Secret Author Contest "Reveal the Secret" - Guess the Author

[Talo Segura]

Can somebody answer me this, author 2 on the list is Gunther Allen

I can't find any author with that name!

[Lee Wilson]

18 minutes ago, Talo Segura said:

Can somebody answer me this, author 2 on the list is Gunther Allen

I can't find any author with that name!

Wow! 90 comments and nobody else noticed. I second the question.

@Cia, you trying to play a joke on us all? It worked.

[CassieQ]

22 minutes ago, Talo Segura said:

Can somebody answer me this, author 2 on the list is Gunther Allen

I can't find any author with that name!

The mystery thickens!  Will the truth be revealed?

[Inkognito]

@Gunther Allen is an author, but he’s never posted anything, which is why he can’t be found when searching for authors.

 

 

[Headstall]

Um... Gunther Allen... initials... GA... just trying to get a conspiracy theory going.  

[CassieQ]

5 minutes ago, Inkognito said:

@Gunther Allen is an author, but he’s never posted anything, which is why he can’t be found when searching for authors.

 

 

Odd.  Lorenz Qatava showed up during a search, but also has no stories listed, but I couldn’t get Gunther Allen to show when I searched either.

[Inkognito]

Gunther Allen - Gay Authors

[Inkognito]

@Gunther Allen wrote Exposing My Own Reality. 

[Valkyrie]

Just now, Inkognito said:

@Gunther Allen wrote Exposing My Own Reality. 

You beat me to it!   After reading his About Me section, I wholeheartedly agree with Detective Cheeto

[northie]

10 hours ago, Inkognito said:

21.    Fledgling - northie

Grimdark fantasy?👀😬 Well... I've never read any, so I'm not sure how I'd manage to write such a well-received story.  Whoever it is did a great job, it's just not me.

[CassieQ]

I agree with @Headstall.  Mostly because conspiracy sounds like more fun than the fact that I'm just lousy at searching.   

[northie]

10 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Um... Gunther Allen... initials... GA... just trying to get a conspiracy theory going.  

They only joined in March - maybe this is their way of introducing themselves as an author...

[Talo Segura]

28 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I agree with @Headstall.  Mostly because conspiracy sounds like more fun than the fact that I'm just lousy at searching.   

Lousy at searching... me too, because I looked in members and author search. 

Anyway, answer me this: if this author has no stories how will you recognise the writing, genre, style, or anything else? Will have to be the one left at the end after guessing all the rest!

[CassieQ]

3 minutes ago, Talo Segura said:

Lousy at searching... me too, because I looked in members and author search. 

Anyway, answer me this: if this author has no stories how will you recognise the writing, genre, style, or anything else? Will have to be the one left at the end after guessing all the rest!

Process of elimination but trickier with two new authors.  Guessers have their work cut out for them.

Edited August 6, 2025 by CassieQ

[BendtedWreath]

Last year, it was mostly @chris191070 and I that were on this level of digging for clues. I'm glad many more are participating in the hunting aspect of SA season this year. 

As for me, I'm just going to sit back and wait for the truth to be revealed. 

[Inkognito]

59 minutes ago, Talo Segura said:

Lousy at searching... me too, because I looked in members and author search. 

Anyway, answer me this: if this author has no stories how will you recognise the writing, genre, style, or anything else? Will have to be the one left at the end after guessing all the rest!

You won't. But I'll tell you why @Gunther Allen wrote Exposing My Own Reality.

I started with just searching "Gunther" under Everywhere in the search bar at the top right corner of GA.
 

 

One of the SA stories happened to show up in the results.

 

 

From there I clicked on the story and did a Ctrl + F search for "Gunther." The protagonist of this story is named Gunther. This story happens to be Exposing My Own Reality.

 

 

After sending him a message I check his profile and read his About Me, where he talks about HIV/AIDS advocacy.

 

 

Now, all of this could be entirely coincidental, but my tingling detective senses tell me I’ve cracked the case on this one.

[Cane23]

45 minutes ago, Inkognito said:

You won't. But I'll tell you why @Gunther Allen wrote Exposing My Own Reality.

I started with just searching "Gunther" under Everywhere in the search bar at the top right corner of GA.
 

 

One of the SA stories happened to show up in the results.

 

 

From there I clicked on the story and did a Ctrl + F search for "Gunther." The protagonist of this story is named Gunther. This story happens to be Exposing My Own Reality.

 

 

After sending him a message I check his profile and read his About Me, where he talks about HIV/AIDS advocacy.

 

 

Now, all of this could be entirely coincidental, but my tingling detective senses tell me I’ve cracked the case on this one.

👏👏👏

[Krista]

8 hours ago, Jeff Burton said:

In case anybody's wondering @Krista is the one that I'm afraid of.  So if anyone needs something to be effective, have her do it lol.

First time is free, every time after comes at a low cost, a discount may be applied if it sounds fun. Also, I may be plotting of ways to get the next chapter of a certain story posted. If I have to put in effort, it will not go well for you.  

8 hours ago, CassieQ said:

So eat @Krista's feet and then send her your way.  Got it.  

For you, my services are completely free. All you need is ask.

[CassieQ]

34 minutes ago, Krista said:

For you, my services are completely free. All you need is ask.

So I don't get to eat your feet with some fava beans and a nice Chianti?  

[Krista]

41 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

So I don't get to eat your feet with some fava beans and a nice Chianti?  

[Camy]

15 hours ago, Inkognito said:

17.    Exposing My Own Reality - Camy

 

Nope. 'twasn't me. 

[Inkognito]

11 minutes ago, Camy said:

 

Nope. 'twasn't me. 

I concur. That list was compiled before shocking new evidence was received from the Cheeto Forensics Unit. You’ve been exonerated of writing Exposing My Own Reality. My bad, Holmes.

[Jeff Burton]

2 hours ago, Krista said:

 Also, I may be plotting of ways to get the next chapter of a certain story posted. If I have to put in effort, it will not go well for you.  

It’s coming. I’m having that I-can’t-stop-rewriting-the-chapter-because-I’m-not-happy-with-it problem. Plus I’m trying to over angst the trope it’s covering. It is satire after all.

[CassieQ]

2 hours ago, Krista said:

[BendtedWreath]

 @CassieQ @Krista What did I just read about feet and fava beans? 😂