Project Gutenberg 2022-12-30 Public domain in the USA. 115 Jameson, Malcolm 1891 1945 Keith, Colin Jameson, Malcolm Routh Kramer, Frank 1905 1993 The giftie gien $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Inc.,$c1943. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The giftie gien" by Malcolm Jameson is a short story published in the early 1940s. This speculative fiction piece explores the themes of self-awareness and the perception of one's character and actions through the lens of afterlife judgment. The narrative begins with the mundane interactions of a sales manager and transitions into a surreal exploration of the protagonist's essence after his sudden death. In the story, we follow Jerome Chester Chisholm, a self-satisfied sales manager who is brutally murdered after dismissing the struggles of his underperforming employees. Following his death, he discovers an eerie afterlife where he encounters a demon and is forced to face the judgments of various individuals whose lives he impacted—both positively and negatively. As the manifestations of all the people he's interacted with blend into a grotesque version of himself, Chisholm is confronted with the harsh reality of his self-centered existence, ultimately leading to a profound moment of self-reflection and accountability. Through this journey, the story critiques the nature of self-perception and the importance of understanding how one is perceived by others. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20221103081811jameson 1943 US Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Fantasy fiction Businessmen -- Fiction Future life -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 59654 2025-07-27T12:45:28.144238 text/html 35165 2024-10-19T03:09:41 text/html 319755 2025-07-27T12:45:31.137260 application/epub+zip 318543 2025-07-27T12:45:29.300273 application/epub+zip 183503 2025-07-27T12:45:28.584330 application/epub+zip 836380 2025-07-27T12:45:32.683226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 828705 2025-07-27T12:45:30.661233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 51736 2025-07-27T12:45:28.004253 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31851 2024-10-19T03:09:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17046 2025-07-27T12:45:32.828217 application/rdf+xml 23606 2025-07-27T12:45:28.885245 image/jpeg 3557 2025-07-27T12:45:28.729235 image/jpeg 904410 2025-07-27T12:45:28.160256 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia