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I'm really not sure how you plan to wrap this up in another nine or ten chapters. The story is interesting and compelling enough to get some mileage out of it--some long chapter mileage :Pthat is. You've got us, so why let us go so soon!

You have an interesting story in the works, Craftingmom. One thing that stands out as incongruous is the behavior of the lower class of people - the slave master, the slave handler at the manor house. These people are shown as being differential one moment and in the next they are speaking their minds freely to their betters. It should be consistently one or the other and I'm sure you recognize which way that should lean. You lose the necessary tone otherwise. You have a promising story and I look forward to reading and finding out where you take it.

In my opinion—the context of the kiss does matter. It would be very hard to view this kiss as meaning anything beyond how it was meant to be viewed. The kiss itself was not on the lips—but on the corner of the mouth—which removes any sexual overtone. It is an emotional display of affection. In this case, for a dying friend—  In a silent film—  In which exaggerated emotional expression is de rigueur. To see this as somehow more than it is meant to portray . . . Is a bit of a stretch. As Gary Couzens writes in his review of the movie: "It is not hard to read . . . as a coded tragic gay love story, and you can do the same with Wings, though how much this is intended, and how much 1927's audience would have picked up on it, is open to conjecture." I think—those that want to find something . . . will. But they very well may not be correct in their interpretation.

Happy Birthday Cia!

Wish you the best of luck toward finding a good job, Stephanie.

So, hi back at you. Welcome to GA, Basketballboy03.

Hello Will and welcome to GA.

The costumes, huh? I held off on the reveal as long as I could. The storyline will continue as self-contained stories posted occasionally. Thanks for reading and showing interest, Valkyrie.

Thanks, Sis. Glad you liked it. Moor . . . In time.

The trick is a subtle one and has to do with the beginning and the end of the story--Jeremy has a plan. Thanks for reading and the nice comments, Cole.

See, already, it's just so easy to join in on the fun!

Welcome Hermit (in the Cave) to GA. Introvert . . . really . . . Oh, I don't think that's allowed here Sir or Madame!

It is a beautiful morning and I can hardly wait for this afternoon. I don’t normally get up this early on a Saturday but I guess the anticipation of tonight is too much to let me sleep in. Jeremy is coming over after lunch to hang out and get dressed up. We've been planning and constructing our costumes for almost a month. I think this will be our last year for trick or treating, we are pushing it even now, at our age. The rest of our friends seem to be doing it this year so Jeremy and I decided

A self-contained story in the Sam and Jeremy series. You don't have to read the other stories to read this one. Rated mature but you should make that decision for yourself.

That was fun.

Welcome back to the writing. For a wham-bang-thank-you-sir chapter, it came out great, Dave.

Hello Kenan and welcome to GA. What kind of stories do you like?

Congratulations Guys! Cole and Randy Hooray!

Hello Patrick and welcome. There isn't a whole lot of gossip (a good thing) but there is a whole lot of good banter going on most days. Enjoy!

You do hot and steamy well!

Last things first; I would hazard a guess. I believe the answer is that I landed on your radar, and for whatever reason, I am glad that I did. Rano, I very much appreciate the review. I fussed over the title; it is nice to know that it was a good fit. Thanks for noticing the little things that begin to crowd into Sam's mind. More 'Sam and Jeremy' coming soon, but as a stand-alone tale.

I'm sorry to hear this news. I feel sorry for the loss to those who knew him well, and to those that named him friend. You have my sympathy.

Yes, very hot. That last thought of Marshall's . . . That was thought provoking.

Jeez, I'm going to have to read that again. The first time, I was paying too close attention to how you wrote it; which I like quite a lot.

Coffee with artificial sweetener and, at minimum, two good sized mugs of it before lunch.