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It's sometimes hard to refrain from editing while doing proofreading. As one solution during proofreading, put all edit suggestions in comment boxes when such suggestions cannot be suppressed.

A nice twist.

I've been running it now for about six months -- as a pre-release tester. It's done well. The only issues have been with an app or two that did not adapt early enough and some of the new ways of doing things, but the old ways are still available. In fact, it felt more like a normal Windows 10 update than anything particularly special.

I was led to A to Z after reading Double Concerto and its fine writing. I appreciate what you've done in both stories--the fresh similes and metaphors, the development of characters, the near-absence of cliches. Well done. I'm proud to be a fellow proofer for the GA anthologies and offer my help to you if you wish. rec

I'd be happy to take a crack at it. I self-edited Palouse, so you can see my work. Also, Cole Parker's stories over at Awesomedude.com rec aka vwl

Thank you, alexlittel. I enjoyed writing it, and after seven years just re-read it. It holds up. rec

Bacon, yes. It's late summer and BLT season. With an heirloom tomato, tasty bread toasted, and crispy bacon. I can't resist the Kroger chains' (various stores around the U.S) thick-cut bacon from the meat counter or hard-to-find Beeler's bacon. [No commercial advertisement intended.)

Over at AwesomeDude.com, a fine story by Nigel Gordon is beginning today--one I helped edit, by the way, to its end. The ex-wife dumps her gay teen-age son at her ex-husband's doorstep after a long estrangement from him. This starts significant changes in the ex-husband's life involving well-rounded characters. Highly recommended.

5:54 a.m. Pacific

Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving to be on a Thursday.

It's Sunday, and I just noticed that my story was featured. Thank you, GA, and thanks to the readers for all the nice comments.

Thank you. Unfortunately, there won't be a sequel -- unless I can convince someone else to write one.

I have a couple of quibbles in an entertaining story. One, as mentioned above, Thanksgiving is on Thursday in the States, which means that the college break would start on Tuesday or Wednesday. Two, and probably a bit more serious, Walla Walla is in the dry part of Washington, so it, like Penticton but warmer, and has few rainy periods in the winter. Actually it's rather sunny and precipitation would come as snow that would melt away in a few days. Similarly, Colfax, which would also be dry and colder than Walla Walla. I set my story Palouse in the same area of Eastern Washington, though I come from the rainy, west side of the Cascade Mountains.

So, what's wrong with a cereal killer.