Happy August everyone 🥳

Did you survive July?  I barely made it  End of July was the ramp up for me of six months of work to update my national company's entire computer system! Working all weekend myself approving data! Yay me  

I know after this switchover, they call the post switch hypercare. I honestly think looking back at the past few months, I need to do some hypercare in my life. Get more exercise, eat better, and get out and have some fun  I know Pride is September long weekend so maybe look forward to that in my town. 

Now that August is fully on top of us, what do you think will happen? I know the long weekend here it is hot as h e 🏒 🏒 but it is supposed to cool off the next couple of days. Still smoky from all the fires in Washington State and BC. I blame @Cia . Do you have predictions for your neck of the woods. You'd think the forecast in Hell would be extremely hot, dry and unbearable, but I guess that means a lot of us are in Hell 😮 already!!!

 Oh, have you noticed that the most popular blog going on right now is the Secret Author contest for Forbidden Knowledge? Monday, Cia published all the stories and thus started the beginning of gaggles of fun. Make sure you check out Monday's Blog and get in on all the action. See how you do!

Tuesday, with the heat, I want to take Myr's job to do the Deep Diving every week!

Thursday, we shared some very sad news . When a long time author of gay fiction passes, it is a loss to the community as a whole. Please take the time to read this blog and let everyone know your thoughts if you ever browsed or read one of Geron Kees stories  😢 

Words of the Day:

commitment, sacrifice, insight, realignment, restraint, intuition, presence

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Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets!

If you thought you'd wait for me to post who all the Secret Authors were, you have another thing coming  

1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

1. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon

10 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Carter's Asset by Topher Lydon
2. Take the Long Road Home by kbois
3. Enthralled by Topher Lydon
4. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon
5. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
6. Treacherous by CassieQ
7. Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters
8. Flip's Big Adventure by Topher Lydon **Complete**
9. The IGV Horizon's Edge by Mikiesboy **Complete**
10. Roping the Moon by Headstall

1 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray

46 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. In the Barb by Vcs
2. Safe Distance by Tony S.
3. Aethan's Reign - Exile by ValentineDavis21
4. The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X
5. Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy
6. Mantown by Boy Mercury X
7. Beyond suspicion by Thomas Lindblad
8. Six Months of Silence by Lupus
9. Designed for You by mastershakeme
10. Heart of Teutonburg by Mark Paren
11. Unraveled by jkwsquirrel
12. How We Became Ourselves by Kevin Snell
13. Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434
14. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard
15. The Witches of Darkmoore by Celian
16. Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill
17. Frozen Embers by sumtimesIwrite
18. Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories
19. Monstrum by Laura S. Fox
20. Time Stood Still by Jason Rimbaud
21. The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus
22. Beefy, Chalked Up and Taken Hard by Soren Kraft
23. Begin Again by Kevin Snell
24. Between the Two by Grayson Rose
25. Unexpected Discovery by Secret Author **Complete**
26. Seducing The Cambion by BendtedWreath
27. Boy Meets Boys by Grayson Rose
28. The Ledger by Secret Author **Complete**
29. Sweet Sour Paradox Logic by Secret Author **Complete**
30. The Ivory Fig Ceremony by Secret Author **Complete**
31. Subtle Signs by Secret Author **Complete**
32. Murder at 9th and Tom by Secret Author **Complete**
33. Wrong Window by Secret Author **Complete**
34. The Ledger of the Howling Void by Secret Author **Complete**
35. Emptying the Library by Secret Author **Complete**
36. Gemma by Secret Author **Complete**
37. Coffee with Supervision by Secret Author **Complete**
38. Undeliverable by Secret Author **Complete**
39. Peeping Tom by Secret Author **Complete**
40. Just the Facts, Man by Secret Author  **Complete**
41. No Official Reason by Secret Author
42. Broken Hate, Broken Heart by Celian
43. turmoil by Paladin
44. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
45. Twenty-Eight Years Later by Lee Wilson **Complete**
46. Employee of the Month by Boy Mercury X **Complete**

Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)