Meatloaf In The Chaser By John Collier

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The great American legend, Meatloaf, once said that he would do anything for love, but there was one thing he would not do, and to this day that exception remains a mystery. While speculations as to what Meatloaf was referring to may wage on for centuries, it could be possible that he was referring to a dirty little phial lying in an old man’s shop; where a man named Alan will stumble upon. The Chaser, written by John Collier, is a short story about a man named Alan in desperate need of love from a particular woman named Diana. Alan tells the old owner of the store that Diana means everything to him, but she is indifferent to his desires. The old man offers him the has precisely what Alan is looking for, but before handing it over, he reminds