Timothy M.

LOL, I love making you You do know how to pick those lines out, and of course this A.I. team is the best ever.

I has fun coming up with that line.

Thanks, jfalkon I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll definitely write a sequel, the only question is when.

I'm sure you're right that both names exist in Norwegian, even if they looked a little strange to my Danish eyes. Two of my grandparents and their siblings were in the Danish resistance, but they never talked about it much.

Oh, and I enjoyed leaning more about Fridtjof Nansen, who lent his name to Nansen pas (the Nansen passport), the first official ID papers for stateless refugees.

This is the perfect story to read if you're surrounded by snow and would like to get your heart rate up just a little. It is a tale from the past and from Norway, the land of fjords, mountains and skiing, all of which features in the story. It is also a tale of two young boys who for the love of their country and their school teacher set out on a trip which could cost them their lives. I enjoyed the slow unfolding and the underplayed drama of this realistic war time tale.

Brilliant story from my neighbor country who had a much harder time during the Nazi occupation than Denmark did. I had to chuckle at the sentence Norway had had enough of unwanted guests, because Denmark used to be one of the unwanted 'owners' of Norway, before Sweden won a war. There is even a SATW comic about it. Same for the use of clothes and decorations to show resistance to the Nazis, this is one of my favorite SATW comics. A couple of name comments: I think Nils' surname would be Haaland, with a single a in land, and the teachers middle name would probably be Erik, not Eirik. Also, I know the English version of Karl/Carl is Charles, but it would feel more authentic and be more correct if Nils said Prins Carl af Danmark became their new king (Haakon VII af Norge). Apart from the realistic depiction of the journey in the snow and the fear of discovery, I liked the way the boys grew closer until the kiss in the snow laid their feelings bare. They would not have had an easy time being together in post-war Norway, but that's another story.

Absolutely no hurry, Myr. I could understand the lag time explanation, if there were more likes on the comments than my activity list showed. But how can the count in my activity stream be 2 or 3 times the real number of likes ? I don't know if it helps, but it seems to be only those comments which have only one kind of likes, but not comments with mixed likes. However, I haven't chased down older comments to check. Also posts in the forums and blogs show the correct number of likes. Is no one else seeing this phenomenon ? Maybe I should reboot my laptop and see what happens.

Thanks, northie I'm delighted you enjoyed my efforts. I have to admit it's wasn't easy to work it out, but yours was a lot more difficult, IMO.

Yeah, I also wondered about the lack of a shift, but perhaps he couldn't be sure where the rope would end up ? It might have been around his neck.

Thanks, Thirdly I love your comments, too. It's always great to know which parts made my readers chuckle. I'll do my best on a follow-up, but I can't promise it will be this New Year.

Thanks, Lux I could say the same about some of your characters.

Thanks, Def I know I've done well, when you love my story. I totally agree about NY in NY

Thanks, Parker my intentions were just what you called it, so it's awesome to know I succeeded. I think you're right about the boys having a great time.

Thank you, Ivric I'm very pleased you enjoyed it.

Thanks, tim I wanted to write something light but warm.

Thank you, my Swedish friend Yeah, New Year in New York sounds awesome, eh? What did Joel and Lucas do that night ? I'll have to go check your stories. Well, @Puppilull it seems you never did describe Joel and Lucas celebrating NY in NY. Maybe time for you to revisit the guys.

Thanks, Rndmrunner I'm not sure I can bundle them, since the first one is an Anthology story, but I'll give it a try. I'm pleased you enjoyed the xmas gift.

Thanks, moggy I'm glad you liked it.

Thank you, Blind It took a while for me to come up with something suitable, and I'm very relieved my readers approve.

Thanks, comicfan It's like one of those yummy Christmas treats, one is never enough, right ? I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks, CG and sorry about slipping another story past you without due warning. But I'm glad you enjoyed both of them.

Thanks, Brian. Yeah, you'd know about lovely Christmas surprises, right ? I'm still chuckling over Twelve Gays.

Thanks, Val. It was a fun challenge to get those stripey gifts worked in.

Thank you, Gary. I'm glad it warmed you on Juleaften in the Canadian cold. Like you, I prefer being surrounded by happy couples (and parents) in my stories, and I couldn't resist returning to Connor and Edward.