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You folks amaze me. Less than twelve hours since my last blog and the daily downloads of Siobhan have doubled. More over night than the rest of the week altogether. Since uploaded, she has the second most total downloads of all my stories - though she is not the highest rated - and consistently is the most downloaded each week.

I promised a while back to give sequel priority to the story you folks indicated by reading and feedback. I hope I match your expectations.

I still have two Swarm stories in the works - a good bit is left before completion, at least I think so. I like them and where they are going...

You know, there are three ways you can influence what we authors write - at least me anyway. First is polite emails with comments and suggestions. It is really easy to email us, and some of you know I've used your suggestions. Second is your votes. The votes, up or down let me know you are paying attention. The third is just reading and/or saving to your library.

It's an ego thing I guess. I write because I like writing, but you folks are my reward system.

After all my promises and teasing, I can finally report that the sequel to Siobhan is now with my editors and proofreaders. Anne N. Mouse suggested a better title - The Higher Order Multiples.

I'm guessing it will take me a week to correct all the typos that they find. Thanks for your patience and encouragement.

Only two have reported back, but they like the story, so I hope you will as well.

Either my heads up on the sequel to Siobhan, or my rant about OSU has resulted in an uptick in downloads of several stories. It appears that unexpected visitors will delay my getting Siobhan's sequel to my editors.

So, to whet your appetite (a little hubris, don't ya think?) here is the close-to-ready prologue for the sequel. Interestingly, in the copy paste process, I noted four changes that I wanted to make:

The Triplets

Prologue

Twins are rare, triplets more so. Rose and Violet were identical twins - odds about one in two hundred fifty births. Their older sister, Scarlett, was their 'spare'. Together, the three were one-in-a-thousand triplets. Once the girls were old enough to encounter and understand taunts, they responded that they were 'Higher Order Multiples', and their tormentors were 'lower order singles'. Until they reached puberty, the battles were epic, and even boys several years older learned that 'you better not mess with the Trips.'

When puberty arrived, bringing curves and tits - especially tits - and long, shapely legs, all complemented with angelic faces and wavy blond hair… well, a whole magnitude of additional 'don't mess with the Trips!' arrived, too. By the time the hormones began shaping the exterior, these young ladies, hellions really, had skipped four grades and were finishing high school. If an overly persistent male was pressing a sister, one or both of the remaining Trips was sure to arrive, often with a posse. It was uncanny - like they were mind readers.

With AP courses under their belts, all three entered college with enough credits to place well into their sophomore years. Born in Athens, Georgia, the girls were moved to Columbia, Missouri when both their parents obtained teaching positions there. When disaster struck, they were well into their college studies - engineering at Mizzou for Rose and Violet and creative writing at Stephens College for Scarlett.

Among the many legends among Mizzou students, one involved Francis Quadrangle's six columns. Supposedly, they stood for the six virgins who had graduated from the university. The Trips didn't want more added to the stand, so they had vowed to fix that status before the end of their senior year. Looked like that goal wasn't going to be met. There had been no boy or man who seemed right, and now it appeared to be too late

It should not have surprised me, but it did. Today I received more responses to my blog on OSU's despicable lack of honor than to any story I've written. Thinking about it, I should not have been surprised. Most stories I read here, celebrate women, humanity, sex, truth, justice, and 'The American Way.'

Fuck! Did I really say that?

Listen guys and gals. Your feedback to me and Auguy is truly appreciated, but if there is any hope that we can change this travesty, send an email to the president of THE fucking Ohio Sate fucking University and tell him what a chickenshit bunch of assholes they are.

I won't pretend to suggest what to say. Your own thoughts, said in your own words would be far more likely to have an impact than a bunch of duplicates. If you are pissed, say so, don't hold back.

The email address is: drake.379@osu.edu

My own letter to Dr. Drake is below.

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Dr. Drake -

I'll make this short.

In 1978, my father and I watched Woody Hayes strike a Clemson player on national TV. His history of inappropriate behavior was known and inadequately addressed.

Close to forty years later, you and your institution clearly demonstrate that you have learned nothing about honor, honesty, nor integrity. You have found your 'managers' to be at fault, but your so-called penalty is worse than inadequate.

How many more spouses will be abused and unheard because reports are not adequately investigated?

How many athletes will be raped and molested because the institutions that should protect them turn blind eyes?

How many more perpetrators will be coddled or mildly penalized to protect their institutions' reputations?

You've not lost a fan, because I never was one. At one time, I respected your institution. I no longer do.

There is not enough money in the world to buy back the respect you and your institution have lost.

If Vince Dooley were as dishonorable as your coaching staff, I would have demanded his hide be nailed to the entrance of Sanford Stadium.

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If you haven't figured it out - I'm really pissed about this!

Those of you who read my stories probably know I'm an alum of the University of Georgia, and as such, no fan of the Auburn Tigers. But if you haven't read auguy86's blog, you should, Every word is dead on.

In my mind, making this even worse - if that were possible - this is not Ohio State's first instance of tolerating, even idolizing an abusive coach. In the only college football game I ever watched with my father, we saw Woody Hayes slug a Clemson player who intercepted an OSU pass with 2:30 left in the game. He was then fired.

However, if you read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Hayes, you can also see that Hayes had a history of violent behavior towards the press, at least one other student athlete, and violent unsportsmanlike conduct during a game.

Until his slugging an opposing player - on the sidelines - OSU's response to their winning coach's bad behaviors was minimal.

I suspect auguy86 and I will garner some hate mail and some 1's after calling out this travesty by a major university.

Apparently, Ohio State has learned nothing.