There are always so many great stories to choose from! It's an "embarrassment of riches," as the expression goes!

Congrats, @zeraton! I love your sense of humor!

This reminds me of my younger days, @iyimoga. Except the disagreement was not with my sister, it was with myself! I remember procrastinating on studying, and then drinking coffee to stay up late to study

Just finally had a chance to read your story, @juanvegetarian. Wow, this reads like the chapter of a novel! I read your explanation of your thoughts about it in your response to The Ink Well comment. The

Congrats!

Looking forward to your next story, @idlemind!

What a lovely place to visit! It’s great that they have Halloween decor up. That makes it extra fun.

Love it, @dswigle! Our neighborhood is a ridiculously tiny one — a cul-de-sac off a major road. So one one comes here except the neighbor kids. And they mostly all go around in one big group. So it tends

This is terrific, @agmoore! Thank you so much for kicking this off! It's wonderful to have an example for others to look at for inspiration. And wow, what a great story. I had never heard of Jose Parica,

Angelica goes through a very difficult experience, but in the process she learns some things and becomes a better person. Nice story, @adhyaksaardaus. Welcome to The Ink Well!

This is a beautiful and heartbreaking story, @jackdeathblack. Of course I wish your character would have changed his mind, or would have been saved. But in this telling of a person's choice not to continue

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Fantastic! Looking forward to it.

It is indeed surprising! Watch, they'll tear it down and put up condos.

Thank you, @juanvegetarian. We miss you!

What a spectacular area. I love Sonoma! I lived in the Bay Area for quite a while, then in the central valley, in the town of Davis. I truly miss it. We got married at a winery in the coastal hills and

Oh how I love pumpkins! I think it's great that you decorate both stairways with them, @dswigle. That must look so festive and fun. Halloween really is one of the best holidays (if not the best). It's

It's okay, and thank you, @jane1289. I'll have surgery in a few days and then the healing will begin in earnest. 😄

I have had friends whose babies were delivered by firefighters and cab drivers. It's hard to believe it, but it does actually happen! This story put a big smile on my face, @popurri.

If only we all had a journal of wise words to turn to at such times! It would provide a lot of comfort to those suffering from sadness and anxiety to open a book and find ideas for thinking about things