[DOG BOYS by Tragic Rabbit]

Firstly, I am impoverished when it comes to literary talent. Downright destitute. I can use lots of nice words, most often correctly, but for the life of me I cannot put it into any form that gives pleasure to anyone reading it.

I admire all the writers, but even moreso, the ones who are essentially writing 'underground' material. If you cannot get a national or international publisher to publish material which is of good to excellent calibre, then you are writing 'underground' (my opinion). This essentially means you volunteer your skill, imagination, and time to all those who read your works. Those readers may be ecstatic about your works, or otherwise, but under no circumstances are they justified in 'knocking' what you have done.

In a very real sense, you are all like the painters of old, who became famous and treasured after their deaths. One can only hope that your personal drive, and an ever increasing awareness on the part of the general public will allow you to avoid that horrid scenario. One has to wonder if there is no way to create an actual publishing company which would print many of your works, and sell the books openly.

Society is changing, and maybe things like the legalization of same sex marriage in Canada, Spain, Belguim and the Netherlands are a sign of better times. Sure, there will be anti 'anything' everywhere, for years to come, probably till the death of humanity itself, but the slow swing of the pendulum is towards more freedom in most places in the world, the USA being the sad exception. The terrorist seem to have won that battle, and terrified the government, if not the people themselves.

[WBMS Makes an Announcement]

More dramatic hiatus in the sense of, we can't be sure he'll outlive it?

[WBMS Makes an Announcement]

So Mr. Hiatus, just how old are you? :twisted: They are making it seem like you are 'over the hill'. :(

[OUTED by Rick]

A nice, short, enjoyable read, perfect for a good night's sleep. (I'm not saying it's boring, it is far from that, but that I was able to feel content after reading it, relax, and sleep well.)

I hope nobody thinks this is a condemnation. Althogether too often people take my words the wrong way. 'Faint praise' and all that blah....

[DOG BOYS by Tragic Rabbit]

I too must confess to writing that I didn't like the story. I praise your writing, and admire the writing of the story, but it is so very distrubing to me that I truly cannot say, "I like it." Thought provoking, emotionally devastating, horrifying, but definitely NOT likeable, Dog Boys is a story that needs to be out there, for all of us to become more aware.

Thank you, sincerely.