[Janice D. Soderling]

I am awfully pleased to have a longish story at Ear Hustler.

This is a writer-friendly venue and I am grateful for the editing suggestions from Graham and Katie whose site it is. Such generosity is worth the editors' weight in gold.

I also want to especially thank Dee, aka Elle, who read this in an earlier version and encouraged me. This story slept in my files for many years. I took it up now and then, put something in, took something else out, and was so close to it that I had grown blind to its faults.

http://www.earhustlermag.com/issue5/5soderling.html

I hope some will read and enjoy. Not only my story, of course, but the others as well. Especially the story that captured the Golden Hustler Prize--I think it is SO good.