Mathew Paust

Thanks, Mathew for reading and commenting on "A Forest."

thanks mathew
haven't read _time was soft_ yet
look forward to it

where can i read yours ?

thanks very much for reading and commenting on the short fiction, "Swimming Lessons" and btw your comment was exactly right. thanks again Mathew. - brian.

Hi Mathew,

I've never used the "wall" posting procedure, please forgive me if I'm going about it incorrectly or clumsily; just wanted to thank you for that intriguing story about the Schofield revolver souvenir from the hands of the Gray Ghost. In the Northern Neck of Virginia such souvenirs weren't quite so common, although folks still (in the fifties) did display the occasional saber over the hearth. Except in museums, I never saw a firearm from the era, never got to handle one to get that warm I-was-there-too feeling. And thanks again for BALLS. You have a fine eye and ear for recreating the atmosphere of the War Between The States (as we were taught in elementary school Virginia History class to call that unfortunate conflict).

Best of luck in your work! Willie

Hello Mathew,

Thanks for reading and commenting on 21.- BMB :-)

Mathew, thank you for your kind response to New Questions of Travel. I am grateful.

Mathew, your commenting generousity is much appreciated. Thanks for reading & liking my diminishing verse.

I accidentally deleted your comment on Hagaddah and was thinking how sickened I feel as well by Holocaust deniers. I hate that you can't undelete on FN. I've deleted many of my stories from fidgety hands. Sorry. It was a great comment.

Thanks for reading "Linear A", and for your kind commentary.

Thanks Mathew, I'll do some tags as I think of them

Oh, of course, I mean Mathew. I knew I would screw up early on. It was you, Mathew who gave me a good laugh to start my day.

Thanks for your comment on Tolstoy.

Mathew, thanks for commenting and faving "Testimony." I'm delighted you enjoyed it.

So glad you noticed the intentional space between Dead and Line. Thanks, Mathew.

Thank you, Mathew for your much appreciated comment on my short-short which warmed the cockles of me heart. Apologies for not replying more promptly. I'm just learning to navigate and it took a while for me to figure out where to post this. But now I know. Thx again.

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Hi Mathew, thanks for reading "The Fire Escape." One of the few stories I've written with a happy ending.

If that's how you feel about the Conversation, fine.

Thank you so much for your comment on Attachment.

Hi, Mathew. Thanks for reading 'Assiduity Seventeen.' I greatly appreciate your thoughtful comments.

Hi Matthew, thanks for reading Eight States Away, I really appreciate your time. fos.

Thank you for your comments on And her son. I really appreciated it.

BOXWOOD AT NINE: I basically wrote this in my head as is when I was nine.

Thanks, Mathew for reading and commenting on "Folly Island." I'm delighted that you enjoyed it.

Thanks for your sweet comment on Turning Tricks.

Thanks Matthew for your kind words on Pastoral Hide & Seek! I really appreciate it!!!

Thank you for your wonderful comment and fave on "Sending kisses".

Thank you, Mathew, for reading, laughing, and putting A Novel Begins on Facebook. Wow!

Hi, Mathew. Thanks for reading 'Assiduity Thirteen.' Your comment, your recommendation, is greatly appreciated and will be seriously considered.

Hi Mathew, thanks for your comments on "What Some Boys Do."

Thank you, Matthew, for your thoughtful comment on my poem "Regret". Very astute of you to notice the whimsical tone. I see you studied Slavic languages. I have also dared to do that, but will stick to only one of them and that is the Czech language.

Thanks for the insightful comment on Sukkos Morning.

Thank you so much for your comment on Gas Chamber.

Thanks, Mathew for your comments on "The Good Cancer." A subject that I stayed away from for a long time. Second story is much longer and it's making the slush pile run. We'll see if it lands in a good home somewhere.

Thanks for your comment on Sanctuary. That guy appears with me sometimes too.

Glad Mall made you laugh.

Thanks, for the read and the kind comment!

Thank you, Mathew, for your spot-on response to "Good Times."

Hi Matthew,
Thanks for your kind comments and for taking the time to read Christmas Presents.
Laura

I really liked what you said about the younger self in Matchmaker.

Thank you for your comment about Beam. I am a woman of many faces, but one heart.

The great hypochondriac will be missed.

Greatly appreciated your enthusiasm for Hair.

Hi, Matthew, thanks for reading and commenting on "The Mechanics of Sex."

Oh, there are all sorts of words at staff meetings, but I blank them out.

Happy at your delight over the accountant story.

Thank you so much for your interesting comment on Tribe.

I love your description of the gastric reception of Magda's return from Saratoga and I also love the fire flies melding with the stars scene, one of my favorite. You give wonderful feedback and are an empathic and articulate reader.

So enjoyed your comments on Saratoga 1,2, and 5. They buoyed my mood and made me happy that someone was reading so deeply and was so involved with my characters. I consider it, let's say, fictionalized memoir. I couldn't make these people up. i am learning about myself as I write. Thank you so much. It's time I started to read your own work. g

Also enjoyed Cats' Eyes.

Thank you Mathew for the kind words on my story, the Hunley. And it's all true, mostly, or half of it.

Welcome to Fictionaut!

Hey Matthew, welcome to Fictionaut. I live in Milwaukee, so we have something more than writing in common!

Thank you, Marcy Demansky, for inviting me to join Fictionaut, and thank you Fictionaut, for admitting me to membership. This is an attractive and exciting website and I am delighted to be here.