Thirdly

Yes you I know. It was @kboisI was wondering about.

How do you feel about dogs?

Why does everyone remember the cats??? I mean I love them as much as the next person...

Yes. The only reason I remember is due to the open road. And Disney. Doggone Disney.

Okay just for the heck of it, I randomized the randomized lists and this is now my guess: Sparkling Water- Mancunian Yacht Club- CassieQ Nox or Not?- Jason Rimbaud Hiding in Plain Sight- Mikiesboy Alltopia- Thirdly Take me to Your Leader- drsawzall Hide and Seek- Lee Wilson Behind the Walls- astone2292 Off the Rails- Ieshwar Ceramic Dreams- kbois For Ever Young- W_L The Fascinator Murders- Mark Arbour Christmas in Glacier Bay- Quokka

Or we can go @Lee Wilson's route and guess most but swap ours for fairness's sake.

Nah, we still don't know who wrote who of each other’s work.

I apparently threw everyone off and I wasn't even trying. I wish I was as good as the guesses people put me under. 🤣 What faith and expectations some of you have of me, wow.

Yeah I lost track not because I wanted to, but because moving happened. I think we both survived our respective moves, @CassieQ!

Not me re-reading things again and needing to fan myself after that last line Peter landed on Patrick yet *again.*

I love this series so much. I read it out of order, but in whatever order you read it, it's still stellar and worth the time to read.

After a week it’s still on track Widens the crack, the spirit free It walks away, not looking back Where I am standing, I can see. - Yay! It's free! Wait, that is a good thing, right? I also love the collaboration with @Valkyrie@Mikiesboy and @Puppilull!

Hidden behind a thin veil of gold, Revealed through a light tug, Lies a true sight to behold, Better than any drug. Dark brown, liquidly filled, Caught in one satisfying bite, glorious salted caramel spilled, And a dreadful day becomes bright. - GASP a salted caramel chocolate truffle!!??🤤 I throw a pebble into the still lake, when it touches, it sends out circular waves, as did your word, made my whole body shake, to hear it again is all that it craves. My fingers open, I release the sphere, when it strikes, it pushes the last to leap, as did your word, made my frozen heart cheer, hearing it ensured for my peaceful sleep. I said the word for the first time to you, You held your breath and your body went still, Your eyes inquired if it really was true, Yes, I do love you and I always will. Years ago one mistake, my temper flared, Years ago one word wrong, alone, scared. - Dagnabbit. Another one that started off so sweet and then left me worrying.

Tiny white dots scattered over periwinkle-blue, And pink cherry-blossom petals hide the green. Fluffy feather piles dipped abruptly into dark grey goo, quickly gusts of wind stir the flower carpet’s screen. Then the thunderstorm is there – lightning-fast discharge, The ugly demon is awoken, with its shadow large. You, Tame the darkness inside me - This one stared out so nice and got dark so fast. (I loved it though) And that last one, number 14, sounded like a hot date.

Or just a dessert of pureed fruit mixed with cream? - I feel like a dessert of pureed fruit, but not mixed with cream. 😂

Is this like seeing things in reverse, or am I reading too into it?

This could be a chanty. Flowed nicely. I love it. Not sure how I missed this the first time, but I'll never miss anything again. 😈

GASP!!!! It links what chapter you last read!!! (tested it on another multichapter story) Mind. Blown. I'm so happy I could cry.

I'm gonna have to test this out on tomorrow's story. Thank you!

Okay, it's getting a little tricky keeping track of which story I left off at, BUT... For Ceramic Dreams, I have some ideas as to who may have written it. Will have to wait and see if their names are on the list. For Hiding in Plain Sight and the others, I am less sure.

Fans and sci-fi writers know how difficult it is to balance realism with vivid imaginativeness. The hard work put into this story was evident, and the sky is the limit.

Oh- ho ho ho ho, my goodness. It was almost scary how as I read this story it reminded me of my own writing style. So many moving parts, so many plot elements to try to balance. Well-freaking-done, whoever this writer is, for sharing such a big story. I know how hard it is to nail good transitions and flow from start to finish, and you've done far better than I did not a few years ago. Keep going! I want to see more of what you can do.

I saw the "sad" reactions and read the reviews and I was afraid to read this one, not gonna lie. 🥲 But, oh, the richness of how this was all described from start to finish. I nearly swooned from the writing style by itself...and, of course, I was crushed harder than boulders trampled over Lara Croft in the older playstation games. 😭 Why? Whyyyyy do all of you keep doing this to me? I just can't even...

I wonder when it turned into "hirviendo" and "burbujando" in Spanish. I watched a show called Burbujita Gargarita when I was a kid so much that Burbujita became one of my nicknames in early childhood. She was named after her bubbling, curly pink hair, and the fact that her voice was bubbling like a fairy:

I imagine it's hard translating from German to English. Germans have such a rich vocabulary that surely much of it can't even be translated. What you managed to get out of it was amazing, nonetheless.