Jamal

Yeh I've done several posts there already. Saving yours till last of course!

Funny, I was only dimly aware of those contests back on the old forum and I'm not sure I read any of the stories. Maybe they weren't happening much by...

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10 or 15 minutes. That's the last porridge question I'm answering.

The setting is based on Edinburgh Old Town, or similar Northern ancient city centre--"wynds and vennels" is a clue to that--but with an almost absurdl...

Now you're making me feel ashamed. Hey it works for me. I don't have time for all that porridge malarkey. I'm too busy writing about it on TPF. :brow:

I know that some are bigger and rougher and more ... meaty? ... than others. Some are too refined and dusty. Sorry, I don't know the porridge terminol...

Ha, all of my guesses were wrong for that one. Thought that was a very well done story, despite disagreeing with the thrust of it. :clap:

It does sound like a special mojo tbh.

Don't fight it.

Coffee hipsterism reminds me of vape hipsterism. The vape shop guys are like the record shop owners of my youth. Unfriendly judgmental assholes. All I...

Yes, you are :grin: On the other hand, you can't argue with an improvement in taste. But my coffee tastes great enough so I'm not gonna add any more c...

I've seen a lot of people say that but it looks like it's just about the evenness of the grind. Me, I don't really mind if some of the coffee is too f...

:lol: Yeah, I've been close to getting into it a couple of times but luckily saw sense at the last minute. I spent hours watching some coffee guy on Y...

Coffee issues. My parents mostly drink instant coffee. It was all instant coffee when I was growing up and most average British folks drink instant co...

Yeh I was aware of that. Basically, for you and me porridge = oatmeal. It's always oats. That's one reason I was confused here when I saw a whole porr...

Good morning. Breakfast today is porridge made with oats and milk and a pinch of salt. Fresh coffee. Here in Russia their porridge (kasha) can be made...

Well, one thing I think it has in common with your TPF posts is striking similes and metaphors, so maybe that.

:clap: Must be time for the full revelation and for the names to go up on the stories eh?

Paul? I was a mod on his forum but I actually barely interacted with him and didn't read his stories, so...

Not confirmed I don't think.

Your guess is as good as mine.

For me, a first line. I'll explain more when I respond to your feedback if you're interested.

Nah it's got GMBA written all over it. I'd bet all my riches on it.

Not similarly, I had plums in my head for roughly two minutes before I started mine.

Wow.

Yes I was just thinking about that phone conversation. It's somehow both incidental and crucial.

That's where I had an advantage, because I must have started mine in late October. I did think your Laura was totally believable and interesting thoug...

Female characters so makes sense. Although Visitations and Plum Pie have first person or main female characters too.

Athena? I'm pretty much guessed out.

And thanks to you. I'll start responding to the feedback whenever the names go up on the stories.

Congrats ND, you got my vote.

Wild is good in my book. :smile:

Thanks! But come on, we are all dying to know yours and we can't agree.

Cool, that's a wild one.

Thank you, and for the feedback too. It was great, and I'll respond.

What I Found in a Storage Locker

You can have the whole damn pie.

It might be time to spill the beans John. Which one's yours?

Thank you Amity, it's much appreciated. And thank you for the hard work you put into giving feedback on it (and everything else). I'll respond soon. :...

:up: Funny thing is though, I haven't read the dog one, Timbuktu. Anyway I'll probably say more in the thread.

Cool. Well remembered. I don't even remember mentioning Auster here myself :grin:

Yes, you did, eventually! :clap:

I'm intrigued to know exactly what gave it away, whether it was clues to location or style or whatever. Yeah I'm looking forward to responding to you ...

I was really surprised so few people got mine. I was actually worried it was too obvious. Only praxis got it right.

Top notch fun. :up:

"Visitations" Noble Dust "A Cross for Maria" Baden "A Christmastime Valentine's Day Love Story" Hanover "The Christmas That Was Not" god must be athei...

Funny that all it took was some Russian names to make people think "The Christmas That Was Not" was me. I wonder if that was intentional on the author...

I'm too confused now to remember which one I wrote.

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