What a week it has been! We had May 1st, 4th and 5th all wrapped within the week! So before I get into N'Sync (as I was so rudely corrected about), May the Force, and Cinco De Mayo, I want to announce that spring has finally showed it's face where I live. The trees are budding, the flowers are popping up out of the ground, the bunnies are hopping around, the skunks are tooting . Also rain predicted for the rest of the week. Well, it is nice to finally catch up to most of you in the North America. 

Oh, if you ever want to know what day it is, make sure you pop by the Last Post Wins topic where the mighty @TalonRider will tell you early in the morning (his time) what particular things are being celebrated during the day. If you so choose, you can make a post and steal the coveted  shiny, from whomever posted before you. Who knows, you might win the contest and be crowned by TalonRider as the winner...until the next post . Everyone is welcome to come in and take part in the thievery.

So enough of my shameless plug to the one game I play on the site and shall we look back on the week and see just went on?

On Monday, Cia kicked off the month with a brand new Can't Stop Reading Feature:

Wednesday was the day that @astone2292 popped in with another great AAA 3.0:

Thursday was back again to Myr who brought us another edition of the Grammar Guide:

And if that wasn't enough, for all you Author's out there, Myr gave a step by step tutorial with pictures  on how the new Stories system works here at GA. A big thank you to @Myr for continually improving our site for everyone . If you want a true testament of how easy this is to use... I figured it out on my first try  

Friday our favourite penguin, @Valkyrie, showed up for the Prompt Team and gave us another 2 interesting prompts:

Saturday, @Comicality was in with another super article. Something that there is no shortage of here at the site in the many stories posted:

Being the first week of the month, I always like to see how we did in the past month, and where we are going in the new one and lastly where we are for the year:

But what would a wrap up be without the words of the day? Well, incomplete. Let's see what Myr gave us this week:

flotilla, groundling, kiln, chastise, catachresis, lissome, importunate

Contests

Sub-Genre Rewrite the Prompt Contest - Entries due by May 22, 2022

Blog Opportunities

Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevensor @wildone to participate

Story Review: Send it in to @wildone or @Timothy M. 

And here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets!

Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

1. On Fire by Cia  

Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Musings of a Mongoose by Cynus  
2. rima fragmenta, Fragments of a Rift: Fifty Sonnets for Kevin by AC Benus  
3. CDMX by Carlos Hazday  
4. Jay's Loelife by Mrsgnomie 
5. Carême in Brighton — a mystery novel by AC Benus  
6. Ancalagon by Cia  
7. New Kid In School by Comicality  
8. GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality  
9. The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus  
10. On Fire by Cia  
11. Gap Year by Mark Arbour  
12. Erato's Olio: Poems for NaPoWriMo 2022 by Parker Owens  

Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. To the Weyr by Mawgrim  
2. Hidden Secrets by Mawgrim  

Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. The Next Stage by Littlelovestories  
2. A New Family Unit by Ajbt2001  
3. I Hate This Town by Demiurge  
4. The Priest's Tale by Tim Hobson  
5. Bodark Creek by RichEisbrouch  
6. Running for Home by Lux Apollo  
7. Fairyfly II by ObicanDecko  
8. Good Guys Don't Date Bad Boys by Laura S. Fox  
9. Death in the Shadows by astone2292  
10. The Knight's Tale by Tim Hobson **Complete**
11. A Ticklish Thriller (Revised) by Ajbt2001  
12. Short Histoires by LJCC  
13. Time after Time by sansyeux 
14. Canaan Club by Westley D.  
15. Blueblood 5.1: Red Alert!! by R. Eric  
16. Himalayan Home by quokka  
17. An Awkward Revolutionary by James K 
18. Shh! by BlueBabe85  
19. The Humpening by Arch Hunter  
20. Love Spells and Cheesy Romcoms by sansyeux  
21. Brothers by Yeoldebard **Complete**
22. Chicago Wildlife by Young Sage  
23. Never walk alone- Walk on by Andre Delport  
24. Revelations by mastershakeme  

Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (and Recommend with a share to the forum topic!)