One Line Can Make Your Day

The very beginning of 2008 I submitted a short story, "Late Bloomer in the Water", to an LGBT fiction excerpt site. This was a promotional effort. The story is included in my anthology Slight Details & Random Events . Of the comments my story received, one took me off-guard with delight. The reason for this: it was from Victor J. Banis, considered by many to be the father of modern gay literature. His comment was simple, but wonderful:

"Ah, very nice, different, captures mood beautifully.

Victor...