Jeff Burton

I’m glad your enjoying it and thanks for being the catalyst that’s got me ramping on book 2 😂

I’m not going to ruin it by dropping hints I can say is there was no brain injury, just the thoracic injuries to his left side and the memory.

I got a little behind! LOL The amount of notifications I get even before I got promoted was insane, and I don’t expect that to change. And good catch on the mystery healing bit. 😉 All except for that nagging .. well lol

I actually love Rodney as a character, yes I’m horrible but I kept it professional. Forgive me as you read though I was still fighting with the plot at this point I had the general ideas down as to what happened to this dude but I was still working out the whys. i hadn’t nailed down the villain yet. But it got a little clearer as I worked on it. I still need to go back and fix some “time issues” in later chapters but eh I’ll get around to it eventually.

Man what a trip, literally. As I said in a previous comment it’s kinda terrifying lol. Just learning another language is a time consuming process, just wow. Poor Malik. edit: oh I beat @Jason Rimbaud nice.

Of course I’ve known this was coming but the whole thing still humbles me. Instead of a long winded reply, I just want to say thank you to the staff here at GA, especially @Valkyrie and @Cia who never failed to respond to a question when I needed advise on something crazy, to @Graeme and the team of volunteers who had to spend a few months reading everything I’ve written here, and the staff in general for making this whole thing work in the first place. I joined this site back in 2006 but was more of a silent member for most of that time, it wasn’t until recently I actually started posting work and I thank the dearly departed Comicality for that one because I emailed him on a whim and he sent me a 10,000 word reply that basically said, “just write, even if it’s just for you.” To all my readers, commenters, reviewers and everyone whose even just reacted with a like to my stories I thank you as well, because even though Comicality gave me that shove off a cliff, all of you made me fly. And for that I am the most thankful of all. Okay that was still long winded. 😂. Now that this is done, time to write!

This story ended up being an interesting one, many here seemed to love it and it’s got a sequel in the planning stages. Thanks for reading it Cassie.

Yikes. Yeah definitely not Kansas anymore. The ramifications of all of this is actually terrifying when you think about it.

Totally happy to see this is finally making it to posting. I have a feeling Malik is about to find himself not in Kansas anymore, because really who leaves a perfectly functional interdimensional gateway in one of the most shady locals imaginable lol. @CassieQ great job on this, with the art work @Thirdly did I was already curious about this, but yeah chapter 1 has a nice hook.

Yeah my apologies on that, I had to step away as I do sometimes. I'm trying to get ahead on my work before I post it so they're mostly done hence the wait. Plus I needed a small break.

Yeah, lmao. Aw I forgot how cute this chapter was.

Hey thanks! That seems to be my thing no matter the genre. I'm sure you read some of the comments on Chapter 1 and how I ended up with it, it was probably one of the best intro's I've ever written.

Glad you started it after I finished it then.

I actually did have an idea on what you propose that was born out of another prompt I think it was the one about two people having a conversation with each other. But the idea is a dude working for a defense contractor ends up being friends with a co worker and suddenly spy stuff happens. It was a crazy idea.

I haven’t made it to episode 2 yet. I’m trying lol.

It’s going to be a thing in one of my stories.

That is crazy, especially the Borg cube 😂

Don’t get me started on the barbecue sauce speech lol

I’m seriously thinking about seeing if I can wing both themes into one story. I almost have a thread of an idea. Something about the colors on the cover art sparked something.

Yeah I’m not sure I can do this in 25,000 words but at least I’ve got time to think about it. 😂

Took me a minute to get to this, I’m glad we were able to see Joel stand up to his mother, and get what he needed with Cody. This chapter is pretty much a cold close, but at least it didn’t fade to black like the Sopranos did, it lets the story continue without us being able to see it. Joel is going to drive back, the Connelly’s will probably be back from church, Celia will smile warmly now that he’s home safe and I’d like to think he’s finally able to freely share what happened. Franny is going to roll her eyes and everyone in that house is just going to ignore it because what needed to be said to her was already said. Joel will probably apologize for using diesel in the truck, Trace will tell him it’s money well spent then probably hint he buys the stuff wholesale anyway and has his own tank and pump somewhere in the back for all the tractors and what not as most ag families do. And they’ll just continue their Sunday as they always have as a family. A lot happened to Joel in the month we got to read, a lot happened to the Connellys in that month. Everyone got growth of some kind, and they are forever changed from it. So yeah it’s sad that it’s over but gratifying as well we got this small peek into a moment in the characters lives, and what we saw was exactly what we were meant to see, no more no less.

Yep, very familiar with it. It's one of the inspirations lol.

Finally saw the first episode. All I can say is: 😂😂

Damn this is one that has “Almost Home” by shadowgod. I remember getting to read it before it was submitted I still get the chills from it. All of these are old school works that definitely need the reread or first reads.

That works, I’m like 8 chapters behind in this one I need to catch up.