Reading Room XIII - Join the Queue by Lizzie

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Our story for next weekend's Reading Room is

...Join the Queue by Lizzie, hosted by firlefanzine
Read it at:
Circuit Archive
Hatstand
ProsLib

Thank you so much to everyone who jumped in last week to suggest stories and then also volunteered to host the story recs! We've now got stories scheduled until the weekend of the 20th December, and I have to admit that I'm looking forward to the bliss of just joining in for a while (well, except for the reminder posts *g*) and using the extra time to try and actually write something for the other Pros-y challenges going on around now. Thank you thank you!

And that said... if anyone would like to suggest stories for the weekends from the 27th December onwards, then it would be nice to get organised into the New Year... *g*

Reading Room Schedule
Week 1 - weekend of Friday 13th September - The Return by Ellis Ward - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 2 - weekend of Friday 20th September - A Widening Gyre by Rebelcat - hosted by firlefanzine
Week 3 - weekend of Friday 27th September - Transport Cafe by Elizabeth Holden (Fajrdrako) - hosted by paris7am
Week 4 - weekend of Friday 4th October - Endgame by Tarot - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 5 - weekend of Friday 11th October - Uriah by Verlaine - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 6 - weekend of Friday 18th October - A Different Game by DVS - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 7 - weekend of Friday 25th October - Decrescendo by Erushi - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 8 - weekend of Friday 1st November - Where the Worms Are by Pamela Rose - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 9 - weekend of Friday 8th November - Bodie's Letter by Ellis Ward
Week 10 - weekend of Friday 15th November - Whisper of a Kill by Lois Welling - hosted by gilda_elise
Week 11 - weekend of Friday 22nd November - Wishbone by Omnishambles - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 12 - weekend of Friday 29th November - A Rainy Night in Soho by Kitty Fisher - hosted by byslantedlight
Week 13 - weekend of Friday 6th December - Join the Queue by Lizzie - hosted by firlefanzine
Week 14 - weekend of Friday 13th December -There's an Old Mill by O. Yardley - hosted by cim3745
Week 15 - weekend of Friday 20th December - Tin Soldier by Foxcat - hosted by macklingirl
Week 16 - weekend of Friday 27th December -
Week 17 - weekend of Friday 3rd January

Comments

Join the Queue

[bodie24.livejournal.com]

I love this story! And I feel Bodie's pain as he stands in the queue.
There's some lovely sentences in there that made me chuckle too, 'Pop? The little sod knew you didn't 'pop' anywhere at this time of year.' and 'the misery endured by the entire queue suddenly went up a notch as the child's screaming hit ghetto-blaster level'. We've all been there at some point or another.
And I think this is soooo Bodie. 'Only it doesn't pay, apparently, so she has to come here and not do Betty's job properly.'
And yet, despite the trauma of the Post Office scrum, this is a very heart-warming story and full of Christmassy vibes.
Lovely!

RE: Join the Queue

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's a great story, isn't it - you can totally feel the post office and their Christmas together too!

Hope yours was a good Christmas too!