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Reader Feedback on "A Story Problem"

Love, love, love, it Darcy. You are brilliant. Your friend always, Tera Sun (case)
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09/24

I thought I was reading the story of my life...but I suppose it is the story of everyone's life. We're not all that different, are we?
--BW
09/30

That was terribly sad and true. The pain, joy, and excitement of our sexual/social experiences was elegantly conveyed. Abstracting the personalities helped to illustrate the pared-down nature of our relationships when we drink and relate on these occasions. This piece came closer than anything else I've ever read to describing the way in which we see ourselves in relation to others in the grand game of sex and love.
--os
09/06

That was lovely to read, almost like music or poetry.
--RL
08/29

you're speaking to the soul of the sexy scientist.
--jls
08/28

Breathtaking. Something about this weighs the gravity of sex and the groundspeed of joy. I adore it.
--kb
08/27

A wonderful iteration in the complex calculus of love.
--cjj
08/26

Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.
--SB
08/26

That was absolutely beautiful. I have been to that party and seen those people and probably been one of them. Thank you.
--rd
08/26

darcy....there's a life to your writing that lives within me. maybe because we're of the same adolescent memories and seem to have lead somewhat similar lives....dating, sex and friends. MINUS the fact that i'm a guy. thanks for sharing yourself and your talents. you've made my day. gashus_clay@yahoo.ca
--dk
04/22

What a delicate interplay - I love this new math - great first published!
--ch
02/04

Dear Writer, what a good one. I looked up 'style' in a 1911 encyclopaedia (arcane spelling a respectful nod) and managed to absorb the fact that style is an extended tautology of method over time and context. Your stylish story. Do you know why I read it? Because in a list of writers, you were the shortest description; this, your published story. If I were a rich and powerful philanthropist, here would be a moment for me to flex a favor to you.
--OAB
01/04

Thank you for making this beautiful thing, for showing me the grace in playing the field.
--HRW
01/12

Excellent job in capturing the feeling of a -party night-... Amazingly erotic in the last...and that final line is perfect.
--Kat
12/22

Who says women can't do great math? Terrific piece...
--CM
12/21

One of the most fabulous, complex, touching and ultimately relevant pieces I have read. Speechless.
--JJL
12/17

WOW
--SAS
12/15

Grest story -- I am a former writer who gave up because all the places to publish were so hopelessly lame. It's great to see, viscerally, not just intellectually, that there are now places, again, where material this creative can get published. Hope the business model is working!
--TdB
12/15

As an engineering major in school, and a frequent component in this equation, i think the author knows exactly what the hell is going on. How's about solving for the change in variables as the system's temperature decreases?
--pab
12/13

Just so ... though my own equations are buffered by so much fuzz.
--MH
12/13

This story was capativating and rather exciting. Everyone should put names they know or who match the description of the variables for it makes for a more interesting read. Possibly done on purpose? Could be, however this story read almost like reality or a alternate more sensual reality. What could be a better aphrdiasac than wine, a summer night party and sweaty sexual beings yearning for one another?? In two words.....LOVED IT!!!!!!!!! P.S. It reminds me of an Enrique Igelsias video!
--KR
12/13

loved the structure of the piece and the cadence. It was really quite captivating. An excellent structure for a piece of that length and some fun with layering. Peachy piece
--jrb
12/12

Superb. Observations from that thick thread just under the skin.
--AJR
12/11

The creativity in this story was fantastic. The eritoca involved however slight was justenough to get you wondering but not so much that it detracted from the focus of the story. Well written.
--JM
12/10

Hey, they should have problems like this on the GRE. I must admit I found the beginning a bit confusing, gave up trying to sort it out and enjoyed the rest. General complaint about the site, not the story: blinking banners on screen right below where one is trying to read are ANNOYING.
--ajp
12/09

Darcy Cosper... I will have to remember your name. Your story, or rather, your problem, slid over and through me like good opium... it accellerated me down a long straightaway and threw me over the cliff at the end; the sense of weightlessness was obliterating and decadent... I eagerly await your next work...
--fb
12/09

this is truly beautiful. it is textured and raw and i can feel every word. i am seduced by the sick humanity of our actions.
--lo
12/09

Excellent writing! Loved it. It touched both sided of my brain and brought them together in an uneasy yet stimulating union.
--TAL
12/09

Liked this piece very much. Looking back on it the key might be the rythm. The final lines reminded me of a paraphrasing I did recently of the title of the (Australian) film "The Sum of Us". i.e. that the reason I don't feel possessive, or jealous about people is because life and love are the "sum of us". Of course the film had a theme of homosexuality so the person I was talking to misunderstood and thought I was expressing my polarity. I'd like to tell her about that too sometime but my point then was about letting others be free. Similarly "A Story Problem" is miles from my lifestyle. If I point it out to people they'll think I want to show them a piece about a lot of people interfucking - and miss my point again. A mood, a cadence, a vista, a flavour, a photograph, a gasp and a sigh. These are things to live for. And good writing. Which is what I was reading and why I've responded.
--OF
12/09

That was f'ing brilliant. Brought a Georgia summer to my DC winter . . . .
--MB
12/09

I can't get over how good this website is. I am...very impressed with the original, inventive, and impressive short stories -- including this one. I intend to go over every inch of this website!
--TWF
12/08

Great story -- original and yet I feel like I've been there!
--RS
12/08

Great story. Reminds me that the reason I left the last place I lived and why I still love it so add up to the same thing.
--LJ
12/08

Very, very nice. It all adds up. Adds up to what I don't know. Loved it.
--JC
12/08

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