Thank you for your resteems. I like getting a little daily digest of things I wouldn't otherwise see. Here's a story, a little gruesome, that I think is underloved right now:

I'm not but I'm going to get on sometime when I get back home after the weekend. The trip is family-ish stuff and full of neat surprises like staying in houses with no wifi. Fun!

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Thank you!

It's so nice to hear you liked the dialogue, thank you. I thought about trying to cut it down to fit inside the word limit but couldn't bring myself to axe all those little bits (that sound so violent!).

Should he though? I'm sure one day John will look back on these halcyon days and miss even the farts trapped inside a costume. OK, no, you're right. Carl could just pretend to fart and it would be just

a happy ending isn't always getting what you want, but growing a little, accepting things This is such a perfect way of putting this and just what I was going for. Thank you!

My favorite is Liquid Border by marcoriccardi, though it was a really close run with the superb Super Blue. The humor and strangeness made me feel at sea, floating around disoriented with only gleams of

I just saw this. Thanks so much for the mention!

Yes! He won the girl! It's nice that he keeps looking out for his friend Carl instead of dropping him for a date.

I love the blend of the lighthearted, silliness of the story (not that giant fires are that lighthearted, but in retrospect) and the description of the fantastical dragon told to a little girl. Both made

Now this is a truly happy ending. May we all find the strength to shed our personal Poopy Frogs.

No idea. I guess they're pinning that on the downvotes? I mean, good luck with that...

Small town scandal! I love it.

Hehe, who knew Mrs. Campbell was the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is a great twist to keep it upbeat - people falling into portals, but in a good, adventurous way.

Thanks!

I wish I had time to give this a good edit, but I need to be packing and getting to bed. It's too long but I had it in my head so here we are:

The idea you didn't use is always the better one when it's still all perfect in your head. I have an idea for one but I'm not sure if I'll have time. I have to catch a plane tomorrow morning and still

Thanks so much :)

Running out of time/space is a perpetual problem with these prompts - you still did a great job with it. I start so many freewrites and finish the stories and then realize I'm setting up a whole book and