Chuck Palahniuk: An Assortment of Short

StoriesCreated by Alie Layman

About Chuck Palahniuk

52 years oldWriter and freelance journalistTransgressional Fiction

Short Stories in Relation to Novels“Zombie” – Fight Club & Invisible Monsters

• Unnamed Narrators• Search for

Happiness• Social Revolution:

• Project Mayhem; Heart Defibrillators

• “Happy Endings”• Pop Culture

Commentary• Kardashians & Baldwins;

Starbucks

Short Stories in Relation to Novels“Cannibal” – Snuff & Damned

• Religious Commentary

• Characters Act in Modern Job Market:• Telemarketer; Porn

Star; Abortionist

• Over Sexualization of Characters

• Outcasts of Society

Short Stories in Relation to Novels“Mister Elegant” – Choke

• Medical Analogies to Further Story

• Both Characters Were Entertainers

• Story Theme of Rebuilding • House in Choke & Troupe in

“Mister Elegant”

• Flashbacks Throughout Stories