I hope everyone has had a great weekend and is refreshed and ready for the start of a new week. Don't forget the deadline for the 2016 Special Anthology is coming up fast, I look forward to seeing what everyone is working on! The guidelines for this anthology are a little different, so make sure you read the announcement carefully. Now, let's see what happened this week in the GA News Blog.

Anthology Special Review: Nature's Wrath
To start out the week, the review team decided to do a special review feature looking at the past anthology Nature's Wrath. If you haven't read the Nature's Wrath anthology, this review is your look into a few of the stories.

Author Promo: Lilansui
Sometimes it's great to take a look at multiple stories by a single author. Lilansui took us up on the offer for a blog featuring three of their works, all they had to do was pick the stories and answer a few questions. Curious as to what Lilansui picked? Go check it out and learn a little more about Lilansui's writing.

Second Chance Prompts #502 & #507
Once again, we re-featured a couple of lonely prompts that never got a response. For our featured prompt, we opened up the comments for anyone to share one of their past prompt responses.

Anthology Announcements:

***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team

• All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016
• 2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 30th, 2017
• 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017
  

Premium Updates:
Disastertastic by Cia *Premium*
Studly Ranch Hands by Renee Stevens *Premium*

Classic Updates:
Door Number Three by Ronyx

Signature Updates:
319 Winesap Lane by CarlHoliday
Innocence & Carnality - Part Two by Mann Ramblings; Book 2 of I & C
Mental Games by Bill W
Mine! by Cia
My Only Escape by Comicality
Promptings from Valhalla - 2016 Edition by Valkyrie
Temporary Dads by Graeme
The Best Year by Krista

Promising Updates:
A Man in a Room, and other poems by AC Benus; Book 6 of Verse
Practically Perfect by AC Benus
American Steel by Carlos Hazday
Fallen Pride by Sasha Distan; Book 7 of The Best Circle of Hell Stories
Headstall's Reflections by Headstall
Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall
Travels by Carlos Hazday; Book 5 of CJ