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ivor slipper
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The idea of never again being able to be engrossed by one of Geron's flights of imagination is depressing. I will just have to be thankful for all the stories he did share and the fantastic journeys I was taken on. Which is not to forget the many that were grounded solidly on this planet. In both types love was clearly evident.
I can only hope that somehow he has ended up on Engris with Browbeat, surely the most enchanting of his non human creations, along witht the squirrels of Twombly, as company.
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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I think, if there is any sort of afterlife, his afterlife will be driving a big Mopar up and down route 8, always just ahead of Buford T Justice and Junior. He'll probably take a Route 66 road trip, too.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Ponyboy
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"timmy wrote on Sat, 06 June 2026 10:31"I think, if there is any sort of afterlife, his afterlife will be driving a big Mopar up and down route 8, always just ahead of Buford T Justice and Junior. He'll probably take a Route 66 road trip, too.
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Oh, wouldn't that Route 66 trip with our friend, Geron be something?!?!?!
I am already missing my online discussions with him, and can only hope that he is at peace!
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Bisexual_Guy
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Although it seems unlikely, I still hope we hear something positive soon. I enjoyed every story I read by Geron, including the two which seem exclusive to this site -- "A Rainbow for Jack" and "An Admission of Guilt".
We know that he had two middle names. We know that in his business dealings he went by the middle names and not as Geron Kees. We know he moved to the United States from The Netherlands when he was about nine or ten years old. Also, he said that the Charm stories were a little bit of parallel to his growing up years in the US. He said he might do an eighth "Charm" story.
He also told me that he had some notes for another story in the series which started with "The Odd, Onward Door" and a few notes toward a sequel to "The Case of the Short, Short Prince." He also planned a third "Road" story.
His stories live on, here and on Gay Authors.
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Toby Johnston
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Location: United States
Registered: September 2022
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After my very first challenge story, Geron reached out to tell me how much he'd enjoyed it. Of course, I'd already read many of his stories, so I knew exactly who he was--not often Picasso reaches out and compliments your painting!
I kept the note he sent--great thoughts and advice to any budding author.
Hi Toby,Your first story is always the most nerve-wracking. Will people like it? Will I hear from people about it?
I thought the story was well-written and flowed well. You're a natural writer, and you really should keep at it. Especially if you feel you have some stories to tell.But if you do it, do it because it's fun for you, because feedback can be hard to come by. For every one person that reads your story and bothers to write, there are probably a couple of hundred more that read it and liked it, but have their reasons not to write. A lot of people only feel safe reading on these sites anonymously, and many will not feel comfortable writing to you for that reason.
So you should accept the fact right away that you probably won't get tons of fan mail, even though you will surely develop fans. You write too well not to have fans!The main thing is to keep at it if you enjoy it, and just know you will have fans, even if they aren't always writers. Iomfats is a good site for readers, and it you post stories there, they will be read.
I know I'm looking forward to your next one!
Best,Geron
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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"Toby Johnston wrote on Thu, 11 June 2026 12:37"After my very first challenge story, Geron reached out to tell me how much he'd enjoyed it. Of course, I'd already read many of his stories, so I knew exactly who he was--not often Picasso reaches out and compliments your painting!
I kept the note he sent--great thoughts and advice to any budding author.
Hi Toby,Your first story is always the most nerve-wracking. Will people like it? Will I hear from people about it?
I thought the story was well-written and flowed well. You're a natural writer, and you really should keep at it. Especially if you feel you have some stories to tell.But if you do it, do it because it's fun for you, because feedback can be hard to come by. For every one person that reads your story and bothers to write, there are probably a couple of hundred more that read it and liked it, but have their reasons not to write. A lot of people only feel safe reading on these sites anonymously, and many will not feel comfortable writing to you for that reason.
So you should accept the fact right away that you probably won't get tons of fan mail, even though you will surely develop fans. You write too well not to have fans!The main thing is to keep at it if you enjoy it, and just know you will have fans, even if they aren't always writers. Iomfats is a good site for readers, and it you post stories there, they will be read.
I know I'm looking forward to your next one!
Best,Geron
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That says so much about him.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
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"Quote:"I have been asked to post this message by a reader from Germany wgho chooses not to register for an accoint
I started following Gerons stories perhaps six or seven years ago, on Iomfats and simultaneously on Gay Authors, depending on which site a story was placed first. And the stories kept me entertained over all these years.
Three or four years ago I started to send Geron emails pointing out typing errors and inconsistencies in content and chronology. If it concerned a story still in progress he was always willing to correct things. But already finished stories were a different matter. He was thankful for any input but told me that writing new stories was extremely time consuming so that he just didnt have the time to tackle errors in older stories just now; perhaps later.
Then there was The Short, Short Prince. 36 chapters! Many typing errors. Because pensionists have a lot of time, I started to make a list and sent it to Geron. He changed one or to things but ignored the rest of the errors. The story was finished by then! But ambition had gripped me and I wrote lengthy comments to nearly every chapter. He was impressed and promised to read my comments at a later time when there was more time.
After that I restrained myself with further comments and didnt write to him until he started to publish Life is like in July 2025. I pointed out two inconsistencies in the story concerning the atmosphere on the Ardvoon planet. On this occasion, he wondered why I hadnt contacted him for so long. I explained that I had been afraid that my nitpicking approach to The Short, Short Prince had been a little bit annoying, so I had kept quiet. He assured me that he would prefer that I went on to send him comments instead of not writing at all. Later on he wrote that he intended to place the Christmas Surprise story chronologically before the Life is like... story. I didnt agree because some details in Christmas Surprise (Browbeat opening the door with his antennas) indicated that this story happened after Life is like So on the GA site the christmas-story became the last story in the Charlie Boone universe. This has been my last email contact with Geron.
If I try to decide which of his stories I like best I am undecided. Sure, his off-planet stories about aliens and distant worlds and alternative realities are well written, always entertaining and often funny. Sometimes his characters even comment on the state of our modern society (like Robin Hood at his first appearance). And is it possible not to like characters like Charlie Boone, Jemya Henlon or Jamie Grimmstone? And yet, yet I think he was at the hight of his writership with his stories about the everyday-life of gay teens.
Concerning the life and death of Geron it is extremely sad that there is no certainty. In his self-description on GA he wrote that he was born in a suburb of Amsterdam, a small village called Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, and moved to the U.S. in 1976. in Rules of the Road he describes a group of car loving teenagers, living in the State of New York and born around 1967. Even if the main character of the story is not identical with Geron it nonetheless seems to be an alter ego of him. You cannot write about cars like this without loving them. So I imagine that Geron in his youth had a Bee of his own. But like with his life you will find names of real places and names of fictional ones in the story.
Through all these years as a writer Geron Kees stayed elusive. On the GA site there was a picture of a man with something like a diving helmet on his head. Unrecognizable. But what about his family? It seems that he was married. He must have spend a lot of time in front of his PC, writing stories. Ten years of intensive story-writing. It is difficult to imagine that no one of his loved ones ever asked what he was doing, never noticed his writing efforts. Was this a part of his life he kept secret even or especially from his family? If this was the case and they discovered his secret after his death, they were probably not that pleased and are not interested to let his readers know details of his life and death because it concerns them too. Like him they are interested to protect their privacy. The writer who called himself Geron Kees died at the age of 58 or 59. He will be greatly missed. He left behind a lot of unfinished projects. But the odd, onward door will never be opened again.
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Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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