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Feature Story: The Garage Sale by chris191070


Second Monday of the Month and we have another review loaded up for you all to check out and maybe read the story, like, comment and recommend! This month we have a little Reviewer on Reviewer review ;) 

 

 

 

The Garage Sale
by chris191070

Reviewer: Spike382 
Status: Complete
Word Count: 4,337

 

 

When deciding which story to choose for my next review, I had a particular author in mind for a while.  chris191070 is somebody I interact with pretty much daily on the GA forums, but I had never read any of his stories, so for this review I took the opportunity to change that.

 

In The Garage Sale, we are introduced to Brad Somers, a gay man past what might be considered the “prime” for a lot of people, and the ups-and-downs of his journey to find the right one for him.  The issue he faces, like so many others, is his tendency to look in maybe the wrong place, which is through casual hook-ups. 

The Garage Sale is a relatively short story of one man’s search for romance and a long-lasting love.  One line that really stood out to me (probably because I myself am closing in on fifty much faster than I’d like)  was Brad’s thought, 

“He reckoned that at fifty, his life was far from over, and he should enjoy what was left.”

The story has a bit of sadness, a bit of hope, a bit of lust, and a bit of men finding themselves even past rose-colored view we have of our earlier years.  chris191070  packs all that into such a short story very well. He also had quite a library of fiction on GA and stories much longer than this, so I strongly encourage to check his stories out if you haven’t had the chance yet.

  

Category: Fiction  Genres: Romance   Sub-genres: General Romance Tags: gay, anal, oral  Rating: Mature 

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spike382

Posted

8 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Thanks for the wonderful review @spike382

No problem my across-the-pond bro.  It’s all from the heart. :hug:

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centexhairysub

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Wonderful review, I may have to try and find time for this one.  

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Headstall

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I interact with @chris191070 daily too, and he's a witty and kind gentleman I consider a fried. I'm ashamed to say I didn't realize he had a lot of stories posted on GA. I tend not to read much while I'm in the midst of writing a story, but this one sounds very tempting. I've written a few stories myself about men of a certain age, and I believe we could use more of them. Thanks for this, @spike382

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spike382

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48 minutes ago, Thirdly said:

Ok, I'm back, and it was an EXCELLENT choice by @wildone and @spike382

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Thanks very much.  I generally prefer my romances with happy endings, but this one just spoke to me.

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Thirdly

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5 minutes ago, spike382 said:

Thanks very much.  I generally prefer my romances with happy endings, but this one just spoke to me.

It felt like an optimistic ending to me, but that's because I always root for happy endings myself. 😂 So, @chris191070, if those two never really did get back together, just don't tell that to @spike382 and me!!

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spike382

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1 hour ago, Thirdly said:

It felt like an optimistic ending to me, but that's because I always root for happy endings myself. 😂 So, @chris191070, if those two never really did get back together, just don't tell that to @spike382 and me!!

:yes:

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wildone

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4 hours ago, Thirdly said:

Ok, I'm back, and it was an EXCELLENT choice by @wildone and @spike382

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Please, all the credit for these reviews go to the reviewer. @spike382 did the reading and reviewing, I only put them up for the review team in the GA Blogs. 

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spike382

Posted (edited)

27 minutes ago, wildone said:

Please, all the credit for these reviews go to the reviewer. @spike382 did the reading and reviewing, I only put them up for the review team in the GA Blogs. 

You do your part as always, buddy. 

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