Ok, thanks for the quick reply!

Thank you for your fast response! Please consider adding the functionality of selecting specific posts (by listing post IDs) from within the post vc blocks settings or by adding a shortcode. I see that selecting for specific slugs or category ID’s can be done. However, I need to build a page like http://www.newyorker.com/magazine every month which lists selected posts. Sorting post (like A-Z, or last 7, or ID #) will not solve the problem as these will continuously change from day to day. Unfortunately the display_post plugin I found (which was free) is not supported but it does work to show individual post by ID in the shortcode. It is one file and I would be willing to share the file if helpful. Your help is greatly appreciated!