Jim Hogshire

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Jim Hogshire is a counterculture author of magazine articles, short stories, and a number of books. His works have been published in such magazines as Harper's, Gentleman's Quarterly, Details, Esquire, Covert Action Quarterly, Omni, FAIR, The Animal's Agenda, and Lies of Our Times.

In 1993, one of Hogshire's infamous prank calls "Bacon and Eggs", was made into a short film starring Linda Blair and Bill Pullman. [1]

In 2006, a movie adaptation of his non-fiction guide You Are Going To Prison was released by Universal Pictures as Let's Go to Prison. The movie stars Will Arnett and was directed by Bob Odenkirk.

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• You Are Going to Prison
• Opium for the Masses: A Practical Guide to Growing Poppies and Making Opium
• Pills a Go Go: Fiendish Investigation into Pill Marketing, Art, History, and Consumption
• Sell Yourself to Science: The Complete Guide to Selling Your Organs, Body Fluids, Bodily Functions and Being a Human Guinea Pig
• Grossed-Out Surgeon Vomits Inside Patient!: An Insider's Look at the Supermarket Tabloids

One of Hogshire's better known short stories "The Electric Cough-Syrup Acid Test" was excerpted by Harper's and has also appeared in the book, White Rabbit", and a book about zines. The story first appeared in Hogshire's zine, "Pills a Go Go".[2]

A cover article by Jim Hogshire titled "Animals and Islam" appears in The Animals Agenda, October 1991

Hogshire was a writer for the tabloid "National Examiner" between 1990-1991, and often used the pseudonym "Chet Antonini."