All Comments on 'Don't Wait for Me'

Just what I needed to read, resting in bed after being crook for a day.

Nothing more needs to be said - 5

Thank you

And I loved every word. I'm typing through tears.

coupled with a lightning strike. TK U MLJ LV NV

No more needs to be said!

Thanks for sharing.

Well written tearjerker. So sad. You could feel the love there.

The only thing you left out was Rod Serling stepping into the story at the end. Fantastic and predictable but wonderful all the same. Wonderfully crafted!

A little far out, but I loved it.

Like someone said, it's predictable and Twilight Zone-like, but it's sweet and I love it anyway. Good job!

I don't mind admitting to having a soft heart. Ben, once again, you've put together a GREAT story. Five stars!

Great story

Who cares if some think it was predictable it was well written and moving

This is the first time that I have read any of your stories/submissions and It was well worth discovering your talent.

A great tale.

I cannot express my delight in finding such talent on this site.

Many Thanks.

This really pulled at my heart strings. Beautiful writing very moving. Its one of those unbelievable but believable tales. The way you described every moment really had me hooked. Great job!

-p2p-

What a sweet story.Great set up.. Very heart rending conclusion.Thanks for writing this.Sorry for the bad pun.

Very well written and a joy to read.

Well written.

A true romance about love that never ends. Yes it may be sentimental and sappy and perhaps predictable, but that's OK in a Valentines Day story.What matters is that the story tell us about true love, which this does very well. 5 stars.

Who said romance is dead? Loved the detail; it's obvious from this and your other stories that you've spent a lot of time in the mountains, I'm envious. And just realized that your Christmas contest entry was a winner - well deserved, congratulations! Good luck with this contest, too!

I like the twilight zone and thunderstrike elements that you don't overplay, just let us go along with our own ideas on the mystery.

Great details that show us how he can get around in the High Sierrras and find something hidden.

Thank you for a great story.

This is one of the best stories I have read. Keep it up and Thankyou

What a lovely story and so well put together. 5*

Surprised that so many mature men were affected like me and have to keep our tears and/or nose drizzles away from the keyboard,

Where are all the romantic ladies ?

Thank you for this. I didn't move the entire time I was reading this.

I look forward to more of your stories.

What a great little love story. Plus some sorta time travel? What could be better.

Very well written and told. Loved it!

Very sweet...and it kept me guessing, too!

Excellent. Thank you, BenLong

You have very good writing skills. I enjoyed your story. Will read the others posted here. Thanks

thought this was a great srtory

Great read.

A very romantic tale. Doesn't matter that it sounds implausible, practically impossible, but true love will make a way.

Somehow aviation ghost stories sneak up on one's scepctism; you accept and enjoy.

NASM docent

Making a hard bitten old man like me cry.

It was too damn well written.

Very well written (like all your work), but it really is not nice of you to make grown men cry.

are leaking

Gosh.. Wish i can type longer since the screen blurred with my tears

Time marches on. Is it always marching forward? Can it March sideways or backward?? Only the Shadow Knows.

Damn good story!

This is one of the best stories, I've ever read on this site! Hands down, one of the best! Five stars easily and I would give it thirty, if I could!

Thank you author!

All through the story I kept wondering why this was in the Romance category ... right up to the last page.

Now, as I sit here *ahem* peeling onions... I think you chose right.

This was a beautiful story, well written. 5*s right there. Well done.

Wow!

What a lovely story kept me intreged till the end. Thankyou

What a hell of a story! A hat tip and 5 stars to you Sir! Thank you for sharing your talent. This was one of those times I felt a little embarrassed about enjoying this for free. Been reading your “Spain” series and pulled this one up for fill waiting for chapter 13. Glad I did. Wonderful tale.

As the story ended I said "Wow" out loud and then found that other readers had the same expletive. That's the way this tale hits you. It's supernatural nonsense, of course (right???) but you get enmeshed in the plot and it just seems to sound vaguely plausible. You want it to be real, so it is. Thanks for a good read. 5*

I cried like a baby! What a beautiful love story! I'm Sorry, I hadn't read it before.

Makes me wish there was a 10 star rating.

This story had it all!

Have the author never heard of Helicopters? Someone would have initially flown over the valley in a small sightseeing plane. This would have resulted in further investigations by either private or government agencies. The entire pot is bogus!

A tear-jerker! ***** stars! One of my top 20!

Burning Love

I guess I'm trying to figure out whether this comment is for real or not:

[Has} the author never heard of Helicopters? Someone would have initially flown over the valley in a small sightseeing plane. This would have resulted in further investigations by either private or government agencies. The entire [plot] is bogus!

Dear Anonymous, did you even READ the story? And who 'exactly' is "SOMEONE" that is going to fly over that area in a "sightseeing" plane?

If not, perhaps you MISSED this paragraph: ""Jimmy... I'll call Edwards, they'll surely have A HELICOPTER that can be here in nothing flat and we'll get you out of here." To which, Jimmy, living in 1942 before there WERE any operational helicopters (the Sikorsky R4 that became the first helicopter to reach production, happened in 1942, but really didn't get into usage for another three years) military or civilian, said he had no idea what a heli.. hella.. whatever the hell that was.

Terry then walked out of the hills, arriving where the cell phone again works, at somewhere AFTER DARK, and speaks to the Air Force. I guess in your scenario it goes like this:

"Hello, Air Force?"

"How'd you get this number? This is for Military Use only."

"OH, well, sorry. I called 911 and THEY transferred me to you. I'd need to report a crashed military plane, of which the pilot is severely injured and needs rescue."

"Military? Nah, no military planes flying tonight - all our pilots go home at 5."

"But he's not Air Force, he's Army. He's Sergeant Jimmy Fallon, US Army."

"Well, I tell you what, them dumb fuck Army pukes stupid enough to be flying after dark they deserve whatever happened. Shit, itt's dark, and you can't see anything at night, so what do you want me to do? Why don't you check around and see if you can get a civilian chopper up there to take a look see, there'll probably be some idiot civilian willing to fly in the Sierra's on a dark night, those guys will do anything. Have them take a look see, and if they see something, we'll... well, I don't know what we'll do. We are the Air Force after all. I suppose we might find a helicopter, maybe even one with Search and Rescue capabilities. God, no way I want to make that call tonight - can you imagine the Overtime bill? I'd be demoted for sure. Tell you what, I'll put a note here for the day guys tomorrow. Do you think you can hike back up to Sgt. guy and tell him we'll think about sending somebody tomorrow? Yeah, that would be good."

Terry agreed to meet the AIR FORCE HELICOPTER at first light, which he did, and then actually flew on it to help guide those looking.

Really dude, what TV show do you think you're living in that the Air Force would ask "sight seeing planes" to go "take a look see" before they dispatched S&R? Get real.

I generally don't delete comments, but in this case, maybe I should just delete something so idiotic... Nah, it's a lot more fun to jab em in the eye.

Superb story, exceptionally well crafted. Negative comments can only be coming from someone who didn't feel the story. In reading it, you have to accept the premises of the time travel, and the circumstance of Terry meeting with Miss Shaw in the conclusion. The minor details that were essential to the story were all spot on; any other minor details were background material; not worth quibbling about. The also left me *ahem* peeling onions.

I look forward to more like it.

I really liked this...it was only missing

the Twilight Zone thème in the background.

Well, just when I thought I couldn't like you more, you continue to impress me sir. Full body goosebumps and tears. All sorts of feels at 2am is hard on a lady. The aviation details, wartime history and ghosts, just checking all sorts of boxes. ♥️

A refreshing change to be sure! As a retired USAF SERE Instructor-turned medic I do have one correction though (It may have already been mentioned). Edwards AFB is in southern California. Nellis AFB is near Las Vegas. Otherwise...great story!

Thanks for the comment Anon. It’s always a pleasant surprise when someone finds an older story and still appreciates it, and takes time to comment.

As for Nellis vs Edwards, you’re absolutely correct, and we’re in agreement. Edwards is at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains, a little over a hundred miles from Mt. Whitney, where the mountain scenes too place, whereas Nellis is about 200 miles east. The old George Air Force Base, also mentioned in the story, is about 50 miles due east of Edwards, which would have been Muroc Army Air Field in the 1940’s (which is why Jimmy had no clue “who this Edward is”but was appropriately referred to as Edwards for this story from the 2010’s, as Muroc wasn’t renamed Edwards until the 1950’s. Regardless, that’s all minor details and I’m so glad you stopped by for a while.

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