Secret Author Stories-Discussion Here!!

[Gary L]

17 minutes ago, Jack Poignet said:

Dare I take another guess? The writing style of The Rainbow‘s Unicorn strongly reminds me of chris191070.

I thought exactly the same but for the review by Chris (hence my earlier question).   He and a couple of others here use the historical present in their other stories…. New entry in excel needed…. Will I even get one correct this year?

[Jack Poignet]

6 minutes ago, Gary L said:

I thought exactly the same but for the review by Chris (hence my earlier question).   He and a couple of others here use the historical present in their other stories…. New entry in excel needed…. Will I even get one correct this year?

Chris leaves a review on practically every story he reads (Which is amazing! Thanks!). So if there‘s suddenly one story without his review, that would be highly suspicious  

[Jeff Burton]

17 minutes ago, Topher Lydon said:

I've changed my mind, not that you haven't written one, you have.

Just *which* one you wrote. Oh that *that* was sneaky, unless you wrote two just to mess with my binge-writing melted brain... you could have written two... but no that *would* be sneaky.

If i participated, not saying that i have or hadn't, I could have written one, or six, but Cia would have taken only one because of the event rules, one submission per author. Of course she could have spun a roulette wheel, or threw a dart, or did 'eany meany miney moe,' to figure out which one to post.

And that's IF I actually participated!  I could just be 'active' in this event's comments to throw it all off.  I mean it's a perfect avenue to instill chaos.

[CassieQ]

On 7/22/2025 at 6:43 AM, Jack Poignet said:

One of the first lines of „Well, This Happened“ is „You opened this story, which means you’re obligated to finish it.“ Jason Rimbaud once used a similar sounding line in a comment he made on one of my stories. That’s enough „evidence“ for me to take that guess.

I have read two stories so far that remind me of @Jason Rimbaud.  Which means one of them was probably written by @Thirdly.  

[Jack Poignet]

37 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I have read two stories so far that remind me of @Jason Rimbaud.  Which means one of them was probably written by @Thirdly.  

Unfortunately I‘m not too familiar with @Thirdly‘s work, If she took part in SA, then— only judging by the topics of the stories—I would think about attributing Liminal or Green Lightning to her, with an outlying possibility of Septima‘s Potential. I’d need to do a style comparison with her other work. 

A short check shows me she—at least sometimes—writes in first-person POV (which would give Liminal the edge) But really, that’s just guesswork on circumstances while the vibes from „Well, this happened“ and the whole setup, age of the protagonist etc. makes me quite confident to blame @Jason Rimbaud for that one.

Edited July 23, 2025 by Jack Poignet

[Gary L]

1 hour ago, Jack Poignet said:

Unfortunately I‘m not too familiar with @Thirdly‘s work, If she took part in SA, then— only judging by the topics of the stories—I would think about attributing Liminal or Green Lightning to her, with an outlying possibility of Septima‘s Potential. I’d need to do a style comparison with her other work. 

A short check shows me she—at least sometimes—writes in first-person POV (which would give Liminal the edge) But really, that’s just guesswork on circumstances while the vibes from „Well, this happened“ and the whole setup, age of the protagonist etc. makes me quite confident to blame @Jason Rimbaud for that one.

@Thirdly is well worth getting into.  Writes really well.   

[CassieQ]

1 hour ago, Gary L said:

@Thirdly is well worth getting into.  Writes really well.   

Can confirm 

[CassieQ]

4 hours ago, Jack Poignet said:

Unfortunately I‘m not too familiar with @Thirdly‘s work, If she took part in SA, then— only judging by the topics of the stories—I would think about attributing Liminal or Green Lightning to her, with an outlying possibility of Septima‘s Potential. I’d need to do a style comparison with her other work. 

A short check shows me she—at least sometimes—writes in first-person POV (which would give Liminal the edge) But really, that’s just guesswork on circumstances while the vibes from „Well, this happened“ and the whole setup, age of the protagonist etc. makes me quite confident to blame @Jason Rimbaud for that one.

"Well, this happened" matches @Jason Rimbaud in style and snark, but "Can I Tell Ya a Secret" reminds me very much of the Glacier Bay story from last year, with the friends gathered together, withholding of information,  a curious interest in underwear, etc.  But also cute enough for @Thirdly.  

[chris191070]

Well, I've just completed reading all twenty three stories.

Thanks Secret Author, there's a great selection of stories.

[Lee Wilson]

1 minute ago, chris191070 said:

Well, I've just completed reading all twenty three stories.

Thanks Secret Author, there's a great selection of stories.

So, since there were 24, you just admitted one of them IS yours.

[chris191070]

3 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

So, since there were 24, you just admitted one of them IS yours.

Nope, there's only twenty three, I didn’t count the twenty fourth as it had been removed from the contest. I did read and review it before it was removed.

I've also left a review on all twenty three stories.

I'm to busy with school, to have entered as its the last week of term, before I get 5 weeks off.

Also I'm not good enough an author, to enter a contest with such great authors.

Edited July 23, 2025 by chris191070

[Lee Wilson]

I got lucky then, I hadn't read that one yet.

[kbois]

I still haven't figured out if I wrote one or not 🤔

[Lee Wilson]

26 minutes ago, kbois said:

I still haven't figured out if I wrote one or not 🤔

Keep reading, you'll find it.

[kbois]

51 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

Keep reading, you'll find it.

I've read them all and I still have no clue if I did one or not. 

[lawfulneutralmage]

May the secret be revealed! Maybe you find your story

[Thirdly]

18 hours ago, CassieQ said:

I have read two stories so far that remind me of @Jason Rimbaud.  Which means one of them was probably written by @Thirdly.  

I'm a HUGE fan of  @Jason Rimbaud's brand of humor... even the tiniest quip or the smallest nerdy AF joke that goes over someone else's head ends up hitting me hard in the funny bone. 😂So, if any of my work comes off as if he wrote it (or in this case, vice versa?), I'd be flattered.

But we don't know which two stories you're referring to, so it could very well be someone else. 🤔

@wildone @Lee Wilson @kbois @astone2292 @Aditus, and even you, @CassieQ all have the kind of humor that has me rolling around on the floor laughing my gut to near death... but only when the lot of you feel like writing something humorous.

Sometimes you all come after my tear ducts, instead, and I sit there clutching at my shirt in heartbreak over characters that don't even exist, or the aftermath of violence, or genuine connection (be it between humans or non-humans)... 

Wait, I shouldn't be going into this much detail talking about my perception of so many people's work in case it ends up giving enough clues to decipher whose story is whose. However, considering we're talking about similarities, best of luck to anyone who tries! 🤣

[Thirdly]

13 hours ago, CassieQ said:

"Well, this happened" matches @Jason Rimbaud in style and snark, but "Can I Tell Ya a Secret" reminds me very much of the Glacier Bay story from last year, with the friends gathered together, withholding of information,  a curious interest in underwear, etc.  But also cute enough for @Thirdly.  

Yeah, a bunch of this year's titles sound like something I'd have made up on the fly. Four Hours, The Rainbow's Unicorn, Well, This Happened, My Dead Ex is Haunting Me Through Grindr, Septima's Potential... all very on-brand titles for me. 😂  

[Lee Wilson]

What was the murder weapon detective?

A quip, Your Honor.

Humorous?

Apparently. I don't know what it was, but I fear when it is repeated, we'll lose the jury.

[lawfulneutralmage]

Don't worry, it seems we are already totally lost...

[Jack Poignet]

I have officially given up on trying to guess .. but reading all these diverse stories makes me realize that I don‘t follow nearly enough authors on here. So, where is the list of participants? I wanna check out the stories of them all, learn their styles and preferences and only then will supersharp detective Jack try again to match list A to B…

[Jeff Burton]

1 minute ago, Jack Poignet said:

I have officially given up on trying to guess .. but reading all these diverse stories makes me realize that I don‘t follow nearly enough authors on here. So, where is the list of participants? I wanna check out the stories of them all, learn their styles and preferences and only then will supersharp detective Jack try again to match list A to B…

Yeah same.  I'm obviously missing out on some great work, and I can't wait to find out who wrote a couple of pieces specifically so I can fix that.

[Lee Wilson]

21 minutes ago, Jack Poignet said:

I have officially given up on trying to guess .. but reading all these diverse stories makes me realize that I don‘t follow nearly enough authors on here. So, where is the list of participants? I wanna check out the stories of them all, learn their styles and preferences and only then will supersharp detective Jack try again to match list A to B…

I suspect we'll see that on Monday, 1 week after the stories were posted.

[CassieQ]

I'm still trying to catch up on reading all of these, I don't know how you guys do it....

[Jeff Burton]

11 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I'm still trying to catch up on reading all of these, I don't know how you guys do it....

Some of us literally have no lives.  Absolutely nothing.