Nathan has written a very good story here. He gets a good sense of the period and a very strong sense of an injustice committed. Well told, too.

It begs for a sequal. Nathan's victim could do a 'Count of Monte Christo' type reaction.

Kortpeel;)

I have removed the review.

I will not be making any additional contributions to the literary fortum. I expected a bit of intelligence here. I found none at all.

It seems that all you do here is insult people.

All Best,

Sir David

P.S. Before the remarks start, yes, I a published writer in the legitimate publishing world and a screenwriter. No, I do not use my name here in my professional affairs.

A note from Nathan, the author of the "Hanged..." story.

I saw the last note, and received a private message from "Sir David" that stated: "...I thought I was writing a review of a piece you had written, but it seems to be have (been) written (by) some(one) named Kortpeel. It is all very confusing. I would really like to know who actually wrote the story. I don't like these fun and games. --Sir David"

I don't want any confusion. I wrote the story. Kortpeel is a superb writer on the archive, and when I looked earlier tonight I see that there are more than thirty stories where his name is listed as an author. I am not sure what is confusing, as Kortpeel hasn't claimed to have written anything I have. His name does not appear as the author on any of my stories, including the "Hanged.." one and he writes in a different style. You asked about other stories I might have written. If you do an "author search" and look under "Nathan" you will find the listing of most of my works. There are two stories under that name that were not written by me, "Sperm Factory I" and II. I don't know who wrote those, but it wasnt me.

Part of the confusion factor maybe the way that the messages are posted. The first individual that begins a "post" is listed as the author of the post, in this case, Kortpeel. The subject of the post, in this case, "Hanged by the Balls" is listed next to the author. As long as you understand that the author of the message has nothing to do with being the author of the story that is the subject, then everythings OK. If you want to see who wrote a story, just look in the story index or the author index, and the authors are listed beside each story name.

As for the other comments, in my stories I try to make them believable, even when they aren't plausible. I try and appeal to different audiences, so some of my works are gay, some are bi, and some are 'straight.' I've had guy cutters, women cutters, boy cutters, and my victims are men of all ages and sizes. In short, I try and keep things different, and in so doing, interesting. What I hope is that there will be something in my stories that will be appealing to most of those that come to this archive.

I list my email address, and so far have tried to answer every email I've received concerning my works. I take the critical letters well, and have actually made changes in my writing based on the feedback that I have received. I enjoy the compliments too, and I find it interesting to see how different stories were received and perceived by different individuals.

On this particular work, "Hanged by His Balls", I took an idea off the archives "discussion board" and turned the idea into a story. Its a little overdone (I will admit that!) and a little improbable (I'll admit to that too), but still, I guess possible, and the possibility makes us wonder. Would it REALLY happen like that? Would I guy really be able to be hanged that way? Well, truthfully, probably not...but that's OK cause at least for me, it WAS an interesting visualization and erotic as I could make it.

If Sir David would like to write me ([email protected]) I'll be more than happy to discuss the story, or any story I've written for that matter, with him. An interesting sidenote. I have already received almost fifty letters on this story alone. It really hit a LOT of people a lot of diffent ways. One guy felt it was "sick", another that it was "the best story" he had ever read, and another that I needed to learn "how to write a paragraph." I also received almost 8 emails that contained virus bombs which I deleted unopened. Except for those, I've appreciated every comment people have sent to me. I mean that. I really do.

--Nathan

Kortpeel's "Hanged by his Balls" is skilfully constructed and executed with an admirable control of the usual over use of adjectives and dramatic verbs relating to the spewing forth of bodily fluids. He sticks to his subject and tells a simple and plausable, if not completely believable story.

The author uses his simple plot to suit the needs of the slow reader .....

Sir David

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Come off it , Sir Dave - you are sounding like a pompous twit

And it definitely isn't one of my stories.

Regards

Kortpeel

Sir David and Kortpeel,

I don't know what's going on between you two, IF anything, but form what I saw on the board earlier, Sir David made a wordy comment (and not a bad one) about a story and wrongly identified you as the Author.

Where's the harm in that?

It's hard enough to get feedback out of anybody here about the stories, and then when someone does, we get "you sound like a pompous ass."

THAT was uncalled for. One less person to comment on stories now.

Having read all of Kortpeel's stories and enjoying them, I can't begin to describe how stunned I was to see a reply coming from him like that. I prefer to think someone else logged on as Kortpeel ....

Now, if there's something else going on between you two, fine. My apologies - just take it into email or PM/IM next time.