Well, a belated Happy Valentines day to you all. I love all the readers, contributors, staff here at GA. Will you all be my Valentine (a day late ) 

We shall move on quickly as I know VD is not a popular topic around here  In more ways than one  

Remember last week when I I talked about the lost lotto ticket 😮 Well there was a sizable win out of my city 😮 I was talking to some people at work and they said I should call in to see if they can tell me anything, so I did  Much to my surprise, and I'm sure to you too; it appears that if you have some definite information, you can actually file a lost ticket claim. I was shocked. The lady told me since I had two other tickets that were bought at the same time that I still had, and since I possess the bank card that bought all 3 tickets at the same time, the claim would most likely be valid. Then they would check and if the ticket won, I would be winner of the prize. But, we all have to remember I never win when I have the tickets, so what is the chance when I don't have the ticket  Stay tuned for the next chapter in the Win/Lose or Draw of Steve's life  

Oh geez, i have to admit I only have been sucked in briefly to the Winter Olympics. I don't really want to get up at silly hours to watch games or events .

Here is the sign of the week that I borrowed from Yahoo. Yah, I'm talking to you @Cia  

Time for a  free for all discussion. What is on your mind within the limits of a GA Weekly Wrap Up  

To heck with that. I was out tonight with 4 gay guys and a straight guy. Straight guy is the nephew of one of the guys and is 25 and has no issue with the old gay men  Like he says, he is secure in himself and his best friend came out when he was 18, so having a gay uncle made him willing to continue to be his best friend. I honestly believe him so no 'oh, he says he is straight' and other rhetoric So after we all called it a night, like at 8 PM ., he was going to catch a train downtown and hit the bars and see if he could pick up a woman 😮 I'll have to be honest, I was never one of those people that could just go to a bar by myself and try to make friends or hook up. I've always been one to shy away from that. How about you? 

Now, shall we get onto the Wrap?

Monday, after sleeping through January, I was able to post the 2025 Year in Review that @Timothy M. did up for the Review Team:

Tuesday, Mr.Mry was diving again! This time into General Fiction. Does this mean fiction involving Generals :

Onto Thursday, Mry took a look back at a Poetry Anthology of the past, to see if he can get your juices flowing for an entry into the Poetry Anthology coming up very soon:

Saturday, we completed 'Myr Week' here at the GA News Blog  Mry introduced why you got a webpage up to finish your profile, this time on favourite genres. Also why he was doing this. There is further discussion on some suggestions and ideas from all of you! If you are reading this blog, I guess that means you have done it.  

Now I would be remiss not to point out that we had some Words of the Day:

warmth, desire, connection, craving, heartfelt, earnest, trust

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

3 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
2. The Cockney Canuck by Dodger
3. The Prisoner of Carronne by Mark Ponyboy Peters

6 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Carter's Campaign by Topher Lydon
2. Medellín by LittleBuddhaTW
3. Carter's Echo by Topher Lydon
4. Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W
5. The Lost and the Damned by Topher Lydon **Complete**
6. Sci-Fi Flash Collection by Myr

45 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. A Hunt for the Promise of Champagne by Celian
2. Permanently Black and Blue by mastershakeme
3. My Valentine Came With a QR Code by Soren Kraft
4. Gabriel's Gambit: Contract Terminated by Jason Rimbaud
5. THROUGH IT ALL by vanalas
6. Crown of Fangs by Yeoldebard
7. Raze the Night by dragonthusiast
8. Affairs of State by Boy Mercury X
9. Borders and Bribery by Thirdly
10. Love Is Still Blind by Lee Wilson
11. Time May Change Me by William King
12. Pigsty by Jack Poignet
13. As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels
14. Angel Awakened by Painawakened
15. Somewhere Only We Know by Tony S.
16. Frozen Peaks, Burning Heat by Soren Kraft
17. Break the Day by dragonthusiast **Complete**
18. The Fantastic Eight and Their February Surprise by BendtedWreath **Complete**
19. Warming The Cold One by garfwiz
20. Young and Hungry for Love by Wombat Bill
21. Out Of The Closet by RichardWrites
22. Jody and the Navy by KKirk
23. Knight and Squire by Albert1434
24. A Change of Worlds by Josh Aterovis
25. Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories
26. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard
27. The Art of Living by Robert Hugill
28. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian
29. Finding Liam by Nuno R.F.C. Rendeiro **Complete**
30. Boy Crazy by Gugleamo
31. Darren’s New Life by Lee Wilson
32. Grumpy Gym Regular by Soren Kraft **Complete**
33. Preachers' Sons 2: The Nineties by R. Eric
34. Other Side of the Tracks by ChromedOutCortex
35. A versatile Count by Thomas Lindblad
36. The Demon's Realm. by E K Stokes
37. Seaside Entries by ObicanDecko
38. Finding Myself by RichardWrites
39. What We Survive by ChromedOutCortex
40. Noah's Adventure by AquariusGuy
41. Another Time by Celian
42. Widderkin Interlude by Palantir
43. Rising Stars by Littlelovestories **Complete**
44. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
45. U-N-I by unilive

1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories

1. Path Forward by Jean87 **Complete**

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