by Stacey Weeks from the March 30, 2026 issue
Eric thought his dating days were behind him--until an ordinary Wednesday night game turned into an extraordinary new start.
Observations
I'm not sure how long the extended word count has been in place, and I haven't counted the words in this story, but it felt longer and--dare I say it?--more complete.
Now, that could be the story itself--how it's written and the pacing. But to me, it felt like we more fully experienced Eric and Emily's first meet and budding romance. I didn't feel like I just ate chicken nuggets instead of a plate of buttermilk fried chicken and all the fixins. Is it just me?
Photo by Rick Obst via Flickr CC license
3 comments:
Romance word count was raised to 900-940 words this past February.
I do agree this story seems more complete with more details given. It was a cute story and clever in how they communicated.
Right, but I wasn't sure when the extra words were actually included in the published magazine. :)
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