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Thanks to my email I was delighted to see both you and Granger returned. Finished the Prologue, now on to Chapter 1!

Not happy with the turn of events. I was enjoying the story but killing off Tanner, potentially the second most important character, doesn't sit well. But as the author it's your prerogative to take the story wherever you want - with or without me as the reader. Jack

RE: Chapter 8 Reviews - I guess I spoke too soon, should have waited for Chapter 9! Jack

I'm enjoying the story - but come on, these two guys are about 18 yrs. old, not 11. They are in love with one another. At their age their hormones are raging. They're not going to stop and talk about the appropriateness of the simple act of touching one another. Fondling each other, jacking off together, even oral sex is not unusual at their age. OK, they certainly would be more careful about initiating anal sex. And granted, they might be concerned about engaging in sex in their parents house. Jack

The new revised A MARINE CALLED JASON by Peterbilt, IMHO is the best thing Pete has wrtten, and he's written a hell of a lot of good stories.

A MARINE CALLED JASON by Peterbilt, has been completely revised and is available on several sites still in process with Parts 1-7 now available on Nifty with 70+ chapters. Here is the link: http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/military/marine-called-jason/ Parts 1-7 also available on Gay Demon with 70+ Chapters: http://www.gaydemon.com/stories/authors/peterbilt/ On CRVBOY Chapters 1-24: http://www.crvboy.org/stories/p/s001/c01.html On Tickie Stories Chapters 1-65: http://tickiestories.us/MCJason_cl.htm

Owen is really thick too often - he never seems to see the forest for the trees. Which is not to say that Aiden doesn't have his own set of problems. Meanwhile, Travis is enjoying the whole silly business.

I readily agree with both Miles and Sweet - right on! And also, I chuckled several times over your wry sense of humor.

I hope this isn't a prelude to the permanent parting of Owne's and Aiden's relationship. I don't think I can deal with it! Love your writing but the situations sometimes unnerve me. Why didn't Aiden take Ryan's suggestion and go back and explain to Owen what he really meant?

I was so thrown by the split between Owen and Aiden I stopped reading ITF for awhile. It put a pall over the story and tended to destroy all the good feelings left at the end of TLW. But I've returned hoping you'll get them back together before the end of the sequel. But I can't deny how good your writing is.

I do like books, plays, movies with bittersweet themes: The plays of Eugene O'Neil and Tennessee Williams, many of which I've seen on Broadway, F. Scott Fitzgerald's and John Steinbeck's books - to name a few that have left lasting impressions. And the three books I discovered on your group; At Swim, Two Boys; Dream Boy; and A Map of the Harbor Islands - all bittersweet stories that deeply affected me, with characters I think I will never forget. When I'm sad or melancholy I turn to music for solace - some Bach, or Mozart, etc. My spouse reacts just the opposite - music intensifies her sadness.

Terrific - now I get to read you two different places - what have I done to deserve this

Dom, glad to see your back. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your father. You asked for a good story recommendation - here it is: Duncan Ryder, EVERYBODY'S WOUNDED - and the link duncanryder.gayauthors.org Take it easy - don't try and do too much at once. We missed you and want you to stick around.

Dom, It's been quite awhile since I read THE LOG WAY - so long that I had quite forgotten it - although I did remember how much I loved it. But after reading the prologue to ITFB, I decided to re-read TLW in order to put the new story in prespective. TLW was even better than I remembered, and reminded me that Owen and Aiden are my favorite characters of those in all of your stories. And there's the rub! I was unprepared for the discovery of their break-up in Ch. 1 of ITFB - I'm just too much of a romantic to accept it, even if that's the way real life is. You just can't leave it that way - they've been through too much together. (I'm beginning to sound too much like those who get caught up in the daily TV Soap Operas - sorry!) Jack