Story Round-Up: Features in The Herald-News, Oct. 10 through Oct. 16

Good morning and happy Friday!

Ten feature stories (and one video) for you this morning.

And don't forget, The Herald-News is running a special series of coronavirus fiction - or our pandemic world reimagined in 2021.

The stories are free and sent weekly to subscribers of The Herald-News' LocalLit newsletter. For details and to subscribe, go here.

We're about halfway through the stories, so to read the rest, sign up soon. The stories have been going out about midweek. 

In addition, the BryonySeries has also recently released three books: Lycanthropic Summer, Cornell Dyer and the Old Folks Home, and a cookbook of a dozen werewolf-themed recipes that are easy and fun to make.

And if that's not enough reading material, you can check out even more BryonySeries books on our website.

And if that's STILL not enough reading material for you (I get it; you should see the stack of books at my bedside), I'm spending the next week and a half on my second at-home writing retreat.

The plan is to finish up my final draft of The Phoneox (the first book in the new BryonySeries Limbo trilogy) and my very first NON-FICTION book (a project I pecked away at all year - no wasting a pandemic for me).

With that, I need to make another cup of coffee...

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FEATURE STORIES:

Why, their little party's just beginning: Witches Night Out goes virtual this year with a month's work of fundraising fun

This Joliet business is doing sew-sew — and that's a good thing

Cold, flu or covid? How to tell the difference — especially in kids

Pets of the Week: Oct. 12

LocalLit spotlight: NewLenox man writes memoir about his rare disease

And my book review

Frankfort woman puts "hope and meaning" into three scary letters: ALS 

An Extraordinary Life: Attuned to the will of his God: Bill Scheer of Braidwood served wherever he was called

Minooka girl's illustration featured in an upcoming J.K. Rowling book

VIDEO: Minooka girl learns she won Scholastic illustration contest for new J.K. Rowling book 

Her insurance wouldn't pay for reconstruction after mastectomy — so this Joliet mom of 6 found help elsewhere

A student 'time capsule' on 2,500 index cards is making its way home: Retired teacher at New Lenox school wants to return special cards to former students 

Illustration by Matt Coundiff for "Visage."