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Well now...Caroline is at her best creating mischief and consternation, one wonders at what issues/fires Granger will have to extinguish... Freddy and his wife, the gambling Shrew, how much has she lost??? She's, for whatever reason, the cause of the tension... I can't believe that Grainger's parents, at least his father, went along with this discussion after dinner...how rude and inappropriate, at least we know his mother was disturbed at such talk...I'd hate to think that Freddy may have entrapped his father in some sort of dubious scheme that failed...I shudder at the consequences and the possibility that Granger may have to assume/buy out debts or financial promises... And WTF were they thinking by excluding Bertie??? Do you suppose they may have approached Bertie first for funds and were turned down??? What a flimsy excuse to use the fortune he built in India as reason to exclude him... And of course...we've yet to see Grainger's reemergence into society...what was the comment Freddy made about the Cabinet raving about Daventry and Grainger...can only be good news I would think. The presentation of Nelson to the Lords and subsequent dinner should prove to be very interesting... Even more interesting was the bet concerning Beau Brummels..what was the reasoning, I can't see Grainger being a whore for fashion... Hawkesbury as a younger man would have been quite the rake...Lord Castlereagh on the other hand was quite the bundle of contradictions, not that I wouldn't let him cross my bedroom threshold...A man so far ahead of his times and yet...so behind them...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stewart%2C_Viscount_Castlereagh From the Wikipedia page Some time after Castlereagh's death, Lord Byron wrote a savage quip about his grave: Posterity will ne'er survey A nobler grave than this: Here lie the bones of Castlereagh: Stop, traveller, and piss And my wish for New Years is for more chapters!!! Thanks Lord Arbor and the very best to you and yours for the upcoming year!!!

As noted, somehow Elizabeth will figure into the story at some point, and it won't be pretty... what can be expected is the opening of the game begins with, "This is how you die." I'm getting a strong sense of"The Walking Dead", another TV show with a zombie apocalypse...

While not a gamer, I haven't a clue to the game you are using...that being said, what a fantastic start and I'm hooked!!! While a fan of "The Stand", I see this going in a different direction...

Not your typical beginning to pledge week but, somehow they managed to slog through it...there is a weakest link and if I were a betting man...Kevin is on the short list... The question is, do the guys snap him into shape, is he worth the trouble or effort, or let him go???

A way will have to be found to get Lahari back to her companions underground. One has to wonder if the services of the apothecary shop and the mystics will be needed to help the underground residents??

Well, the air has been cleared between the boys, so it would seem.... Rufus's brother is a dickwad and an A-Hole...3 minutes late WTF???? Tyler...Tyler...Tyler...you dumbass...flowers and chocolates ain't gonna get you out of this mess... "You know. I embarrassed you in front of your friends." "But… what…" I stutter, feeling my face going purple. "It's fine. I get it. I know how it is. Hanging out with the losers is bad for the reputation." "Come on, you're not a loser." "In their eyes, I am." "Even if, who cares what they think?" "You, obviously," he says bitterly, and barely audibly. Let's hope and pray the hand on the thigh gives Tyler some balls to stand up to his loser friends...

Nothing like cursing/jinxing yourself, we were told Macy may/might/will be mortally wounded.injured... I for one am looking forward to seeing how Jase will handle police officer Gary (not so) Swift....

Well we learn there are many varieties of shifts, which leaves me begging the question...why do they let the Messiah's kill them. I can't understand, with the powers natural shifts have that they don't take the Messiah's out...at least take 'em over their knees and spank the bejeebers out of them..

For the most part a lul in the action till the end, I wonder if the "Hunters' blew up Tophilogin the Demifae's shop???

Puberty...the bane and blessing of teenagers everywhere. Wreaking changes and unwarranted consequences, with nary a thought to any embarrassing complications. At the worst possible time, puberty rears its ugly head and yet...the show must go on...what would you do??

Had I only known when I was thirteen...I coulda been a star!!! Thanks for the lighthearted story and Happy New Year!! “Uhm, Mr. Boyd, you will think I’m crazy, but I think that by accident, I found a way to get my voice back.” “What?” I exclaimed and took off my glasses. “It’s wonderful! How?” “Uhm, Mr. Boyd, it is not easy to say it. Can you promise you won’t tell anyone?” “Natey… you can tell me anything. It won’t change what I think of you, and not a single word will leave this room.” “Okay… um… well, so you see, Mr. Boyd, I was in the shower last night and, uhm, I was daydreaming and singing a little. My voice was awful. But then I, uh… it’s difficult to say it.” “There is no judgment in this room, Natey, remember.” “Okay, uh… well, I started playing with my penis, Mr. Boyd. And it got hard, and when I was playing with it, my voice got back to me! I know how it sounds, but it’s true!”

The pace and the action were a bit unnerving, so well very descripted, and it kept me on the edge of my seat!!! Well done and a happy new years to you and yours!!!

Finally...fairy tales we all wished we could have read!!! A unique take and mash up....at the risk of being too punny obvious...take a gander you may learn something!!!

Fairy tales like you wished you read 'em....Thanks and a very happy new years!!!

It's well past time for the hunters to be hunted...

Again we are treated to another fantastical adventure, of Charlie Boone and the gang as they wend their way thru and overcoming obstacles that would at first blush seem insurmountable. A follow up to 'I think This Place Is Haunted, Charlie Boone', and it hits all the right notes. This is one you should not miss!!!

Truly a wonderful and fantastical ending to say the least. You've outdone yourself and it's a difficult proposition for the standard you have set... Thank god for Bounty paper towels as I dang emptied the box o kleenex from the following on... Tallfield nodded, and turned to Horace. "And I owe you, too, Horace. Thanks for finding my family." Horace had used his summoning powers to locate and draw Lane Tallfield's wife and three kids, who had all lived their lives and passed away after the lawman had been killed. They were overjoyed to be reunited with Lane, and the man was so happy that he was almost bursting at the seams. "I have something to go home to every evening now, thanks to you." Like @drpaladin and all the others Browbeat captured a bit of my heart not forgetting Jeremiah, his naive innocence was a wonderful addition to the overall plot... It would seem that Auggie may have found a spot to put his fee up for a spell and we'll hopefully be seeing more of him...🤞 I could go on and on and will end my blubbering simply by saying THANK YOU!!! Happy New Year to you and yours!!!!

PHEW.....Thanks for the chapter and a very Happy New Year's to you!!! Looking forward to the further adventures and the new catamaran and refurbished Drakensberg resort!!

Time for Plan B, C and possibly Plan D!!!!

Another fantastic chapter and the following is so true.. Mary looked a little more, then she called Mom over. “Does she look familiar?” “No, I have never met her.” “Armand’s painting in the Louvre.” “I remember the painting because Armand was very upset. Is this the little girl in the painting?” “Yes” “She’s cute. Armand you need a girl in your home. I watched Alissa, the boys treated her like a queen. I’d bet they would treat her like they treat Alissa,” “I’m not equipped to raise a girl.” “You have been raising a girl for the last few months. Don’t forget Marie, she can help.”

I could see an offshoot of Jol's reality created for Lane and suspect, that a double for one of the crew be created, as they did to enact the transfer from one vessel to another, enticing Lane towards that 'new reality', where his healing could take place...and as @Ivor Slipper mentioned, here comes 'Memory Lane Inquiries' Robin canted his head to one side. "How hard is it to create a reality here?" Jol seemed surprised by the question. "Well, as you can probably imagine, a lot goes into making a world. Even as complex as this one looks on the surface, it's nothing like a real world. Because there is no real biology here, none of the intricacies of biology need to be considered. On a real world circling a sun somewhere, the biology starts at the microbial level and builds to the resident intelligences, if any. The process of evolution is simply stunningly long and varied. None of that needs to be considered here."

To the day where this is commonplace.... “So what! You’re gay… I’m straight... Can we get back to what’s important? Like, what did you get me for Christmas,” Caleb said.

Be careful what you wish or ask for...

What we have here is a conundrum folks...

Ilya is very lucky she made it to the cave, she's been wounded seriously, I suspect her life is on tenterhooks and hopefully she heals quickly...