Herbert S. Gorman was born at Springfield, Massachusetts, January 1, 1893. After attending Technical High School he became an actor for two seasons, deserting the stage for the newspaper. He became assistant literary and dramatic editor of the Springfield Union, reporter on the New York Sun and reviewer for the New York Post, The Freeman and other journals.
His first book, The Fool of Love (1920), shows, above an indebtedness to E. A. Robinson, a keen talent and fresh personality.
THE FANATIC
Well, here it is: you call for me: I come,
But with an eagerness not quite my own;
Propelled by that decisive martyrdom
That pleased the saints upon their faggot throne.
You see them smiling in the cruel flame
That exquisitely licks their willing limbs,
And finding some sad pleasure in the game