Jack Swenson

Thank you for reading and commenting on "Swoon," Jack! Are you really a Viking?

Hey Jack, I haven't been on Fictionaut in a while (sorry), and can't recall whether I thanked you for your comment on my piece about an owl. Best to you!

Hi Jack: What a great comment about my POV choice in "For the Lost Boys!" Thanks!

Jack the Mac, goodness. Thanks for liking my music flash. You're too kind.

Haha, any time, Jack!

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading, 'Lule of Raw-3.' I greatly appreciate your comment and *. And I'll be greatly surprised if Santa does show up in your chimney. Yet I'm playing it safe and not betting otherwise, either.

Thanks, Jack, for your support and for the nice comments about 'Domestic Particulars...'

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading, 'Lule of Raw-2.' I greatly appreciate your insightful comment and *.

Hey Jack, thanks a bunch for the kind words & fave for "Baby, Baby..." I really appreciate it!

yes, jack, the "occupy" stories are certainly coming in now...lulu as print shop is a great idea, and i thank you for suggesting me but, you know...the teaching term, the little writing i get to do...the family...you know how it is. "occupy" has distracted me from the hiatus i had in mind (and that i'm still steering towards)....

Thanks, Jack, for your comments on Texas Tornado. It was a fun piece to write.

"In your dreams." Ha!
Thanks for faving ""Fish Boil." Jack!

Ha! ha! Your comment on "Before the Door" really cracked me up! Thanks for the fave, jack.

Docs--can't live with them, can't live without them. Thanks for the fave. Glad you like the "Ketone" piece.

Thanks, Jack, for reading 'A Life of My Own-8.' I greatly appreciate. And the *, too.

Thank you for what you said on 'Creature in the coal' and the fave - really appreciate it. I've not got on here as much as I'd like to over the past few months [finding it hard to log in at times] - so I tend to be an invisible reader instead. Hope to get more regular access soon and catch up on things properly - including your recent stories. Take care, Gill

thank you, jack. if it can't be stopped perhaps it can be tamed, but i'm not so optimistic this time.

Thanks, Jack! You are stellar.

HI Jack: You were my second "wow" for this piece--that wowed me! Thank you, my friend. I appreciate you.

Jack, thanks for your comment on 'Kilz'. That series has been an ongoing project, and the encouragement's appreciated. All best.

jack, <a href="http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/marcus-speh/moondog--2">moondog</a> didn't get very far. perhaps it's too european or too personal. thank thee for being first commenter and complimenter. cheerio!

Jack,

I hugely appreciate your warm comments on my Mirko series. I will send you links soon.

Thanks so much for commenting on Mercer's Pier. I'm glad you liked it. I've been away from Fictionaut for a quite a while and was surprised that anyone still read my stuff. I look forward to reading more of yours :)

Hi Jack, Been away for a spell, life and other things... Anyway, thanks for giving We All Have Wings a bit of your time, I really appreciate it. fos.

Hi Jack. So appreciate your comments on Frail Flowers... And interested that your reaction to it spanned the spectrum. Makes me grateful all the more. Thanks for the second read.

Jack! There's always this wall between us! Thanks doubly for liking both For Captain Paul and Three More for Nailpolish. I am pleased to have you as a reader and I appreciate you. Now, take down this wall!

Calling a piece of mine beautiful always gives me a buzz, Jack. Thanks for stopping by to read No Bees Please.

A+--Wow! Thanks, Jack. That really boosts my spiritual GPA.

Jack, thanks for commenting on 'Mystery'. I think we all love one, really. Should, anyway :) All best!

Thanks Colonel, uh, I mean Jack, for your comment on Feral. Justice indeed.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'A Life of My Own-4.' I very much appreciate your most excellent comment. Also, your *.

Thank you for your comment on A Fable of Leaves. I want to be a pine tree too!

Jack, thanks for reading and commenting on "Ascend"!

Hey Jack- thanks for taking the time to read and comment on "Plaque on the wall...."

Jack, thanks for reading, commenting on, and faving "I'm Not Emilio Estevez"!

Jack-- I wish there were no ground zero on which to etch anything, but I appreciate your kind words about "It is what it is."

Jack, appreciate you commenting on Power Outage.

Thanks for the rather thrilling words you laid on my "Separation Anxiety," Jack. Much appreciated.

Hi Jack-- I'm happy you liked "Abstinence." A "marvelous" is always good ; ) Best.

Best title of the year? Thanks, Jack. Zeugmas will do that.
Thanks for commenting on and faving the visa poem, Jack.

Thanks, Jack, for faving the visa poem.

so, fergus falls (makes me think of bedford falls) is where you tank up for your dreams...this place really could be anywhere, it's atmospheric and ... deadly. thank you, jack!

Jack, thanks for remarking "Felder on Ice," glad it got your attention.

Thanks, Jack! I really enjoy reading your work.

Thank you for reading and fave-ing 'Acceptance' - especially after it's been here a while. Much appreciated! It's one of my favourites of my wee writing babies, so I'm particularly glad you liked it.

Hi Jack, thanks for the comments on The Pretenders, I really appreciate that. A series? Now that's an idea worth thinking about! fos.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading: 'Bubble Busting, Boom!' I greatly appreciate your comment and fave.

Hi Jack. Thank you for your thoughts about my story, "Human Resources". Best to you!

Jack, thanks for reading Notice. Even though it's dark!

Hi jack. Thanks for digging up "Bride & Groom." I've written a few short vignettes like this from my time in Woodstock, but I haven't put them together in a logical order yet. Soon...

Thanks for your generous opinion about "We Put a Smile Back on Your Face," Jack, and thanks for the little shiny *star*.

Thanks so much, Jack, for kind words on "Sunshine Loop" :)!

Jack: Happy to give you a wacky start to your morning. Thanks for stopping by...

Thanks for the kind words and star for "Maine." Dude, you're the man!

Hi Jack, great to hear from you. So pleased you enjoyed the little excursion into Madeline-land!

Thanks, Jack. Glad "Don't Grieve..." got you thinking. You're very supportive! Much appreciated.

Ah, Jack. You always "get" me. Thanks for reading and your wonderful comments on Tree Car Crash. . .

Jack--I'm always a less is more person, but your story is good with or without the last graph.

After a bit of stumbling with this novel, I finally feel on solid ground. Thanks for sticking with this story and inspiring me with such glowing commentary. Much appreciated.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'I wouldn't Wanna Be Me.' I appreciate your comment and fav.

Jack, thanks for commenting on 'Reasons', and for the excellent suggestions :) Imagining a Portrait of the Artist kinda thing: "It was another hundred-degree day, and he wheezed and dripped like a tired air conditioner..." :) All best!

Hi Jack: Another thank you for coming by to read and comment on "The Human Condition." I appreciate your time and attention. Cheers.

Ach, I could never hate your work ;) In Scotland we would say 'bairn' or 'wean' [pronounced Wayne]. Where I live now they say 'baba' even about kids about my son's age [nearly 4]. Who'd have thought such a small, inoffensive word would trigger such debate? Carry on, what what, tally ho etc etc ;)

You know all about "naughty and nice," Jack. I'm glad you like "Penny Candy"! Thanks for the star, too!

Jack--Silence of the Lambs! . . . oh that book/movie is too much even for me :) But I'm flattered nonetheless :)

Jack! thank you for what you said about my poem Untitled. I'm glad the voice was confident and the doors are open. Very lovely comments!
xxx susan

Jack, thanks for catching up with 'that ringing' your comment gave me a good laugh for which even more .

Hi Jack: Thanks for your fave and comment or "Soir Bleu." I love ekphrasis because it gives me carte blanche to tell big, fat lies about someone else's narrative. This piece was fun to write but took years in the tinkering.

Hey Jack, thanks for your kind words on my work, as always. When are you going to send something new to Dark Chaos?

Jack, so glad you've never experienced it. If you ever feel it coming on, just swim as fast as you can. . .Think it's part of my Russian, Polish, Irish, Welsh and Italian heritage. All very passionate people and all a little screwy!

Thanks for commenting and fave-ing on 'Sparking a sneeze' - much appreciated!

Your writing is terrific, Jack, so your comment about and fave for "Release" is especially gratifying. Thanks.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'Mercury Unbound-5.' I appreciate your comment and *.

Hi Jack--Third excessively long wall I've tackled today. You guys are busy here at F'Naut and clearly well loved! Anyway, thanks for your love on "Happy Hour." I appreciate it much.

Thanks for the high marks on "Black Ice"!

Glad to make you laugh, Jack. Thanks for reading Burn, Baby, Burn.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'Mercury Unbound-4.' I greatly appreciate your helpful comments and suggestions. And *.

Bang, bang, baby. :) Jack - thank you for the read on "Traitor". Appreciate and glad to be back!

Thanks, Jack. Glad you liked "Paradise Island." Working on it since I was a wee lad.

Jack appreciate the read and comment on "The Disease". Looks like I caught it bad anyway. :)

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'Mercury Unbound-3.' Your comments are greatly appreciated. As is your *.

Hi Jack, thanks for reading Bliss - I appreciate your thoughts. fos.

SO glad you found "Hat Trick" COMIC, Jack. Me, too; all for fun, I thought. But Jeez, put a strap in the hands of a father, and some readers go Dickensian! Ha. Brutish father, blah blah. Sometimes this writing gig is like herding cats....

Thanks for adding lift to my day!

Great painting, Jack. Thanks for the link.

Thanks for commenting on and faving "The Lost Boys," Jack. Grateful to have you as a reader.

i'm not in a position to be generous, really...just growing alongside all of you. it is curious though isn't it: i have plenty of pieces that i don't think too much of but others do. still no idea what to do with that sentiment. suck up the sugar, i suppose.

thanks for your lovely comment on The Statue. you put it perfectly: 'to make the heart stand still'. i guess that's what most of us strive for.

Hi Jack, thanks for the read and comments on my 3 Short Shorts. I always enjoy your sentiments, your style shining through.

Thank you very much for the comment on 'Mulch.' And for the sentence nomination! :P Made me laugh.

Jack, thanks for your comments on "Drive"!

'Mercury Unbound,' thanks for reading and commenting, Jack.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'Destiny Knocking-2.' I appreciate your encouraging comment.

Thanks very much for faving 'Bukowski', Jack. Fun piece, one of those that nearly wrote itself- All I had to do was not mess it up :)

Jack, you just described my story with the title of my favorite Beatles song (except for Paul's part in the middle) - thank you! And thanks for the read, too. fos.

Jack, thanks so much for reading and faving ANT FARM -- much appreciated, sir! Peace...

Hi, Jack thanks for reading 'Destiny Knocking.' I appreciate your insightful comment.

Hi Jack. Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you found the comb and brush so amusing.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'The Forest is Falling.' I greatly appreciate your comment and *.

Thanks for the comment and fave on Headstone III, Jack.

Hey Jack- thanks for the note and the fave of "let us be thankful"

Hi Jack, thank you for your comments on "For Liu Xiabo". I want to spread this poem far and wide so that we don't forget about this man. He is a modern revolutionary for non violent change.

Thanks, Jack. Again!

Hi Jack--Thanks for the great comments and fav on "Il Silenzio".

I.

Jack, thank you for the commment and the A+ for "On the train to Otsu Station." Don't get many A+s these days. Come to think of it, I never did.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'Customer Obsessed.' I greatly appreciate your comments and suggestions.

Thanks Jack, having an out of body experience the last few days and think I've produced some automatic writing. I feel it coming on now so I added something for you to BREAKING NEWS

Jack, thanks for taking time to read and comment on House Rabbit, glad you enjoyed. Was telling Sam, I enjoyed last year's NL playoffs and the Giants WS win a lot. Tim Lincecum is so much fun to watch. Wilson's a great closer, they've got a great manager too.

Jack, your comments about my work are so generous. Thank you, thank you!

Hi Jack, thanks for reading Table Thoughts, and thanks for the comment, too. I really appreciate your feedback. fos.

Hi, Jack. Ahh, it's a pleasure to see that you stopped by and read my recent story here. Thanks to you many times over.

Jack, thanks for the fave and the comment on "Romancing the bones of Belinda." I wish that for every flash I write, I had time enough to write a novel. Course, then I'd have to be Joyce Carol Oates.

Thanks, Jack. Much appreciated!

Thanks, Jack. It always helps to write through this type of thing :)
And insurance, yes!!!

Thanks for the kind words & fav, Jack. Glad you liked "The Bed"!

Thanks, Jack. Glad "Bats in the Catacomb" worked for you. Thanks for the fave!

Thanks for the kind comments on "Eggshell White Frigidaire" -- it's fiction indeed, although I'll never forget my mother's face when I arrived blood-drenched in the kitchen after little Brucie Clark shot me in the hand with his BB gun...

Jack, thanks so much for reading and commenting on Misplaced Emotions. Your reaction is just what I hoped, for things to be just a bit ambiguous. Thanks also for the fave. fos.

Thanks for the love on "I will be a child again" Jack. Glad you like it!

Hi Jack. Thanks for reading Books and Covers, and thanks for the comment, too - means a lot! fos.

Jack, thanks so much for your recent comments on "Loneliness." I really appreciate them!

Hi Jack, thanks for reading More Important than Money, I really appreciate that. And thanks for the comment, too - means a lot to me. fos.

Thank you for the kind words and the fav on "The Grape."

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'Made in Japan-2.' I greatly appreciate your comment and fav.

Thank you for the kind words on "Latecomber"-- I think I was tougher then than I am now. :)

Jack,thanks for the fave and the comment on "Women? Don't get me started."

Hi Jack, thanks for reading and commenting on Get Me Gone. Another segment's upcoming at A-Minor, and a longer one's making the rounds- More shortly :) All best!

Jack, thanks for your recent comments on "Anemia." Always appreciate your read on my works!

Hi Jack, thanks for reading and commenting on Ambiguity. Glad you enjoyed :)

Hi Jack,
So glad you like "August" and thanks for the five stars! I'm waiting breathlessly for your next cat story....

Jack - so many thanks for reading "Hog Heaven". Appreciate.

Jack, thanks for your comments on "Lunch Bird". They are appreciated and I will continue to tinker with it and keep your suggestion in mind. That's the kind of feedback I love to receive.

Many thanks for the fave and comments on "Waiting." So appreciate it!

Hey Jack, thanks for the read (man on the run). thanks for the comments, too. and for the fave. Thanks all round. fos.

Hi Jack. I'm sorry I'm late in thanking you for your comments on what I wanted in 1968. So thank you! And cheers.

Jack, thanks for your comment on Picking Up Physicists. I thought Naked Ladies was phat, but didn't leave a note as it seemed a little late on. Looking forward to reading more of your extensive backlog.

-F.

Thanks, Jack, for the great comment on "tortillas."

Thanks, Jack, for commenting on and the high marks on the Translator poem. I need to keep up my GPA.

Thanks for the fave of "Ribs," Jack. Your endorsement always carries weight.

Hi Jack! Thanks so much for commenting on Cooter Shorts and for making it a favorite.

Jack,

As always, thanks for your comments on "Dew Drop Inn." I am grateful for your support.

Jack, thanks for the fave and positive comment on "From the Fotomat - Print #31."

Hi Jack, thanks for your comments on Snowdick, and for the fav. Was a fun piece, glad you enjoyed!

Jack! Thank you for the cool comment and the * on Cuffless.

Thanks for the awesome comment and fave on 2010, What I Wanted, Jack! You are far too kind...

Jack, thanks for your read and comments on "Soulless, Dreamless." Glad to hear you loved the Crow section!

Jack, thanks ever so much for your generous comment on "1967, The things they wanted." You're a @%%$#@&* prince.

Jack-
Thank you for the feedback on "Health Code". So appreciated!

Mr. Swenson, with a Nordic helmet (I do love me a viking photo), thank you so much for reading, commenting, and faving my 1999 piece. I look forward to your pillaging. All the best, HM

Thanks for reading 2089

Captain Ron is one of a kind; nobody from around here, Earth, could ever fill his shoes, because Captain Ron doesn't wear any shoes. He is half Chuck Norris, and half the Most Interesting Man in the World in the Dos Equis commercials. He is one man who can replace two and a half men. Somebody call CBS.

Thanks, Jack, for reading my story about pirates.

Jack Attack;
Thank you for the comment and fav on "Not Her."
:)

Thank you so much, Jack!

Jack, thank you for the read and fav on 2010, What I Wanted. I'll have a chat with Scarlett about you. Keep your fingers crossed!

Thanks so much Jack! Wanna be my agent?!

Mister Jack: thanks for faving "Horny." I don't know about you, but I'm hungry for nacho cheese Bugles now. :)

Hi Jack, glad you enjoyed Bad Attitude. Telan's one of those characters who's been kicking around for awhile waiting her turn, so your feedback on this segment's much appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks again, Jack!

Thanks for the kind words about "Frida...." and for the star. I'm dedicating my next poem, "Frida with House Cat, 2011" to you.

Hey Jack, thanks for the comment on Baby...glad you like it!

Thanks for reading and commenting on "Sermon of Lilacs." Gracias por el favo!

Hi Jack! Thanks for the awesome comments on "Oh, dinner". Much obliged!

Thanks for the very kind words about ash, Jack. I've got to read me some more Jack Swenson soon. Needing a fix.

Thanks for the comment and fave on 10 Keys, Jack! Loved your answer...

Jack, I'm honored for a day or two, and always enamored with directness and honesty! :)

Thanks for the awesome comments on "Muse" Jack. Much appreciated.

Hi Jack. Happy you enjoyed “Badabing Badaboom.” Your comment and fave much appreciated! Franco :)

Thanks for the comment on my quasi Jack London Robert Altman (McCabe and Mrs. Miller) piece. It seemed timely. I hope you too are surviving the winter. (I'm sure you're doing better than SoCal.) I'm flying thru SFO next week, pray for the fog to be out.

Hi, Jack. Thanks for reading 'Stupiditās.' I appreciate your insightful comment.

Thanks, Jack, for commenting on "Wahrheit und Dichtung." Wind chills in Chicago going down to negative 40 tonight. Glad I'm inside writing to you.

Thanks, Jack, for your comment on Echoless!

Thank you so much, Jack, for your nice words on my story :)!

Thank you for reading, commenting, and faving Froggy!

Jack my head is def in a fog, where things are quite peaceful indeed... it's is PEACE my mom is wishing for me. that elusive PEACE...

Thanks so much for the great comment and fave on Sins of the Father, Jack! Did you look under the couch for your socks? :)

Thank you for your kind words on "Make-Believe." I appreciate them very much.

Hi Jack, thanks for faving Last Bell, and for the very kind words. Much appreciated!

Thanks for commenting on and faving "George," Jack. Glad you liked it.

Ha ha! I meant your mad speaker. Somehow, that just seemed right for him--closet transvestite.

Hi Jack, thanks for reading Just for Kicks, I appreciate the comments! fos.

Jack, thanks so much for your kind words on It's True What They Say -- mucho appreciated! Peace...

Jack, yes, Hydra, yes, snow here, yes horrible here. I really enjoyed your humor, Jack... haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
did you get my note that the books arrived? GORGEOUS & Enjoying reading!

Thanks very much for the comment and fave on Unheard, Jack. I'm happy it resonated with you.

Thanks, Jack, for the read and your generous comments on “Oh, Fish Eggs!” Much appreciated.

Jack--thanks for reading 21. A personal poem, didn't know if the subject was too close to consider.

I've been out of the loop because of end-of-year work, hope to get back to this site more.

JS! Thanks for the kind comment on "I Like It". Love hearing from you.

Thanks for the encouragement on, A Life, Jack. Whenever there's a literary term I'm not quite sure of I throw it into a story to see if anyone salutes. Cheers, LS

Don't take it down. It's good. I guess I was just a little foggy when I first read it. Sex--yes--I should have guessed!

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

Got your plate at the "Dessert Buffet". Thanks.

"Ah, yes, the dreaded MM. Yet Marlow begins his sentences with subject & verb. What to do? What to do? And the AHD says either oversize and oversized is correct."
I knew I never get those by you!
Happy holidays, Jack!

Jack, thanks for your great comment on my story, The Victorian Sunset of Daniel Ellison."

Jack so happy you enjoyed Idiotsky. I love
Chekhov and so it was great fun to write this story. Happy
Christmas!xxx

Thank you for the * for Christmas Miracle. Much appreciated.

Jack does anything escape your eagle's eye and eagle's heart? Thank you pal o mine for "saying"...

Yep -- eyes wide open. Thank you so much for reading Ninety, Jack.

Jack, if I can work out a happy ending to "Beige" I'll dedicate it to you. :) Thanks for the comment and fave!

Jack, as always, I love having you read my work. Thanks for the lovely comments on Ping Pong!

Thanks for the comment on Heart Line, Jack. I always appreciate your thoughts.

Thank you for reading Admission. Much appreciated.

Hi Jack, I really appreciate your kind comment on my story Punk and adding a fav to it as well! Thank you so much!

Jack, thanks for taking the time to read and comment on Raging Life!

Thank you, Jack. I'm trying to create a bit more texture throughout this work with the letters. I so appreciate you sticking with, following this story.

Thanks for Requiem comment Jack. BTW did you see recently; cats have an innate understanding of hydraulics? The way they lap water with an upside-down tongue curl is unique.

Hi Jack - I'm thrilled you liked "Willie Nelson" - thanks for reading :)!

Very glad to hear that, Jack. :-)

JS - always appreciate a read from you. Many thanks for your comments on "Lay on Me".

Thanks for commenting on "Dad and the Red Light," Jack. Appreciate it greatly.

Very kind of you to say, Jack. Thanks!

Jack, so glad you like "Rug"! How's things...?

Thanks for the fave on "Raw Salt." Appreciate it!

Hi Jack, I love that you spied a poem in those first four lines. Love your input. Thanks!

Thanks, Jack, for your enthusiastic response to "She spread her legs and flew away"!

"Well, this ain't stupid stuff." I'll take it! Thanks, Jack, for commenting on "I Am Not a Corpse." Never know what you're going to say but always happy to have you say it.

Jack, thanks for your comments on "Sand." Glad you enjoyed it.

Jack, I feel lucky that you read my stories and always have such positive things to say, thanks also for the star for "Moro".

hahaha...thank you for reading The Clinic. Yes, I'm ready to come home.

I expect your best behavior, Jack! And on another note...thanks for reading and facing "Romance Writes".

Thanks once again for your kind words!

You called me Sheldon.

Jack, my pal. Thanks for reading my "Liturgical" bit of writing. Convince me that the hair in the picture actually grows from your own head.

Always honored to have a master read my stuff. Thanks for reading Whitechapel and for the fav.

Jack, so glad my story held up for you! Thank you, thank you!

Such nice feedback for "Stampede", Jack. Thanks!

Hi Jack, appreciate your comments :)

Thank you Jack! Appreciate very much your fave!

Hi Jack, thanks for reading sunrise, and thanks for commenting, too. foster.

Thanks for the great comment and fave on 4P28, Jack! So glad you found delight in it!

JS - thanks for commenting on "the loudest loud". Made me smile.

p.s. love your blog.

Jack, thanks for your comment on Better Days, glad you like.
More from that sequence shortly. All best.

Thank you for the high praise for Mafia Girlfriend. Another Raymond Chandler? Maybe...:)

Hi Jack, Thanks for your read of "Confession"!

Thank you for your comment on "1958-1961." It's tough to be a newbie, thanks for the encouragement. :)

Thank you for reading The Dancing Lady. Yea, I was thinking about chopping off the first half, but I don't know. Gotta play with it a little more. I always enjoy hearing from you. I've learned a lot these past several months.

Thanks for the fav, Jack. Glad you liked "Son of Uncle Sam."

Thanks for the comment and suggestion on If Wishes Were Horses, Jack. I appreciate the read, and I'll try to expand on my next work break!

Hi Jack! Thanks for reading and commenting on Calluses ... I'm pretty new to Fictionaut so I'm just catching on to seeing comments and replying, but I love interacting with other writers, so your comment means a lot!

as always, xo Jack, xo.

HI Jack. Cat herder and Viking is an interesting combination... Thanks ever so for your comment on Amoco Cadiz!

Jack - I'm so glad that Marjory's bag gave you a laugh, and that you were taken with (the very different) Anything Again. I do so appreciate you keeping up and encouraging my mad ramblings this week. I'll be quiet again for a while now!

Jack, I don't know what negative space is either, but James said it and it sounded good so I joined in.

Thanks, Jack, especially since you are a car herder, and know about their hat thing.

Appreciate the fav of "Epithalamion." Thanks. Writing out the title takes longer than writing out the whole poem!

Jack, thanks so much for your kid words on Turtle Summer. I enjoyed your writing as well. Nice to meet you here.

Thanks for the awesome comment on No Goodbyes, Jack! You are too kind!

Thank you, Jack!

Jack, thanks for reading The Last Time. The original didn't have the dream ending, as you wished wouldn't happen. Being relatively new to Flash, I thought it needed a snap ending. Either works. And congrats on Naughty Naughty!

Hi Jack,
I just went to comment & fave on your great story - Through a Glass Darkly - and it was gone - I hope it got picked up by a smart editor!

Thanks, Jack -- you are very kind. I am glad that Ordinary Boys worked so well for you.

Jack, you're the best. Thanks for the read of "Lens" and the fave and always for your support! Kath

Age is just a number, Rock Star.

Oh, thank you for your lovely comment on 'Swimming Pool'. You made my day. Big hug from Berlin!

Jack, thanks for the read, comments and a fave, even, on "Where have you gone, Norma Jeane, Norma Jeane?" I'm honored.

Thanks, Jack, for dropping in and commenting on "Bone Density."

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter" (Keats).

Thanks for the kind words on Responsible, Jack. I always appreciate your insightful comments.

Jack, so glad you liked my little poem "blank" and cheers to you, dear pal!

Thank you for reading Afghanistan and for the kind words. Always a pleasure to hear from you.

Jack, Love your work. So it's a real pleasure to get a compliments from you. Thanks so much. I.

Jack! Thanks so very much for the magical words on Between. Glad that part about the obscured past grabbed you. Sometimes it's like that, ain't it?

To my favorite cat herder-
Thank you so much for your kind comments on "Halo". They mean a lot and I truly appreciate you reading.

Hi, Jack, thanks for reading His Longest Day. I appreciate your helpful comments very much.

Jack! Tell your cats hello for me! And tell me how I can talk my husband letting me have more than 2!

Thanks for the generous comment on 3 a.m.! I appreciate the read.

Jack, whew it takes a while to get to the end of your wall!

Thank you for reading In The Lake! So glad it is your favorite kind of story.

Thanks, Jack,for a bit of your legendary generosity.

Thanks Jack for reading Blue. I know I'm supposed to "Kill my darlings..." but it felt imcomplete w/o it...Hmmm...let me try...

Jack, thanks so much for taking a gander at Flying to the moon, praise from you makes me sing. Peace...

Thank you for reading Arlington Cemetery: Section 60. Much appreciated. And thank you for the positive feedback.

Thank you Jack. I wrote For Those Who Ask Why 2 months ago when I actually did it, and am grateful for your support, which also works on many levels.

Jack -- I am glad we are in this mutual admiration club. Your comment made my day!

Thank you for the encouraging words about Peace of Mind. Rick Magazine just opened up, offshoot of Mississippi Review online, so maybe I'll send it there. You should check them out, too. I certain they'd like your work.

The Frost found poem is a curiosity. Thanks for commenting on it!

Ah, yes, Jack, I thought as much! Thanks for your comments and fav on Leaving :-)

Thanks, Jack, for your generous comment on "The Death of Sherwood Anderson." Appreciate it!

Thank you for reading White Death. Glad you liked it. White Death is a general term divers, swimmers, surfers, give to the Great White Shark, so I can't take the credit for coining it.

Jack, I appreciate your comments about Requirement. Means a lot to me!

Rockin' 'n' rollin' -- that's how we like 'em. Thanks for the fave on French Kiss, Jack. So pleased to have you read my work.

Jack, thanks for reading so much of my work. Glad "Processes" hit you right. Thanks for commenting.

Aw, Jack, you made me blush this morning. Twice. Thanks so much for your enthusiasm and raucous nature and kick-ass stories. And for the comment on Bedtime Story. Lovely way to start my day.

"Ow!" she says as she lands on the floor--
true/not true, whats the diff-- it's a scream!
And I'm enjoying QUARTET very much (sorry for the gaf--

Thank you for reading Body Double. Glad you liked the Marmalade line.

Jack, so glad my story Summer in the City made you laugh! And thanks a ton for the fav

Thanks so much Jack, for your reading & commenting on "Goodnight Dogs" - I'm thrilled you liked it!

cheers for your comment on wolfskin, jack. i expect it'd have scared me senseless as a child too. (i was freaked out enough by the story of the three little pigs and that big bad wolf.)

the nice thing about when it's my own writing is that i find it pretty hard to unnerve myself.

Jack-
actually nix the two "goods" and instead sub "Super!" since it does start with the best letter EVER!

Thanks for your comment on 'Doctor Eyepatch', Jack. All best!

Jack, Thanks for faving "NEVER Drunk, ALWAYS Disordely" -- and I see you like The Art of War (me, too.)
Best,
RR

Thanks so much for reading, Jack. Looking forward to reading your work.

Jack,thanks so much for your good words on Insertion Hole. C'mon, come east, it will be a blast

Ah, well, you fool around too well to keep fooling around.

Jack, so many thanks for the read and fav on "blinking blinking." This oil spill-- so horrible

Thanks, Jack. I appreciate your comments on "Pruning."

Ha, no problem. It's what I deserve for reading in the early morning.

Thank you for reading Allah Akbar.

Jack, rats in general are disgusting, but your story "Rats" has this indefinable adorable quality-- Cannot explain why. You have the magic. You have made "Rats" adorable

Jack,

I got the books, thank you kindly! I look forward to diving in. But there's all this hoopla about The Girls in France!

Hi Jack, Just loving your new story collection "Oh the Girls in France," what a treat to read one winner after the next. Best collection of short-short stories I've read in a very long time.
Congratulations!

Thanks Jack. It just seems like a lifetime ago - about four years really. I rewrote, edited and added words from the original before posting on here. Thanks again for your nice words. Much appreciated!

Hi Jack, glad you enjoyed 'Third Shift'. Hope any nightmares make for good conversation :)

Jack, Thank you so much for your comment on "Two" of Sunday Morning Series. Hope you continue to enjoy what I post, and I continue to hear from you. I'm on my way to reading "the words you put on paper". Also this cohesive community of supportive writers. ~ J

Jack, thank you so much for your comment on my flag day challenge story, X. I am glad it touched you, and I too am thinking those thoughts.

Look forward to seeing the next one, then! Glad you liked the clowns. Too many people consider them to be sinister...

Jack Swenson - you are most kind and generous in every way. Still rereading those Craft Notes of yours over at Metazen - you are the Master!

Jack, thank you for reading "Map to the Heart," and for your comment. I've been feeling like I need to elaborate my stories more, so your comment was really helpful!

Thank you for reading Afshan. I agree that it ends abruptly, but with a limit of 250 words, the ending was tough to write. In fact, in all my writings, my endings are the weakest part.

Jack--thanks for reading. I'm a relatively-unscarred veteran of Catholic schools, and so have more fond memories than most lapsed Catholics.

Many thanks, Jack, for your kind words on "I don't have a gun." I'm thrilled you enjoyed it :)!

I would not dream of taking away ayour fav! It's just that 'Mort' means death in french. Are you sure you won't reconsider - I thought is so clever of you! Maybe subconsciously???

Thanks, Jack, for the comment on "The Pure Land."

Oh Jack, so sorry. As a wordsmith, and as a wordsmith who drives those around me crazy when the wrong words are used, when I am called "pal" when what is meant is "love of my love,", I take back the silly and thoughtless use of the word "sick." But I was including myself in that!

We are different, wonderfully, uniquely different. All one of a kinds!

Thanks, Jack, for your nice comments, yes, we should never forget.

Hi Jack - send me a line if you post a story :) Have been swamped with work, but don't want to miss yours!

Hey Jack -- thanks for the comment on Rock On. Glad the dialogue worked for you; it was fun to write. That Bell sure got me going, with his George Saunders story, and while I didn't set out to make it like Beckett, it turned out that way, and then those turnips and radishes and carrots turned up at the right spot. So that's great to hear that it reminded you of Godot -- that's a lovely compliment!

Jack, your writerly advice column is excellent and has the Jack Swenson humor-touch which makes it esp fun to read. Now if I can just remember... ha ha

Do you think you could get hired onto the committee? (PC Prize). Ha ha! Thank you, Jack

Hey Jack, thank you so much for your kind comment on Hummingbird, it means a lot to me. Loved reading your interview on the Fictionaut blog - good luck with those books, we're looking forward to them. M

Thanks for wanting more of Rocamadour, Jack ! I always appreciate your comments.

Thanks for liking the commas in "Failure." What's that called when a semi uses its engine as a brake to help slow down the rig? I find that's what those final commas do--it's loud and jerky, but it WORKS.

Jack - thanks for the comments on "Walking" - memories yes, softened by years

Thank you for the kind words about Tsalagi.

Jacko, this is a very cool interview, indeed! As is the Short Review piece and interview! Congrats to you my dear friend and very fine story writer

Thanks for the interest, Jack.

Jack, appreciate your insight about my poem. Thanks muchly once again :-)

Thanks so much for the comment, Jack.

I have only one cat.

Not at all, Jack (me being way too generous) You are a brilliant writer!

Thanks, Jack. Appreciate your comment about "Blossoms and Buds."

Jack,

Thanks for reading The First Date Questionnaire. Hagar the Horrible, huh!

Them crazy characters are my people! Thanks for the fave on "Giving Notice."

Jack, thanks - you're the master, horns and all.

"Come on over! Lutefisk for dinner with mashed potatoes and lime Jell-o."

Thanks! You make it sound so, uh, so... like SUCH a good, uh...

Sorry. Can't make it.

;-

Thank you for reading Tatev. I always appreciate your comments.

Jacko, "Secrets" is a real gem, each little secret shines in its own brightly dark way

Nice to see you at NC Writers.

Thank you so much for your comments on The Deer Collage, Jack! Especially appreciated, coming from a cat herder :)

Jack, I really appreciate you taking the time to read This Girl in That Shirt. I'm looking forward to reading more of your work.

Thank you for the nice comment on The Winds of May. I working on the beginning right now.

Hey Jack!

Welcome. You probably know this already, but you can advertise your books on you profile page. As soon as I get back to the US, I'm going to pick up one, probably all of them eventually. I don't trust the mail system in the Philippines. Been waiting for a few things to arrive for 2 months now and will more than likely never see them.

Thank you for reading and commenting on My Rice Krispies Treat. Greed, yes, twisted humor perhaps.

Thank you for reading and commenting on Muted Corners. Based on your suggestions, I changed it around a bit.

Thanks for commenting on Blue Light. It means a lot. Awesome new profile pic, too.

Thanks, Jack, for the read and comments on "Mrs. Booth"--you nailed the mood.

Ha, I'm 40 and I actually like being where I am, but the birthday thing right up top seems too prominent or definitive, or something. ;-)

Thank you for reading and commenting on Thunder Snow. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for reading Yasamon. Yes, I have a series going, trying to make a chapbook. The first one I posted was Land of the Four Rivers. Others: Secret Love, Intention, Solitude, Garden Light, Humility, and Sacred Rock. I know that you've read most, if not all of these. I'm still working on changing Intention based on your suggestions.

Thanks for reading and your comments on Intention and Garden Light. Some good points about Intention. I'll see what I can do to change it.

thanks for your comment on Love, Story, Jack. I like punctuation, too! Especially commas (and the occasional exclamation point... and ellipses; sometimes I even employ semi-colons but would you believe that someone recently told me that colons and semi-colons are obsolete? it ain't so: they were mistaken).

Thank you for your comment on Pleiku Jacket and for being such a generous reader.

Thanks so much for your comment on I Wanted To Say That Your Hands Are Like Unfurling Leaves, it's much appreciated. I'm glad something good could come out of my silly fight with my girlfriend!

Jack-- isn't Tales of the City a novel about SFO with that same title? You may have to re-think your title for your upcoming collection

Thank you for reading Back in an Hour. Glad you enjoyed it. Actually I didn't meet my fiance at the supermarket, either. I met her at a computer shop in the Philippines of all places. Who would have thought.

Hi Jack,
Thank you so much for your kind comments on 'Our Stop' - I'm new to this and I really appreciate you stopping by.
Martha

yr welcome, jack - everybody standing on someone else's shoulders - one of the most applicable cliches around!

I *thought* you might like the cat poems.

;-)

thanks jack! when you were standing, after reading 'flatulence' - were you, you know, generating ... wind? it'd be understandable. great enthusiasm makes for smelly ones. ;-))

Hey Jack, thanks for reading Eight States Away - and thanks for the comments, too! foster.

Jack, thanks so much for the thumbs up and the comments- very nice of you!

Thanks for the haikuproval, Jack. I just strive to capture the essence (as with all my writing) of a brief scene/act/understanding as efficiently as possible. Some events in life simply are haiku-ready, so to speak.

They're like the little pebbles at the bottom of my rock collection!

Hey Jack, thanks for the read. I don't like tricking people, which is why I quit writing stories with a twist in the tail - I guess I fell off the wagon.

Jack,

Thanks for the read and the comments on my "Hollister" - yes UBU & Lonelyhearts, how did I omit Chekov? - different days, different moods. I'll be reading yours.

Walter

Jack-
Minnesota's looking nice this year. ice fishing ended early, but motorcycle riding started early to make up for it. Mild is wild.

John Woodington

Perhaps I should rephrase my comment! I liked a lot of things about Mannequin, but I liked the syntax best of all.

Hi Jack. Thanks for your comments on Invisible Grime - happy you liked it.

Hello Jack! I remember you from Full Of Crow!

Always a pleasure - feel like I learn something about the process and the craft whenever I read the work you share here.

Jack, don't go by me on the micros; it seems to be a trend lately, although in most cases they seem to have a connective tissue of some sort.

I wonder why you call Mona an antique? Do you mean it was written long ago or that it's dated in some way? If the latter, I disagree. Last year I wrote a story where Jack Benny was on the radio and a saxophone player used pomade to make his hair gleam and people said, "Aw, nuts, pal, lay offa that stuff." I don't think any story that uses the props of a time and place is antique.

"Quitting" reminded me of a story I wrote many years ago, about a couple who were both on the Atkins diet, Jack. I love the dialog of your story.

No need for thanks, Jack, though I'm glad you take my comments to heart. I'm just used to close-reading, not for editing reasons but to find the jewels within a story that makes it special. And, to learn from writers who can provide those moments of discovery. I'm tired of some of the "new" style of writing that passes itself off as edgy yet doesn't hold a story within it. Yours always does.

been there (anonymous) and now we're doing a couple hits a day feeling like criminals. oh well. thanks for the support, jack. perhaps you need to pen a sequel "how quitting saved my marriage and more". though looking at your stories, that title wouldn't be your style ;-)

Thanks, Jack, for your generous comments & support :)

Hey Jack, thanks again for checking out Vague Obscenities. By the by, I see that a Carver story got you writing fiction again. Which one? Love the guy's stories, especially "Cathedral" and "A Small, Good Thing" and about 30 others.

Jack, your comment on my latest story was really wonderful, and I wanted to thank you twice

Hi Jack, thanks for your comments on A Life Twice Told - I'm glad you liked this one.

Thank you so much for your kind comments on "Reversal."

Thanks, Jack, for your comments. Looking at the lonely hearts pages is a wonderful exercise in compassion! Probably because I'm lonely too. :)

Thanks for the nice comments. It was a blast to write.

I'm glad that I could make you laugh out loud, Jack. That's a nice way to start out the day.

film director, teacher... same thing ;-)

hi Jack, thanks for commenting on my poem "Lizard".

Thanks again Jack - Old Wounds is grand!

hey Jack--"Estranged" is up! will provide the link ha-- http://wigleaf.com/