.stories {
	padding: 50px 0 20px;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 4;
	margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.stories::before {
	content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: 92%;
    height: 94%;
    bottom: 3px;
    left: 25px;
    border: 1px solid #e1cf01;
    z-index: 4;
    pointer-events: none;
}
.stories .cols {
	position: relative;
	z-index: 4;
}
.stories,
.stories .img-cont {
	position: relative;
}
.stories .slide {
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.stories .slide .inner {
	position: relative;
	padding: 0 15px;
	z-index: 1;
}
.stories .img-cont img {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
}
.stories h4,
.stories h4 a {
	color: #8e7959;
    pointer-events: all;
    font-family: museo-slab, serif;
    font-size: 39px;
	line-height: 1.1em;
    font-weight: 300;
}
.stories .content-section {
	padding: 5px 0px 20px 25px;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 4;
}
.stories .inner::after {
	content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 65%;
    background-color: #fff0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
    z-index: -1;
}
.stories::after {
	content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 63%;
    background-color: #fff;
    bottom: 15px;
    left: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
    z-index: -1;
}
.stories .content-section p {
	color: #333;
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 26px;
    font-family: open-sans, sans-serif;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 300;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}
.stories .content-section .read-more {
	color: #fff;
	font-family:"open-sans-condensed";
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-size: 16px;
	letter-spacing: 1.6px;
	padding: 2px 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	display: inline-block;
	/* IE, requires any display property other than inline to work
	 with pointer events all here */
	pointer-events: all;
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 0;
	left: 0;
	z-index: 1;
}
.stories .content-section .read-more::after {
	content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: #f26122;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    z-index: -2;
    pointer-events: none;
}
.stories .content-section .read-more::before {
	content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: #e1cf01;
    height: 100%;
    width: 0%;
    z-index: -1;
    pointer-events: none;
    transition: 300ms ease-in-out;
}
@media (min-width: 485px) and (max-width: 640px) {
	.stories::before {
		width: 94%;
	}
}
@media (min-width: 40em) {
	.panel-two-col .stories {
		margin-bottom: 0;
	}
	.stories .slide .inner {
		padding: 0;
		display: grid;
		grid-template-columns: .7fr 1fr;
	}
	.stories .cols {
		max-width: 1203px;
		margin-left: auto;
		margin-right: auto;
		padding-left: 15px;
		padding-right: 15px;
	}
	.stories .content-section {
		padding: 50px 15px 20px 40px;
	}
	.stories .inner::after {
		max-width: 875px;
		right: 0px;
		bottom: initial;
		left: inherit;
		top: 0;
		height: 100%;
		max-height: 635px;
		background-color: #fff;
	}
	.stories::after {
		background-color: #fff0;
	}
	
	.stories::before {
		display: none;
	}
	.stories .img-cont::before {
		content: "";
		position: absolute;
		width: 100%;
		height: 100%;
		top: -30px;
		right: -30px;
		border: 1px solid #e1cf01;
		z-index: 2;
		pointer-events: none;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide.reverse .img-cont::before {
		right: 30px;
	}
	.stories .content-section .read-more {
		bottom: 0;
		left: 40px;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide.reverse .inner .content-section {
		order: -1;
		padding: 150px 20px 20px 30px;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide.reverse .inner {
		grid-template-columns: 1fr .7fr;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide.reverse .inner::after {
		right: initial;
		left: 0;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide.reverse .content-section .read-more {
		left: inherit;
		right: 35px;
	}
	.stories .cols  .slide.reverse p {
		margin-right: 30px;
	}
}

@media (min-width: 64em) {
	.stories {
		padding: 0px 0 20px;
		margin-bottom: 75px;
	}
	.stores:last-child {
		margin-bottom: 100px;
	}
	.stories .img-cont {
		top: 70px;
		position: relative;
		z-index: 1;
		left: 15px;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide.reverse .img-cont {
		left: inherit;
		right: 15px;
	}
	.stories .img-cont a {
		overflow: hidden;
		display: block;
	}
	.stories .img-cont::after {
		content: '';
		position: absolute;
		width: 87%;
		height: 92%;
		top: 50%;
		left: 50%;
		transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
		border: solid #fff0 1px;
		background-color: rgba(225, 207, 1, 0);
		pointer-events: none;
		transition: 300ms ease-in-out;
	}
	.stories .slide .img-cont:hover::after {
		background-color: rgba(225, 207, 1, 0.3);
		border: solid 1px #fff;
		transition: 300ms ease-in-out;
	}
	.stories .img-cont img {
		transform: scale(1);
		transition: 300ms ease-in-out;
	}
	.stories .slide .img-cont:hover img {
		transform: scale(1.1);
		transition: 300ms ease-in-out;
	}
	.stories .slide .img-cont:hover::before {
		z-index: 0;
		transition: 300ms ease-in-out;
	}
	.stories h4, 
	.stories h4 a {
		font-size: 56px;
		margin-bottom: 25px;
		line-height: 1em;
	}
	.stories .content-section {
		padding: 135px 65px 20px 65px;
		max-height: 635px;
		z-index: 2;
	}
	.stories .content-section p {
		font-size: 21px;
		line-height: 2em;
	}
	.stories .content-section .read-more {
		font-size: 17px;
		padding: 4px 29px;
		left: 35px;
		bottom: -15px;
	}
	.stories .content-section .read-more:hover::before {
		width: 95%;
		transition: 300ms ease-in-out;
	}
	.stories .inner::after {
		right: 20px;
	}
}
@media (min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1245px) {
	.stories .content-section {
		padding: 65px 65px 20px 65px;
	}
	.stories h4, 
	.stories h4 a {
		font-size: 50px;
	}
}
/* Internet Explorer Fallback  */
@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: active), (-ms-high-contrast: none) and (min-width: 640px) {
	.stories .cols .slide .inner {
		display: flex;
		flex-direction: row;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide .inner .img-cont {
		width: 40%;
	}
	.stories .cols .slide .inner .content-section {
		width: 60%;
	}
	
}
@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: active), (-ms-high-contrast: none) and (min-width: 1024px) {
	.stories::after {
		visibility: hidden;
	}
}