As of spring 2020, these features are selected by participants in the staff Critique Team's Mentorship Flights, to acknowledge the time and effort spent during this critique training/learning process. More information on the Flights system can be found on this page.
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In the event that no Flights are run for a given month, due to consideration for vacation seasons, exam sessions, ongoing contests, or other circumstances, staff will select the feature. Additionally, winners of sitewide contests often receive front-page feature slots as prizes; these special features are given the "prize-feature" tag.
189. Alone, Together by TyGently [Featured by xexnoncores and TyGently]
- In a remote stretch of South Sudanese tropical forest, far from any prying eyes and under cover of darkness, a convoy treads through the brush towards a facility that appears on no map.
188. The Beach - Part III by Its a Bad Idea [Featured by PlaguePJP]
- Today was a day for staunching the proverbial bleeding, tallying the losses, and keeping things from spiraling past the threshold of control.
187. My Dad Was Stalked By A Werewolf For A Year And A Half by Animal Hospital [Featured by Staff]
- The year was 2001. My father, a drifter, came into the town of Oakford for the first time in early December, shortly after the first snowfall of the year.
186. Ever Since We Founded Rome by Koscheiisms [Featured by Uncle Nicolini, DrRevan, and koscheiisms]
- Her mother’s eyes are locked on the darkening road, her time-worn face illuminated only by streetlamps and the last embers of sunset.
185. A Man Who Once Mattered by Mr Panik [Featured by wackdog and Cdudeman123]
- Several short prose tales, all indicated to belong to a collection of stories whose authorship is attributed to "Ardell with No Name," are suggested to contain information on the missing operative's whereabouts.
184. IRON EXORCIST, GOOD INTENTIONS by whenwerewe [Featured by Staff]
- When the hellgate first opened, Management scrambled ten thousand personnel to divert a river through it, hoping to hold back what was waiting.
183. USER WAS FOUND FOR THIS POST by Gabriel Kero [Featured by Staff]
- To summarize: I've been nocturnal for a almost a week, trying to get a good look at Neptune.
182. handholding by Sevencix [Featured by OriTiefling and BAD_DATA]
- (The wind was particularly hostile on this day; it easily pierced through the standard issue black gear that the group tryouts for Alpha-1 wore.
181. The Pretense of Subtext by Queerious and xexnoncores [Featured by cacbbi and OminousEgg]
- (NAME LOST)’s tape recorder was found in a pile of ███ abandoned novel manuscripts, most of which have been partially burned or soaked in invisible ink.