Is it cold in your neck of the woods 🥶

I heard it was getting below zero (32F) in southern parts of the US of A 😮 In November! I imagine I'm going to hear from our Florida contingent that it is getting down to 70F in the evenings  

So an interesting week has come to a close. Scratch that, it wasn't an interesting week. It was kind of the 2nd week of November blah week. Now if it was your birthday, then I missed the bright, shiney happiness of the week! You should have included me to lift me up.  

Oh, maybe it is the just the time/week of the year 😮 

Question of the week: Have you participated in using the new Mood function yet? I"ve only had 2 so far  Constipated 💩 and Cheeky  I think I like Cheeky better  

Oh, before I forget, I know a lot of countries around the world have a celebration on Tuesday the 11th. Remembrance Day in Canada, Veteran's Day in the US, also known as Armistice Day in the UK. So I implore all of you to think of those currently serving, or have served in the past, living or gone forever, and give a moments of reflection at 11th hour on the 11th day.

Maybe there is a second question of the week. My grandfather served in WWII, by great uncle was a Sgt. Major in WWII and toured the concentration camps in Europe  My dad was in the military, army like his dad and uncle, never saw active warfare but served in the UN peaceforce back in Cypress, and the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt/Israel), then a few tours, at the time West Germany, where I was born , as part of the NATO Force. I'm not looking for political statements here, but just a deep recognition of people who have put their lives on the line for all of us. No matter what side. So tell us about a person you know that served their country with honour . 

Now onto the Wrap Up  

Cia started the week off with the CSR Feature of Month. November  :

Then Myr was up with a Deep Dive looking at General Fiction:

Thursday, was a big day! Val wrapped up the ever so successful yearly anthology. 23 stories, ,way to go Authors!!!

We have to thank Myr for all 7 Words of the Day for the week:

xenolith, xylophone, xiphoid, xenogenesis, xenial, libidinous, avuncular

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Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets!

4 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Learned to Lie by Krista  
2. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour  
3. The Mardi Gras Murders by Mark Ponyboy Peters  
4. Rest in Peace - Songs for the Dead by Mikiesboy  

2 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW  
2. Coyote amongst the sheep by Topher Lydon  

46 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Snippets of Oddly Romantic Lines by Ira  
2. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian  
3. The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy  
4. How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk  
5. Northern Lights by Golden Ghost Pen  
6. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox  
7. Black Sun by Jeff Burton **Complete**
8. In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex  
9. Traded Goods by Yeoldebard  
10. The Art Of Letting Go by Jason Rimbaud  
11. Out Of The Closet by RichardWrites  
12. The Truth of Yesterday by Josh Aterovis  
13. Small Fry Speed by empath **Complete**
14. The Field of Love by Enoch  
15. The Flower Thief and Other Tales of Yalda by Page Scrawler  
16. Essence of Life by W_L  
17. Serenity by Albert1434  
18. Russ: On the loose in Ireland by Robert Hugill  
19. Begin Again by Tony S.  
20. White Sheets by Celian  
21. Noah's Adventure by AquariusGuy  
22. Rising Stars by Littlelovestories  
23. A Promise, Unbound by Tomkin Watts **Complete**
24. Peter's Story by Connectwriter  
25. Learning to Stay by ChromedOutCortex  
26. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus  
27. Finding Myself by RichardWrites  
28. House Of Exiles (Rework) by GENERAL PIGNOUF  
29. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill **Complete**
30. Oceanbank by quokka  
31. The Purple Phoenix by GENERAL PIGNOUF  
32. A New Kind of Wrestling Practice by Golden Ghost Pen  
33. Wranglin' Wade by Inkognito **Complete**
34. Permanently Black and Blue by mastershakeme  
35. Halloween 2025: House of Possessed Possibilities by astroguy **Complete**
36. Chess Friends by Thomas Lindblad  
37. Confessions of a Gay Supervillain by Jason D. Karl  
38. Groom for Rent by vanalas **Complete**
39. Tyler's Dilemma by Jason Rimbaud  
40. Darren’s New Life by Lee Wilson  
41. Another Time by Celian  
42. The Monsters We See by Inkognito **Complete**
43. Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories 
44. The World Out There by Drew Payne 
45. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox 
46. What Brings Us Together - Part 2 by Paladin 

1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories

1. Path Forward by Jean87  

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