The New York Times calls it “ugly overkill.” The Boston Globe says its author can “dream up truly retch-worthy scenarios” but “reveals too much.” But if you ask said author, Fight Club creator Chuck ...

The last time prolific fiction writer Chuck Palahniuk came to visit, he was on tour supporting his morbid novel Diary and reading a truly ghastly short story, Guts, that made audience members faint in ...