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Today I read the new chapter of William by Paul Jamison. He mentioned several novels, stories on IOMFATS in this one.
I would like you to write let's say 1 to 5 that belong to your overall favourites.
I really enjoyed these: Chris and Nigel (Timmy), Westpoint Tales (Kiwi), Just Hit Send series (Grasshopper), Geeks (Paul Schroder), Finding Tim (Charlie).
And you?
Marek
It is better to switch on a small light than to curse the darkness.
- Vincent Šikula, Slovak writer
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Yes, indeed, Marek,
I can't improve your list, though I'd have them in a different order. And I sometimes think I ought to make myself a guide to remind me what is good about each story I read so I can tell other people about them without inadvertent spoilers.
And, of course sometimes one good story leads to another and I read everything I can find by (eg Grasshopper) and they are all a delight in similar ways and sometimes the next story is quite different and a disappointment (or maybe a revelation in a new style that is great in a different way).
What do people think of trying to put together such a guide?
Love,
Anthony
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The first story I ever read on IOMFATS was "Tword a decent inn" by Michael Arram. I feel in love with his writting and continued to read his other stories. Then I ran into "Henry in the outfield" and "Terry and the Peachers", I was hooked for life. Mr Arram even sent me maps so I could keep up with were people were and the area they were in. Like Grasshopper Mr Arram deals with people and places and situations and not just raw sex. You begin to feel like all his people are real and you find yourself waiting for the next story to come.
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you......
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timmy
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Ah the Haiku of the Moment! The scoring scheme there is hilarious AND we have completely forgotten how we did it. It was designed simply to showcase a different haiku on the home page every few hours.
I don't want, particularly, to rate the stories. What happens is that a claque arrives and claps up a story. That is one of the reasons why we don't have what are loosely termed "literary criticism" on the forum, though other fora DO have it.
I like very much to encourage authors. By no means all the writers that I publish are technically excellent, and some of the storylines are weak or fanciful, but the stories are there simply because they catch my heart and paint a picture in my head.
If we create a catalogue then I'll only have to maintain it! Not a hope.
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You know, if you want to, you could always set up an index on another server and maintain that.
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Fingolfin
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You know, Timmy, it wasn't my original idea to rate the stories, neither it is at present... I picked the top 5 for myself, however, that doesn't mean that I don't like others as well. Story of Tim and Towards the Decent Inn series appeared in your posts, guys. I enjoyed reading all. Nowadays I'm looking forward to each chapter of William and Lost 'n' Found. I liked the Journey of Love, Discovering the Unknown, More Fish in the River etc etc etc.
What I wanted to know, which are your top favourites. Anyway, it seems that I screwed it up a bit, because I REALLY don't want to rate. Even the order in my first posting is accidental (or maybe chronological). I don't want to know which you didn't like, even though there must be several that were boring for you (there were some that bored me so I stopped reading them). Discouraging authors is the last thing I intend to do...
Marek
It is better to switch on a small light than to curse the darkness.
- Vincent Šikula, Slovak writer
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timmy
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I was picking up on someone else's thread on rating, I think 
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Fingolfin
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Sorry, Timmy, it was Anthony, who just, innocently, mentioned different order of the stories, and Michael, who suggested some kind of Haiku evaluating; yet I just wanted to state that there was no intention to apply a rating or ranking of stories. The system is fine just as it is... Furthermore to the rating, opinions may differ and it may be discussed, but I feel like recommending to start a new thread for such. But wait, you're an admin, Timmy, this should probably have been your line...
Marek
It is better to switch on a small light than to curse the darkness.
- Vincent Šikula, Slovak writer
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timmy
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I have just moved 3 tonnes of topsoil to level my front garden! I declare "No opinion!
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Dear Timmy,
Don't you ache? One ton would do me in for a week.
When I spoke of information about the stories I wasn't clear enough. To arrange them in a single order would call for an oversimple method of rating. I didn't hink it possible.
What I was thinking about was some sort of classification so that stories which included coprophilia or 'golden showers' or 'master-slave' relationships could be identified and people who didn't like one of those could avoid them. Also to identify those which had particular positive characteristics or a long period of unconsummated love before a resolution. I'm sure there are plenty of other things potential readers would like to know about a story before they begin to read it.
But everything I say digs a deeper pit form me because to do anything like this would be a LOT of work.
Love,
Anthony
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timmy
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I was never a fan of those old "story codes" because they were never used correctly.
I can shift about 5 tonnes on a good day. Makes masturbating hard when the arms are tired though!
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