02407cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500200014626400510016630000470021733600260026433700260029033800360031649000450035250000310039750800960042852012290052453400820175365300180183565300200185365300270187365300270190070000300192783000450195785600430200269667UtSlPG20260610134618.0mcr n260607r20221943utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aJameson, Malcolm,d1891-194514aThe giftie gien 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2022  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Unknown Worlds April 1943.  aRelease date is 2022-12-30  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"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.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1943  aShort stories  aFantasy fiction  aBusinessmen -- Fiction  aFuture life -- Fiction1 aKramer, Frank,d1905-1993 0aProduced from Unknown Worlds April 1943.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69667