The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber in hours, and indeed even in minutes. Hemingway biographer Carlos Baker claims that Macomber loses his fear as the buffalo charges, and the loss of fear ushers Macomber into manhood, which Margot instantly kills. Baker believes Wilson symbolizes the man free of woman (because he refuses to allow Margot to dominate him) or of fear; the man Macomber wishes to be. Wilson understands, as he blasts the lion dead, that Margot is a woman who needs to be dominated. Jeffrey Meyers considers Margot Macomber to be the villain of the story. She characterises "a predatory (rather than a passive) female
Author! Author! (short story) Unknown Five", and the 1972 collection "The Early Asimov". Graham Dorn, a successful mystery writer, finds to his dismay that his most famous literary creation, a suave detective named Reginald de Meister, has become real. He usurps Dorn's life and even attempts to steal his fiancee. When De Meister's literary lady friend, the flashing-eyed svelte Sancha Rodriquez, also appears and accuses him of two-timing her, De Meister disappears. Graham's life becomes his own again. Author! Author! (short story) "Author! Author!" is a fantasy short story by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. By January 1943 Isaac Asimov was working at