Two Gallants (short story) Two Gallants (short story) "Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement in life and rely on the exploitation of others to live. Joyce considered the story to be one of the most important in "Dubliners." The London house of Grant Richards agreed to publish "Dubliners" in 1905, but there were printing complications and concerns of obscenity. One of the stories with passages in question was “Two Gallants.” Joyce questions Richard's reluctance to publish by asking "Is it
Short Stories (magazine) Stories" carrying well-written fiction; pulp magazine historian Robert Sampson states "For "Short Stories", like "Adventure" and "Blue Book" to follow, rose above the expedient prose of rival magazines like ivory towers thrusting up from swampland". "Short Stories" was initially known for publishing crime fiction by authors including Max Pemberton and Thomas W. Hanshew. In the 1920s and 1930s, however, "Short Stories" was best known as a publisher of Western stories, with many of the best-known Western fiction writers such as Clarence E. Mulford, Max Brand, Luke Short, Ernest Haycox, W. C. Tuttle, James B. Hendryx, Barry Scobee, Bertrand William Sinclair