This is so charming, @kemmyb. I hope my marriage still has that kind of fire after so many years! It's really inspiring. Very clever use of the prompt, too. I just hope Robert and Madelaine can afford

This is a truly amazing story, @idlemind. It blew me away. I was in tears at the end. Short stories in general don't have enough breadth and length to have that kind of emotional impact. But yours did.

Your writing always grips me, @warpedpoetic. I am drawn in by the sense that there is an entire world opening up before me, and your storytelling is the lens by which I am able to catch glimpses of its

Lovely story, @grindan. Welcome to The Ink Well! You've already received a welcome from our other admins and pointers to our resources, so I'll just add that we're glad you found us. Oh, and I found one

I wish you the best in your healing and recovery from the trauma of war. Glad you are safe.

What a splendid area. I love vineyards and wineries. That one has the most amazing views! Glad you’re enjoying some beautiful weather before summer hits, @papilloncharity!

I like some of the artful language you use in your story, @diikaan. But I did not see the need to satisfy the stomach when the heart is aching. I did not see the need to pacify the flesh when the spirit

I enjoyed your story, @cool08. Something great happens for Samuel out of a tragic loss. I liked the intense and slightly eerie scene where he speaks to his parents while meditating and then the cold feeling

Love this story, @wrestlingdesires. Stories in which humans befriend animals and vice versa always charm me! However, would you please make an edit to comply with The Ink Well rules? We don’t allow brutality

I love your writing, @riverflows. This story is so imaginative and fun. I love those wisecracking, beard-sporting women!

This story made me smile, @hlezama. I love the effect of a slight misunderstanding in a conversation!

Simi is an artist and an explorer who wants to make friends and be out in the world. It's very sad that her parents won't let her explore as she would like to. As usual, I have some feedback for you! Do

Yes, I agree, @cajiro. It is often a shock to come upon such an ending, and we are left with the feeling that we should not have wasted our time reading the story.

Thank you, and yes that's it exactly, @agmoore. We want to know what happened, not what didn't happen!

This is an awesome story, @itsostylish. It is full of dramatic tension. The subject of what's really transpiring in the minds and hearts of two people of the opposite sex is a natural forum for creating

Oh my, isn't that true. This writing business is not easy! I have a Hemingway quote at the bottom of my website: There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. -Ernest Hemingway

We are all a work-in-progress on the writing journey, @deraaa. You have some wonderful writing talent. I always look forward to your stories! I think we all find along the way that there is always more

Thank you, @windgirl!

Thank you for your thoughtful comment, @amberkashif. Yes, readers often feel frustrated with such an ending.

Yes, I think you're right, @mineopoly, that Lewis Carroll perhaps invented the genre of dream-induced stories. Ha ha. Alice in Wonderland was one of the cited examples in the forums I read that some people