A. R. Morlan - Dear DB

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"Dear D.B. ..."

by A. R. Morlan

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At first, I only thought that good old Super-super goofed, _again._

After all, the man's command of the "Engleesh as she is spoken" isn't the best

to begin with (but you would think that living in the City for umpteen years

would make a difference sometimes I'm sure that English is doomed to become

the United States' second language), but even _he_ should know the difference

between _gringa_ and _gringo_ (at least that's how I think the "Spanish she is

spoken" I never did take that course back in Ewerton High) but at the time I

decided that it would _not_ do to gripe about it. He does allow me to keep

Wolfie and Duke (neither of whom will ever be mistaken for lap dogs) up here

in the apartment, which is not the most common practice here in New York City.

(And if I'm not a good girl, he'll confiscate his Roach Motels!)

Anyhow, Roach Motels and the boys aside, when Mr. Hernandez said what

he did to me, I had just gotten back my proofs for "The Mouth That Would Not

Die" from _Bloodbath Quarterly._ The editor scribbled that the "...That

Wouldn't Die" sounded a bit "flip." _As in Wilson,_ I was tempted to scribble

back in the margins, but you learn to keep such thoughts to yourself

especially when there's a five foot high slush pile generated by writers just

dying to get a shot at _BQ._ (Instead, I told myself I'd change it back when

the anthology of my work came out.) As usual, the galleys came back with the

standard note, "Running late, get back ASAP," and so on. I had only found

three typos, all minor, when Mr. Hernandez knocked, asking for the rent, and

for once he _didn't_ make some crack about (pick one or more): my halter top,

my shorts, my body, and/or my single female status. (Thank goodness for two

mammoth _male_ doggies at a time like that! And I used to think good ole Dead

Fred Ferger back home in Wisconsin was bad! Spare me from the Latin lover

type!)

Instead of his usual "How's de preety senyorita?" line, Mr. H. kept it

short, but right before he left, he bent down to itch Wolfie's head and said

something about, "You boys protect the young _gringo,_ okay?" but I didn't

really _think_ about it until after I took a second look at the proof sheets

(noticing the initials of the guy who typeset my story in the upper left hand

corner of the first page he was the one that the editor at _Gore Magazine_

wrote to me about; she said that he really liked "that D.B. Winston's stuff"

if I remembered her letter correctly), and even then, I figured that Mr. H.

made a simple mistake ... but after I went to the drugstore, what Mr.

Hernandez said began to niggle at the back of my mind.

Not that the trip to the drugstore and back was eventful but, in a way,

that _was_ the problem. All I had picked up was a box of tampons, some cheap

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