@extramale77
why should I give you money to maybe get to read the stories I enjoy reading..
Because that's how capitalism works. You pays your money, you takes your choice. If you don't like what's on offer, don't pay for it. It really is that simple.
No one is forcing you to pay for anything, bud. There's a free version of the site; use that. Get your kicks for free - you just won't get as many of them.
Or you can bugger off somewhere else and get your kicks for free, but your hard drive will be riddled with spyware, malware, and God knows what else.
I would also add, why should we authors provide *you* with "entertainment" in the form of our words, for free, when you come across as such an entitled, ungrateful piece of shit?
The answer, of course, is that here at SOL in particular, there are enough decent, grateful people who appreciate what we do enough to go and buy a copy from ZBookStore to make dealing with ungrateful shits worthwhile.