Beyond Group Sex: Doing Their Own Thing (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior) by John Warren Wells & Lawrence Block

Author:John Warren Wells & Lawrence Block [Wells, John Warren]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Lawrence Block
Published: 2012-10-02T04:00:00+00:00

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Long though the letter may have been, I was aware of exercising no patience in following it through to its conclusion. My own reaction was one of qualified incredulity, which became somewhat less qualified when I dug Roger’s first letter out of my files and compared the two. The reader may note for himself certain points on which the two letters seem to be at odds. Furthermore, I did find several things rather hard to take: the immense earning power of mother and daughter as traveling prostitutes seemed far more likely to be fantasy than fact, for example.

And yet there are touches of realistic detail that make it difficult to dismiss the whole business out of hand. As one who has taken the Red Queen’s advice and is thus perfectly capable of believing six impossible things before breakfast, I alternated between believing that the letter was mostly true and that it was an utter invention. lf the latter, the whole fantasy was so elaborately wrought as to suggest more than a desire to shock; obviously it would have to represent wish fulfillment.

Roger’s first letter had been typewritten and bore a post-office box as a return address. His second carried a street address in the same city. I considered replying, but somehow did not get around to it.

Then a few months later I found myself in the same state. The trip was unplanned, and so I did not have Roger’s address with me, nor was there anyone I could call to find it in my files. I tried to telephone Roger to ask if I might visit him while I was in the area. There was no telephone listed for anyone with his name, nor did he seem to have an unlisted number. I managed to obtain city directories for his city and the surrounding rural and suburban areas, and again found no listing whatsoever. Thus the name that he used in his correspondence (which of course was not Roger) did not seem to be his own.

Truth or fiction? You decide.

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