And now for something completely different...

[dubious_virtue]

Thanks to my always brilliant and fabulously stylish crit partner, Barb Ferrer, for this link to Jim C. Hines' livejournal, and his hilarious, Seuss-esque bit of verse, "Slush I Read."

In memory of the late, great Kate Duffy, here's a taste and a link to the full poem:

I read slush.
Slush I read.

That slush I read.
That slush I read!
I do not like that slush I read.

Do you like fanfic with vamps?

I do not like them Mary Sue.
Why do these vamps all worship you?

Here’s a tale from D & D!

I do not want your D & D.
I do not like your elf PC.
I can not stand your purple prose.
I want to punch you in the nose!
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"Slush I Read" by Jim C. Hines.

(x-posted at SelahMarch.com)