Woo hoo! A Red Rose and some king cake, please! ape prances merrily wearing multiple strings of beads

(But is careful not to throw them after reading verbal's comp entry)

There's a surprising amount of Canadian content in this listing, including one market that only takes submissions from those of us with maple syrup for blood. There are some other interesting markets, though, so have a boo if you're looking for a place to put your stories besides here.

https://authorspublish.com/28-literary-fiction-markets-now-open-for-submissions/

In the midst of the comp, other work can sometimes get overlooked. Like this wonderful, emotional new poem from fuzzy.

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/poetry/reap-the-wind

Get thyself well, Gil. Nasty that it keeps hitting you like that. Hope this is the last time.

Good morning! Nice day here, though cooler than yesterday. Here in Ontario and some other parts of Canada, we get today off for "Family Day" which is code for "people wanted a holiday between New Year's and Easter so lets make one up".

Coffee is a nice Nicaraguan medium roast. There's Irish Breakfast and Black Currant teas in the teapots. Hot water is on standby for hot chocolate and other goodies.

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Life is good other than I had to deal with a lady at a church function who thinks she's better than everyone else because she married into family money .

I can almost understand someone with that attitude because they worked their arse off to get their wealth. Almost.

But who got money just because they made the right marriage or were born into the right family? Nope. Being proud of living off someone else's hard work is just arrogance.

Sorry you had to deal with it.

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RIP Richard Belzer. Loved that guy.

Did he die? This is the first I've heard. (Quick Google says yes). Too bad. I didn't watch the various shows in which he played John Munch regularly, but he was usually my favorite thing about them when I did.

Ape walks in, dancin' and singin'. Slides on over to the coffee bar to get things goin'.

Good morning or afternoon depending on where you are located. Putting on a pot of coffee and pots of Red Rose and Lemon tea. Hot water is ready for other beverages.

Warmer today but kind of blustery. Might try a walk anyhow.

If you haven't seen it yet, sprite has a story in the comp and it is wonderful. She does not publish here often so it's a bit of a rare treat.

Yeah, Victor was one of our honorary StoriesSpace pets, wasn't he? Nice doggie and nice of Larry to share him. 😊

Good morning. Sunny but chilly in my part of the world. Supposed to warm up tomorrow.

Coffee is a Jamaican Blue Mountain. For teas we got English Breakfast and Earl Grey Supreme. Hot water is ready for hot chocolate and other teas.

Thought I would write this morning but got busy with admin on the web forum I run. Mostly changing some old passwords and getting another admin up to speed as I withdraw a bit from that site.

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Cora wrote a lovely piece to honor him. Requiem | Stories Space

It's very sad to lose someone who was so kind and supportive.

Thanks for calling attention to that. I missed it earlier. Serves me right for heading straight to the forums most of the time. That's a lovely poem and a terrific tribute to Survivor.

Arjen Lucassen, a noted Dutch guitarist, producer, songwriter, and Lord knows what else, has put together a talented new band called Supersonic Revolution and launched them with a tribute to the seventies entitled The GlamAttack. His regular projects, Star One and Ayreon, have also been active of late so Arjen seems to be a busy guy these days.

Sad to be posting this so soon after the birthday thread, but I have heard via James that Larry passed away recently.

I send condolences and good vibes to family, friends, and others touched by this loss. Larry was an active and important part of this community for many years and will be missed.

Today is a cold day.

Anastasia - Alexis

Alter - erstwhile

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I'm feeling a bit under the weather

Maybe the cats poisoned your coffee. They could always plead self-defense. 😜

Back for a tea and a cookie to go with lunch. Had time this morning so cooked some frozen Chinese dumplings to bring in.

Lemon - ontological

Crown the king we shall.

Three stories read so far and it's looking like a good, if small, field. I'll keep at it over the next few days. Good job, writers!

Wow, Kat, Bear and I must have all been typing our posts at the same time. Psychic connection? Or coincidence? You decide.👻

Hello,.good morning, happy day!

Sorry to hear about your ear, redwriter. Sun is likely the reason some of my family have had skin cancers of various varieties. Too much sun time at the cottage back in the days when people were less fussy about sunscreen. Not me yet, but my day may yet arrive.

There is coffee ready with a choice of dark and medium roast. Teas are Assam and Cream of Earl Grey. Hot water is ready for hot chocolate and other teas.

I am starting to work through the comp entries. Some interesting takes on the theme. Hopefully doing a couple a day so I can get through them before it ends and keep on top of new ones.

Live for the day mostly these days. Maybe with a side eye on the future.

Internal combustion engine or EV?

Count Dracula dwells in Transylvania.

(Except his historical role model, Vlad Tepes, was actually the ruler of neighbouring Wallachia but whatever)

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Is it like cow tipping?

Even cows want tips nowadays? Sheesh.

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Huge snowstorm rushed in last night, and it's supposed to snow all day.

I think we are getting it mostly as rain tomorrow for some reason. Oh well, getting wet beats shoveling.

Coin image is fixed, BTW.

Coins are now in play on StoriesSpace, but the coffee and other goodies here remain free. I've put on a pot of coffee along with pots of Scottish Breakfast and Russian Caravan teas. Hot water is ready for hot chocolate and other tea options. Mini marshmallows, sugar and other sweeteners, and milk/cream all checked and replenished as needed.

I am feeling remarkably uncreative these days and acknowledging and accepting this is actually quite liberating. I have a couple stories stuck in draft and I am not even sure if I will finish those.

Later.

Oo, and I see there's a dark mode in beta (ie. being tested). Is that new or did I just miss it before?

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Just wanted to let you all know that the tipping is now live! The link below can be found at the bottom of the page along with all of the other site information. There is also a link at the bottom of everyone's stories.

https://www.storiesspace.com/coins

Look like the image at the top of our user menu is broken. I assume it should be an image of a coin or similar?

Can you flip a virtual coin?

Glad to see this live. Should be interesting to see how it goes.