My opinions. I wasn't able to partake this time because things in my life, but I sure will read and vote! 

Note, I am no authority, so don't take my words to heart if you disagree with them.

[hider=The Nightcrawler]So, uh. Did you interpret “heatwave” as “a wave of something hot” and then “wave” as spread and “hot” as something a lot of people talk about and as such got “a spread of a rumour”? That's an interesting take on it.

Though, classic horror doesn't really appeal to me. I also apparently mistook who the main character was, not that it mattered a lot. The twist in the end kind of didn't impact me at all, either. Anyways. Nicely written, anyway. It was a cohesive story, after all. You might want to be wary of the lack of commas after your “well”s.[/hider]

[hider=The Spark]... Hah. Does this qualify as poetic? Regardless. This was very interesting to read. Evolution before my very eyes. If it does have a weakness, it would be that it doesn't go beyond “interesting”. It doesn't emotionally invest the reader or anything. But, it never was supposed to. So, Very, very well done.[/hider]

[hider=The Ash Grows Cold]... Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm fairly confused. And not particularly impressed. Oh, well. Thanks for writing![/hider]

[hider=The Tenth Circle]... Oh, my. That actually got pretty emotional. I'm impressed that you made me feel those kinds of emotions. Good job. That's some sincere story-telling capability in that. … Or maybe just knowing a particular technique. Dunno if I know it. Hah. … Oh, well. Well done.[/hider]

[hider=Beating the Heat]I totally hope April had some sunscreen on. Haha.

There isn't much to this. Just enjoying the height of summer. Which is totally fine. Totally a feel-good text of just enjoying life, and that can be totally enjoyed, especially with the deepness of the last entry. Thank you for this little break from everything else. I feel totally relaxed now.

And big dogs are the best. Haha.[/hider]

[hider=The Watched Pot]Well. That was rather beautiful. A down-to-earth story about a chef returning to his roots and finding a surprising talent restrained by the ghosts of the past. Interesting, very interesting. I applaud your ability. It is a kind of story I have experienced before, in that the cause was a man like Luca, but you've put an interesting twist on it all with it being about cooking and all of this. And I have no idea what they say about watched pots. Haha.

Very well done.[/hider]

[hider=The Springs Gone By]Huew. Deep. I completely understand how you got the idea to maake this. It feels a lot like you, too. Very engaging and very interesting to read, because even without knowing I could tell this was based on a true story. Well done. … I know you can't change history, but him just eventually dying was kinda disappointing. I thought there would be some form of twist to how he could tell the story, but I suppose it was just his ghost rambling on to me. Haha.

… Also, I've played War Thunder. I can TOTALLY BELIEVE a normal gun-shot would go STRAIGHT THROUGH those planes...! XD[/hider]

[hider=My Vote]My vote is between The Spark, The Tenth Circle, The Watched Pot and The Springs Gone By.

When it comes to overall quality, The Tenth Circle is unfortunately outperformed by The Watched Pot, but it's a really good entry regardless.

Unfortunately, I think The Spark loses out on the other two due to lack of epic scale. But it is really, REALLY interesting!

So between The Watched Pot and The Springs Gone By... I think I have to go with The Watched Pot. The Springs Gone By is really nice a read, but by the end of it there was no higher revelation or anything that we didn't already know beyond where he wrote the famous line. It's really nice, still, it's in second place on my list, but The Watched Pot is a complete story that I cannot bypass for that.

I [@vote] for The Watched Pot.[/hider]