Whoa! 

Stop the clock!!

Who said we could be a week left in October already 😮 I mean, less than a week to Halloween 🎃, 4 weeks from 'merican Thanksgiving, 2 months away from Christmas🎄. When did summer end? Oh wait, we've had our first snowfall already but where I live that can happen 12 months a year  

Speaking of Halloween... next Friday! Any plans for you? I live in a secured building, no it is not a prison  🔐  . We don't get kiddies trick-or-treating, so not going to buy any candy this year. I usually give in to a weakness and buy something that I shouldn't have but end up taking way too much insulin to combat against . Not this year!  How about going out? Some of you must have children or grandchildren. Do you go trick-or-treating with them? Or what is the age that kids stop trick-or-treating nowadays? Seemed back in my day, people didn't appreciated 13 or 14 y/o's ringing their doorbell and telling them you were dressed as surly teenagers  Or do you go to a mall, or community centre? Curious minds want to know!!

Today I was flipping through a streaming channel up here in Canada called Crave, and found the original 90210 series. I told someone that it reminded me of my teens. They called me out on that statement so I said I was 20 when it came on out in 1990 . Maybe I was 22  

I see we are 3 weeks into the Yearly Anthology, and my spy deep in the GA Anthology network has told me that it was not the last week of stories! So how many weeks to go, 1, 2, 3, maybe 4? You guess. Speaking of stories, how are you making out on reading them? Also, I know some of you are die hard Anthology fans, and reading as much as possible, so bravo  Do you park any writing you are doing, or reading stories that you are engrossed in to read them? Just curious .

Now to check on what Cia did on Monday... Oh, this was a week where the Monday's GA Blog was on hold for the Yearly Anthology. So you got 2 days of my last Weekly Update . I hope Cia took the day to go to a spa and soak in a natural hot spring, get a massage, facial, manicure, pedi and more!   Me thinks that did not happen  

Myr checked in on Tuesday for a look at a Deep Dive again this week:

Then it was Val's turn to wrap things up and announce the week 3 Yearly Anthology Stories!

Myr was a busy little beaver, pumping out 7 new Words of the Day. I did pretty good this week  How about you?

adroit, conspire, abhor, inhalation, decorum, buffoon, collusion

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4 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Learned to Lie by Krista
2. Kandanga Falls by Mark Ponyboy Peters **Complete** 
3. Away with the fairies by northie **Complete**  **Anthology Entry**
4. Journey to Salvation by Headstall **Complete**  **Anthology Entry**

4 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW
2. Coyote amongst the sheep by Topher Lydon
3. Carter's Order by Topher Lydon
4. Sparks for Nyx by Myr **Complete** **Anthology Entry**

1 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Authtober 2025 Collection by astone2292

45 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth by Yeoldebard
2. Halloween 2025: House of Possessed Possibilities by astroguy
3. In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex
4. The Weight of a Secret by and9993 **Complete** 
5. Traded Goods by Yeoldebard
6. Begin Again by Tony S.
7. Out Of The Closet by RichardWrites
8. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian
9. How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk
10. Noah's Adventure by AquariusGuy
11. The Field of Love by Enoch
12. Essence of Life by W_L
13. Serenity by Albert1434
14. The Truth of Yesterday by Josh Aterovis
15. Frosty by MythOfHappiness **Complete** 
16. Russ: On the loose in Ireland by Robert Hugill
17. Rising Stars by Littlelovestories
18. Peter's Story by Connectwriter
19. A Friday Night in Texas by Golden Ghost Pen
20. Learning to Stay by ChromedOutCortex
21. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus
22. As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels
23. Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories
24. Summer of 1968 by drsawzall **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
25. The Car Ride Home by Lee Wilson **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
26. Sparklehoof and the Great Fluffing by Jack Poignet **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
27. Bell(e)s in the Woods by Celian
28. Finding Myself by RichardWrites
29. A Grave So Haunting by solemnity
30. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill
31. The Malady Of Hunger by CasualWanderer82
32. Northern Lights by Golden Ghost Pen
33. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox
34. Chess Friends by Thomas Lindblad
35. Groom for Rent by vanalas
36. Oceanbank by quokka
37. Welcome to Redwaters by Hardianarcher
38. The Seasons change in Colbyn by Celian
39. Bending Eli by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
40. The Lost Jock by Edged Bound
41. Confessions of a Gay Supervillain by Jason D. Karl
42. Love in Disguise at Halloween by Rafy **Complete** 
43. The Straightest Lies We Tell Ourselves by Inkognito **Complete** 
44. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
45. Safe Haven by Inkognito

1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories

1. Path Forward by Jean87

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