Libby

Congratulations @philippaeast

SECRETS
It was closing time at the library. The best time of day as far as Charlie was concerned. At last he could spend some time alone with the books, wiping covers and aligning spines, handling the stories that could transport him to a different world. It was just a pity he had to share them with other people’s sticky fingers.

Not that the r…[Read more]

Ha, lovely closing lines, Libby.

Nice one, Libby.

Thanks for that @clebs, great to see your enthusiasm. Some good thoughts there. I’m bogged down in various commissions with time running out fast at the moment, but will gather this all together asap

Fascinating as usual, Richard. A wonderful piece of story-telling.

Thanks Bella 🙂

Another hugely entertaining tale of the rails, and very informative too. Thanks Richard.

Is that video on JW, @philippaeast? I just can’t spot it.

Fab Elle. These are great.

OK, I’ll go first:

Sunday morning
A late breakfast, tea and toast, the paper folded at the cryptic crossword. 22 down, Kathmandu hippie hospital, 9 letters. Michael scratched his head with the pen. Just an average Sunday.
The doorbell rang, startling him. Nobody called on Sunday. Nobody called on any other day for that matter, not since he’d p…[Read more]

Thanks, Sandra.

Congratulations, elle!!

I was thinking a PM to the setter would be the easiest way, and not putting too much responsibility on a smallish group of people, but we can always try it for a while and see how it goes.

An alternating competitive-non competitive challenge is an option, but how would we decide who set the prompt for the non-competitive months?

That would be a nice touch, Sandra. He’s 18 and it’s his pride and joy.