Carey Gable
Writer. Performer. Storyteller.
Noir fiction, stand-up comedy, old fights, strange stories, and the complicated business of enduring.
“A loving tribute to the pulp noir legacy.”
— Charles Ardai, Founder and Editor of Hard Case Crime
Carey Gable is an East Texas writer and performer working across noir fiction, essays, theater, stand-up comedy, spoken word, and nonfiction.
His work draws from professional wrestling, boxing, physical culture, small-town life, dark humor, and the people who keep moving when life doesn't give them a clean exit.
Carey Gable is available for bookstore appearances, conventions, literary festivals, spoken-word performances, panel discussions, and author events.
Read it hard. Feel it later.
What You’ll Find Here
Comedy & Performance
The stories don't always stay on the page.
Carey's live work includes stand-up comedy, spoken word, storytelling, festivals, conventions, and an increasingly suspicious drift toward vaudeville.
Stand-up • Storytelling • Spoken Word • Festivals • Conventions
Train to Last
Old World Strength for modern life.
Inspired by fighters, wrestlers, physical culturists, and strongmen of the early twentieth century, Train to Last explores strength as capability rather than display.
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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The Way to Endure: A Field Guide to Modern Physical Culture
Modern fitness culture is broken.
It promises transformation through extremes—harder workouts, heavier weights, endless supplements, and the pursuit of a perfect physique. Yet many people end up injured, burned out, and less capable than when they started.
The Way to Endure offers a different path.
Drawing inspiration from the physical culturists, wrestlers, boxers, and strongmen of the early twentieth century, Carey Gable presents a practical philosophy of training built around capability, durability, movement, and sustainable strength. This is not a bodybuilding program. It is not a powerlifting manual. It is not another collection of fitness hacks.
It is a guide to building a body that remains useful.
Inside you'll discover:
• The forgotten principles of physical culture
• Why capability matters more than appearance
• How to develop sustainable strength and endurance
• The role of mobility, posture, recovery, and movement quality
• Practical exercises including Hindu pushups, carries, kettlebell work, pullovers, dragon flags, L-sits, and more
• Real-world training logs and workouts from the author's own practice
• A philosophy for remaining strong, mobile, and resilient throughout lifeWhether you're thirty, fifty, or ninety, the goal remains the same: keep moving, keep adapting, and keep answering the bell.
No gimmicks.
No influencers.
No excuses.
Just movement, discipline, and the will to endure. description
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A Collection of Essays
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