ColumbusGuy

Sanitaria is one of those places that sticks in the mind, not only for the place itself, but the characters who make it their home. You get involved with their stories and while some have us face some harsh realities, usually they come out the other side stronger than before. I was surprised to find this is a real place, though I gather not much like the town we meet in these stories. Dabeagle has carried on with the loss of Ryan Bartlett, and invited others to give it a try...Ivor did a great job with this character! I still need to write my story, but I will Dabeagle, don't worry.

Thanks Def! I'm really glad you liked this one. I only met Kevin's parents at his memorial service, having heard some of his history from him and more from his cousins who were great friends of mine. A pair of more righteous and hypocritical cold fish you've never seen. Only a few of his friends were there, everyone else were his parents' fellow parishioners who they had to impress with appearing as loving parents to a son they kicked out because he wouldn't kowtow to their every whim--if they'd known he was bisexual...well, it doesn't bear thinking about how bad it could have been for him in addition to the hell they put him through anyway. To this day I don't know if they really had a clue about his likes, dislikes or talents. I knew a few of them such as his poetry and love for music and talent with video games, but the pastor they chose spoke only in generic terms, and they contributed nothing about him to add to the remarks other than a picture of him and his guitar. The picture wasn't even a recent one of him...probably nearly twenty years old from his last year of high school. No, I swore when I decided to add him that he'd have a better life in my world than he could find in reality...and I'll do that for him out of the love I still have for his memory.

Rather than get myself into all sorts of embarrassing dilemmas, I'm only saying this :

So we reach dawn at the end of another Halloween, even if Frit and Pip did scare the crap out of the guys with their costumes. We also get the bonus of being able to call for a taxi ride to the stars and seems we don't even need a towel! I'd say not much chance of Mike finding a girl out there, but who knows what galactic adult shops can provide? Maybe a Valentine's adventure soon? Lets see how skwishy Kip can get before Christmas.... It occurred to me that these stories and the Moois would make excellent young adult books--great adventures that spark the imagination, yet show us a world of tolerance for alternative sexualities that other books beat you over the head with...I'd seriously think about doing that with a third pseudonym....This talent deserves to be shared among the wider public!

Well, things are looking to get even more interesting fast...no ship to get home, yucky bat-things all around them in the cavern, and an unknown Moth lord yet to come. Power dampening fields...better and better! Will the boys bring the Spirit of Christmas to the Moth as was done in the classic Santa Claus Conquers The Martians? We know for a fact that this Santa can kick serious ass....

Just when I think it can't get any better--whan! You bring in the feature character from one of my all-time favorite movies. Gort Klaatu barada nicto... No one holds a candle to Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal in those roles, nor the awesomeness of the effects. Sorry, but CGI just has a different, artificial feel that I don't like. That's exactly why no sci-fi movies have appealed to me for decades, and why none of the Star Wars ones interest me after the middle three. The Moth just don't stand a chance against this dozen kindred spirits--literally in some cases. :) And you just don't screw around with the Boss' friends like they tried to do with Max and his offspring. My rations held out fine for this romp, though I had connection problems after lunch that prevented me from consuming this eerie treat as soon as I wished.

I dunno, I've read worse stuff that won Hugos or Nebulas in my time. I was thinking more of the comments from our dear fellows that got right to the bottom of things. :P My humor might not flush as well, but that could be 'cuz I'm ten years older than you and things slow down....

Another rousing space opera begins! Suck me up, Murcha. Rather be sucked than disassembled to get around places. An evil race, warring magical/scientific powers...enslaved AIs, and we revert to toilet humor--ah, the essence of humanity comes to the top. Just like that hamburger! :P

I did look that up...Ritalin had been around for a while, and I think it was used in cases of hyperactivity back then. That's why one of my nephews had and I think they used it on him as a child. I'd have to look it up again, but I think it began in the 50s.

Thanks Ganymede. I try to keep my facts straight, though it's not as easy now to do research since my eye surgeries. I'm glad I went to school in the days when educators still taught rather than imparted their opinions, and that I loved reading so much that my interests ranged from literature to science articles on the subjects I liked. Some sci-fi authors I liked used hard science while others created worlds with more poetic language--Asimov and Vance--can't get much more opposite than those two. I have a good friend who I can quiz on science and speculation, so it's nice to find another on the medical front. Maybe you could go through my Tales of Three Worlds for the medical related things there, though that's more in genetics and terraforming so far....

Sorry my dear--I forgot one of your arms needs to be in the shop--I'll try to avoid perilous heights in coming installments. Dang, there goes the end of the next one.... Maybe Jay could lend you some of Gulli's tack? 😺

That movie I first saw as a teen, and that voice sent shivers up my spine, just as those of the Cylons did in the original Battlestar Galactica series. Whatever happened to good science-fiction films? Now flashy effects and juvenile adventure pass as new standards...if I want an adventure, I'll watch an Indiana Jones film--give me a real thinking plot and a villainous machine to defeat any day. There was more science in bad B-movies from the 50s than there is in the average 'sci-fi' epic today, sad to say.

We'll learn new things next time, never fear. I hadn't thought of films of his incipient family.... Yes, the two brothers had a lot in common since they were only a couple years apart, so their similarities isn't unusual. I had a new idea come into my head writing this one, but won't say anything since I'm not sure it'll be used.

I could have kept going, but this one was already at the prompt norm limit. Revelations will come in the next fragment, I promise...and I'll try not to leave y'all hanging.

If you watch enough cheesy B-movies like Earth vs. The Spider, you know anything is possible! To the Interested Observer--Ivor and I aren't playing tag...I keep odd hours and while browsing elsewhere saw a number show up on the GA tab I had open, so I came to see what was up. 😺

“Do you really think he did it?” Ernst-Karl’s face twisted into a scowl as he pondered the video they’d just watched. Nobody knew Hartmann like he had back then, and he knew his late brother’s drive and determination would almost guarantee he’d take on any goal he sought—and succeed. He was methodical in his research and preparations like any great scientist, but his leaps of intuition often set the objective for those efforts. From what they’d just seen in the vid-file, this was another o

Dang, Ganymede...my background is more in the soft sciences like archaeology and arts like Literature and Languages. My only experience with ADHD comes from a friend who has it and has resorted to behavioral therapies to help rather than more drugs, and my late nephew who grew up with it. I did look it up online, but not enough. Perhaps it was different in the mid-70s? That's my last hope of defense. I do research more for my concepts in Tales of Three Worlds, if that helps.... I think Gulliver was destined for bigger things when I chose his name, being inspired by Swift's adventure novel. I'll be more on my toes, promise!

I'll say it's different for you--but still great! Very 'punny' old son! 😜 😺 I hadn't thought of Benson & Hedges in decades, but it's a brand name oldies can't forget....

Thanks, Ganymede...I like hearing from my readers, good or bad and am happy you liked it enough to give it a second run. Okay, I always liked briefs and socks, but I'm not obsessive about it...I just liked seeing guys in them as it added to the mystique over total nudity.... As the song said, 'Don't drink, don't smoke--what do you do?' I'm pretty tame.

With luck it won't be as long before the next visit. Nose to the grindstone and all that, eh wot? Need a little more discipline in my schedule, but a guy who seemed all I was looking for years back found I couldn't get into spanking much as he wished...hard to do it and not laugh at the same time...just not my personality.

Tusind tak, min kaereste ven! Sorry there wasn't an opportunity for you to put in some Danish common sense. 😺 I think these are all guys we'd love to call friends...I'd have loved to meet them back in the day, or even now. Mikey is growing into his real self as he continues with our blond boy, and I think Kevin will come through to happiness with the help of this group in time. You were right, of course--'little Jay' and 'little Mikey' worked much better in English!

With the night our heroes spent in the tent, I felt they'd want to 'share the love' with their friends. Was there some bond that drew them all to the farm today? Is Gulli a master manipulator as well as a smart ass? No zombies here, unless it's Mikey half-asleep in the mornings before school....

I think fictional Kevin is on his way to becoming the person he should have been with a normal family....and for me it gives me a chance to ease the shade of real-life Kevin who couldn't overcome his pain despite my help and that of others. He was a big part of my heart, and I hope he can feel how much he still means to me after ten years. Guess I wasn't as rusty in my writing these guys as I thought...love you, G-Man for making it work.

I'll have to ask Dirck if there's room for Stormy...Gulliver might get jealous though.... Kevin is changing whether he realizes it or not...but it'll take a while for him to heal. Thanks for hanging in there!

POV: Denny, Jay, Kevin “I never knew training horses could be so much fun,” Dirck said, chortling once more over the lunch table…much to Jay’s chagrined annoyance. Rosalie had laughed when we came in carrying on about what we’d seen, but now she just shook her head at us all. I guess a story can get old if it’s told too often, and the look on Jay’s face said that limit had been passed after the first reenactment. He was even more put out by the fact Calvin had taken pictures of his hor