Oh wow! 2026 you say  

First off, to Myr and the rest of the GA community: With all the days off last week, if you got them, I didn't know what day it was . I forgot it was Saturday, but I'm going to blame a extra long turkey hangover in not doing the Weekly Wrap Up. Then Myr posted the stories for the week and a gentle reminder/hint, that if anyone (me) wanted to add more, to stay tuned. I tried  I really, really tired . After my 3rd attempt to add in the all the blogs and the WOTDs, and linking and all the other jazzy stuff that gets done for the Weekly Wrap Up, I'd keep making the same damn mistake and hit the back button on my browser instead of the GA browser undo button, and lose everything. 

So, I never brought up resolutions, because lets face it, they never work  But I resolve to do the Wrap Up every week in 2026 unless I'm on a holiday, then I will nicely asked Cia to help out  

Now that past 2 weeks, the festive season to a lot of us, is over, let me ask this. Did anything strange happen this year? I will start this off 😮 For the first Christmas dinner in about 300 years, my sister did not bring up politics during the dinner  It was a Christmas miracle  Actually, it is usually brought up after dinner but that didn't happen either . I think if this goes off like this in the future, I can relax the GA 'no politics rule except in the Pit' rule at family dinners.  

So, did anything unusual happen to you? Did you see Santa Claus at a nude beach on the day after Christmas ? An elf in an unemployment line? Some reindeers at the slaughterhouse? Bad, Steve, Bad!!! Let me hear the good, the bad and the downright ugly as well. 

Now you would think that we would shut down during the past week, well I kind of did , but here is what else went on at the GA News Blog!

Monday, Cia not only did wrap up the month but also the year as well, as she hosted the December CSR Discussion Day:

Tuesday, Myr geeked out and went all Sci-Fi on us all 🖖:

Val popped in on New Years Eve and Day to pass on splendid New Year's wishes from all here at GA to you all!

If you thought that Tuesday was a Deep Dive, wait until you check out what Myr pulled out of the archives 😮:

Let's not forget the Words of the Day:

loathe, murmur, corpulent, opulent, sordid, pliant, mordant

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

5 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
2. Learned to Lie by Krista
3. The Mardi Gras Murders by Mark Ponyboy Peters
4. Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour
5. Traditions by Mark Ponyboy Peters

4 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Medellín by LittleBuddhaTW
2. Granny's Got a Plan by Topher Lydon
3. The Estate by Topher Lydon
4. Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W

0 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

47 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Frosted Hearts by Jason Rimbaud
2. These Bloody Fists by gor mu
3. THROUGH IT ALL by vanalas
4. The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy
5. Satellites by MrM
6. Finding Liam by Nuno R.F.C. Rendeiro
7. Darren’s New Life by Lee Wilson
8. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox
9. Older Hearts by ChromedOutCortex
10. Guideverse: The Future by Invnarcel
11. Love seeDz by Tony S.
12. Starfall by dragonthusiast
13. A salty drop of Magic by Celian
14. The Straight Boys Took Me On Vacation by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
15. Jody and the Team by KKirk
16. Finding Myself by RichardWrites
17. When All Seems Lost by W_L
18. Serenity by Albert1434
19. Ticklish Psychic by Ticklishboy30 **Complete**
20. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard
21. Love in a time of hatred by Gary L
22. Noah's Adventure by AquariusGuy
23. Rising Stars by Littlelovestories
24. Out Of The Closet by RichardWrites
25. Frat Curious by Golden Ghost Pen
26. The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X
27. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus
28. Re-Organizing by Justin4Fun
29. The Obsidian Order: Prince of Shadows by vanalas
30. A Beautiful Friendship by chris191070 **Complete**
31. Dingo and the Frog by Rusty Slocum **Complete**
32. Other Side of the Tracks by ChromedOutCortex
33. Mommy saw Santa kissing Claus by Jack Poignet **Complete**
34. The Other Side of Trust by ChromedOutCortex
35. As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels
36. Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill
37. Bending Eli by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
38. What Brings Us Together - Part 2 by Paladin
39. Bottles don't choose their shores by Kileoli
40. Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories
41. Love Is Still Blind by Lee Wilson
42. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
43. Hungry for Gains by Jack Poignet
44. The Art of Living by Robert Hugill
45. I'll Kiss You in the Rain by William King
46. The Longest Third Date by LJCC
47. The Loser by chris191070 **Complete**

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