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@Bill W,I'm glad you enjoyed the story. You even took the time to comment, thank you Bill.

As so often, you weave a beautiful tapestry with your words. With every line a new aspect appears, a new emotion grabs me. Beautiful, Gary. I'm born in a city, I live in a city; there are no barns here but still secret places to find solitude and time to think about 'Gott und die Welt' (everything under the sun). But, back to beauty… that barn, my uncle’s barn was more exquisite that any church I’d been forced into. Perfect.

Thank you, Peter. It was difficult to convey 'the message' in this story: it took me a while well, a long while, so I'm glad you think it's well done.

Dialogues are very important to me. I'm glad you think I'm doing a great job. You made my morning.

Thank you very much, Peter. It's always uplifting when someone finds an older story and takes the time to comment- and such a lovely comment.

This is a very important word. I use it all the time, even using synonyms, but it isn't enough.

I have no reason to complain. There is a little snow, minus one degree Celsius max, a little stormy, the Rhine is wider than usual, so no letting the dog swim.

Never!

From this year on you will be pestered er.... prompted by the We want to thank @Cole Matthews for being a member of the Prompt Team since October 2021 and inspiring us with around 80 prompt ideas. Thank you Cole. #PT261 Someone wakes up all alone in the back and beyond, with no cell phone reception, after falling asleep on the bus or train. What happens now? #PT 262 Write an online love story. Have the story consist entirely of alternating chat lines. Please include the prompt number either in your story/chapter description or title to help readers who would like to search for specific prompts. Also, please remember that stories less than one thousand words must be posted as part of a collection. If you check the subgenre 'prompt' in your story tags, then people/readers can find everything here: https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/subgenre/prompt/

Many directions to choose and play with.

I loved this story, and there's more...

Happy. B. &#@*%

Def, this is perfect. You caught his spirit.

Thank you, Bill. Your comment means a lot to me.

I almost missed your debut. It's the prologue of a series, right? Pre-Consuela Orts i Roig and after-. There have to be descriptions of breathtaking ceramics, vernissages- and men... In other words: I'm waiting for your first anthology story, or more of Juan. Thank you for sharing, Gary.

Perfect! I mean this can be basically anything: two legs, four legs, six legs, eight legs (shudder), wings, fins...

Merry Christmas! ❤️

@Headstall You know me well.

This reminds me of all my sins, at least as an author. Speaking of New Year resolutions.

Sorry to disappoint Steve; we need the man with the fur-trimmed red hat next week to deliver our prezzies. What you guys do with the prompts is out of my hands, though. If you slip in something gift-wrapped, a sleigh, or a long white beard, that’s your decision. # 257 First line: There’s something down there. #258 List of words: Use at least ten variations, synonyms, or compound words of loose and lose. Please include the prompt number either in your story/chapter description or title to help readers who would like to search for specific prompts. Also, please remember that stories less than one thousand words must be posted as part of a collection. If you check the subgenre 'prompt' in your story tags, then people/readers can find everything here: https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/subgenre/prompt/

No more elements? Whew. We went right to chaos theory.

A few new authors are on the list! I'm curious.

This comments mean a lot to me. For reasons I won't bore you with, I was forced to stop writing this story. I feared the story had been forgotten because of the huge delay. I will finish it. The characters are already speaking to me.

Haha, that's exactly how I felt. I understood it as a challenge.

These happenings were always far away, something I heard about in history lessons and books. It felt as if I were present and saw them from an entirely new perspective.