Congrats @chris191070 and @BentedWreath!

Way to go @chris191070 and @BentedWreath. 

Those spreadsheets came in handy. Lol. Other than the 3 stories I knew for sure because I directly dealt with them so they don't count, I managed to correctly guess four. I shocked myself. 

Thanks @Cia and everyone else behind the scenes who made this a successful event.  

This was great fun! The real list makes a lot more sense. 🤣 I enjoyed reading all the entries, though. 

Congrats to @BentedWreath and @chris191070 for the best guesses.

I love the SA anthology and can't wait for another one. 

Bravo @BentedWreath & @chris191070. Absolutely deserved!

Aw, that's great. Well done, @chris191070 and @BentedWreath, good job.  I managed 5 correct, the rest were way off. Thanks @Cia putting this all together.
 

Well done to all the authors who participated.

I made my own list, just for my eyes and guessed six correct, which was honestly more than I was expecting.

6 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I made my own list, just for my eyes and guessed six correct, which was honestly more than I was expecting.

Which ones did you guess right? 

Congrats to @BentedWreath and @chris191070.

Also great job to all the SA who hid their tracks so well. There were five guesses I was absolutely sure of and only three of them were correct. 

2 minutes ago, Ieshwar said:

Congrats to @BentedWreath and @chris191070.

 

Also great job to all the SA who hid their tracks so well. There were five guesses I was absolutely sure of and only three of them were correct. 

Out of curiosity, about how long did it take you to write your story? Was it something you already had in mind to write about?

9 minutes ago, BentedWreath said:

Which ones did you guess right? 

Alltopia, Sparkling water, Hiding in Plain Sight, Take me to Your leader, For Ever Young.  I also knew who wrote Nox or Not? which was probably cheating, but I counted it anyway.  

Congratulations, @chris191070 and @BentedWreath.  I hope this was a collaboration or someone was copying someone else's entry!    

51 minutes ago, BentedWreath said:

Out of curiosity, about how long did it take you to write your story? Was it something you already had in mind to write about?

About three weeks. I got the idea of secrets hidden in a teapot when I saw the theme of the contest. It resonated with me because it's something I did when I was younger. There were no pictures of former lovers in mine but rather trinkets of sentimental value. And the story grew from there. 

Btw, you were the only one who guessed my story correctly- at least as far as I can remember. Kudos for that! 

40 minutes ago, Ieshwar said:

About three weeks. 

It was time well spent. The story was heartachingly amazing. While I can't say I've ever hidden anything in a teapot as a kid, I do remember hiding things in shoe boxes beneath my grandmother's porch, things like colorful beetles, twigs and flowers I found.

Congrats @chris191070 and @BentedWreath

Good guesses from all, no one figured out it was me who wrote the weird genre twist with a historical fiction story 😛  Thank you @Mark Arbour for providing plausible cover     (Yacht Club was good)

1 hour ago, BentedWreath said:

 I do remember hiding things in shoe boxes beneath my grandmother's porch, things like colorful beetles, twigs and flowers I found.

Same!! Only also butterflies, pieces of tobacco, and loose change... and we used jars.

3 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Alltopia, Sparkling water, Hiding in Plain Sight, Take me to Your leader, For Ever Young.  I also knew who wrote Nox or Not? which was probably cheating, but I counted it anyway.  

I knew you were my secret twin. What I didn't know was that we had a triplet in @Jason Rimbaud. We're all fraternal. 🤣

4 hours ago, Ieshwar said:

About three weeks. I got the idea of secrets hidden in a teapot when I saw the theme of the contest. It resonated with me because it's something I did when I was younger. There were no pictures of former lovers in mine but rather trinkets of sentimental value. And the story grew from there. 

 

Btw, you were the only one who guessed my story correctly- at least as far as I can remember. Kudos for that! 

That story you can send to any literary conest without hesitation! Remarkable work, I want to read everything you have written! 

* Guess who has got my vote! 😉

7 minutes ago, Cane23 said:

That story you can send to any literary conest without hesitation! Remarkable work, I want to read everything you have written! 

* Guess who has got my vote! 😉

I totally agree this story had my vote, and the odd tear, from the start,   Thanks also @Cane23 for all your excellent comments and observations, it’s been fun reading them.   🤗

Many congratulations to you great authors and many thanks. As a keen member of your reading public I have to say it has been both fun and a challenge, in some cases, to read you all.   
ps I’m kicking myself now after @Mark Arbour told us he had been on a cruise… argh.  
 

But I have to publically congratulate @leshwar for such a wonderful, wonderful story.  It was so moving for me,  thank you

I may actually have to read them all again with the foreknowledge of the authors in mind.

I actually had 4, but didn't post them.  But to be fair, 3 of them were fairly obvious, if you have read the authors.  @quokka, @kbois, and @astone2292, I'm talking about you!  Great job to all the Secret Authors! 

23 minutes ago, CincyKris said:

I actually had 4, but didn't post them.  But to be fair, 3 of them were fairly obvious, if you have read the authors.  @quokka, @kbois, and @astone2292, I'm talking about you!  Great job to all the Secret Authors! 

I didn't even try to disguise this one. Lol

1 hour ago, CincyKris said:

I actually had 4, but didn't post them.  But to be fair, 3 of them were fairly obvious, if you have read the authors.  @quokka, @kbois, and @astone2292, I'm talking about you!  Great job to all the Secret Authors! 

So, you're saying I need to change my game for next year...

4 minutes ago, astone2292 said:

So, you're saying I need to change my game for next year...

Well looking at who crawled out from under his rock? Where ya been Aaron? Oh? Same place as @Mrsgnomie... Loserland?