Though he wrote more than 30 short stories and a handful of novellas -- many published in The New Yorker and collected in works such as `` Nine Stories '' and `` Seymour : An Introduction '' -- Reclusive author arrives unexpectedly at his Chicago home . There will be no service , family says in statement . ` ` author had remarked that he was in this world but not of it , '' family says .
Reclusive author arrives unexpectedly at his Chicago home . There will be no service , family says in statement . ` ` author had remarked that he was in this world but not of it , '' family says .