My secret has been revealed 🕺I did say last week that it might be on site or not. Well it turned out that I knew we were going to announce this year's Anthology Themes 🥳So that was my big secret. 

Thanks to our Admin Team who collaborated on discussing many different ideas of the past Anthologies, the number, the wording and the hopeful attraction to every one of our Authors and Poets, new, old and maybe ones that might be inspired that we have not met yet .  Consideration was also taken in on past feedback from past participants and even the ones that maybe didn't participate in the past. We also heard people talking about their ideas this year. We will keep those in mind to in trying to appeal to as many of you as possible with also keeping in the mind the readers as well. We hope we have given everyone some food for thought.

I think all of the other Admins hated my suggestions  but at least I participated  

You can read more about the final themes in our Anthology Announcement. Even though it was on Thursday, let's put it up first this week!

Now I usually have a bit of a preamble, or as Krista would say, cheekiness 😮 I don't think anyone would accuse me of being cheeky  except her!

With the cold, not only in North America, but I heard some places in Europe and other places are just down right nippy. Enough to make us nipply  Get it  

We got a good dump or two of snow and some more on the way, then add on the -10 C / 14 F but add in the windchill we got to -20 C / -4 F. How about you? Tell me your woes if you have them. 

Anywho, I"m going to wrap up the rest of the week now  

Monday, Cia came in and brought us a new Signature Author Feature:

Tuesday was Myr's turn up at bat, when he went diving:

Cia came back on Wednesday to give us a Excerpt from our Signature Feature:

So, how did you do on the Words of the Day?

intent, precision, economy, balance, context, focus, emphasis

Upcoming Writing Events 

2026 Poetry Anthology "Choices" - Due March 30, 2026 - Find all the information right here.

2026 Yearly Anthology "Horizons" & "Unspoken" - Due October 1, 2026 - Find all the information right here.

Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!!

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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. The Cockney Canuck by Dodger
2. The Mardi Gras Murders by Mark Ponyboy Peters **Complete**
3. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
4. Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour

4 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Carter's Campaign by Topher Lydon
2. Medellín by LittleBuddhaTW
3. The Lost and the Damned by Topher Lydon
4. Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W

51 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. The Demon's Realm. by E K Stokes
2. Love seeDz by Tony S.
3. The Story of Aaron and Brad by Odie
4. The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy
5. Asset Protection: A Hulking & Wiccan Tale by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
6. The Fantastic Eight and Their February Surprise by BendtedWreath
7. Break the Day by dragonthusiast
8. Malicious glee (Schadenfreude) by Kileoli
9. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox
10. THROUGH IT ALL by vanalas
11. Love Is Still Blind by Lee Wilson
12. As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels
13. Seaside Entries by ObicanDecko
14. What We Survive by ChromedOutCortex
15. Jody and the Team by KKirk **Complete**
16. Out Of The Closet by RichardWrites
17. Passionfruit by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
18. Unwrapping Us for the Holidays by Golden Ghost Pen
19. Re-Organizing by Justin4Fun
20. Frosted Hearts by Jason Rimbaud
21. Older Hearts by ChromedOutCortex
22. Knight and Squire by Albert1434
23. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard
24. A versatile Count by Thomas Lindblad
25. The Art of Living by Robert Hugill
26. Another Time by Celian
27. Rising Stars by Littlelovestories
28. Finding Liam by Nuno R.F.C. Rendeiro
29. Dangerous Romance by vanalas
30. Starfall by dragonthusiast **Complete**
31. Phoenix, The Legend Is Ticklish by Ticklishboy30
32. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus
33. Widderkin Interlude by Palantir
34. I'll Kiss You in the Rain by William King **Complete**
35. In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex **Complete**
36. Darren’s New Life by Lee Wilson
37. Finding Myself by RichardWrites
38. The Acquisition: A Record of Compliance, Pleasure, and Ownership by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
39. Permanently Black and Blue by mastershakeme
40. Ctrl+S Is Never an Option by Kileoli
41. Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill
42. Some Things you shouldn't discuss during Class by Celian **Complete**
43. Serenity by Albert1434 **Complete**
44. Borders and Bribery by Thirdly
45. Noah's Adventure by AquariusGuy
46. Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy
47. The Longest Third Date by LJCC
48. ThunderDust by J92
49. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
50. A Trick of the Light by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
51. My Straight Best Friend Asked Me to Be His Boyfriend by StoriesByTroy

1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories

1. Path Forward by Jean87

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