I know why I've missed your stories - I tend to avoid stories about children - not for any prureint reasons, simply because they don't interest me.  To be brutally honest, your stories don't interest me a great deal, either; what does interest and delight me is your wonderful, relaxed imagery, and style.  You conjure startlingly vivid pictures, perhaps better than anyone else I've read in TG fiction.  Not only is the dreadful storm brought to life in all its intensity, but the childrens' reaction to it is by turns brave and fearful.  The little scene with Janey and Dave's mother brings out the simple delight a woman takes in nuturing a young, affectionate young girl, yet there is a sexual undertone, which I feel will never come to fruition. It will always be restrained and manifest itself in caring and love, tinged with the disappointment a barren women would feel..

This comment applies equally to all your stories.  You have a wonderful gift - I look forward to reading more.

One small thing did surprise me.  As parkas originated in North America, I would have expected an American to be aware of its correct spelling :o)

Geoff

KristyLeigh,
                 Like   ' Stepping Over '  ' Janey and Dave ' just must be continued.    your writing is fresh and exciting making readers wish for more. you have used that particularly girlish maneuver of exhibiting pretty panties to raise the level of unspoken lust in both stories.You simply must continue this enchanting tale

You have crafted a most interesting universe here. You have introduced this chemically-induced gender-reversal situation into your specific locale, and then by focusing on one of its "victims" (if that's the right word) you allow the reader to sense jsut what such a situation would be like. (And if I read Chapter Two correctly, it is not absolutely out of the question that Dave might turn out to be another such victim... good potential thread open there!) The jumping from May in Chapter One (technically a prologue) to the beginning of a new school year in the second chapter is an interesting device; IMHO it appears to have worked for the situation you appear to be setting up.

My vote:  By all means continue this story! (And "A Season of Darkness" as well.)

By all means, please continue "Janey and Dave". And "season of Darkness", too. Thanks for sharing!

There is nothing more powerful than getting inside the thoughts and emotions of the characters. You have accomplished this in fine style. Strong word images carry the story, and i feel what the characters feel.

Great Stuff.

YES!  Yes, please do continue this story, it is lovely.

Please continue this story... after you've finished A Season Of Darkness...

Should you continue?   By all the goddesses, Yes!

Your writing is just terrific: magically evocative, warmly moving, lushly senusual.  I don't have a clue about where this story might be going, but it just doesn't matter; the prose justifies itself.  This is worth reading for your wonderful sentences, cadences, and analogies.  It's language you can wrap around yourself like a warm blanket after a cold rainstorm.  This is great stuff!

Please do continue.      

Lovely beginning.  Looking forward to see where this is going!