Notification of maintenance: In the next week we have to upgrade the servers due to increased demand. That may result in outages as we make the upgrades. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Chapter 9 (of 44) is now published on SOL's sister site, Finestories.com. It is under my alternative pen name, Forest Hunter. The name of the story is "Waiting at the Bluebird". If you're so inclined, drop over to Finestories and give it a try.