It’s been a long while since I’ve had time to read any of the stories on the Archive. I usually read only those written by the few authors whom I know to be outstanding and those that someone whose taste I trust has found good enough to write a review of it for this message board, plus an occasional additional one or two to judge the nature of what else is there.

Slammr is someone whose every story I try to read. It’s been so long since I’ve had time that I found FIVE of his stories waiting for me. While all are very good, they are a mixed bag.

Forlorn - a vignette (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/F/ea_132701forlorn_.htm) is about as close to historical accuracy as you can get in entirely imaginative fiction. The situation it paints probably happened with minor variations more often than most of us would want to think. It’s also powerfully written, as all of Slammr’s stories are. Highly recommended, especially for those who tend to romanticize slave castration – here is a story much closer to the reality. Highly recommended!

Slammr’s three recent stories Royal (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/R/ea_05935royal.htm), Vignettes -The Slave Boy (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/V/ea_234749vignette.htm), and The Restaurant (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/R/ea_191638the_rest.htm) are absolutely predictable. You know exactly how each is going to end by the time that you finish the second sentence. They are all, also, very well-written and compelling reading for the sheer pleasure of seeing a fine author’s mind at work. I think that there’s a lesson here for other aspiring authors on how to turn a frequent plot element into a good story.

My favorite Slammr story in the recent batch is Crime and Punishment - in California (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/C/ea_123709crime_an.htm). This is certainly one of the best yet from one of the Archive’s best authors. While it’s only lightly fictionalized (to disguise the central figure) it also turns a life experience into an incredibly powerful story.

I have corresponded briefly with “Chris Wilkins” and know that the autobiographical details included in the story are as he has described them. Slammr’s contribution is to turn the basic story outline into a brilliantly written and powerful indictment of the “criminal justice” system. Slammr has talked about trying to turn this brief story into a mainstream novel. I hope that other members of the Archive community will urge him to do so.

If you haven’t read it for a while (of if you haven’t read it at all), Slammr’s other powerful indictment of the “criminal justice” system, his 2002 story Fox Hunt---Texas Style (http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/F/ea_21712fox_hunt.htm), is definitly worth reading together with Crime and Punishment - in California. They are very different in style, but make a great combination.

I still think that Slammr’s Memories ( http://www.eunuch.org/Alpha/M/ea_20921memories.htm) may be one of the most powerful stories ever written. It’s been two years since I first read it, and I still can’t get it out of my mind.

Thanks to both Jesus and krister for their recent comments about my stories. I write because I enjoy writing, but it is always nice to know that someone appreciates my efforts.

Just an added comment to bring this thread to the top of the list. The links here will get you to the stories themselves. This is one model of a review artcle that can make the stories available until Talula gets the index installed again (after a great deal of work necessary to clear the cobwebs out of it).

Both original authors and others can take steps here to help others find their favorite stories.

You can find most of my stories also on my website. Some originally posted on EA before I had a website aren't there, but most recent stories are. Paolo and I have written one story together, and a few of Paolo's stories are there, too, including one not posted elsewhere. "Freak" is his story. He and I wrote a Sander story together. Many of the stories are illustrated -- several castration scenes.