Pueros' recent additions remind me how he can flip from the most scholarly disertations to pure fictional frolic. I would have loved to have you as a prof in university... even though I'm sure I would have flunked your classes!
CvanD, you allways give me, as a reader, a ride on two levels. My more base interests are allways captivated but you can't help but weave an interesting story, usually of redemption around it! You are not shy to present the fact a boy is a charming beast, and that somehow seems brave of you. And then you spring that cute send-up story of the Tonsillectomy book on us... Ha!
And slammer is just the most unpredictable bastard on this site
And to a particular Anonymous, whos unlucky 13 and a couple others by the same author (perhaps the newest Population Control as well) has really hit on a style that was my weirdest exciting daydream and my worst nightmare around that age. One of this authors (I imagine) did one story a couple months back about regressing the youth as well as nullification... I know this is stuff that is on the limit of acceptance for this board, but the thing of that story is, it reminded me in a strange way of an old story I read, perhaps in school, in the late 70s; A bowl of Biskies Makes a Growing Boy, by Raymond F. Jones. It's in an anthology called "The Other Side of Tomorrow" edited by Roger Elwood.
Anyway... KEEP WRITING YOU GUYS!!! I know words of thanks are rare. I read other authors as well, and I haven't mentioned some that have done stories I know I have enjoyed.
When you all look at your story counts, know that at least, I imagine, 1/3 of those readers read the story all the way through; then imagine 1/2 of them really liked it. Think about THAT number as your number of fans. I bet that number can be in the thousands