Pemberton physically harms others, going so far as to inflict potentially-serious injuries, out of rebelliousness and boredom; as he grows older, he [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals tortures animals to death]] when he believes he ''has'' a serious reason: he ultimately [[TilDeathDoUsPart kills his ''own wife'']] in pursuit of that reason.

* KidsAreCruel: Pemberton showed himself to be a {Sadist} from a shockingly early age:

* KidsAreMonsters: Pemberton showed himself to be TheSadist from a shockingly early age:

GratuitousFrench: Pemberton sprinkles it into his dialogue. JustifiedTrope, as although he is American, he has spent a lot of time in France.

Anthony Melville Rud (11 Jan 1893 - 30 Nov 1942) was a second-generat ion Norwegian-American, in Chicago IL, a major center of American publishing. He graduated Dartmouth College, NH in 1914. The son of a medical doctor, he pursued post-graduate medical studies, but ultimately gained fame as an author of weird tales. ,

* KidsAreMonsters: Pemberton showed himself TheSadist from a shockingly early age:

Anthony Melville Rud (Jan 11 1893 - 30 Nov 1942) was a second-generat ion Norwegian-American, in Chicago IL, a major center of American publishing. He graduated Dartmouth College, NH in 1914. The son of a medical doctor, he pursued post-graduate medical studies, but ultimately gained fame as an author of weird tales. ,

* UnreliableNarrator: Hal Pemberton [[NestedStory is the narrator of his autobiography]]. At the end of the story, Hal Pemberton shows the narrator of the [[FramingDevice framing story]] his ultimate masterpiece. It is "[[TitleDrop a blank square of white canvas!]]"

* MadArtist: Hal Pemberton is obsessed by art, and [[UnreliableNarrator claims]] to be able to produce supernal paintings by means of sacrificing living beings. To this end he kills animals, and eventually [[spoiler:murders his wife]].

* UnreliableNarrator: Hal Pemberton [[NestedStory is the narrator of his autobiography]]. At the end of the story, Hal Pemberton shows the narrator of the [[FramingDevice framing story]] his ultimate masterpiece. It is "[[TitleDrop ''a blank square of white canvas!'']]"

* UnreliableNarrator: Hal Pemberton [[NestedStory is the narrator of his autobiography]]. At the end of the story, Hal Pemberton shows the narrator of the [[FramingDevice framing story]] his ultimate masterpiece. It is [[TitleDrop [[spoiler:"''a blank square of white canvas!''"]]]]

* UnreliableNarrator: Hal Pemberton [[NestedStory is the narrator of his autobiography]]. At the end of the story, Hal Pemberton shows the narrator of the [[FramingDevice framing story]] his ultimate masterpiece. It is [[TitleDrop [[spoiler:"''a blank square of white canvas!''"]]