As some of you may already know, Sandy Thomas Publications has recently
bought out Empathy Press, which published some stories by Lisa Funke and
myself. We had a longstanding relationship with Empathy's owner, Cathy
Slavik, who was kind enough to both publish our stories, and allow them
(after several years and at our request) to be posted on The Web at our
discretion. Unfortunately, this was a 'gentlewomen's agreement' lacking
any written record or formally documented agreement. (Cathy liquidated
all assetts and moved to the Phillipines with 'her' SO.)
We have since been informed by Sandy Thomas that our story "The Clinic"
has been judged worthy of republishing. Given this renewed interest in
our story, Lisa and I have agreed that it should be immediately removed
for websites in favor of republication by Sandy Thomas. Thus, we obliged
to request that all postings of "The Clinic" be removed from tg-story
websites in accordance with existing copyright agreements.
We are both honored and embarrassed by these circumstances, and offer our
deepest and most sincere apologies for any inconvenience that this action
has or may cause.
Sincerely,
Lorna Samuels (and Lisa Funke)