Ron

I thought you were supposed to be studying. Nice of you to take a break to read. Thank you, Thorn.

Oh, Marshal! The first rule is to deny everything.

Pink Floyd's The Wall has to be the one. Honorable mention goes to Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door, and The Game from Queen.

Well gosh darn, has it turned into a contest to see who can announce birthday greetings first?! Nonetheless . . . Happy Birthday, Cole!

Happy Birthday, Myr. Many happy returns!

Happy Birthday, Graeme! Many happy returns!

Happy Birthday, Mark!

I must say that it looks very strange not seeing a chapter up there from Sasha Distan. If you read this, Sasha, I hope the move went smashingly well.

Happy Birthday, Suvitar. Many happy returns.

Happy Birthday, Sasha, and may you enjoy many, many happy returns in the years to come.

One of those slap the forehead moments. We've all had them at one time or another.

I might be persuaded to do this on my own (it sounds fun), but I would never do it with my partner. He takes competing far too seriously.

Happy Birthday, Carlos. Many happy returns to ya!

Happy Birthday, Jon. Many happy returns!

Thank you, Timothy.

Ha! That's interesting, I never gave it a thought, I accepted that it was called a trunk and that's what it was—but I can see the reasoning behind the name now. Clearly, watching Downton Abbey made no difference in my understanding despite the traveling scenes with trunks stacked upon the cars.

I agree with your nephew, you should write a billion more chapters—of something or other.

I like Rob Colton's werewolf stories very much. I do believe though, that when mentioning genre defining writing about werewolves on GA, Sasha Distan cannot be left out of the conversation. If anyone is unfamiliar with Born Wolf, my advice: immediately go read the story. It was an incredibly nuanced piece of writing, while at the same time setting down very defined parameters of the laws and social life of shifters—and what happens when you fall outside of the norm. Timothy, you lay out a convincing reason to begin reading JohnAR's Meta.

Up in the maroon colored bar you will find a Help topic, click on it and you'll find many useful things, including the how-tos of posting stories.

A few thoughts.... All features could be combined. The author, story title, and first line (excepting those weeks when the first line is the prompt) from all of the prompts posted during the week leading up to Fridays feature, could be shown. And then, one story from the group could be featured. Although singling out one story in this manner will be more contrasting, may seem like a contest of sorts, or even appear harsh to some, it is reality, as it is already being done off-screen anyway and we're all aware of it. As Valkyrie says, it is very thrilling to be the author whose story is being featured. It was exciting as all-get-out the one time that I was featured, and Trebs (Robert) will always be remembered by me for having done so. I wouldn't like to lose this feature of the prompts and have an author miss out on the feeling of accomplishment that being featured provides—especially to newer authors who make the cut. How exciting! On the other hand I certainly realize that reading every story (how else to choose the best - though I do realize that variables may apply when making the final choice), would take up more time than using the list, and combining both ideas would only take up more time.

Thank you, Lisa.

Very nice. Congratulations, Aditus. You know there's no money, right? Valkyrie confirmed this.

Thank you, Gary.

Thank you, Graeme.

Thank you, Cole.