Meet the Author
“A modern hard-boiled noir writer with a distinctive regional voice and pulp confidence—not a revival act, but a continuation.”
Carey Gable writes crime fiction rooted in Northeast Texas—where heat warps judgment, violence is personal, and nobody gets out clean. His work blends hard-boiled noir with pulp momentum, dark humor, and the bruised mythology of professional wrestling.
Across fiction, drama, and nonfiction, Gable has published in state and national journals and newspapers, but his focus has always been character—people who talk like real humans, make bad decisions, and live with the consequences.
His stage play Is That You, Kilgore Trout? received the Audience Choice Award at a new works festival, and his debut pulp noir novel, Smoke ’Em, launches the Cadmus Gale series in Spring 2026.
Read it hard. Feel it later.
Gable is currently accepting bookings for his Summer 2026 spoken-word tour.
What You’ll Find Here
I write stories about men and women who don’t get clean exits—people shaped by violence, loyalty, bad timing, and the places they can’t quite leave behind. Northeast Texas is my ground zero. Professional wrestling is my mythology. Noir is the engine.
My work lives at the intersection of pulp momentum and moral consequence. Punches land. Choices matter. Humor shows up at the worst possible moment.
Here you’ll find crime fiction, serialized work, essays, and reflections pulled from the same vein—stories that move fast, hit hard, and stay with you longer than you expect.
If you’re looking for neat endings, this probably isn’t the place.
If you’re looking for bruised characters and honest damage—you’re home.
Read it hard. Feel it later.
Publications
My work has appeared across academic, creative, and serialized platforms, reflecting a career spent moving between scholarship, storytelling, and pulp.
Academic Publications
“Facilitating Student Success: Eight-Week College Composition Corequisite Courses” Upcoming publication in Spring 2026 by Teaching English in the Two Year College.
“What is Called Thinking?” Published in The Humanities Review, 2023.
“Theo-Poetics: A Theory of the Divine,” Published in Show Bear Family Circus, 2020.
Creative Publications
“Is That You, Kilgore Trout?” Produced at Pyro’s Playfest, 2025.
The Book of Lesser Traumas, Free Spirit Press, 2024.
In a Few Words, Short Story Collection, 2024.
Ace of Spades, Poetry Collection, 2023.
Featured Humorist for “Down Home East Texas” magazine.
From the Archives
New work appears regularly…
The bruises linger.
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Essays, noir scraps, serialized work, and whatever else refuses to behave. Think back booth at the coffee shop: bad coffee, good stories, and the kind of honesty you don’t lead with at parties.
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