This is the first in a series of single-page satiric stories about writers and writing. Some of them appeared in a section, "Ruttan," which ran in Books in Canada magazine, 1993-94. I apologize for the quality of this scan. They won't all be like this. Warning: there are two "non-family" words used, so hide your eyes if you must!

I've seen this one already, let's have another!

I want to see the next one!

back to Jack! ....