”“I’m so happy for you. Calvin is a really nice guy and I’m sure that you’ll be happy with him.”“I’m glad you feel that way. I’m rea...ly sorry about that mess with Matt. I never did thank you for not making more of scene with him.”“Kim, you’re a good friend and I truly love you. I only want the best for you. I think you found someone really great.”“Thanks, Ed.”“I hope that I get an invitation to the wedding.”“Of course.”There was a pause as Ed considered his real concern. Finally, he asked,. Opyright 2004 by LVWolfman, All rights reserved - June 29, 2003ForwardWelcome to my first published fiction (other than perhaps my resume.)While I'm a fan of erotic mind control stories, I've noticed that many of the first published stories by amateur authors fall into this genre and use many of the same cliches. This was recently explained to me as being the "Hello World!" of erotic literature. (For those with no programming experience, the reference books for almost every programming language. He had learned the old ways of many native cultures during his 'vision quest' days, when he was trying to come to grips with his one quarter native heritage, which gave his features that slight Asiatic cast, and colored his hair so black. He knew many of the ways casually, such as what flint looks like, and how to find north by the stars, and some a bit better, like how to carve a totem pole, how to work leather or how to fletch arrows. He grinned wryly to himself, and added to his heritage his. But, I’m mostly on Instagram I’ve managed my accounts manually. How do you manage all your Twitter followers?”Hall poured himself a drink. “Manually, I’m afraid. I tried one of those services, but I was rubbish at using it.”“Cat, do you use anything?” Nick asked.Cat shook her head. “I only have thousands of Twitter followers. Most of my presences is on Deviant Art.”Risi piped up. “You are deviant?”Cat didn’t miss a beat. “All the most interesting people are. Don’t you think?”Risi gave a little.