diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index 3c995bbc..fd48a29e 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -675,6 +675,22 @@ always_use_forumtags:false
 ## be included in the word count if not also threadmarked.
 use_threadmark_wordcounts:true
 
+## base_xenforoforum stories with threadmarks have a few additional
+## pieces of metadata available that most adapters don't. 'date';
+## 'words'--word count as number only: "12104"; and kwords--the
+## threadmark human-readable string for word count with parens:
+## "(12.1k)" These can be used with custom output (see
+## https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/wiki/CustomOutput ) or with
+## chapter_title_*_pattern settings.
+## Example:
+#tocpage_entry:
+# <a href="#section${index}">${chapter}</a> ${date} ${kwords}<br />
+
+## The 'date' value for chapters mentioned above can be formated with
+## datethreadmark_format.  Otherwise it will default to
+## dateCreated_format
+#datethreadmark_format:%%Y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M
+
 [base_xenforoforum:epub]
 
 ## See remove_spoilers above for more about 'spoilers'.  This example
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py
index 87c99cdf..cf105a27 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_xenforoforum_adapter.py
@@ -266,14 +266,20 @@ class BaseXenForoForumAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 date = self.make_date(atag.find_next_sibling('div',{'class':'extra'}))
                 if atag.parent.has_attr('data-words'):
                     words = int(atag.parent['data-words'])
+                    if "(" in atag.next_sibling:
+                        kwords = atag.next_sibling.strip()
+                    # logger.debug("%s"%kwords)
                 else:
-                    words = None
+                    words = ""
+                    kwords = ""
                 threadmarks.append({"tmcat_name":tmcat_name,
                                     "tmcat_num":tmcat_num,
                                     "tmcat_index":tmcat_index,
                                     "title":name,
-                                    "url":self.getURLPrefix()+"/"+url,"date":date,
-                                    "words":words})
+                                    "url":self.getURLPrefix()+"/"+url,
+                                    "date":date,
+                                    "words":words,
+                                    "kwords":kwords})
 
         return threadmarks
 
@@ -350,7 +356,12 @@ class BaseXenForoForumAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                     if 'tmcat_num' in tm and 'tmcat_index' in tm:
                         self.threadmarks_for_reader[self.normalize_chapterurl(tm['url'])] = (tm['tmcat_num'],tm['tmcat_index'])
 
-                    added = self.add_chapter(prepend+tm['title'],tm['url'])
+                    ## threadmark date, words available for chapter custom output
+                    ## date formate from datethreadmark_format or dateCreated_format
+                    ## then a basic default.
+                    added = self.add_chapter(prepend+tm['title'],tm['url'],{'date':tm['date'].strftime(self.getConfig("datethreadmark_format",self.getConfig("dateCreated_format","%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))),
+                                                                            'words':tm['words'],
+                                                                            'kwords':tm['kwords']})
                     if added and tm.get('words',None):
                         words = words + tm['words']
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index 114dff25..9f601250 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ def get_valid_keywords():
                  'internalize_text_links',
                  'replace_failed_smilies_with_alt_text',
                  'use_threadmark_wordcounts',
+                 'datethreadmark_format',
                  'fix_pseudo_html',
                  'fix_excess_space',
                  'ignore_chapter_url_list',
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 6cca7532..ad2f7479 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -702,6 +702,22 @@ always_use_forumtags:false
 ## be included in the word count if not also threadmarked.
 use_threadmark_wordcounts:true
 
+## base_xenforoforum stories with threadmarks have a few additional
+## pieces of metadata available that most adapters don't. 'date';
+## 'words'--word count as number only: "12104"; and kwords--the
+## threadmark human-readable string for word count with parens:
+## "(12.1k)" These can be used with custom output (see
+## https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/wiki/CustomOutput ) or with
+## chapter_title_*_pattern settings.
+## Example:
+#tocpage_entry:
+# <a href="#section${index}">${chapter}</a> ${date} ${kwords}<br />
+
+## The 'date' value for chapters mentioned above can be formated with
+## datethreadmark_format.  Otherwise it will default to
+## dateCreated_format
+#datethreadmark_format:%%Y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M
+
 [base_xenforoforum:epub]
 
 ## See remove_spoilers above for more about 'spoilers'.  This example