Today we would like to introduce you to two in progress stories added to GA Stories in the past few months, Eye of the Tiger is John Doe's third story on Gay Authors. Ugly Davey is EmDee's first.

Here is what a few of our readers have to say about them:

One of the things that interested me in Eye of Tiger is that it was a fantasy story, which is one of my favorite genres. But it was unlike any typical fantasy story that I have ever read. In fact, there is nothing typical about it at all.

Qin Xue is a senior in high school. He is gay, into origami and in his own words an "ultra-nerd or maybe the super geek". He is surrounded by a host of interesting friends: Lisa, a teenage potion witch, Alek the "hot" new kid who takes an unusual interest in Qin and Loren, one of the "Todds" who used to bully Qin only to later have him to thank for saving his life. Qin is also the priest of Baihu, white tiger of the west/Byakko of the western skies, guardian of the autumn season.

I love the Chinese/Japanese flavoring of this tale, and the way the eastern mythology is woven into a suspenseful fantasy setting, giving this story a refreshing new perspective. Qin is also a great character, who deals with both mystical experiences--powers he gains from his priesthood and his encounters with Byakko along with the "real world" problems teenagers also face…like dealing with his parents, the loss of internet at home (the horror)! and dodging bullies at his school. Qin is a delightful narrator for this story; even as he goes through some hard times, Qin's perception of the world, filtered through a type of self depreciating amusement, is fun to read, taking events in stride without weighing issues down in a depressing manner. And the story itself is full of surprises and is completely unpredictable. I never know what is going to happen next and I always look forward to new chapters!

Bugeye:
A story in progress, consisting of 13 chapters and 30,000 plus words at the moment. The very first chapter sets up the story premise. You know what is going to take place, you just don’t know the details, consequences, and hopefully laughs to come. Two very charming best friends are introduced and enough information about them is related anecdotally to make them instantly likable and solid in the reader’s eye. This first chapter makes a big promise of a enjoyable and fun read to follow. The idea behind this plot setup is pop culture based but with a twist of course. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the story and based on this first chapter I think I will have a good time. Clever and cute and adorable and sweet. So I loved it.

Freddyness:
Ugly Davey is a brilliant story that conveys the feelings of Davey across to the reader, it enchants you to want to read on and one of his and his best friends pranks grows out of hand. Over all i think this story is amazingly written and unlike most story it doesn't wither out half way through the plot, interest is kept even during the lesser dramatic parts of the story.

The Editor's POV:
Why I like Ugly Davey?

Hmmm, well, I think the main draw for me, would be that it's a fresh plot. it's something I don't see very often. I think this plot-line has tons of potential to be developed, and I'd like to see how she does that. the overall tone/mood of the story is pretty happy and upbeat without being exaggeratedly so.

I'm looking forward to see what's coming, because the readers know that there's going to be a big conflict coming up, but the path/build up towards that particular conflict point is unpredictable, which makes it exciting to follow.

Plus she writes well and she's been doing all this by herself (I only started helping her very recently),

Now that you have read what they have had to say.... what do you have to say?

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