Re: more assinine The-Hold queries -- Unlikely Stories

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Date Posted: 17:44:09 01/20/03 Mon
Author: miner
Subject: Re: more assinine The-Hold queries
In reply to: jp 's message, "Re: more assinine The-Hold queries" on 14:34:00 01/20/03 Mon

>>was wondering if you accept or reject these various
>>art forms: short-short stories, storellas, literary
>>pre`cis and "tonepoems" via E-mail? Some of my latest
>>works are: "A Ten Pound Large Man", "Shadow Eye",
>>"Stale Bread" , "Falling Way Out of Olivia", "A Man
>>from Ur","Dirty Holy Water", "Kafka's
>>Tomb","Intruder"", "Little Baby Lost", "Ashes from the
>>Sky","Missing Facawee", "Ritual of the Seven Fishes",
>>"Sleeping with Fish","War between the Jinx Gods and
>>Greek Gods", "A Hundred-eyed Dog", "Hyphenated All
>>Americans", "Once a Tima Ago on Old Arthur Avenue
>>Stories", "Oedipus of the Knowing" and "The Whistling
>>Man's long Dark Journey into Night - sometimes on the
>>Sea".... These were all sculpted using 800 words or
>>less.
>>There are many more titles I could mention but I think
>>I've bored you enough. Thank you for your time and
>>kind attention. . I know you must put much effort and
>>time in your endeavor - without much thanks. I thank
>>you.
>>I have never done this before but a fellow writer told
>>me there is nothing to be ashamed of when asking for
>>some compensation for one's labor of love. That clich�
>>just fell out of me; perhaps it's the passing out -
>>since my last meal several days ago but it would be
>>nice if someone would send the price of a bag of chips
>>and maybe a soda too to wash them down or even in my
>>wildest dreams, that is if you are making something
>>from readers or your sponsors who appreciate
>>literature, then perhaps enough for like a two course
>>meal; however, if you are poorer than we - forget I
>>ever asked about that green stuff and those silvery
>>shiny coin thingees - so who needs to eat every day?
>>I'm sorry if I sent you this message before but I
>>misplaced some of my records and still do on occasion
>>and add the fact that
>>often I might get an address from a friend and though
>>I'm sort of a little bright I tend to not realize I
>>have all
>>ready sent to that very zine or web-site before so -
>>don't get mad. I shall never bother you again if this
>>be the case and to those few that have received this
>>three times - I shall begin the elaborate process of
>>falling on my very very very dull sword!
>
>Yeah, I know this guy. I'm not sure what his problem
>is. The first time I heard from him (his letters were
>shorter then) he wasn't asking for money and was
>offering only a few stories. I wrote him a letter
>asking to see the stories. He sent back the same form
>letter next week. I wrote him another letter, "You
>sent me this query already, please send your stories."
>He sent back the same form letter next week. After the
>third time, I wrote him a note asking him to stop
>writing to me. He sent the same form letter next week.
>I'm not sure how he got so stupid, but if your ISP
>allows you to block addresses, I'd do that, because
>nothing you say or do will get his attention.

HA! i'll tell Cait to see if we can block him. thanks for the info. what a dick! anyone who really is starving, but has the time and means for internet access needs to re-take kindergarten level priorities 101.

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