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    2026 Anthology - Horizons and Unspoken - Week Three **NOW LIVE**

    By Valkyrie

    Anthology month continues with the third installment of the 2026 Anthology.  I'd like to extend a huge thank you to all who have supported, read, commented, and reviewed all the stories that have been released so far.  We've had 11 stories over the past couple of weeks, with 5 more today  If you haven't checked out the first two installments, check out the banner at the top of the page, which will take you to the blogs listing the stories. Will there be a fourth installment?  You'll have to be s
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The Boyband Era Playlist (Mid-1990's to Early '00s)

Alright...the Boyband Era. Let's get started.   1.   2.   It's actually debatable if you can really call Hanson a boyband, because they actually played their own instruments and the like, but I'm including them because they had a big influence in bringing pop music back to the U.S.   3.   I call this, "The Video That Jumpstarted Puberty For Me." Brian Littrell was my first major celebrity crush.   4.   5.   6. "   I crushed on Brian Littrell, but I was toooottt

methodwriter85

methodwriter85

Featured Story: Prophecy

As many who follow the blog already know, Cia started doing a Hosted Background featuring a story by a GA Hosted Author. Every month she will feature a different Author/Story. I had already been trying to figure out some ways to feature Hosted Authors a bit more prominently in the blog and the feedback we received sparked an idea. In addition to the Hosted Background that Cia creates each month, I decided to start doing a "Hosted Week" each and every month, focusing on whichever story was chosen

Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Featured Stories

Tomorrow is a Latter Day...

Doing a lot better today, physically, mentally and most importantly, emotionally. Woke up feeling good, and actually did some minor housework that I'd been needing to do (put away dishes, start new load, strip bed and put sheets and comforter in the wash). I was talking on the phone and told a friend that I didn't know what was different, it was almost like I was on prednisone (great steroid - when I do have to take it, the house gets really clean). I think it is just a lull in the hit from t

Trebs

Trebs

Crawling out of my cave

I guess I’m tired of hiding from the world. It was bound to happen eventually. The silence in my head was hurting my ears. It is somewhat good to hear a voice again, though I’m not quite certain just yet what voice it is. Might be mine.   I realize just how out of touch I am with everyone and everything. I don’t even know if my ‘friends’ are out there anymore. I know some very important ones are not. Wish I could fix that. But you know what they say, “If wishes were horses, beggars w

Luc

Luc

Dirges And Obituary

Dirges and Obituary   You said I wouldn’t like your playlist But, my dear, I love your songs How could I not Our choices are so similar But every word, every tune, is like they are wrought in my tears, my heart's blood How songs disappear How tears end all wars Troubles in the garden and the roses bleed love Here lies my heart all bruised and dark Here lies my heart all silent in prayer Now & forever yours   ©asamvav111

asamvav111

asamvav111

Weekly Wrap Up!

What a week it's been at the Gay Authors News Blog! Now it's time for the Weekly Recap!! Enjoy!   We started out the week with the first CSR Book Club Announcement of 2014! The January book club selection is comprised of, if I counted correctly, 13 short stories by Totallyy. You can read any or all, it's entirely up to you. Whatever you decide, don't forget to join in the discussion that will be taking place on January 27th!   Wednesday started out with a bit of a prank by Cia. She then went

Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Weekly Wrap Up

From Buzzfeed: Why I Bought A Home in Detroit for $500 by Drew Philp

Hey, guys, I just ran across this article about a young guy who became an urban pioneer in Detroit in Detroit when he was 23...check it out. It's shockingly good, because really, who expects to read something good from Buzzfeed?   Why I Bought A House in Detroit for $500 by Drew Philp   I thought the article was really fascinating- somewhere between the story of, "Look, Downtown Detroit has a Whole Foods now!" and "Ruins of Detroit." It's pretty honest- the guy came in with some very idealis

methodwriter85

methodwriter85

Frustration with... frustration

As many have noted, I do pretty well with my outlook, all things considered. And I do try - sometimes it is a little bit of a facade to get through the day, but overall I do try to look on the more positive side of things when possible. I mean, the alternatives are figure out a way to get through this or just give up - and I don't like the implications of that latter choice. There are too many things that I still want to do, places to see and most importantly, friends to spend more time with.

Trebs

Trebs

Life and things: Watch out for Chinese New Years at the end of the month

Well, life is pleasant though a bit boring.   I am watching the NFL playoffs and enjoying my leisure time, but I have not forgotten about my story.   I can't wait to watch the Colts vs. Pats game tonight, it will be epic in the mud (we have a big rain storm in the northeast right now, the snow has melted into the ground and turned it into mud. If this gets as ugly and slippery as I thought, then I want to name this the Mud Bowl! Some Straight guys like seeing two girls mud wrestling and gett

W_L

W_L

Computer problems

My hard drive is dying.   It says so. It is a new generation drive from Seagate that uses SMART(ass) technology to warn me that a crash is inevitable.   So far too many sectors are going bad. It's only a matter of time before the drive says ERK and dies horribly.   As soon as this happened I went into uber-geek mode and begin doing stuff like backing up and preparing for the installation of the new drive.   It is of course a huge pain in the ass. Why does my SMART(ass) technology only la

JamesSavik

JamesSavik

What I want for this upcoming year!

After one the worst years of my life last year, I look to 2014 with a new attitude and a new fondness for life.   2013 brought about the loss of a friend (they didn't die), an unexpected emergency surgery and the length of my hair.   The friend, I'd mentioned in a past blog I'd written, is still a sore spot with me because I never received the closure, I felt I was owed from my ex-friend. I've seen this person but I was in a rush to get to catch the last bus for me to get home. I saw her and

huktaunluv

huktaunluv

Endings

Here we are barely a week into the new year and already dealing with issues. A close friend of the family lost his father. He'd gone into the hospital for discs in his back that were disintegrating. When the hospital operated they found cancer in his spinal cord. He went from an expected hospital stay of two weeks and then rehab to just over two weeks and him passing away on Sunday. He was buried today.   Also seems I can do no right in other areas of my life. Seriously considering just backin

comicfan

comicfan

Win my eBook: Protecting Bear

I began this story as a flash piece with my blog group, The Wednesday Briefers. With a lot of polish, and over 14k in new content... it's now Protecting Bear. Today only, January 10th, you could win a copy on my off-site blog! Just comment, include your email, and you could win! Contest ends at 10 PM, PST. All comments also count toward my $10 Amazon gift card contest ending on my blog, January 20th.   Visit my blog contest   Protecting Bear is also available for purchase for only $2.99

Cia

Cia

Life update, into the new year and beyond

This year has been an awesome year so far, and we have some really great plans for the next 6-9 months that are really going to change our lives for the better. I am so STOKED for 2014.   For a start, I feel like I'm finally getting a grip on my health issues. The big thing here is that I'm using conventional drugs to control pain and stuff, but then I'm using some complementary therapies to help me reduce the reliance on those drugs and improve the condition for the better.   For example,

Westie

Westie

Writing Prompts #292 & #293

Another Friday is here and you all know what that means - yes, new prompts.   Prompt 292 – Creative Tag – The Horoscope You never put any trust in the horoscopes, but today when you got to work your co-worker walked over and nearly shoved the paper in your face asking you to read it. When you looked up your horoscope it was as if someone had filmed your morning so far and what you read for your afternoon completely floored you. What was your horoscope and did it come true?   Prompt 293 – Cre

comicfan

comicfan in Prompts

Not a Tongue in Cheek Blog

So. I find it amusing at times the things I see posted at GA. There's so much knowledge here that some could get a free education. Before the Soapbox closed, politics were wide open. If you didn't know something, you probably could find it in the Soapbox.   Next, I read all of the posts made by teachers. How wonderful. Where I live, schools are losing their accreditation, teachers are poorly paid, and students are beyond redemption. It makes me feel good to read some of the posts by tea

joann414

joann414

Gay Sport Stars Come out of the Closet

I read today that that Thomas Hitzlsperger has outed himself. Thomas is a retired soccer star who once played for Everton, West Ham and Germany and had a mean left goal kick. I admire any celebrity who outs themselves because mostly it paves the way for other celebrities to come out, and break the barriers between what is PERCEIVED to be normal and what is not perceived to be normal.   But, I do have concerns. Sport is not the domain of baby makers. Sport belongs to everyone. Heterosexuals ar

LJH

LJH

Climate Change

Hmm. Gets a lot of strong reactions. Like religion   First off "climate change" and "global warming". They are not the same words and they do not have the same meaning.   However they are two sides of the same coin. Global warming is about averages. Climate change is about localized conditions. It's important not to conflate them.   But guess what - that's exactly what the "strong reactors" do! So with all the cold weather records being broken in the US over the last week or so, the "str

Zombie

Zombie

Writing Tip: Story Cost.... More Or Less

So, I was looking through some of the blog articles that I have and was trying to decide what would be a good choice for Wacky Wednesday. It was a hard choice, to be honest, but then I came across this little gem. Since I don't want to give too much away, I'll just let you see for yourself what I found... Story Cost... More or Less by Cia   Yes, we're putting a price on stories. No more free fiction.   *snickers*   Are you getting ready to flame me? Okay, okay, we're not goin

Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Writing Tips

Too Much Television

This dream-story was pretty obviously inspired by American Horror Story: Coven. The characters looked different, mostly, although sometimes not (it being a dream). Strangely, one person in the dream version looked like Jensen Ackles. I don't exactly disapprove, but I watch nothing he's on, and I wonder how he wandered on set, as it were. Another influence would have been Tanya Huff's Gale Girls novels. There was one line of dialogue that I remembered that I unfortunately had to leave out, becaus

B1ue

B1ue

My 2013 Playlist

So, the year's over, and we're starting a new year...what was your playlist for 2013? Here was mine...   1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   6.   7.   8.   9.   10.   11.   12.   13.   14.   15.   16.   17.   18.   19.   20.   21.   It seems like for 2013, there were two trends- electronic-based, and folksy inspired stuff. Kinda diametrically opposed, but it makes sense that there'd be two trends that were

methodwriter85

methodwriter85

Utah and SCOTUS

If you don't know, SCOTUS is shorthand for Supreme Court Of The United States. Utah officials had appealed the recent Federal Court rulings mandating that Utah process and recognize same-sex marriages, and pending appeal, requested a stay of the lower court rulings. This stay was denied first by the lower court, then by the 10th Circuit but this morning, SCOTUS granted the stay.   In my opinion, Utah (and a court challenge in Virginia that AFER is working on) may be the tipping point that for

Trebs

Trebs

January Csr Book Club Selection: Totallyy's Shorts

What's that? We're going to feature Totallyy's shorts? Yeppers! The short ones, the shorter ones... even the teeny tiny ones! His short stories, that is! Pick any number of Totallyy's short stories, as much as you like reading this month. Then let us know what you read, what you thought, and if you read more than one, pick your favorite.   Totallyy's Short Stories Are We More Than Just Friends 1,012 words Don't Cross the Threshold 1,176 words Feelings I Don't Know How to

Cia

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading


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