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Cole Parker

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  1. This was written long enough ago that I don't remember having read it, but as I commented on it at the time, I certainly had.  Wonderful piece of writing, but then, what piece has Camy written that isn't sublime?

    There were a lot of suggestion that a follow-up be written.  Too bad there doesn't seem to be one.  I can understand that.  I've done very little myself in the way of sequels.  Muses don't always work that way.

    Great story, Camy.

     

  2. The is no barn in this story.  None.  Nada.  Sentient or insensate.  This is a story set in an urban setting.  For all I know, none of the characters have ever seen a barn.  Let's forget barns.  Judy Garland doesn't make an appearance, either.

  3. I already wrote a story about a barn, much like the one I played basketball in as a teenager.  Barns are much better used for playing basketball than putting on amateur theatricals, especially if you're playing shirts vs. skins and the players are cute and sweaty.

  4. I've managed another, bending to the supplications of the sadists among you.  It's about a boy and girl who need money to by a friend a new wheelchair and find an old barn that isn't being used and decide to get up a band and put on a show, and—oh, wait.  No, it's not about that at all!  Thank heaven!  But it is coming soon.  Whatever it is.

    C

  5. Two of my very favorite stories at AD, ones I've read several times, are featured in Picks from the Past this month,  Triptychs by Douglas and Being Gay Sucks by Ruthless.   

    I may have to add Gee's entry; I admit to not remembering it, but his writing is always outstanding, among the very best.

    Anyone not having read any of these is in for a major treat.  I'd suggest reading Douglas' Here's Looking at You, Kid before Triptychs if you have read it as it introduces the characters, and is a magnificent story in and of itself.

    Mike's providing a real treat with these suggestions.

     

    C

  6. Three older ladies were discussing the travails of getting older.

    One said, "Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand, in front of the refrigerator, and I can't remember whether I was taking it out or putting it away."

    The second lady said, "Yes, sometimes I find myself on the landing of the stairs, and I can't remember whether I was on my up, or on my way down."

    The third lady chimed in, "Well, I'm glad I don't have those problems. Knock on wood." With that, she rapped her knuckles on the table, then said, "That must be the door. I'll get it."

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