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Love & Affection - a Valentine's Inspired Challenge

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Love & Affection - a Valentine's Inspired Challenge


It's time for a new challenge, and as the title indicates, it is inspired by, but not restricted to Valentine's Day.

Guidelines for the challenge:

- The text must be written for this challenge and not already published here or elsewhere
- It should be a stand alone story, not part of a series
- There is no deadline to the challenge
- Preface your title with Love & Affection Challenge
- Include love&affection as a tag - note the use of the ampersand: &
- Submit your story via the story submission link on the home page
- Mention must be made in the text of at least one of the following: flowers, chocolates or chocolate, sweets, or cookies
- Word count is minimum 140 words, maximum 1400
- Categories : Children's, Flash Fiction, General, Humour, Memoirs, Musings, Poetry, Romance, Songs and Young Adult
- It should be suitable for all ages, and no sex: not hinted at, referred to with euphemisms, implied, etc.
- Language should be clean and appropriate
- All the site rules apply

The story does not have to be on or about Valentine's Day, but it certainly can be.
Romance isn't a requirement, but would be a welcome addition if it suits the story.
Love and affection can cover a vast territory - it can involve the discovery of love for animals or a pet, for instance, on the part of someone who always claimed to dislike them.

As a bonus, any writer who has had a story in this challenge posted on the site can then, if he or she so wishes, compose a single 14 word piece of micro fiction or poetry and post it as a comment in this thread.

That's it! If there are any questions or confusion about this challenge, please post to this thread and we'll sort things out.

Here we have the story links:

Love & Affection Challenge - 1 Hour Person Dreamcatcher

Love & Affection Challenge: Ruby AnnaMayZing

Love & Affection Challenge: Visiting Hours
Gypsy

Love & Affection Challenge - A Bibliophile's Sonnet Survivor

Love&Affection Challenge - Puppy Love Denim Angel

Love & Affection Challenge: Buck's Bucks Rumple_deWriter
I'm glad to have this challenge. Thanks Gypsy.
Looking forward to reading what you submit, Elizabeth! I hope you enjoy the challenge.
I've knocked out a little poem for this challenge. Keep an eye out for it.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Story in progress. Thought it is turning into one of those "sounded better in my head than it's coming out on the screen" ones.

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The first post in this thread is updated to include links to all the Love&Affection Challenge entries that have been written so far, check them out!