Wow! What a week of the ever so popular Secret Author contest, I guess we could call this SA Week. We found out who was connected to which story  We also found out the winners of the most popular story from Readers and Authors. Congratulations to @impunity and @Thirdly respectfully. It turns out that Thirdly didn't write all of the stories 😮 I guessed all of them were written by Thirdy . At least I got 1 right  Just before posting my guess, I noticed the rules about only one story per author. I'm not the best on paying attention to details . 

I think one of the great things about the SA Contest and the other Anthologies, is that we still have a LOT of other stories and chapters being posted at the same time. It is kind of like an avalanche of activity on the boards . Check out some of the other stories below.

I guess the kiddies down south are back in skewl, and the kiddies up north will start in a week and a bit depending on where in the northern hemisphere you are.

We used to have a lot of college aged writers and the first few weeks of back to uni or college, we saw a bit of decrease of new content. It will be interesting to see if that holds true this year or not. Or, I imagine if you have kids of your own, you might be tied up with the back to school rush and for a lot of the kids, the back to school blues . 

When you were in non-advanced education, were you the kid that couldn't wait for school to start up again after a summer break, or were you one that tried to come up with a reason to not go back ?

I think in elementary and then junior high, we had those where I grew up, I didn't want to go back. High School was the start of HS sports and meant some teammates would shower  No, I wasn't just a perv in HS, I actually liked to get back to seeing a wider base of friends and catching up that we might not have talked over the summer. Not like we had computers and cell phones back then to follow people  Back then if you followed someone, you were a stalker .

This PSA is to make sure you don't stalk people!!

On Monday, Cia rolled out the carpet and introduced each author to each story in our Secret Author Contest:

Tuesday, Myr tipped his toes in the water to do a Deep Dive. In keeping with the SA contest, this one was a mystery too :

Wednesday was the day that Cia announced the winners of the best use of the theme for the SA contest. Did you get to vote for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd?

Friday, Cia wrapped up the week with naming the winners of the most popular stories, as voted by both readers and authors:

Words of the Day:

obsequious, lethargy, paramount, insistence, mythos, scorching, sarcastic

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

3 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour
2. Learned to Lie by Krista
3. Beyond Salvation by Mark Ponyboy Peters

7 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. The Watchers by Topher Lydon
2. Eastbourne Tales by Topher Lydon
3. Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW
4. A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis
5. The Lion's Pride by Topher Lydon **Complete**
6. Carter's Breach by Topher Lydon **Complete**
7. Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W

0 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

50 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Angel Awakened by Painawakened
2. Adventures Of Joy City's Heroes: Book 1 by Ticklishboy30
3. BigPaws by Jack Poignet
4. LEGALLY BOUND by vanalas
5. Soccer Rivals by Golden Ghost Pen
6. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox
7. 12 Seconds To Forever by Rafy **Complete**
8. What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon
9. Traded Goods by Yeoldebard
10. Love is... (Gus and Rex) by Tony S.
11. Randy for Submission, Pursuing the One by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
12. Kill the Messenger by mastershakeme
13. The Legend of Fred Krueger by Twisted_Dreemz
14. Northern Lights by Golden Ghost Pen
15. The Storm Wolf: Gathering Clouds by RedMoon
16. Serenity by Albert1434
17. All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis
18. The Clinton Boys Head South by Lee Wilson
19. Peter's Story by Connectwriter
20. Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill
21. Blood Money by Yeoldebard
22. How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk
23. Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories
24. Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox
25. Velvet and Venom by ASH PHOENIX
26. Shadows of Consequence by mcarss
27. Somewhere to Go by astroguy
28. The Weight of a Secret by and9993
29. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus
30. Light Bringer: Fireborn by Jack Poignet **Complete**
31. The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy
32. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill
33. Only What the Moon Sees by thedelfinoplaza
34. Brandon Smiling: From the Billy Chase Chronicles (3) by MrM
35. Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy
36. The Afternoon at a Schoolyard by and9993 **Complete**
37. Neighbour's Riddle by Thomas Lindblad
38. Lines of Attraction by Tony S.
39. Reverent: Six by Tony S.
40. Good Times by Albert1434
41. The Acquisition: A Record of Compliance, Pleasure, and Ownership by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
42. Bending Eli by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
43. The Neighbor Across the Window by StoriesByTroy
44. Flame and Frost by lomax61
45. Love is... (Marcus and Justus) by Tony S. **Complete**
46. A Silver Tongue is a Double-edged Sword by Absolute Debauchery
47. Weather Together by Inkognito
48. Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox
49. Black Sun by Jeff Burton
50. My Best Friend’s Brother Dylan Was Supposed to Be Straight by StoriesByTroy

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