Hi Laila, This was a fun read and solid effort on a western, it fits the theme of this week's contest well! Unfortunately it has been flagged as likely generated by AI by a couple of tools we use for contest

Congratulations once again to our winners! Looking forward to the cowboy theme for the next one. It's a tough one to get right but lots of possibilities!

Congratulations @alonicus and @lailawrites, and thanks for your work on the invitationals @kemmyb and @grocko Looking forward to the entries this round!

No worries, totally not trying to discourage you from writing what you want and posting it here, but vengeful sperm that chase you and cannibalism go a bit beyond what I would want my kid to stumble across

This wrap up post further ties your piece to our reality and possible future. I appreciate the research that was done here to make things as believable as possible. It's great to have writing of this quality

Sometimes that is where the story goes, no need to apologize!

Great work, I hope Elliot is ok and they find the other kids, maybe before they can make one of them start helping them kidnap like they did Melanie :( Looking forward to the next one! !PIZZA

Thanks! I appreciate it! !PIZZA

Whew, poor Adanma, where is her friend Adaugo when she needed her? It got brutal pretty quick!

Nice work! Love seeing poetry turned into music, anf its pretty catchy too! Next time can we get the lyrics posted with it as well so it's in keeping with the written word focus of the community? I'm sure

So she is her mom, but then she gave birth to herself? They're stuck in a time loop? It was a good conclusion, thoroughly enjoyed them! You should post them as a collection post in the community as well!

Whew what an interesting twist, either she's back in time or she is her mom or her mom was dreaming of a future as her daughter? Or... who knows! Looking forward to the last one well done!

Well you could definitely turn your talents in that direction if you wanted to. Perhaps you could write accompanying pieces that tell the story behind your art, or inspired by it? Regardless this was a

Your pieces are always very well written, but have always been very dark. Often it isn't clear just how dark until half way through your piece. At Scholar and Scribe we respect the writing and want to

This is great, the transition between memories in the journal and current day was perfect to span decades with a single word snap and both sections written so well there is no loss of continuity. This

These are super well written and intriguing, I feel line you are setting the stage for a slow burning mystery. Well done!

You both do great work, but if you insist I can go back and edit my comment hahaha

Well done everyone! You might just have convinced me to pursue some romance of my own! Thank you for sharing your work with the community. As always thank you @grocko for your hard work on the Invitational

Thoroughly enjoyed this one, well done! You've brought the ship to life with exquisite detail and sprinkled in plenty of juicy tidbits to make us wonder about the wider world this is set in. Super interested

A thought provoking piece, star crossed lovers in the truest sense! Well done! !PIZZA