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| Tue, 4 Jul 2006 |
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| Hi Andrej,
I have to confess that I already am a big fan of your work. "the soul in the cellular" is one of my favorite stories. I have liked a lot of them since then but none as much as that one :)
I came to your site today after maybe a year's absence since I noticed that you had posted a new story on Nifty.
I think I first went to your website in late nineties. It was my first exposure to relationship oriented "gay" stories. Before that all the stories I had read revolved around sex :). It was a welcome change and something I am really thankful for.
I sometimes wonder that I should start studying Italian just so that I may read these stories in their original language. A lot of the beauty of prose is lost in translation.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know that even though I have never attempted to contact you before I am a fan and I believe there are countless others like me.
Ali |
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| Wed, 1 Dec 2004 |
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| Dear Andrej
Sometimes reading your stories are like visiting other countries and cultures, or like stepping back in time. One story that I particularly enjoyed was "Priest Forever". I grew up Catholic and so relate very much to what the characters in that story experienced. I think it's one of the things I like about your stories - the variety: of characters, cultures, countries, venues, interests, beliefs.
I am going to print out "Dear Eugenio" now, so that I can start reading it tonight. I have not yet read "Soul in the Cellular" and maybe one or two others of your English translations, but I have read every other one.
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| Thu, 13 May 1999 |
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| My Dearest Andrej,
I read what you said about Counting To Ten, and I could only think of a great composer of music, who, most of the times write beautiful symphonies and concertos; but sometimes also writes lighter music - etudes, waltzes, etc. just to change the tempo. I believe that is what you were doing when you wrote Counting To Ten. It is a beautiful, lilting story with only a few characters to keep track of.
Almost the exact opposite of Soul in the Cellular. Whew! That story must have taken you a long time to write, what with all the historical references. And the ending! It reminded me of the rhyme entitled The Boy that is Born... - Guess on which day I was born. Really! Isn't that some kind of coincidence?
But, like Patrick in The Star's Shadow (which I am now reading) I am lonely... You are so full of love and I desire and need love so badly. I don't think in my entire life I have ever had it. And then I started to read your stories and get aroused many times. But all I can do is fantasize... But why is it that I can say these things to you in an email and not to anyone in person?
Thank you for caring.
All my love
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| Fri, 7 May 1999 |
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| Andrej,
I have reread The Puppets' Theater two more times in order to get the full meaning and depth of the story. At this time I almost feel like a puppet with you pulling the strings. I start reading your stories and cannot stop until I am finished, they are so engrossing.
I am in the process of reading The Soul In The Cellular, have downloaded Counting to Ten and am now in the process of downloading "The Star's Shadow".
While printing out some pages I was surfing your web and I can't believe the enormity of it. I believe one could easily spend hours going through everything - there is so much.
And again, I am astounded by The Soul In The Cellular with the amount of history. Never having been good in history, I am wondering if what you write about is at all factual. I would really like to know.
With all my love,
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| Thu, 22 Apr 1999 |
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| Andrej-
I have enjoyed all of the stories you have written that are posted to Nifty Archives. And have also visited your site. Tonite, I just finished The Soul In The Cellular. It is FANTASTIC!!
I wish that I could read Italian, [and speak it for that matter!;-)] so that I could also read your wonderful stories, as you originally wrote them! They are just marvelous! The days are not long enough to allow all the time I'd like to devote to reading the rest of your works!!
Thank you for sharing them!
Stan |
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| Sun, 21 Mar 1999 |
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| Dear Andrej,
Such a strange name for an Italian...
3/19/99: New stories on Nifty and ASSGM always make me visit your WEB site as I know that I can get a better copy, easier from the downloads. While I'm there I scan for anything else available and I found "The Odd Couple". Wonderful, wonderful. But not done! Please put it on the top of your list to finish. I even tried to read the Italian, totally unsuccessfully.
3/20/99 I spent most of today -- which was a beautiful day - indoors glued to the tube. My reward was "The Puppets Theatre" the most complex, perverse and charming tale of yours I have read to date. I admit I did get an hour and a half in the sun by the pool after Ugo (part 3) because I was very disturbed. It didn't seem like one of your stories. Of all the characters I still feel bad only for Ugo so the ending was bittersweet.
I have the Soul in the Cellular and the Kea Tribe to read but I must digest Puppets Theatre first. I'm not sure I won't have bad dreams. I'm absolutely sure I'm glad that I read it. That's the "perverse" part of the story.
Once again, thanks for the pleasure. Were these stories ever published in Italian? They should have been.
Bob |
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| Sun, 14 Mar 1999 |
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| Hi again'
Just finished reading "Soul in the Cellular". What a great concept, being able to tell so many stories spaning throughout history. Keep them comming.
Thanks again.
I hope your sex life has been as great and varied as your stories.
Looking foward to the next ones.
Lee |
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| Wed, 3 Mar 1999 |
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| Hi Andrej,
Just finished "Soul in the Cellular" and I loved it!
What a delightful mechanism to blend a series of one chapter short stories and show off your love of history.
A BIG hug,
jer |
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