From the review bucket --
On Volume 4 #1... ``salmon cvr x XClent auto-erot illo `Anthony's Dream' by Brian Lynch. rauchy, rAC. DprAvd. something 2 offend almost NEbodE. something 4 all persuasion. (& then some...) WILD ILLOS by Brian Lynch (flAminglE gA fOtOz) & Larry Oberc (neo-psychedelic op Rt) & othrs. Willie Smith's `Essay on the Vacuum' my fAvrit. `The Octopus of Cafe Chin Chin' by Karl Heiss. `The Lesson' by John Concilio. & `The Golden Fleece' by M.J. Matozzo. + much mor.''
Scavenger's Newsletter #65
Subway Artifacts
by T. Winter Damon
On Volume 4 #2...``A litmag that continues to delight and, occasionally, offend -- it would be more than occasionally if you never wanted to see sex mentioned in a story. In this issue, Pam Quinlan makes up the story of Bob Dylan's life, Steve Anderson drops a water buffalo, Richard Frazen twists the vampire legend another notch weirder, and John Concilio hitchhikes across the country Penthouse-letters style.''
Fact Sheet Five #33
Mike Gunderloy
From the mail bin --
I agree that my story ``Seduction'' sucks. Thanks for the free copy of Sign of the Times. I read the first story quickly, then unable to put it down devoured the entire issue, along with my lunch (a Louisiana hot link on a french roll and a Coors, topped off with a Snickers). How's that for decadence.
With the exception of ``Art and the Nuclear Arms Race'' I felt the stories were first rate, funny, sexy, surprising, and in the case of ``The Golden Fleece'' beautifully erotic.
``Brooding'' was science fiction with a real twist. Well, I could comment on every story, the haunting horror of ``In All His Bovine Glory'' etc. but all I really want to say is BRAVO! Perhaps one of these days or years, or lifetimes I'll write something you'll like. Till then I'll keep writing and sending as long as you'll keep reading my stuff.
Most of the sample copies of magazines I get I either give away or throw away. This one I'll keep. It's worth rereading.
Dawn Zapletal
Got your summer 89 issue today and enjoyed the contents. The graphics are out of sight. Some of my relatives and friends think my stories are the ``dirtiest'' and how come I don't submit a ``clean'' one for a change. I tell them I send my stories to SOTT, not Reader's Digest. (Ugh!)
I finally finished the novel about the Army Missile Range on a Pacific Island and entered it in a contest with a Washington outfit. In their response, they gave my story a lot of praise by said it required professional help which they offered to do for a sum of money that was probably more than the SOTT budget for the past 3 years.
I am again waiving any free copies I may have coming for my last submission and am enclosing a check to have 6 copies of this issue sent to me. As you know, I always order extra copies so please do not think this in any way is some inducement on whether or not you decide to accept or reject the enclosed submission.
I have just received your return of my manuscript ``Barry Berry'' and I thank you very much for enclosing a personal response with it. As you obviously understand, personal feedback is invaluable -- and all too rare. I am most impressed by your policy of providing a rationale for every ms. you return. Quite the antithesis of decadence, I'd say!
I'm also enjoying the sample copy of SOTT that you sent along. No puking experienced or expected. Your dedication to your publication is obvious on every page. I hope someday to be a part of it.
Pamela Schweppe
Let me admit off the bat that I am submitting a short story to a magazine I have not read. I apologize for this, but financial restrictions prohibit me from sending for a sample copy.
I am what Newsweek calls a ``Kennedy Democrat'' and ``Payback'' is a story I wrote concerning the conservative yuppie trend taking place in America. It was turned down by every ``men's magazine'' I sent it to. Most of the editors wrote a short note saying the writing was all right, but that they could not publish an erotic story containing ``violence''. Personally, I thought I had pretty well kept any violence out of the story.
Regardless, your entry in Novel & Short Story Writer's Market piqued my interest. I spent a year in Fort Lewis and still miss the state of Washington, though not the infantry. After the service I used the GI Bill to attend Ohio State University and receive a BA in English. It's ironic that I use my education for my hobby, writing, and work drywall construction to bring home the bread and bacon. I've recently made my professional debut with my first sale, which will appear in the September issue of Hustler Busty Beauties.
I hope I can get lucky and blindly pick the one out of a hundred magazine that would print this story. Thanks, even if your just take the time to read it and reject it.
Mike Dillon
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