So… the Nifty Archive isn’t feeling all that “nifty” right now.

Last Wednesday morning, I submitted Chapter 25 of Swing for the Fences as usual, expecting it to be posted that evening. That’s how it has always worked in the past. But by Thursday, nothing. Other stories had gone up in the Gay Male/High School section, but mine hadn’t.

I resubmitted Thursday. Still nothing.
Friday came and went. Still nothing.

I emailed the archive at nifty@nifty.org AND stories@nifty.org. No response.
I even reached out on Twitter/X. Silence.

Meanwhile, plenty of other stories continue to be posted in the same section — except the continuation of mine. This morning, I went ahead and submitted both Chapter 25 and Chapter 26, since Chapter 26 was scheduled for today anyway. And still, nothing. The story is stuck at Chapter 24 with no explanation.

There’s nothing “controversial” in Chapter 25, so I’m stumped. Does anyone know what’s going on or who I can contact to get some clarity? After 24 smooth uploads, this sudden blackout makes no sense at all. I’d hate to lose what is probably one of my largest audiences. So, if anyone has any suggestions, ideas, contacts, or information at all that would be able to help me out, please give me a shout! PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE!

On a brighter note — Medellín is now 100% completed and ready to go as soon as Swing for the Fences finishes posting. It’s a very different story: darker, more violent, more passionate… and, yes, a little more erotic. Writing it was deeply personal for me. I’ve lived in Colombia for the past seven years, so the novel became something of a “love letter” to my adopted home. Because of that, it required very little research — I’ve been living the research every day for years.

In the meantime, I’m making some final revisions to the later chapters of Swing for the Fences. Once that’s done (in just a few days), I’ll be diving headfirst into the sequel. It’s going to be a bit of whiplash shifting from the dark, dangerous world of Medellín back into the lighter, more hopeful world of Swing for the Fences — but it should be fun.

Both stories share one thing in common: flawed protagonists. Hunter in Medellín is far more broken than Nick in Swing for the Fences, and many readers may not like or understand him at first. But that’s part of the point. Hunter doesn’t like or understand himself for a long while either.

So, coming full circle, if anyone can help in any way at all with my little "Nifty" problem, please DM me here, leave a comment, or email me at littlebuddhatw@proton.me, I would be forever thankful ... and might even be willing to make it worth your while by gifting a new chapter to read before anyone else, or even the first chapter of Medellin to read.

And please don't forget to follow me on Twitter/X, where I often post info/news and promo pics from the novels: @littlebuddhatw

UPDATE: Nifty finally uploaded Chapters 25 and 26,  so the story is all caught up. If someone out there helped with that, thank you!