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Printout Does the reader like this magazine's novaic approach to the sci-fi and fantasy arts? If so, here's the place to tell about it. Last issue drew the following comments: Lerk: Cool, cool—heh, heh. Eric S. Brown: Hey, looks great! Really like the art. Very cute. Thanks. Jim Sullivan: Thank you so much for publishing those two stories of mine in your online magazine. You made my day! Your editing is super, too! Michael Lohr: Congratulations on developing an online presence. I hope Surprising Stories does well for you. Chester Cuthbert: Certainly your website is very attractive. Joanne Tolson: I see you have me in the AUTHORS ON VIEW section where I do innovative writing. I can say anything that occurs to me outside the scope of normal is innovative for me. If it appears weird to others that is because they don't possess my IQ, but they do seek to possess it. This is all coming from a drug addict culture; their thoughts are as to what to do with people who are too smart and can figure things out---these are a threat to them. A culture of fear and paranoia. But science fiction is peppered with madmen, mad scientists, evil dictators, et al. Bob Bolin sees it that way---he's got a person of that kind in this very same issue. Lawrence Dagstine( larrywho2@msn.com ): Many thanks and congrats on a great---no, let me rephrase that---a SUPERB looking issue. Big improvement over the other two. Great color and overall design. The set-up is professional and extraordinary. Dreamweaver is so much better than that crummy MS Frontpage. I loved Chester Cuthbert's story from 1938. Very well-written, the psychic ideas involved way ahead of its time. Elmwood Kraemer's review section was way cool. When I enter SURPRISING STORIES in the Google Search Engine, you pop up at the top of the list. Good luck with SS's success. Emperor Maita ( maitaman@juno.com ) : Congratulations—you've got yet another good edition! The quality of this mag is far above most things on the Net—and not because I have a story there. My own, in fact, is second to last in the issue's offerings, in my critique sense. This is a mag well worth visiting and reading. Deep Bora( deepbora2003@yahoo.com ): I am sure the September issue shall go a long way in meeting esteemed readers' requirements of science fiction stories. Congratulations for the September issue! Bora also had this to say: While thanking you for your appreciation of my stories I would like to add herein that the various exercises mentioned in my stories are safe and harmless. You can easily do these, including the inner peace imbibing exercise mentioned in “Acceleration Jupiter.” “Extra-sensory Perception Revealed upon Pluto” details of a beginner's exercise, assisting one to commence upon esp-related matters. You can do that exercise easily too and without any side-effects! That will take you one step closer to developing esp—personally! The manuscripts are the only one of their kind in the world! Did you know that? Other stories by Deep Bora are to be found in Bewildering Stories , which is on our links page. I think it is a very good thing indeed, Deep, that you are recommending esp-expansion exercises to our readers and seeking to expand their horizons of perception. I'm all the more pleased to be publishing your stories when I consider this aspect of them. Thanks for the comments to one and all. We'll be seeing everybody again next issue!
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