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For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) January 22, 2022 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. https://tinyurl.com/shxshtfd Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner If you have any problems or questions or wish to be removed from this list, just email me at the email link above. Kiwi IRC link: https://tinyurl.com/u6a8pa4m Mibbit has changed something and our link maker no longer works on Mibbit, sorry. mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) January 08, 2022 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "The Cactus" by O. Henry. https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-cactus "The garments of his soul must have appeared sorry and threadbare. Vanity and conceit? These were the joints in his armor. And how free from either she had always been--But why--" Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner If you have any problems or questions or wish to be removed from this list, just email me at the email link above. Kiwi IRC link: https://tinyurl.com/56xcczxk mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) January 08, 2022 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "No Forwarding Address" by Laura Jarosz. https://tinyurl.com/yckfwccv A package arrives at your house, but you didn’t order anything. What happens next? Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner If you have any problems or questions or wish to be removed from this list, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://tinyurl.com/56xcczxk mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

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For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) December 18, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True" by Louisa May Alcott. https://tinyurl.com/2yp654hj Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we will not have a story night on Christmas Day or New Year's Day. That's Saturday, December 25th here in the US, Sunday, December 26th, or Boxing Day in Australia and the UK, and January 01 in the US and January 02 in Australia and the UK, I'm not sure about other diverse locales. So, this will be our last chat for 2021, our next story night will be January 08, 2022. Be advised that the room will be open if anyone wishes to drop in and visit (This is true every day as well). Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. If you have any problems or questions or wish to be removed from this list, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) December 11, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Grahame. https://americanliterature.com/author/kenneth-grahame/fairy-tale/the-reluctant-dragon The Reluctant Dragon is one of our Favorite Fairy Tales, published in Grahame's collection, Dream Days in 1902, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The boy discovers he and the dragon are both struggling poets, and tries to convince Saint George that there's no sense in slaying a good dragon. Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) December 04, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. https://americanliterature.com/author/ambrose-bierce/short-story/an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner If you have any problems or questions, just email me, alpinetx79830@gmail.com Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

I click on "All Programs" but the ones I use often are on my taskbar

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) November 27, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "Party Favors" by Christi Krug. Should Daphne be dropped as maid of honor just because she died? https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/10/party-favors/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) November 20, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "Hidden People" by Austin Shirey. Modern progress and ancient lore clash at a site that is sacred to creatures that may or may not even exist. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/10/hidden-people/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Thank you, Lizzie.

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ROFL, Tony.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) November 06, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "Two Extremes" by David Dumouriez. http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TwoExtr1268.shtml Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

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For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 23, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "Cannibalism In The Cars" by Mark Twain. https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-story/cannibalism-in-the-cars Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Happy Birthday, Edgar.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 23, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "Faces" by Jacqueline Guidry. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/08/faces/ A random meeting at a café could change Dana’s outlook on life forever — but was it really random? Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 16, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "Artificial Analysis" by Barry Yedvobnick. http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/ArtiAnal1219.shtml Or https://tinyurl.com/yvmdwuhy Author's Bio is at: https://tinyurl.com/m7zcdybu Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

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For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 09, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) "Eternal Hope" by Barry Yedvobnick. http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/EterHope1263.shtml Or https://tinyurl.com/6n3u9jf8 Author's Bio is at: https://tinyurl.com/m7zcdybu Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) September 25, 2021 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) For comments or suggestions, email to: alpinetx79830@gmail.com "Suffer the Children" by Mary Ann McGuigan. https://tinyurl.com/nb4hv382 Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Please note that we have added a link to the channel for kiwi IRC (The Webchat we use on our website) as well as Mibbit, use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have any problems or questions, just email me at the email link above. Mibbit Link Users: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 Kiwi IRC link: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.koach.com/readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.