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Everyone always assumes Mom and Dad has everything taken care of until the car accident happens. My question.... Do the admins have the ability to download the site data to a separate private disc? The admin owns the data, I think? Yes, I'm asking probative questions... But I haven't seen admins address here. The website I owned, I could access and download assess at my liberty. I know stuff is different here, but do we know the contours of the admins thoughts here? what they think on this? how would they help? I haven't seen admin offer thoughts on this thread.....

"Yes it is. No I'm not." That little anecdote is a prompt on a bow right there, lol. 😀 edit: Let's try, That little anecdote is a prompt with a bow on it right there, lol. (Sorry gang. It's the stroke.) 😀

Echos = Ecosse. From the mind of @lomax61. Having a great read! Love it!

What if God required human sacrifice? Would it be more palatable if that God talked to you, wasn't capricious and kept promises? Once I started this story I wasn't able to stop reading. The characters' questions became my questions. Does God ask too much? Am I strong enough? Do I get enough now? Can I withstand the weight of waiting for future promise? The story is compact, totaling less than 40,000 words. Perfect for me. For any naysayers, I assure you there is a complete emotional orchestra ready to play for you. Several moments of the story made me cry before I realized what was happening. The imagery and emotional presentation were beautifully overwhelming. Sometimes it made me sad. Sometimes it made me happy. I think some real care went into the characters in this story. The alternate earth, space, future, science fiction type tags of any story make me very hard on the first few pages. If it doesn't quickly read approachable and comfortable, I'm out. This story is easy to read, wants to be read, and I felt like it asked me to sit down and immerse myself in the story. This is a fantastic story. Wonderfully written. Highly recommended.

To choose just one story from last week, Confluence by @Refugium. It's one in the ongoing series Stories from Old Photographs and I've enjoyed all of them. Time is a constant problem. Our system needs completely redesigned. But as a start, we should start by listening to our chronobiologists and getting our bodies back in line with our natural circadian rhythms--like all the other living things on the planet. All this faffing around with DST vs ST is just entirely squandering the opportunity to do something constructive. Hope about we change our clocks every month? Week? Practically all the clocks change by computers these days. Why not have the clocks change every day in relation to the Time Zone so we're always in sync with natural day and night? Just spitballin, of course....

I'm not familiar with the Chosen series. This short or collection of vignettes was just awesome. I really enjoyed this! Each one was unique and each one was a delight. Well, that last one, it was unique too but I got lost on that one--but I suspect that was because I don't know anything about the Chosen series. With the first four I didn't think I was missing anything and they were perfectly clear. I think they were wonderfully done presented like this and I really enjoyed it.

This is not what I was looking for today, but put a jock in front of me and there is a good chance I'll take a second look. 😀 You hooked me with the opening. Then I was all emotionally invested after the wonderful solo I envisioned with the rain on the window. I was straight to chapter two. Summers and tailgates make me happy and I enjoyed how you put the scenes together. I'm glad I took a look. I enjoyed the story and thanks for sharing.

After seeing the chapter getting pulled back for editing, I was happy to see it post. I'm suspicious of how Samael interjected and got right into the Hill house before anyone had a chance to answer otherwise. At this point, Ritter has given over his good senses in exchange for Samael's constant ministrations. I'm concerned for Mr. Ream. Looking forward to meet the unsettling visitor.

Huge amount of story in this short story. Twists and surprises kept me reading and I was engaged the entire story. It's always nice to be entertained by the supporting characters as well. Refugium has a particular knack for crafting a tale, and I think it's put to very good use in this story. Definitely worth the read.

I enjoyed this tremendously! This "incident" is a wonderful morsel of conversation between two amicable gentlemen on a train. I was smiling throughout. A great study on well done dialogue. This is well worth more than the time it takes to read.

I appreciate and enjoy a story that can take care of business in less than 25,000 or less words. Boundaries: An Old West Tale delivers. From the first to the fourth, and final, chapter the clear and concise writing provides an essential picture of setting, character and tone. Could the story be expanded into 75,000 words? Sure. Would that automatically make it better? Absolutely not. This is wonderful writing in shorter story form and I enjoyed it beginning to end! I don't think I'm jumping the gun to say that Headstall is well along his way of finding a voice and niche that feels as natural, comfortable, and rewarding for him as it is for the many fans who continually clap for more of his writing. I'm clapping right along.

OMG, now we have to figure out if you are telling us the story in two places at once. Are the clues in the story to be trusted or are clues in the comments to be trusted. Were you planning to do this since Chapter 17 all along as a new narrative experiment on us? I haven't been able to trust anyone in the story. Now I can't trust anyone you have potentially intentionally planted in the comments, ROFL. It's plain EVIL. 😀

This is a wonderful chapter full of information and excitement. And crucially, Gabriel has bits of actionable information that might lead to his true past. I’m not sure how much longer I could have waited. 😀 So glad for this turn in Gabriel’s quest. More, more, more!

I read this story about a month ago and it was written a decade ago. Issues around identity, both self-identity and how others (mis)identify us and characterize us, are as relevant now as they were a decade ago. Hate crime is rising again. Our protagonist rises against his challenge here; while giving us a moment to consider our thoughts on self-defense and vigilantism. I thought this story was tightly constructed and the pacing was great. Once you start you'll read until the end. Great story.

I enjoyed this story. The interaction Justin and Kyle had with the soda vendor really sticks in my mind. Light-hearted and fun to read. I don't think I've read more than two comic books in my whole life, but I'm glad I stopped and read the story.