Congratulations to the winners and big hugs and kisses to Kimmi and company for making it happen. I wish I was some sort as clever as all those who entered.

Thank you both -- very kind.
😘

I have tried many tags and few. I honestly can't see that it has made any difference. I'd like to think it's because my jots are beyond description, but it's far more likely I just ain't good at that sort of thinking.

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And I believe, but am not 100% certain, micros have to be in micro. It is the only category that allows stories that short.

Micros are allowed in the IF category, but that is the only exception.

I've kept two since I was a kid. One is written out in pencil longhand. Random thoughts, tirades, story ideas, and the day's doing. The other is photographic, five or ten images a day of whatever catches my eye.

Personally, I'm done with this year. Here's hoping we all enjoy a little more peace and serenity in the next one.

Happy New Year

I am truly more confused than usual. I'm gonna ride this right into the New Year, then write a 20 word micro that captures it all.
Or eat a pickle.
Haven't decided, yet.

I've had a fairly thin year with only four micros:
The Library Rules (RR)
Lady Mountjoy's Journal
In The Name Of The Cause
Her Rite Of Passage
Parallel Lines (RR)

and one comp poem:
What I've Kept For Myself (RR)

Altogether, about 15 minutes worth of reading.

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edited because I forgot about the colab micro with Daphne, aka Vampire_vixen

Roast goose; German rotkohl; candied parsnips; brandied apples with raisons; Parker House rolls; Danish rice pudding with black cherry sauce.
This was not for me, but a contribution to a holiday supper for LBGQ students who can't, for whatever reason, be home of the holidays.

I had a simple omelet.

My very best wishes to you and all for giving me a home away from real life. Miss Pixel sends her love, too, in her usual begrudging manner.

It was fixed once? I've never seen them retained for more than a day ever. I just checked my last few stories and there isn't a comment Like to be seen and I know I liked them all.

Antiperipatetic

Since all my stories are completely autobiographic, true in every instance, I am intimately connected every which way.

Has anyone seen my library card? I'm going to be in so much trouble, if I lost it again. They're very strict when it comes to
The Library Rules

Red heads -- is there better than that?

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Congratulations, exactly 200 stories published! What is that, close to 20,000 words? 😉

Now see, you made me go back and count
175 micros @ 1,7450
25 lesbian/flash/poems @ 7,142

total 24,592
Close enough and mostly memories now

It is easy to comprehend.

Kitchen Aid mixer -- I was kneading bread. Everything was quite delicious in the end.

Mine go back to early 2024 and I have nothing starred.

Duck and pork pate omelet with asparagus

Since Dÿke with a Spike got completely out of hand in the last one, maybe I'll try Dÿke on a Hike.
"Hi. Is this tent taken? Would it like to be?"

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Congratulations, Kis!!! :worship:

200 fabulous stories is quite the accomplishment!

Now, see there. You've made me blush all bright pink and Miss P is laughing her evil little head off. Guess who's going treatless today?

Not you -- a thousand kisses

200

but who's counting?

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We can sort our Media albums by Most Commented, Most Liked, and Most Viewed, and I've wondered about doing that for our stories as well... but my programming experience is primarily Commodore Basic so I won't speculate on the feasibility of making it a feature.

Basic listing has always been available. Open your Stories, click Search, and the Sort By drop-down. It is a manual job after that. A simple CVS as described above would be far easier. That said, I haven't the sort of numbers that would warrant using it, though it would be useful for some of the big kids here.

I fast on Thanksgiving.

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17,876,986 and counting... shoot, there went 17 more! I can't keep up.

I just checked -- 19,773,132 global, as of midnight 24 November. Looks like we could hit 20M by year's end.
Get busy, ladies!

Pizza crust panini with Napoli salami, buffalo mozzarella, baby arugula, sun-dried tomatoes. Garlic stuffed olives on the side.

I removed all the mirrors from my house. They were stealing all my best ideas.

A few years ago, when my attempts at longer forms were going nowhere, I thought hey, do micros instead. Only one hundred words. So much easier. Tap, tap, tap, hit Publish.

Yeah, that's not how it works.

Hiya peoples

A little Microfiction pimp for a friend, if I may, since it dropped off the Banner in less than a day:

Slut of the Water by Vampire_vixen