Often with short stories the problem is you don't get time to care a toss about the protagonist. But in this case you are rooting for Shem for the word go-because he represents the inadequate virgin in all our pasts.......
--C.H.
11/26 |
Since reading Michael Lowenthal's short story "Over Boy", I have been compelled to read as much of his work as possible. This story, detached from his typical "gay" genre is a breath of fresh air. At least someone is writing fiction that doesn't have to do with third world countries, UFO's or families in crisis. A talented and intimatly skilled writer is alive in Lowentahl.
--MC
09/30 |
I cried. I'm a boy. I cried anyway. Or because.
--MHH
09/27 |
Good read. Creative. I enjoyed it.
Not much of a critique, but I thought you might like to know.
--SCS
09/26 |
Beautifully written, entirely engrossing, and very erotic without hitting the reader over the head with the obvious. To convey what must have been such a mindblowing experience using the written word and never losing the feel of the actual experience shows true talent! What a rollercoaster of emotions! I couldn't have asked for a better erotic short story on such short and unexpected notice.
Don't let this guy stop writing!
--MDE
09/24 |
Shall I add my two cents to this already glowing body of feedback? Excellent work--strong narrative voice and imagery, and very, very hot, without being insipidly erotificated. A fresh reversal of the cliche of the male "rock star" blithley taking his sexual fill of a handy female "fan," and quite a tender exploration of the subjectivity of sexual experience. And--I find this delightful, coming from a male writer--the recurrent image of the main character's pierced tongue serves wonderfully, as such a focal point and topic of interest in the unfolding of the story, to echo and suggest the clitoris, the locus of female sexual experience. Smiles all around.
--iz
09/23 |
this was so fuckin incredible. i couldn't even start to try and explain how it made me feel. nice work!
--jlm
09/22 |
very GOOD. What is it with stories on Nerve not actually being sexy? Well this one was, AND sentimental in just the right way.
--ELM
09/21 |
The story had the ring of truth, all wrapped up in the a very seductive rhythm...
--TKL
09/19 |
Excellent writing, excellent piece, and that line..."Legs so long I thought of antidisestablishmentarianism." thank you, I'll be grinning all night now. :)
--imw
09/19 |
Good.Good.
--TG
09/18 |
This was just what I needed. Amazing!
--Kali
09/18 |
Fuck YEAH! Made me hungry, wet and nostalgic at once. I always knew there was more yet to Holden Caulfield. I'd met one myself in my jailbait time, another during my cradle-robbing year. Every story of yours is better than the last, and then better yet. Keep on writing.
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_Juliana
--JK
09/18 |
FABULOUS. Mr. Lowenthal, you are quite a writer.
--SL
09/17 |
infuckingcredible..............eyes wet, thighs wet....cerebral cortex sopping....damn, you're good!
--KaTR
09/17 |
one of the best short stories i have read, seriously.
--ee
09/17 |
I haven't read a good story in a long time and what I just read gave me the fix I needed. Great discriptions.. my mind is still reeling from the visuals
--MsEv
09/17 |
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