Sorry, just want to ask. Why this forum does not register on my forum post on my profile. If I wanted to get back to my last post here to read, i'll just click the link on my profile. 🤔 Thank you.

I'll point this out to Maggie. It's a new forum so perhaps something isn't set up just right. I know forum software can be fiddly sometimes.

Thank you <img src="/images/emoticons/hello.gif" alt="hello2">

I tweaked one of the forum settings so coffee house and other Break Room posts should now appear on your profile. Please let me know if it still isn’t working properly.

Spectacles (or monocle)

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

That’s odd. The setting seems to have disappeared.

It still is active for your stories, however; I tried voting on one of your stories while logged out and received a message that I had to be logged in to do that.

<img src="/images/emoticons/dontknow.gif" alt="dontknow">

I've never tried it <img src="/images/emoticons/dontknow.gif" alt="dontknow">

Am I missing out?

You aren't missing out, in my opinion.

While I do like a pumpkin spice mixture — cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cloves — in some baked goods, I find it nasty in a latte. Starbucks makes a HUGE deal about its Pumpkin Spice Latte, though, and a lot of people like it. I think Pumpkin Spice has become way overdone in the U.S. It's in everything.

I posted a story fairly recently that fits the bill

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/science-fiction/eight-minutes-thirtytwo-seconds.aspx

Does this count?

I know, I should get scribbling and write a new one... <img src="/images/emoticons/eusa_think.gif" alt="Think">

It won't count toward this challenge, but thanks for sharing! And don't worry, we'll have more challenges to come.

Be sure to check out the Time Warp Challenge pieces:

• Ghostly Arms by Adagio
• The Revolutions Began by Survivor

Please note that Rune has entered our little challenge as well:

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/poetry/hourglass.aspx

She indicated in her tags that this was a timewrapchallenge. I don't think we should overlook it because she misspelled it. <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_geek.gif" alt="geek">

Thanks! I did miss it because I searched for the tag time warp challenge. Off to update the list. <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile">

Be sure to check out the Time Warp Challenge pieces:

• Ghostly Arms by Adagio
• Hourglass by Rune
• The Revolutions Began by Survivor

And now I can't get that song out of my mind. <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_clown.gif" alt="clown">

I haven't come up with anything new for this challenge, but do have at least one that would fit the bill.

Ephemeral III

Now, how's that for a time warp, a story about time, written five years before the challenge was created. <img src="/images/emoticons/happy8.gif" alt="happy8">



Haha, it is a catchy tune all right! <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_geek.gif" alt="geek">

Your Ephemeral series is great, and III certainly has the 'time warp' spirit. <img src="/images/emoticons/icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile">

Thanks for sharing!

Brrr! It's cold and rainy here today (we've even had sleet at times) — the perfect day for a mug of hot chocolate.

http://upload.storiesspace.com/1347047341-homemade-hot-chocolate.jpg

How's everyone doing? <img src="/images/emoticons/hello.gif" alt="hello2">

Maggie has added 8 badges.

But others are being deleted at the same time. It’s pretty close to a wash. <img src="/images/emoticons/Lwinking.gif" alt="Lwinking">

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Added 07 Oct 2018 | Category Songs | Votes 12 | Avg Score 5 | Views 233 | 10 Comments

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Added 13 Sep 2018 | Category General | Votes 11 | Avg Score 5 | Views 163 | 6 Comments

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Added 12 Sep 2018 | Category General | Votes 11 | Avg Score 5 | Views 243 | 6 Comments

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Added 17 Mar 2018 | Category Poetry | Votes 7 | Avg Score 5 | Views 363 | 6 Comments

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Added 30 Nov 2017 | Category Musings | Votes 3 | Avg Score 5 | Views 482 | 2 Comments

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Added 17 Mar 2017 | Category Poetry | Votes 20 | Avg Score 5 | Views 756 | 10 Comments

The president is doing great Only a fool would think Otherwise Most everyone believes We should trust him There is no cause for concern But some are saying The country is in danger People are scared Nothing could be further from the truth Everything is going to be fine Now read from the bottom up… * * * © 2017 by M.P. Witwer • All rights reserved    ...

Added 15 Feb 2017 | Category Musings | Votes 14 | Avg Score 5 | Views 632 | 15 Comments

There was a crooked man Who ran a crooked race [1] And with his crooked words, Put opponents in their place He chopped them down, one by one ’Til a single foe remained On merit, she’d win handily, So he painted her with disdain [2] This shameless huckster’s style Is totally ‘in your face’ At any time in memory, It would have brought him great disgrace But that isn’t how it happened, Not...

Added 16 Jan 2017 | Category Musings | Votes 9 | Avg Score 5 | Views 654 | 8 Comments

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Added 05 Nov 2016 | Category Humor | Votes 10 | Avg Score 5 | Views 528 | 8 Comments

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Added 26 Oct 2016 | Category Musings | Votes 10 | Avg Score 5 | Views 603 | 7 Comments

When a noted writer hits the wall with her current project, she heads to the beach to concentrate on her work, but instead finds a charming distraction. This award-winning short story (approximately 4,500 words) has been called “magnificently well-crafted,” “clever,”...

A timely tale of just 2,300 words, “Lost and Found” is the second story in the Short Tales series, an affectionate look at a few of the pitfalls and mishaps faced by a couple navigating a new romance. Jane and Martin both have past histories: love, loss and unforeseen changes, but...