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    Secret Author Stories Kickoff!!

    By Cia

    That's right! Get your spy glasses, red herring hunting, secret revealing blacklights on (okay, maybe not that... who knows what you'll see?!!) 🫢But today is the kickoff for the Secret Author Story Contest Stories. One will be posted per day until they've all been revealed... but the authors are still hidden. Just who wrote these stories?!   Read today's kick off story here or find each day's new story featured in the Stories tab.    Discuss your thoughts (after you read, like, c
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The Tactics of Voting

On social media, I have made no secret of the fact that I dislike this Conservation government, they are the worst government in my memory, and I lived through Margaret Thatcher. I want a change, I want a Labour government, and I am not alone in this. The polls show that Labour is well ahead of the Tories and are on track to be elected as our next government. But can we be sure of this? We elect our governments under the First Past The Post system and this does not mean that a political par

Poetry Deep Dive 3

Top Read Poems by sub-genre since Mar 2024. Top 10 Most Read Poetry - Ballad a poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music. Usually follows a form of rhymed (abcb) quatrains alternating four-stress and three-stress lines. Lyrics for Tony - a collection of poems by AC Benus Complete a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus Complete Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus Temporary Hold 1940, 1970 and Today – plus other poems

Weekly Wrap Up (Jun 23. - Jun. 29)

First off, to our millions of Canadian members, Happy Canada Long Weekend! Sounds like it is a scorcher no matter where you are. Here in my little burg, believe it or not we have been on extreme water restrictions, like fluhing the toilet once per day, 3 min showers, no outside watering at all, etc. since 23 days ago when we had a main feeder line from our water treatment plant, big enough to drive a truck through, broke  A city of 1.5 million and and 80% of the city and surrounding towns and ci

MDBCs 30 Jun 2024

June 30th 2024 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Martial Feast of the 12 Apostles is on June 30 (marks the end of the Season of Pentecost and the beginning of the Season of Apostles)[61] St.Peter and St.Paul(in some christian eastern orthodox denominations) First Martyrs of

Top Read Stories By Tag First Half of 2024

With the recent update to the Stories Archive, we can now provide a read report by story tags, like we do with the genres.  So, find your favorite tag and see the top read stories so far in 2024 with that tag! Top 10 Most Read Age - child Chanukah Gift by Altimexis Complete Dolphin Delivery by Carlos Hazday Complete HMS Belvidera by Mark Arbour Complete A Child's Haven by CLJobe Complete Family Struggles by Dahawk Complete Salvation

MDBCs 29 Jun 2024

June 29th 2024 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Cassius of Narni Hemma of Gurk Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Western Christianity), and its related observances: Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja) l-Imnarja (Malta)

Building a mystery!

If you know me at all, you know I love a good mystery story.  Dame Agatha Christie, Jonathan Kellerman, Joseph Hansen, Martha Grimes, Earl Derr Biggers, Dashiell Hammett, Robert Parker, Minette Walters, Joe Lansdale, Wilkie Collins, and many many more all come to mind.  There is something intriguing about a whodunit or even a whydonit.  They are also such fantastic period pieces, where you journey to another place and live in a different time.  You can read about Dave Brandstetter in the 19

Author Guess Who #22 - Reveal!

Time's up! Two weeks have come and gone. Now let's see who put their best guessing hats on. If you just so happened to miss the Author Guess Who interview for this month, make sure you click...   > > > HERE < < < ... to see what this month's mystery author had to say! Without further ado, time for the big reveal!   This author... has posted over three million words! This author... has over seventy stories for you to read! This author... is... 

MDBCs 27 Jun 2024

June 27th 2024 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Arialdo Crescens, one of the Seventy disciples Cyril of Alexandria (Coptic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church) Ladislaus I of Hungary Our Lady of Perpetual Help

MDBCs 26 Jun 2024

June 26th 2024 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Christian feast day: Anthelm of Belley David the Dendrite Hermogius Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church) Jeremiah (Lutheran) John and Paul

Paranormal Deep Dive 3

Top Read Paranormal Stories since Feb 2024 Top 0 Most Read Paranormal - Cryptid Features creatures from folklore, mythology, or cryptozoology, such as Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, or Chupacabra. The narrative often revolves around encounters with these mysterious beings. No stories Top 0 Most Read Paranormal - Cursed Objects Focuses on objects with supernatural or cursed properties. The plot typically involves characters trying to understand or break the curse asso

MDBCs 25 Jun 24

June 25th 2024 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (Philippines) Christian feast day: David of Munktorp Eurosia Maximus (Massimo) of Turin Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Presentation of the Augsburg Confessio

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