Gothic fiction whose best-known work was the 1960 Hollywood horror novel "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?" Farrell's novels spawned a subgenre of "Grande Dame Guignol" in the cinema, represented by such films as the 1962 film based on Farrell's novel, which starred Bette Davis versus Joan Crawford; this subgenre of films was dubbed the "psycho-biddy" genre. Many modern writers of horror (or indeed other types of fiction) exhibit considerable Gothic sensibilities—examples include the works of Anne Rice, Stella Coulson, Susan Hill, Poppy Z. Brite and Neil Gaiman as well as some of the sensationalist works of Stephen King Thomas M. Disch's
Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? impossible to find. Cuckoo gives him a final demonstration of his ability by almost cutting his thumb off and then having it heal within minutes, then becomes angry and storms off, never to be seen again. Kersh ends the story by appealing for anybody who remembers seeing him and can help Kersh to find him again. Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? "Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo?" is a short story by Gerald Kersh. It is regarded as a science fiction story, dealing with a tale of a man who has had immortality thrust upon him in a way that does