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Seymour Cunningham Chunn
1889–1927
A little-known American writer from the early 20th century, he published both practical advice for storytellers and fiction under the pen name Culpeper Chunn. His surviving work offers a glimpse of a lively pulp-era imagination as well as a hands-on interest in how stories are built.
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About the author
Born in 1889, Seymour Cunningham Chunn was an American writer whose work survives in public-domain archives and library catalogs. He is best known for Plotting the Short Story (1922), a concise guide for writers that focuses on finding story ideas, shaping plots, and developing short fiction.
He also wrote fiction under the name Culpeper Chunn. That pseudonym appears in listings connected with early science fiction and fantastic literature, suggesting he moved between practical writing instruction and imaginative magazine work.
Chunn died in 1927. Although he is not widely remembered today, his books and bylines still have interest for readers who enjoy early writing manuals, pulp-era fiction, and overlooked authors from the first decades of the 20th century.