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No! We have to have more Doorways stories and Pacha'ka Adventures and a side story featuring Ricky's younger sister and Ricky's even younger brother! (Hey, @Geron Kees -- maybe Ricky's younger brother could be "Bobby" after Uncle Bob, and the younger sister be Suzanne, after Bob's wife Susan!) Yes! More Doorways/Odd, Onward Door tales! Perhaps a sequel to the Thrift Shop series, an 8th Charm story, and some of your other stories.

That is good reasoning, @Luca E. While I was not thinking about that with regard to a synopsis, I have noticed the differences in common usage can vary a lot from country to country. I have seen some writers from Australia and New Zealand include glossaries on some of their stories, and it can be very helpful. Thank you for pointing this consideration out to us.

BTW (By The Way), @Geron Kees, it sounds like -- this time -- Auggie was using the telzee route of teleportation described in "Light My Roamin' Candle, Charlie Boone!" Whereas, when Auggie chased Fit and Pip into Twombly, the method seems different -- (see "Christmas is a State of Mind, Charlie Boone!"). ***If any of you have not read those excellent stories, "Roamin' Candle" needs to be read first.***

It is as if I've seen "Holdover, Missouri," mentioned before, along with "Hideaway, Missouri." Somewhere I have seen a directory of fictional places. "Hideaway" is close to Branson, Branson West, and Indian Point, Missouri -- if it existed. "Holdover" was listed as somewhat between Branson and Joplin -- which would put it in the 417 area code with Branson, Springfield, and Joplin, Missouri, instead of the 660 area code. Great starting chapter, @Geron Kees. My guess? Lane Tallfield, from the lower level, is somehow related to this Rance Tallfield. There are a lot of Rantz families and some Rance first names around the Branson and Hollister and Reeds Spring area of Missouri. Years ago, I used to live about 5 miles south of Branson.

Oops!

Well, the villain has the name TALLwood ---

I don't remember seeing narwhal rooster/cock on the Burger King menu --

I notice, on thesaurus dot com, that one of the synonyms for narwhal is "whopper."

With my dyslexia, and since my stroke a couple of years ago, my brain makes strange connections at times. I read that as "the NECK-TAR of the dogs," and visualized a dog with a ring of tar around its neck. I thought, "Poor dog!" I was glad to see, on closer inspection, that it was nectar instead.

@drsawzall, I love that thought. If a sentry was disguised and put at one of the Trojan points of Earth or Mars orbit, info could be relayed much faster to Ark II. The disguise would have to be very well done, however, or it might be detectible by craft looking for valuable metals. I am sure that @R. Eric has thought of several possibilities that neither of us has considered yet. Perhaps, R. Eric, you might post another Ark II chapter before going back to Makarovia or Bluebloods or one of the others?

Sometimes it might be called a punchline.

"Puns are often a sign of higher than average intelligence." ~ David Lee

@Jkeeletupelo -- do you like novels, novellas, short stories, or some of all the above? Do you like science fiction, or fantasy, or historical/semi-historical fiction? Do the stories you read have to have mainly gay/bi/lesbian/trans characters, or do you just like well-written stories? Do they have to me stories about mostly adult characters and situations, or can they have some or mostly teen characters? If you like well-written stories featuring teens and some adults, I would suggest many of the stories of @Geron Kees. His Doorways series is good science fiction featuring two gay teen boyfriends and the grandfather of one of them. ["The Odd, Onward Door"; "Never a Door Lost"; and The Darkness Between Doors.] (The grandfather, Mike, becomes a major character in the second story, although important in the first story.) Geron's "Charlie Boone" series mixes fiction and sci-fi and fantasy, but then leans mostly to science fiction later in the series. His "Z is for Zombie" multi-chapter story mixes end-of-the-world survival fiction and science fiction, but his zombies are NOT like any you have seen before. Geron's shorter stories often have great observations about human nature, even an enjoyable partly humorous story like "The Party of the Third Part." Dabeagle has written a lot of good stories. So has Mawgrim. And have you checked out the stories of Myr, Ronyx, C James, James Savik, Bill W, and too many others to mention here on this site.

David Brin has written some good works. I see that "Thor Meets Captain America" was expanded by Brin into a longer work, "The Life Eaters." Both are available from a giant corporation founded by someone with the first name of Jeff.

Ah! So, given the specifics you gave in the above answer, then this could, with the right tech applied, form a doorway to other universes -- and connect the Doors Universe with the Charlie Boone universe! However, it would probably take a combined effort of the Kift tech used on Korig and the Arpithant, and possibly the probability index of a future discovery, plus a judicious application of Charlie's second presence combined with Keerby's talents... The possibilities are even more endless than I thought! (But also very difficult to achieve, in theory.) So please, @Geron Kees -- do not be in a hurry to connect the two universes. So, @drpaladin was correct also when he said, "Generally speaking though, this is almost entirely dependent on the conditions and properties on either side of said hole."

Hooray for Katrina Sams! Hooray for Queen Helga! Very good chapter, @R. Eric. I am looking forward to a chapter of your visionary story, Ark II, soon.

Thank you, @astone2292, for this Ask An Author series. I'm going to have to go back and read a lot more of these. @chris191070, @Headstall, and @drpaladin, Great comments. @drpaladin, I am very glad you pointed out the positivity in Geron's stories. Even in what some might consider "light" reading in one or two stories of @Geron Kees, there are many useful, good, and informative points about human behavior and interpersonal relationships.

I learned it as seize the day, as in make the day enjoyable and accomplish goals at the same time. But I have indeed heard other variations than the one I learned.

@Bill W, this is one of your best stories yet, and I have enjoyed several over the years. I also agree with @drsawzall on his commercialism comments completely. Your comments on attacks on the LGBTQI+ community reminded me of your wonderful story, Crash Landing, and A Gay Christmas Carol (Revised). Another or your wonderful Christmas stories is My First True Christmas. All of the three stories I mentioned are available right here on Gay Authors. Thanks you for the great writing.

Good chapter, @R. Eric. I will be interested to see if Stan and Mark have more body memory than the rest. Will they be able to get everything done in a week before coming back to Russia?

Well done, @R. Eric. So now back to Makarovia, then Ark II, then Blueblood, then Ark II, then I've Always Loved You," then Ark II, and so on. This story, Ark II, is possibly your most enjoyably imaginative yet, of the strictly fiction stories you have written. Please continue writing. To paraphrase Mr. Spock, "Live Long and Bring Joy Through the Prosperous Writing." Thank you.

Well said indeed, @drsawzall. While I cannot personally identify with every point of @astone2292, I thought what he wrote was well organized, well stated, and well pointed. Now if @kbois is average, then shouldn't we invent the term "averagy?" (No matter how I spell it, it looks wrong.) @astone2292, I was especially resonant with your points about validation, peace of mind, and writing. Love the sumo wrestler analogy.

So, @Valkyrie, this enjoyable story was a blend of old and new crypto-currency coinage of a story? Between you and @Geron Kees and @Parker Owens and @Aditus, I was glad for translate dot google dot com being available.

Thanks, @Valkyrie! Now maybe you can write the next story with the prompt "That's not my package!" The title could be "That's not my package! Really!" It could be about a guy who, when accused of sending a sext pic to someone, protests -- because the pictured prominent protuberance projecting from the package area is patently preposterous, considering what normally is resting there in a relaxed soft state. (You are welcome to use the idea freely, with no attribution. MY reward would be -- reading another great prompt story.)

@Valkyrie -- Be sure to title that prompted story something like, "That's not my package!" That way, I will know to read it. I can think of a minimum of three storylines -- all of different meanings -- that would fit that title/prompt. And looking up "package" on dictionary dot com, including the British dictionary section -- has given an idea for a fourth storyline (one of the original three storyline ideas was from urbandictionary dot com).