Story Round-Up: Features in The Herald-News, Oct. 3 through Oct. 9

Good morning and happy Friday!

A baker's dozen worth of feature stories this morning.

And if that's not enough reading material for you, I have a few other suggestions.

One, The Herald-News is running a special series of coronavirus fiction - or our pandemic world reimagined in 2020.

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

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.

Have a great day!

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FEATURE STORIES:

Will County's 'Take Back the Night’ goes virtual this year — but the impact is real

Joliet Firefighters Peer Support Group honors crisis hotline

Baran-Unland: All the world's a Zoom stage?: Joliet Junior College and Lewis University offering fall plays virtually

Here's why clients returned to Daybreak Center in Joliet 2 weeks ago

LocalLit book review: Project Sumer Snow

LocalLit book spotlight: 'Necessary Blood' by R. Michael Markley of Joliet

And the review

An Extraordinary Life: Crest Hill woman stitched her family together with love

'We don’t just give food only. We provide a touch point of hope:' Hundreds of people seek out Joliet #SalvationArmy each week to meet their food needs

Pets of the Week: Oct. 5

Breast cancer patient at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox participated in 2 clinical trials: 'If I had to go on this journey, I wanted to participate in as many research protocols as I could' 

Crest Hill man determined to raise money for teen's adaptive van 

Frankfort family opens smoothie bar in New Lenox: Family also owns Smoothie King franchises in Bolingbrook, Naperville

Illustration by Matt Coundiff for "Visage."