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Anthologies

I've Never Written Poetry Before - Help!

Writing poetry can be an intimidating prospect when you've never done it before, but it doesn't have to be.  Like our Poetry Anthology theme this year - Choices - you can choose to give it a go and see how it turns out.  Many people think of things like sonnets, ballads, iambic pentameter, and rhyming when it comes to poetry.  Meter, form, and structure, oh my!  Some of these forms intimidate even seasoned poets.  But we don't need to be Shakespeare to express ourselves.  Start simple.   Ha
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Genre Deep Dives

Fantasy Deep Dive 9

Top Read Fantasy Stories Since Deep Dive 8 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 Fortitude by Cia Complete The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy In Process Goon by dkstories Complete Dawn of Tears by dkst
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

February 2026 CSR Feature: Spring and a Ring by Grizz

It's February, and thoughts turn to the changing of the seasons, Valentine's Day, love, and romance! So, here we go with a short story featuring love in a little tale that you might have missed! Please give it a read, like, comment, or review and come back for the interview on the Discussion day at the end of the month.  Spring and a Ring by @Griz Length: 8,231 Description: Two young farmers in rural central Montana meet as Winter turns to Spring, and everything frozen begins
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Jan. 25 - Jan. 31)

Hmmm, so we are 1 down and 11 to go in months of this year. Where did January go!   Groundhog day is a coming, so just in case you haven't seen the movie like 100 times staring Bill Murray, especially over and over again on Groundhog Day, keep your eyes out on your local listings 🙄 A question for my friends to the south, how did you handle your small wisps of winter that we deal with from Nov. to May  I shouldn't laugh, as places like Georgia and Texas among other places are not really
Genre Deep Dives

Comedy Genre Deep Dive #9

Top Read Comedy Stories Since Deep Dive #8 Top 10 Most Read Comedy - Buddy Comedy Focuses on the dynamic between two main characters, often with contrasting personalities, like "Lethal Weapon" or "The Heat." Love is... 2 (Gus and Rex) by Tony S. Complete Love is... 1 (Marcus and Justus) by Tony S. Complete He's a Bastard by Thirdly Complete If Furniture Could Talk by Lee Wilson Complete Ticklish Fun & Games by Ticklishboy30 Temporary Hold
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January 2026 CSR Discussion Day: Raven's Secret Crush by BendtedWreath and chris191070

Welcome to our first 2026 CSR Discussion day, and our first twofer! I thought, why not give you an extra treat. First, I gave you all a SHORT story because I know you're busy recovering from the holidays, and we all just need a short, sweet treat. Second, you get two interviews for one blog! Learn all about these co-authors and how they both answer the same questions. Hmm, wonder how that turned out? Read on! And don't forget to comment below. First up, chris191070:  Do you eat your f
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Jan. 18 - Jan. 24)

My secret has been revealed 🕺I did say last week that it might be on site or not. Well it turned out that I knew we were going to announce this year's Anthology Themes 🥳So that was my big secret.  Thanks to our Admin Team who collaborated on discussing many different ideas of the past Anthologies, the number, the wording and the hopeful attraction to every one of our Authors and Poets, new, old and maybe ones that might be inspired that we have not met yet .  Consideration was also taken in
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Anthologies

**2026 Anthology Announcement**

It's here!  The moment we've all been eagerly waiting for!  It's time to announce the 2026 Anthology theme!  But before we do, you know we like to keep everyone on their toes, so there's a bit of a twist for 2026.   This year we decided on.... Two themes!  So if one doesn't strike your fancy, hopefully the other one will.  Ideally, both will inspire authors to write a story for each.  So without further ado, here are the themes for the 2026 GA Anthology! Horizons
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Genre Deep Dives

Action/Adventure Genre Deep Dive 9

Top Read Action/Adventure Genre Reads Since Deep Dive 8 Top 10 Most Read Action/Adventure - Action Fiction focuses on fast-paced action and physical challenges.  Often involves a hero or protagonist facing intense obstacles and overcoming them through physical prowess and skill. Shadow Effect by kbois Complete The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Complete Gap Year by Mark Arbour Complete The Case of the Short, Short Prince by Geron Kees Complete
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Signature Feature

January 2026 Signature Feature: Ones and Zeros by Mann Ramblings

This month we are featuring both an older story and an older anthology! @Mann Ramblings posted Ones and Zeros to the 2013 Recipe for Disaster Anthology. Check it out and some of the other stories if you are looking for a great read or some inspiration to write your own anthology submission for this year's later event.  Length: 9,015 Description: In the future, all para-humans are 2nd class citizens under constant control and supervision. Poll's sponsor is a securities specialist,
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Jan. 11 - Jan. 17)

Monday is the day they call Blue Monday. If you remember, last week I revealed to all that I was down in the dumps   I really have to give you all the hugest hugs . After watching all the music vids and then watching 3 favourite shows: Ferris Buhler's Day Off, Red White and Royal Blue, and Heated Rivalry (my favourites, don't judge me  ) and going for a longer walk, I was feeling better. I think distracting my mind for about 8 hours and then some exercise seemed to do the trick. I wen
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Anthologies

Antholology Flashback - 2006 - Blizzard

Hello everyone.  @Valkyrie is pretty tied up so she asked me to help out with promoting some older Anthologies.  We haven't done an Anthology Flashback in awhile, but given the long range weather forcasting for the rest of January, I figured our 2006 Anthology with the theme of Blizzard would be greeted warmly. Keep an eye out, as the team is working on the the 2026 Anthology Theme, which will be launching soon. Without further ado, here are our 2006 - Blizzard entries:  
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Genre Deep Dives

Western Deep Dive 8

Top Read Western Stories since Deep Dive 7 Top 0 Most Read Western - Western - Alternative History Challenge or subvert the traditional conventions of the genre by providing a more nuanced and critical perspective on the historical events and characters. They might question the morality of certain actions or depict Native American perspectives more accurately. No stories Top 0 Most Read Western - Crime Western Combine Western themes with the conventions of mystery
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Weekly Wrap Up

WeeKeLy WrApUp - (JaN. 4 - jAn. 10)

Howdy Ho Good Neighbours! I guess that is why they'd call it the blues.... Interesting, the holidays are over, the bills are coming in, back to work everyday of the week, the days are getting longer but still submerged in darkness for most of the day (in my longitude).  They say the 3rd Monday of January is blue Monday, the saddest day of the year, but I think I've arrived a wee bit earlier .  I just feel blah!  So I need you all to give me something to do to cheer me up
Anthologies

2026 Poetry Anthology Announcement

The GA Poetry Anthology is returning for 2026 with the theme "Choices"!  We face all different kinds of choices in life, so this would be a great opportunity to explore some of them.  I look forward to reading what our site poets come up with!   Submitted poems will be featured throughout the month of April to celebrate National Poetry Month. I will work on getting the threads set up in the anthology forum and the event posted. Give me a little time to get that done.    2026 Poetry Ant
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Thriller/Suspense Genre Deep Dive 8

Top Read Thriller/Suspense Stories Since Deep Dive 7 Top 2 Most Read Thriller/Suspense - Environmental Thriller thrillers tied to environmental events that are typically threatening the world.  Ex: The Day After Tomorrow, Geostorm Neon by William King Temporary Hold Journey To Proxima Centauri b by Lee Wilson Complete Top 9 Most Read Thriller/Suspense - Espionage The spy thriller is a genre of literature that centers around a storyline with secret age
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

January 2026 CSR Feature: Raven's Secret Crush by BendtedWreath and chris191070

Well, no great announcements about 2026 from me... Except the start of CSR! I thought I'd do something a little fun, a twofer! That's right, this month's feature was written by 2 GA Authors! That means double the fun on the Discussion day.  Raven's Secret Crush by @BendtedWreath and @chris191070   Length: 5,301 Description: Raven Bran always feels stuck behind his brother, in basketball, at school, and even with friends. But when he meets someone who truly understands hi
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Dec. 28 - Jan. 3)

Oh wow! 2026 you say   First off, to Myr and the rest of the GA community: With all the days off last week, if you got them, I didn't know what day it was . I forgot it was Saturday, but I'm going to blame a extra long turkey hangover in not doing the Weekly Wrap Up. Then Myr posted the stories for the week and a gentle reminder/hint, that if anyone (me) wanted to add more, to stay tuned. I tried  I really, really tired . After my 3rd attempt to add in the all the blogs and the WOTDs, and l
Genre Deep Dives

Gay Authors 2025 - Reading Stats

Every year we try to do a look back at what was popular with our members.  This is all the information for the Top Reads on Gay Authors for 2025. At the top are the top 50 recommended stories in 2025.  Followed by the Top read stories by every Tag. Then wrapping up with the Top Read stories by every genre. We had over 101 million story reads in 2025. Top 15 Most Read Sub-genres for 2025 were: Drama (General Fiction) General Romance ( Romance) Adventure (Action/Adv
Announcements

Happy New Year!

Last week, Myr outlined some plans we have for 2026, and there are some exciting things on the horizon!  We had an outstanding response to our writing events in 2025, so I'm hoping we can equal or better it in 2026.  Stay tuned over the next few weeks for announcements regarding this year's anthologies.  Cheers to a great 2026! Let us know in the comments how you celebrated and if you stayed up till midnight.     
Genre Deep Dives

Sci-fi Genre Deep Dive 8

Top Read Science Fiction Stories since Deep Dive 7 Top 0 Most Read Science Fiction - AI Consciousness Explores sentient AI and post-human ethics, often questioning identity, consciousness, and morality. No stories Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic concerned with the end of civilization, either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disast
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

December CSR Discussion Day: The Darkest Days by Jack Poignet

Please forgive my tardiness, I lost track of the days of the week! The bliss of holiday vacation. My darkest days? Next week, when I go back to work with all the kiddos who also wish we were still on vacation!! So what did you think of this month's story feature? Share your thoughts on that and the interview with Jack below!  Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla. Unless we’re not talking about ice cream here…? What’s something personal about you people might be surprised to know? I hold a Mas
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Dec 21 - Dec 27)

Best wishes to everyone this Holiday Season.   We have a simplified wrap up today, unless someone else comes along to update it   5 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Mardi Gras Murders by Mark Ponyboy Peters In Process TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour In Process Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour In Process Howzat? by Mark Ponyboy Peters Complete Learned to Lie by Krista In Process 9 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Granny's
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