diff --git a/objects/Data.mjs b/objects/Data.mjs
index c000542..128a706 100644
--- a/objects/Data.mjs
+++ b/objects/Data.mjs
@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@ export class Data {
         this.#db = db
     }
     async init() {
-        this.stories = await this.getStories()
-        this.publications = await this.getPublications()
         this.submissions = await this.getSubmissions()
+        this.stories = await this.getStories()
+        this.stories.map(row=>{
+            row.submissions=this.getSubmissionsByStoryId(row.id)
+        })
+        this.publications = await this.getPublications()
+        this.publications.map(row=>{
+            row.submissions=this.getSubmissionsByPublicationId(row.id)
+        })
+        return this
     }
     async getStories() {
         return this.#db('stories')
@@ -33,4 +40,12 @@ export class Data {
             )
     }
 
+    getSubmissionsByStoryId(id){
+        return this.submissions.filter(row=>row.story_id==id)
+    }
+
+    getSubmissionsByPublicationId(id){
+        return this.submissions.filter(row=>row.pub_id==id)
+    }
+
 }
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diff --git a/test/Data.test.mjs b/test/Data.test.mjs
index 2fc6a29..0893543 100644
--- a/test/Data.test.mjs
+++ b/test/Data.test.mjs
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import { Data } from "../objects/Data.mjs";
 describe("Testing Data object...",function(){
 
     it("once initiated, it should serve arrays at .stories, .publications, and .submissions",async function(){
-        const data = new Data(db)
-        await data.init()
+        const data = await new Data(db).init()
         expect(data.stories).to.be.a('array')
         expect(data.submissions).to.be.a('array')
         expect(data.publications).to.be.a('array')
@@ -38,4 +37,38 @@ describe("Testing Data object...",function(){
             expect(row).to.contain.key('id')
         }
     })
+    it("every entry in .stories and .publications should contain an .submissions field", async function(){
+        const data = await new Data(db).init()
+        for (const row of data.stories) {
+            expect(row).to.contain.key('submissions')
+        }
+        for (const row of data.publications) {
+            expect(row).to.contain.key('submissions')
+        }
+    })
+    it("the submissions field of the .stories and .publications array should itself be an array",async function(){
+        const data = await new Data(db).init()
+        for (const row of data.stories) {
+            expect(row.submissions).to.be.a('array')
+        }
+        for (const row of data.publications) {
+            expect(row.submissions).to.be.a('array')
+        }
+    })
+    it("once initiated, it should serve arrays at .getSubmissionsByStoryId and getSubmissionsByPublicationId()",async function(){
+        const data = new Data(db)
+        await data.init()
+        expect(data.getSubmissionsByStoryId()).to.be.a('array')
+        expect(data.getSubmissionsByPublicationId()).to.be.a('array')
+    } )
+    it("when passed a valid id, every entry in the arrays returned by .getSubmissionsByStoryId and getSubmissionsByPublicationId() should contain an .id field", async function(){
+        const data = new Data(db)
+        await data.init()
+        for (const row of data.getSubmissionsByStoryId(1)) {
+            expect(row).to.contain.key('id')
+        }
+        for (const row of data.getSubmissionsByPublicationId(1)) {
+            expect(row).to.contain.key('id')
+        }
+    })
 })
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