Comments on: Robert Haydon Jonesand Tony Anthony

By: Charles L. DeFanti

Charles L. DeFanti — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:06:34 +0000

Well, it took me a while to get past the illustration (which reminded me of the video I attached above. Turns out it complements your narrative, too). The story has the wild kick of all good short fiction — here with the metaphysical link between PTSD and erotic shock. (You even introduced me to a new idiom: “And sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. In your Loden coat or in your altogether.” “In your altogether” never before crossed my pathway).

By: Mark Liberman

Mark Liberman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:20:57 +0000

Easy to follow the thread of your story. Love the bowl of red cherries at the end!

By: Dave Monroe

Dave Monroe — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:44:35 +0000

A story about a story, and a story within a story — very evocative story telling, and a very evocative subject; lust, nudity, nakedness, openness, hiding, and all the angles (almost like a Cubist painting) of game playing and taboo making people go through over most primal urge, and our most creative act, sex. Nice stuff…

By: Matthew Levine

Matthew Levine — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:34:46 +0000

When driving or walking past a scene that strikes me, sometimes a lasting lust for that fullness of perception forces me to return to paint it. When I’m painting, the entire time I am trying to capture and convey that essence of attraction I have for an object (landscape, still life, person). Wyeth caught it just about every time out. You caught it here, too, Bob.

By: Ed Lambertson

Ed Lambertson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:49:01 +0000

Like it or not the story “stirs-up” long forgotten feelings that remind me that I’m still alive. Good work!

By: sean beaudoin

sean beaudoin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:29:04 +0000

I like this one too, Bob. The distance from the model is always a concern, until there is no distance. The photograph has movement that feel very un-model like.

By: malachy McCourt

malachy McCourt — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:40:51 +0000

Good on you Bob A nicely delineated story. Empty bowls call for a bowl movement