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Animal Visitors

It's a belief across many cultures that birds are messengers from beyond, especially after a loved one has recently passed.  Many people also feel that animals come into our lives for a reason, often during trying times.  Let's explore both of these concepts. Feel free to use these prompts as a jumping off point for a story for our upcoming Creature Feature anthology.     PT Prompt #297 After a loved one passes away, an animal comes around in a way that makes you wonder if i
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Gay Authors News

Raise Your Hand

While we're all eagerly awaiting the reveal of the Secret Author stories, I thought it would be a good time to check in and see how those anthology stories are coming along! We can't reveal the participants of the SA contest yet (or I should say Cia can't.  I have zero insider knowledge about it.  Yes, it's that secret!), but we can openly talk about who's writing what for the annual anthology.  I've already had five stories submitted to the proof team - which is a record this far from the due d
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Gay Authors News

2025 Secret Author Story Contest Deadline!

That's it! Today's the day. Get your Secret Author Short Story in now!! Info on the contest is linked here. Readers, the games of picking who wrote a story, who wrote which story, and picking your favorite story are all coming! The first one, how many stories do you think were submitted, has resulted in a few guesses:  14, 10, ONE MILLION (HA!), 8, more than 7 (SOOO cheating!) Were any guesses right?  Feel free to keep guessing! Actual numbers  Cheater McCheater
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Gay Authors News

General Fiction Deep Dive 7

Top 10 Most Read General Fiction - Coming of Age Follows the personal growth and development of a protagonist from youth to adulthood. "growing up" The Cockney Canuck by Dodger Temporary Hold Paternity by Mark Arbour Complete An English Teen, Circumcised in the USA by Riley Jericho Complete Desert Dropping by DomLuka Complete A to Z by Parker Owens Complete Second Shot by Andrew Q Gordon Complete Gap Year by Mark Arbour Complete
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Gay Authors News

Stories 3.8 Update - Rolling out Now

We are happy to announce that Stories 3.8 update is now active on Gay Authors.  This has a couple of Quaility of Life updates and a major new feature. Quality of Life Updates for Reading We have added a new "Reading Progress" bar that appears at the top of the page when you are reading and shows your progress down the page.  (it shows progress to end of page, which does include comments). You can also turn off the progress meter in your story settings under the Stories tab if you so de
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Featured Story: Stockroom Secrets by Mark Ponyboy Peters

Wow, the second Tuesday of the month is a late one this month! If you don't have enough on your summer reading list, Mr. Wildone has now added this one to your checkoff list  Thanks to @chris191070 for this month's review!     Stockroom Secrets by Mark Ponyboy Peters Reviewer:chris191070 Status: Complete Word Count: 146,084 This is the beautiful story of two young men, Gray and Rafa, as told through the eyes of Gray. They simply start off as  workmates who event
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Colored in Gray

Sneaky bastards ...

Well, we knew it'd happen. This week, I've been tapped by our CFO to help in a dispute against one of the federal regulatory agencies governing us and our funding. The short of it is this: an audit found they had overpaid us for our lab expenses to the tune of $200,000 a year for five years. In other words, they planned to shave a cool million off our next payment and withhold $200,000 a year from here on. The reasons are utterly bogus. Claiming we're double-dipping. Part of that is cl
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Writing World

Let's Celebrate July!

There are two different observances in July that I'd like to honor with prompts.  July 14th is International Non-Binary People's Day - halfway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day - and is aimed to bring awareness to issues faced by non-binary people.   July is also Disability Pride Month.  It commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and celebrates the accomplishments, experiences, and challenges faced by individuals with disabilities. 
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Not So Secret

There are lots of secrets surrounding our Tell the Truth - Secret Author contest, but one thing that's not a secret is the due date for story submissions!  My beta reader is twitching in the corner because I used "secret" three times in the same sentence   There's less than a week to go, so get those finishing touches put on your stories and get them sent off to @Cia.  Just don't tell anyone about it   It won't be long now until we can start the guessing game as to who wrote what, whi
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Fantasy Deep Dive 7

Top 10 Most Read Fantasy - Alternate History Story takes place in alternate version of history, such as what if the Nazi's won "The Man in the High Castle" by Phillip Dick.  Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card Mine! by Cia Complete Of Pride and Power by W_L Complete Dawn of Tears by dkstories Complete Goon by dkstories Complete Fortitude by Cia Complete The Flamekeepers of Delta Psi Theta by Kelevra Long-Term Hold The Spirit of the Plum Blo
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