Forever After by Jim Thompson

Originally published May 1960 in Shock Magazine; this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

PG

Parental Guidance recommended for audiences under 15 years of age

(V)

Violence {PG}

Representations

Gender:

Viewpoint character is female, plotting murder of her husband because divorce wouldn't get her money.

Sex:

Heterosexual only. Potentially sex as tool of manipulation.

Race & Ethnicity:

Unmarked, presumed US-white.

Disability, Physical Diversity and Health:

Character is disabled, fatally injured by her own scheme.

Awards

None found

Notes

Self-thwarting crime, another tale of darkness.