To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com
From: DarkHrzn91701{at}aol.com
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I think we have a problem...

In a message dated 7/21/03 5:38:25 PM CDT, kfaux{at}hotmail.com writes:
>
> As he entered the building he almost bumped into his friend and shipmate,
>  Blake Adams. "Pardon me," Adams said with a childlike smile.
>  "I thought you were on leave," Stuart stated.
>  "I am," Adams replied.
>  Stuart noticed the rank insignia on his friend's collar and smiled.
"What's
>  this?" he asked reaching for Adams' collar.
>  Adams face lit up. "I've been promoted," he boasted. Then his eyes
darkened
>  as he looked to the ground. "I also have been assigned to
another ship,"
he
>  stated sadly.
>  Stuart had known Blake Adams for eight years, served with him for the past
>  four. He hated the idea of being separated from the man who had been his
>  best friend, not to mention the best flight officer that he had ever
served
>  with. Stuart did not allow his sense of loss interfere with wishing his
>  friend well. "What ship?" he asked.
>  Blake looked Stuart in the eye, not revealing the secret that he wanted to
>  tell. "I don't know," he said. "The ship's captain
hasn't been informed
yet,
>  so they are waiting to tell me the details in case he doesn't give his
>  okay."

And now ladies and gentlemen, the first chapter from Cleve Johnson's Star
Trek: Providence story, World Without End:

> As he entered the building he almost bumped into his friend
> and shipmate, Blake Adams. "Pardon me," Adams said
> with a childlike smile.
>"I thought you were on leave," Stuart stated.
>"I am," Adams replied.
>Stuart noticed the rank insignia on his friend's collar and
> smiled. "What's this?" he asked reaching for Adams' collar.
>Adams face lit up. "I've been promoted," he boasted. Then
>his eyes darkened as he looked to the ground. "I also have
>been assigned to another ship," he stated sadly. Stuart had
>known Blake Adams for eight years, served with him for the
>past four. He hated the idea of being separated from the man
>who had been his best friend, not to mention the best flight officer
>that he had ever served with. Stuart did not allow his sense of loss
>interfere with wishing his friend well. "What ship?" he asked.
>Blake looked Stuart in the eye, not revealing the secret that he
>wanted to tell. "I don't know," he said. "The ship's
captain hasn't
>been informed yet, so they are waiting to tell me the details in case
>he doesn't give his okay."

Cleve's entire story can be found at:
     http://www.lighttrek.com/trek2.html

Now, unless Cleve is floating around posting parts of Providence as
"USS Magellan" then what we have here is a failure to be creative
and worse, someone who is blatantly plagiarizing.

I do hope that Mr. Kevin Faux can explain this. And don't worry, I'm
sending an e-mail to Cleve Johnson and asking him about this.  I'm sure
he'll be less than happy with you "Mr. Faux."  Me, I'm just
disgusted at anyone who would pass off someone else's writing as their own.

-Michael Gray

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