Gary Percesepe

Just paying a visit, Gary, dropped by your profile page (wall) to find out how you define it. It's a good read!

Hi Gary, Sorry for my delayed response. I loved your Updike story. I never thought anything could make me feel better about my awkward night with him, but your story did! A letter since high school? Oh jeez. That does take the cake. Hilarious! I still laugh out loud when I think about it.

Great to meet you here. I'm going to catch up on those wonderful little poems you're writing.
I think we may have been in the same issue of MIssissippi Review. Going to take a look there too. -Dianne

"One could do worse than be a thrower of shoes"

Thank you, Gary, for reading Brides! And how in the world are you? it's nice to see you here.

Looking for a latest story. I already read Grocery Girl. Direct me -

Gary, thanks for the recent comments on "What Some Boys Do!"

Hi Gary, thanks for the generous praise! I just buggered the vampire with a crucifix but I think he liked it.

Gary, one of the best tweeters is Jules Archer, and if anyone could twoop nicely (well), she could. Swedes check their poop, Scots think it's better not to check it too often, the English don't poop. That is what I learned living in my family.

Gary, one never knows when I may write a letter to someone, or once I get started writing, stop. Thanks for the * on my "Unmailed Letter to B'go."

Thank you, Gary. It means a lot that you read and enjoyed it.

Best,

HM

Hi, Gary. Thanks for the vote on "The Hotel Where Esenin Hanged Himself." Appreciate it!

Thanks Gary, for reading and commenting on my piece "Last Night On Oil Street". That's quite a compliment and it means a lot!

Gary, you are the best. Thanks so much for the star for "Baby, Baby..."

Malibu porpoises were declared sexiest by the Oracle of Dolphi. Or Eric Dolphy.

Hey, Gary! Thank you for your recent comment on "Husk of Hare." Hope you're doing well.

thank you for liking "Throwing Back" and no I do not flirt at all! Goodness! I never have, and never will! that is why the lady writers adore me, I am so bookish!

Dear Gary,

Thank you for your lovely thoughts about my breasts, and their loveliness. I am awash in lovely thoughts about them too. I understand how hard it must be to be covered with so many breasts, that is the world of Gary, and how many breasts you must therefore reject and though of course it is a "lucky place to be" I'm sure it dips and peaks.

Gary - thank you for your supportive comment on "Flapping"! A lost and found story thanks to a friend. Hope you are wellish. I am wellish and so forth. I feel like it has been so long since we have said hello. So hello! xoxo

Gary,
Thanks so much we followed the story here via the internet. If they had not found that guy when they did we were sure there would have been a race riot--I think NYPD also was afraid of that. Brooklyn in July--not a good scene. Unfortunately I just knew how it would end--although I did not expect him to found.

i am just back from a road trip and found nice words from you about my new story... thank you!

Thank you so much for the comment to A June Defection! Indeed, the ragged way we fall. That is also the city where I was offered to buy ice cream in a blizzard. A wonderful place. :)

Gary! Thank you for your comment on "The Number 4." Hope you're doing well. :)

xoxoxo thnkyou.

Thanks, Gary, for reading and liking "Mad Love." Really good movie from the 1930's starring Peter Lorre!

G, thanks for what you wrote about Tool.

Gary, any resemblances to real people who are not members of the Wisconsin Mycological Society are entirely coincidental. Thanks for the read!

Great to hear from you, Gary. Thanks for the nice commentary on "The Mariner's Daughter". I've been away for too long. I look forward to reconnecting.

thanks for the star, Gary! singularity, yes...that is what I strive for!

Thank you for the comment on 'Blind' ! Much appreciated.

Thanks for reading parable of the bitter diva. Glad you thought it had that ouch-factor.

Thanks Gar! Hope all's well!

"spampoem"--you've named the form! Thanks for commenting on "The Truth Will Out."

Hi Gary - Thank you so much for your nice words on "Christina Heppel"!!

well, you may be right - but what should i do? Should I write him a note, and that says "Dear Marcus, would you like to do another penis story? Best, Meg" ??

Said it on Fbook, but thought I'd say it here, too. Hippo Birdy Two Ewes!!! (I'm a bday fan. It's my boyfriend's bday today, too! You are in good company. Enjoy!).

Hi Gary, I haven't been around Fictionaut as much lately (freelance work last summer and then other activities since), but love, when I have the time, to catch up on your pieces and others. Thanks for saying howdy.

thank you, g, thank you

Gary, It's always interesting to have your perspective on my work. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Whipping Post.

Thanks for the comment on Eat, Pray, Love, Gary. I always appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks so much for the FAV, Gary. I lost my way for a while but think I'm back on track. Best, I.

: )
Thanks, Gary! Glad you liked "I Am Not a Corpse."

Gary, thanks so much for kind words & fave for "Moro". I promise my next one will be a happy one...maybe. Kath

Thanks for your feedback, Gary. I appreciate the fact that you've stuck with this story.

Gary, you were kind to fave a story that contained such an emotionally harrowing song for you! Thanks for sharing your own story though. Kath

seriously, geep, thank you for the nicest note in the history of notes. i'm keeping that one in my pocket.

Gary, such a joker, you. George S. would've banned us both for life, I'm sure. & as always, thnx.

Thanks so much, Gary, for your comments on "Origin" :)

Gary! Thanks for the comment and lovely * on Time to Rest! I like what you say about necessary writing.

Hey! Are we going to see some Percesepe noir? Can't wait.

hi, i really enjoyed your "i want to feed you" piece!

Gosh, you're opening up as whole new world of rhyme I never considered! Glad you liked "Augustinian Prayer Sonnet." Thanks for commenting.

Gary, I perused a few of your stories and hovered a while over "Studies in the Novel" The narration/dialog is seemless.
I'll be back soon.

Like the additions you suggest, Gary. This could turn into a community poem! Thanks for commenting on "D.H. Lawrence of Suburbia."

thanks, Gary, for the * and the title suggestion. Not Knowing: that is growing on me... :)

G-
Thanks for laughing your ass off at Pussy Love. Much obliged.

Thank you Gary. I wrote For Those Who Asked Why 2 months ago when I actually did it, and am grateful for your supportive comments.

Gary, thanks so much for All Credit Rescinded (gee, and 4 times too--
ha ha

Wow, Gary, Thank you for the insightful and exceptional feedback. Hadn't really thought much about the unusual perspective of the story, that the tale is fairly unique. But your comments on the "tragic-comedy" line helped me to see that. That thing I do? Now I just have to find the way to keep doing it...Grazie mille!

And, by the way, small universe indeed. Big happy sigh.

Thanks, Gary, for commenting on "When Veronivca Lake Died Today...." What's your favorite lake film? I love her in This Gun for Hire and I Married a Witch.

Gary, thanks for your read and response on All Credit Rescinded, much appreciate

I have a poem write here - still haven't looked at it for a second time though..soon..

Hello Gary,

Thank you for the wonderful compliments on "Cherchez"! I'd just finished reading "Quiver" when you sent this note and had just faved the piece. It is a stunning. I was enchanted by the close of the first paragraph, and certainly look forward to reading more.

All best--
Isabell

Thank you for the generous comment on "The Sky is Simply White." I appreciate and value your responses, Gary.

Thanks, Gary, for your comment on "Magritte." Appreciate it!

Hello, Gary--I really appreciated the latest feedback you gave on my story. After a long absence from Fictionaut, I'm looking forward to writing more, posting more and commenting more. Nice to hear from you.

Gary, Thank you for your compliment on "I didn't know that I was lost". I just read the first thing on your posts, and have to stop to cry. Why I did the Grocery Girl. Wow. Still waiting to have my revenge affair, and perhaps gain some insight into the defining moment of a relationship. Bravo.
With much metta
Juhi

And to you as well!

-Jules

Thanks for appreciating "Something About Ireland", Gary. I've never been to Ireland, but I guess I just keep my ears open here in NYC.
Again,
Best,
RR

Gary, so many thanks for your reading of my story Deer. Yeah-- bring back Cousin Brucie

Thanks for your funny and encouraging comments on my recent stories. You may steal Zelie whenever you get ready.

Many, many thanks for your kind words of encouragement on "I don't have a gun" - they are much appreciated :)!

re: your comment on "Acute Amusement" and playing with mercury as a kid: guess we're both doomed!

After urging you to do the aforementioned (and important) literary work, I just read what you wrote about the interview with Meg. I bow to people who have ever taught philosophy....so this is high praise coming from you. Thanks.....

hi! I'm glad you liked, I kind of had to get years of pent-up sexual frustration out on the page. I'd love to post to your group anytime, I'm already a member. yay!

Thanks, Gary, for your read and comments on Elephant. I like what you say about the writing that comes straight out with no filters. I appreciate that very much.

gary, i love how you read. thanks for your thoughtful note on my short.

Thanks, Gary, for reading Kristy's blog and following it to Dreaming in Mink.

Dude are you in NY right now? That Salinger exhibit at The Morgan Library ends May 9! You should totally go and check it out!

Thanks, Gary. Glad you liked the story. They used to call Stassen "The Boy Wonder" in Minnesota.

Gary, thank you so much for your kind words on Spill - I'm very flattered. Martha

Hi Gary, thank you for reading On West 4th Street. I was a bartender in a place on W 4th between 6th and 7th, and I loved to watch those courts whenever I could. (On the rare occasion when I was alive during daylight)

thanks for saying hello, gary. I think i was once roundly rejected by the mississippi review. Well, you know, it was good for building character, or something like that.
I don't really know what fictionaut is yet. Ray Collins invited me to join and since i think Ray Collins is super cool, here i am. After i check this site out a bit, i'll post something.

And by the way you look terrific for being so old. I had an uncle once, or I think it was a great-uncle come to think of it, who was also born in 1911. He didn't hold up like you. Must be all that shoe-throwing you do keeps you in shape.

Gary - thanks for the sey hey on Poetipedia. That's at least 1 that got that ref.

Gary, I couldn't figure out where to put it, so I posted it as a "story." It is called "Lesson 38," a poem I found in a Spanish-English study guide called Onlingo in 2007. Inspired by your "Why I Write Such Good Songs, Coyote."

Absolutely, a mile or so from Cannon, where the prodigy learned his chops. We don't see 2 1/2 of powder in a winter: evidently it's boiler plate( which we have in plenty) that earns you gold. What do i know, just a backcountry plodder skiing more uphills than down...Telluride sounds like aproximate heaven though, in my limited but ethereal experiences with powder...

...oops> TO my story, that is...

Wanted to let you know that Giacometti is still on my mind days later, even though it's no longer on fictionaut.

Ciao Gary, tu parli italiano? Thanks for the creative comment on A Life Twice Told - I'm glad you liked it.

thank you for welcoming me to the site; thank you for confirming me un-ordinary state of being. :)

Thank you so much, Gary, for your lovely words about "Water Damage".

Thanks, Gary for your reply and the kind welcome to Fictionaut, where I seem to be finding myself pretty happy to be.
I read your funny, sharp and comprehensive Gass summary. He has a line somewhere,like, From any given point in a story nothing necessarily follows and anything plausibly may...which I've been wrestling with ever since. In a good way.

hi gary, is it better to respond to comments on the story page or on your wall? so glad you liked to die-for. and thanks, once more for the group tip. i'm getting to your work today, just as soon as I scrap this Play-Doh off the floor.

Yo, Gary. I've invited you to my private group. I've posted something over there that I'm hoping you'll have a look at. It addresses the nature of truth. Will you check it out?

"Mulling over" isn't very sexy, but yes, a very sexy group indeed!

I didn't pull it but I marked it private while I mess around under the hood.

Yo, Gary. Hope you're doing well. For the past few weeks I've been searching for the works of Gorgias. I've got something good, real good that's brewing in the kitchen. I have found 'Encomium of Helen' and a few other things here and there, but I've yet to find 'On Nature.' Do you know of a place where I might find more of his writings?

thank you gary, for the comment on the matchbook debate! cheers and have a great holiday, ff

Good to see you here too, Gary! And thanks to you, I've now got 6 more books added to my long reading list.

Thanks for the welcome, Gary!

Hi Gary, thanks for the message. Climacus or de Silentio? I've read a tad of the first volume of 'Either/Or'. Best quote ever: “I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius.”

Last Spring, I read Johannes de Silentio's 'Fear and Trembling'. It's sitting on the desk next to me right now. The description about the knight of faith is rad, "Good God! Is this the person, is it really Him? He looks like a tax-gatherer."

SK is my all time favorite. I flip through his journal every now and then. 'Sickness Unto Death' is waiting for me at the bookshelf and I've yet to read it. One of these days...

And Fante - I found out about him because I thought the cover of 'Ask the Dust' looked cool. I wonder about that. Salinger must have read ‘Ask the Dust’ before he wrote Catcher. John Fante/Arturo Bandini is the man.

Gary, I was referring to the anthology: "Blue Cathedral: Short Fiction for the New Millennium" where I saw Ed Falco's name. He did some hypertext way back.

William Gay was a discovery that just blew me away. I'm eagerly awaiting "The Lost Country."

Many thanks for your kind response to "Siam."

Thank you for the kind (and well timed) comments. I'm all a-flutter.

Thanks for the hello. Now I will semi-publicly pressure you and the Powers that B. to re-start Public Scrutiny.

A little more seriously: This is cool, 'specially for people like me in a foreign land with no workshops no more.

a really bad mystery series, i'm thinking:

Sex in the First

Murder in the Bottom of the Eighth

Hello, Gary. Please thank your team for publishing me some years ago.

yrs,
wmc

Congratulations,Gary. I can't think of a finer choice of person anywhere on the literary globe for the Fictionaut Board of Advisors. Just got back from vacation so this was a very nice surprise to come home to--way to go!

Holy crap! Batman. Postmodern Philosophy and Christian Thought! I always though you had to be a Jesuit to know Dean the Dream and now I know I was right! Thanks for your comments.
Shoe thrower - that's good.

Ooh, Gary, what a beautiful poodle! I feel like I have learned so much about you today. It was a fascinating interview in Pank.

Fantastic that you are talking up TWINS at a party. Thanks. Don't worry too much about the poodle, okay?

Thanks Gary. Just having a look at some of your poems and I'm impressed.

Hi Gary! Thanks for saying hi. Hello to you too.

Gary, thank you for clearing up the whole envelope full of cash thing. I never know where to send those.
I look forward to reading you.

I'm glad my Better Than Court TV episode made you laugh, Gary. It's supposed to. So I succeeded.

Ha! Thanks for your comments on "Dinner With The Lydia." I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I don't know where you find the time for it all, writers and muses alike, but I sure appreciate you.

Thank you for the commentary on my story.
Best,
Isabell

Thanks for the brick. Here's one back...not to throw, but to build. Cheers, Robert

Gary: You write the BEST reviews/comments. Though I imagine you probably write a damn good grocery list on top of it all. The things you do with words ... thanks for throwing some my way. You are, indeed, a day-maker as both writer and reader. Lauren

Thanks for reading my very few posts and for your kinds words. I think you already know I like several of the pieces you've posted here.

Wow, thanks for the splendid review. I'm elated. I'm also very curious about other works on the site and i mean to start hunting tomorrow after I teach.

Hi Gary, I thought I'd stop by and shamelessly self-promote. It would be lovely to meet at AWP (even though I have reason to believe we currently live in the same state, though this will change for me quite soon).

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cheers, Gary
kathy