The author responded to "contentless garbage, a work of fiction" comments the first time it went around the web: "What was interesting to me was the comments t

The author responded to "contentless garbage, a work of fiction" comments the first time it went around the web: "What was interesting to me was the comments that people made in response to the story. There seemed to be two fundamental threads: “This is a beautiful story; I’m glad there are people like this in the world,” and “What a bunch of sappy, probably fictional, crap.” Well, though strange and improbable, it is not fictional." http://kentnerburn.com/archives/304 http://kentnerburn.com/archives/304