"A. R. Morlan - Dear DB" - читать интересную книгу автора (Morlan A R)

He, as in _me._ I looked in the tattered envelope which had held my
contributor's copies. There was a note in there, written on _Skin-_logo paper.
From the Editor. Said how much he liked, no _loved_ the story, how he bumped
an _Updike_ from this issue to make room for my tale, so that his readers
could enjoy it _now._ Said again how the first part had _almost_ fooled him.
Said he enjoyed talking to me in July. Said I should subscribe, special rate,
to _Skin,_ so he could use my name and likeness ("send a pic, should've asked
in July, but the story just blew my mind and I forgot to ask") in those
advertisements he runs in the front of _Skin_ "Denton Blair Winston a _Skin_
Reader and proud of it." Said I should think it over and call, collect. Said
there'd be money in it for me. Said I should come to the mansion, meet the
"gang." Said his readers were bound to go wild over the story. Said I seemed
to be a great guy.
He's right. _Now._ The man isn't only _rich._ He's _influential._
As I finished the letter, Mom and Dad called me; they'd seen the new
_Skin_ on the back stands at the Ewerton Pharmacy, and wanted to let me know
how happy they were. Dad said he's proud of his son. Mom said she hoped the
gold-diggers wouldn't be after me once I made the "big bucks."
I _am_ an only child.
And I didn't _think_ my name is Denton. But I guess it beats Devorah.
Mrs. Pendelton spit at me in the hall; I ducked just in time.
I wonder if I can find a _suit_ at Bloomies for the World Con?
What do men who read _Skin Magazine_ get for advertising the fact?
I think the boys and I may need to move out of this place.
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_Author's Note: Thanks to Peggy Nadramia, editor of Grue Magazine, and
Deborah Rasmussen, editor of Portents, for their kind permission to use
quotations from their letters to me._

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