First and foremost, for my "Iron Horse" readers who have been quite patient, I am happy to report that the next chapter is just about ready to go. It just needs one more look-over and a completed illustration. It should go up, if all goes well, by tomorrow.

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Well, I hope you all had a nice New Year's Eve/Day, and welcome to 2017! And while 2016 was a pretty rough year in general, I have to say that, personally, it was a pretty decent year for me, and you readers were part of that. Happy New Year!

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Howdy folks! Just letting you know I'm doing okay and updates should resume before too much longer. After my grandpa's passing, I just needed a little bit longer to deal with it. He was a great guy, and I loved him a lot, and I'm really going to miss him. On that note, thanks to everyone who left a nice comment on my last blog post. It actually helped me feel a little better.

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Since I very rarely actually take any time to read things outside of TGB stuff, I always like doing brief reviews and/or recommendations of other stories that appear in contests, particularly the EFNW contests, since they often have nice convenient word limits I can easily digest. So, that's what I'll be doing now: taking a look at some of the contest entries and giving a few thoughts on them, as well try and recommend them to anyone who might be interested. So, let's dive right in! See below

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As with yesterday’s Read It Later reviews, four of the five stories in this set came from Scribblefest. As was the case yesterday, please note that my opinion on these stories is not the final word for that contest; we are merely in the preliminary round of judging, and three judges read each of these stories. I am but one of nine judges involved in this, so… yeah.

Anyway! Onto the reviews!

Today’s stories:

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