**Sigh**

It is pouring out. Yet an hour to the west, in the foothills where I just came from a Thanksgiving dinner, it is not raining but snowing like crazy. We are supposed to wake up in the city to a blanket of snow. 

**Sigh**

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow cannuckle heads! I hope you are having some time to be around either friends or family and enjoying carving up Tom on this festive holiday  There is at least one thing you are thankful, let's hear what it is. You don't have to be Canadian to participate! Maybe you are thankful the Anthology is finally hear!!  

I'm going to make this a short one this week, been up for 20 hours already and need to rinse and repeat tomorrow. 4:30 AM comes wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too early.

So what happened here this week? I'll tell you what happened here this week  

Monday, Cia launched the October CSR feature. Find out who, what, where, when, and how, all here:

Val said it was lovely weather in upstate New York, so I imagine Myr dived into the Weekly Deep Dive with gusto:

Thursday, kicked off the first week of the yearly Anthology with the theme of Creature Feature ! Check out the first 6 entries now:

What words of the Words of the Day hung you up this week, if any?

absolve, liquidate, prolong, pernicious, divey, hobble, charlatan

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

4 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Learned to Lie by Krista
2. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour
3. I am a creature by Aditus **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
4. Krista's Prompts by Krista

3 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Carter's Order by Topher Lydon
2. Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW 
3. Capt vs Goofball by Topher Lydon

2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Authtober 2025 Collection by astone2292
2. Only a Monster Would... by astone2292 **Complete** **Anthology Entry**

50 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. The Legend of Fred Krueger by Twisted_Dreemz
2. In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex
3. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox
4. Halloween 2025: House of Possessed Possibilities by astroguy
5. The Lost Jock by Edged Bound
6. The Librarian and the Assassin, a Sapphic Romance at the End of the World by Adam Andrews Johnson
7. Traded Goods by Yeoldebard
8. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian
9. How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk
10. The Acquisition: A Record of Compliance, Pleasure, and Ownership by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
11. Essence of Life by W_L
12. Serenity by Albert1434
13. The Truth of Yesterday by Josh Aterovis
14. The Field of Love by Enoch
15. Rókus by E K Stokes
16. Russ: On the loose in Ireland by Robert Hugill
17. Dirty Laundry by Inkognito **Complete**
18. Peter's Story by Connectwriter
19. Down In The Holler by CasualWanderer82
20. The Storm Wolf: Gathering Clouds by RedMoon
21. House Of Exiles (Rework) by GENERAL PIGNOUF
22. Love Is Still Blind by Lee Wilson
23. Begin Again by Tony S.
24. Chess Friends by Thomas Lindblad
25. Beneath the Hollow by mastershakeme
26. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus
27. Persistent Pheromones by Thirdly **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
28. The Dark and Mystical Twins by BendtedWreath **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
29. Lovesquatch: A Culinary Cryptid Romcom by Rafy **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
30. Attack of the Hellbenders by Lee Wilson **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
31. Northern Lights by Golden Ghost Pen
32. A Friday Night in Texas by Golden Ghost Pen
33. Another Time by Celian
34. Taming the New Guy by Edged Bound
35. Noah's Adventure by AquariusGuy
36. Reverent: Six by Tony S.
37. The Purple Phoenix by GENERAL PIGNOUF
38. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill
39. Confessions of a Gay Supervillain by Jason D. Karl
40. The Legend of Amberfell - Book 1: Kindling Flames by PrismaFox
41. My Best Friend’s Brother Dylan Was Supposed to Be Straight by StoriesByTroy
42. Groom for Rent by vanalas
43. Tyler's Dilemma Part One by Jason Rimbaud
44. Brandon Smiling: From the Billy Chase Chronicles (3) by MrM
45. What Brings Us Together - Part 2 by Paladin
46. Bell(e)s in the Woods by Celian
47. I've Always Loved You by R. Eric
48. Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill
49. Angel Awakened by Painawakened
50. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox

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