Secret Author Stories Contest 2024 Talking Topic

[Bill W]

1 minute ago, Mancunian said:

yep, it lives up to its title, Off The Rails

https://gayauthors.org/story/secret-author/off-the-rails/

 

Why the hell couldn't I pull it up yesterday or today's on either the Forum's link or the one in the Stories section. 

[Mancunian]

6 minutes ago, Bill W said:

Why the hell couldn't I pull it up yesterday or today's on either the Forum's link or the one in the Stories section. 

Dunno, I get notifications because I clicked on the SA's profile and follow the SA as a member and author, it should work for everyone.

Edited August 3, 2024 by Mancunian

[Bill W]

2 minutes ago, Mancunian said:

Dunno, I get notifications because I clicked on the SA's profile and follow the SA as a member and author, it should work for everyone.

Duh!  Thank you, I should have thought of that.  

[W_L]

It's an adventure fantasy with 19th century US characters. Interesting combo of genres and elements.

[Mancunian]

Whoever our secret authors are they have written some great stories, but who wrote what is still a mystery. I wonder how many more there are but @Cia is keeping that secret too.

[W_L]

47 minutes ago, Mancunian said:

Whoever our secret authors are they have written some great stories, but who wrote what is still a mystery. I wonder how many more there are but @Cia is keeping that secret too.

It will be fun to see the list of potential suspects/secret authors. 

[BendtedWreath]

For Off the Rails and Hiding in Plain Sight, my love of odd shows helped me fill in the gaps. Anyone else thought of The Three-Body Problem and Westworld while reading? Just me?

Edited August 3, 2024 by BentedWreath

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, BentedWreath said:

For Off the Rails and Hiding in Plain Sight, my love of odd shows helped me fill in the gaps. Anyone else thought of The Three-Body Problem and Westworld while reading? Just me?

I've watched those ... didn't think of them while reading either.  I enjoyed all the Westworlds and Three-Body Problem and a lot of other shows like them.

[BendtedWreath]

13 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

I've watched those ... didn't think of them while reading either.  I enjoyed all the Westworlds and Three-Body Problem and a lot of other shows like them.

What about Free Guy? 

[W_L]

2 hours ago, BentedWreath said:

For Off the Rails and Hiding in Plain Sight, my love of odd shows helped me fill in the gaps. Anyone else thought of The Three-Body Problem and Westworld while reading? Just me?

Love both of them, Three-Body Problem novels are intricate and Westworld has some fun plot-twists with the hosts. Too bad, Westworld was canceled before the final game between humans and androids could occur.

 

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, BentedWreath said:

What about Free Guy? 

No, haven't seen that. My Husband is the one who chooses what we watch, and after seeing who is in Free Guy, it wouldn't be something He'd pick.  

[BendtedWreath]

48 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

No, haven't seen that. My Husband is the one who chooses what we watch, and after seeing who is in Free Guy, it wouldn't be something He'd pick.  

If neither of you are generally gamers, then you're not missing much. What about the movie Gattaca? 

Edit: At this point I completely deviated off topic and am just trying to get people to watch Gattaca. 🤣 Let me reign in my dweeb nature.

Edited August 3, 2024 by BentedWreath

[Mikiesboy]

4 hours ago, BentedWreath said:

If neither of you are generally gamers, then you're not missing much. What about the movie Gattaca? 

Edit: At this point I completely deviated off topic and am just trying to get people to watch Gattaca. 🤣 Let me reign in my dweeb nature.

Michael is a gamer.  I've done some gaming but not for a few years now.  Yes, we've seen Gattaca.

Edited August 4, 2024 by Mikiesboy

[Jason Rimbaud]

1 hour ago, BentedWreath said:

If neither of you are generally gamers, then you're not missing much. What about the movie Gattaca? 

Edit: At this point I completely deviated off topic and am just trying to get people to watch Gattaca. 🤣 Let me reign in my dweeb nature.

I tried really hard to not participate in your attempts to hijack this topic, but I feel you need support in your quest to get people to watch Gattaca. Such brilliant performances from Ethan, Jude, and Uma alike. My favorite scene is when Ethan is swimming against his brother?, when he says something along the lines, I didn't save anything for the swim back. Great movie.

Since I don't want to further throw us off topic, I won't even mention another great movie from Jude Law, eXistenZ. 

Keep reading all the secret author submissions. The latest Off The Rails is ready for your perusal.  

J

[Lee Wilson]

Off the rails? For sure. I’m not sure it was ever on rails. SA on drugs, maybe.

[kbois]

2 hours ago, BentedWreath said:

If neither of you are generally gamers, then you're not missing much. What about the movie Gattaca? 

Edit: At this point I completely deviated off topic and am just trying to get people to watch Gattaca. 🤣 Let me reign in my dweeb nature.

I may not be the biggest lover of sci-fi reading.. but I'm all in for a good sci-fi show or movie. I think I first got hooked with Buck Rogers in the 70s as well as the original Battlestar Galactica in the 80s... loved the remake in the 2000s. Star Wars (screw that New Hope shit title.. it's STAR WARS) was the highlight of the 70s. Love me some Harrison Ford (we share a birthday). Yes... I know I'm a Thor girl... but Harrison ruled pre-Chris Hemsworth 🥰

[W_L]

4 hours ago, BentedWreath said:

If neither of you are generally gamers, then you're not missing much. What about the movie Gattaca? 

Edit: At this point I completely deviated off topic and am just trying to get people to watch Gattaca. 🤣 Let me reign in my dweeb nature.

I wrote a paper on Gattaca in College for bio-ethics class, it was a good movie on the dangers of genetic engineered caste systems (Kind of obvious since I have written a few stories with genetic engineered humans).

Of course, there is a young Jude Law in the movie  

As for gaming, I am an avid MMO and RPG player, along with board games. Massachusetts has a group of gaymers (Of which I am part), many are D&D players, so if you are use to stats, dice, and GMs with scenarios, it's pretty normal. Off the Rails appears to be part of the game fiction crowd. Game fiction is more of a nerd/geek cultural thing derived from fantasy literary influences, but it's a separate concept. 

Side Note, plug for gaymers: If you're in the area and want to game, try attending a gaming event

https://bostongaymers.com/

It's rare to see a story like this on GA.

Edited August 4, 2024 by W_L

[BendtedWreath]

2 hours ago, Jason Rimbaud said:

I tried really hard to not participate in your attempts to hijack this topic, but I feel you need support in your quest to get people to watch Gattaca. Such brilliant performances from Ethan, Jude, and Uma alike. My favorite scene is when Ethan is swimming against his brother?, when he says something along the lines, I didn't save anything for the swim back. Great movie.

Since I don't want to further throw us off topic, I won't even mention another great movie from Jude Law, eXistenZ. 

Keep reading all the secret author submissions. The latest Off The Rails is ready for your perusal.  

J

You are my new best friend, that's what I just read. 🤣

[Cane23]

3 hours ago, W_L said:

Off the Rails appears to be part of the game fiction crowd. Game fiction is more of a nerd/geek cultural thing derived from fantasy literary influences, but it's a separate concept.

THANK YOU, with limited English knowledge and NO gaming knowledge at all, I've been struggling with this story since the train stopped in tunnel. I would appreciate if somebody gave more interpretation on the story as it definitely kept my attention. 

It would be interesting to learn something new from sci-fi genre as, till now, I've mainly read the classics - Herbert Frank, Stanley Kubrick...

[Cane23]

11 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

I've watched those ... didn't think of them while reading either.

Reading 'Alltopia' I had some associations with The Great Ball at Satan's chapter from Bulgakov's classic 'The Master and Margarita'. Generally, I think there are some elements of Murakami in those fantasy worlds of Secret Authors. Considering that most authors are amateur writers and with limited possibilities of short story, I have to say that SA did an amazing job. Bravo!

[Gary L]

And so to Australia - a perfectly normal family camping trip during Bryce’s Xmas holiday, until…..   For most of the story I was convinced I knew the author with a v familiar narrative style, no gay angle etc. But the sci part came in right at the end and threw me off track.  

[chris191070]

I think the latest Secret Author is @quokka.

[quokka]

Are you sure Chris? Ive only done one scifi story and it wasnt very popular…

so i havent written any more sci fi stories.

[chris191070]

5 minutes ago, quokka said:

Are you sure Chris? Ive only done one scifi story and it wasnt very popular…

so i havent written any more sci fi stories.

Your one sci-fi story was actually four stories - The Deep Space Series.

[kbois]

I get the feeling by the writing style that today's SA is  relatively new author. Just because its set in Australia and references many terms there doesn't necessarily mean the author lives there. Maybe they spent a semester abroad or we're stationed there for a job?

Hmmm... the plot thickens.