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

[Topher Lydon]

Just now, lawfulneutralmage said:

Tea is a preferable alternative!

Do not profane against the almight, holy, black bean!

[Topher Lydon]

1 minute ago, Jeff Burton said:

Book VI of Falcon Banner series and you've got a deal. Plus you have to put up with more PM's from me in the future about the thing I'm working on.

:: hangs head :: yes Mister Burton, sir...

[lawfulneutralmage]

1 minute ago, Topher Lydon said: Do not profane against the almight, holy, black bean!

I have nothing against cocoa!

[Jeff Burton]

1 minute ago, Topher Lydon said:

:: hangs head :: yes Mister Burton, sir...

Don't be glum, you'll enjoy both.

Also feel free to shoot me whatever you get on that fantasy bit you're working on. I've never beta'd before but we can talk about what your looking for later if you want. I'm going to try to finish two of the three stories i've got running, finish the small novella I haven't posted yet before I tackle the scifi bit.  Packing and getting ready to move has been a chore but it'll be done at some point this month so I can get back to writing.

[Topher Lydon]

Just now, lawfulneutralmage said:

1 minute ago, Topher Lydon said: Do not profane against the almight, holy, black bean!

I have nothing against cocoa!

Lo, do we worship upon the alter of the Reverant and holiest of beans, we submit our sacrifices unto thee of water and grounds that you might bless us with the juice most caffinated. 

And forgive them their sins of Tea... and Cocoa... they do not know better.

And blessed be the Temple of Tim Hortons, built to be worshipped in on every street corner in Canada by hockey dad's up at the most ungodly of hours ferrying their sprogs to peewee practice.

In this we are one, under the watchful eyes of our true trinity Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, and Gretsky.

Ahh-choo.
 

[CassieQ]

51 minutes ago, Inkognito said:

Jeff speaks the truth.

I also may have been slightly annoyed that half the stories were immediately drop-kicked to page two or three the moment they went live, missing out on front-page visibility. 

I read stories from the last page up to the first for that reason.

[Jeff Burton]

2 minutes ago, Topher Lydon said:

Lo, do we worship upon the alter of the Reverant and holiest of beans, we submit our sacrifices unto thee of water and grounds that you might bless us with the juice most caffinated. 

And forgive them their sins of Tea... and Cocoa... they do not know better.

And blessed be the Temple of Tim Hortons, built to be worshipped in on every street corner in Canada by hockey dad's up at the most ungodly of hours ferrying their sprogs to peewee practice.

In this we are one, under the watchful eyes of our true trinity Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, and Gretsky.

Ahh-choo.
 

@lawfulneutralmage now you've done it. He pulled out the big guns. The Canadian Prayer of Ascension, we're all doomed.

[lawfulneutralmage]

I stand uncorrected in the face of the caffeine dependent.

I just made myself a nice cup of tea.

[Topher Lydon]

2 minutes ago, lawfulneutralmage said:

I stand uncorrected in the face of the caffeine dependent.

I just made myself a nice cup of tea.

May you be condemned to rush hour traffic on the motorway

[lawfulneutralmage]

5 years M25 counter-clock-wise towards Heathrow...

Bring it on! 🙃

[Jeff Burton]

2 minutes ago, lawfulneutralmage said:

I stand uncorrected in the face of the caffeine dependent.

I just made myself a nice cup of tea.

You may have well just painted a target.  The Canadian Rowboat HMCS Topher Lydon is about to launch a Mounty, a moose and a flying squirrel to defend the honor of coffee beans everywhere.

[lawfulneutralmage]

Well, I have a coffee addict at home. No use talking to him before he had that awful concoction.

Edited August 5, 2025 by lawfulneutralmage

[Inkognito]

1 minute ago, Jeff Burton said:

@lawfulneutralmage now you've done it. He pulled out the big guns. The Canadian Prayer of Ascension, we're all doomed.

Ah yes, perfect moment to insert a joke I came up with a few years ago:

What do you call a group of 3 traveling Canadians?

Triple eh.

(AAA)

 

[CassieQ]

6 minutes ago, Jeff Burton said:

You may have well just painted a target.  The Canadian Rowboat HMCS Topher Lydon is about to launch a Mounty, a moose and a flying squirrel to defend the honor of coffee beans everywhere.

If he wants to get to @lawfulneutralmage he's gonna have to deal with me, and trust me, he doesn't want that.

[Topher Lydon]

My Mountie on a Row Boat... a pretty accurate description of the current state of the Canadian Navy... will... write a sternly worded letter at you!

[Jeff Burton]

4 minutes ago, Topher Lydon said:

My Mountie on a Row Boat... a pretty accurate description of the current state of the Canadian Navy... will... write a sternly worded letter at you!

Funny enough, that wouldn't be the first time I've received a sternly worded letter from a Canadian lmao.

[Thirdly]

There's not enough guessing happening in this thread. I've been sitting here for the last hour trying to figure out if @Aditus wrote Septima's Potential, Can I Tell Ya a Secret?, or Unmasked.  Probably not Unmasked, that one was a little too "chill." 

[Thirdly]

I'd totally pin Liminal on @Aditus, too. The problem is that Adi could have very well written half the stories. 

[Lee Wilson]

5 minutes ago, Thirdly said:

There's not enough guessing happening in this thread. I've been sitting here for the last hour trying to figure out if @Aditus wrote Septima's Potential, Can I Tell Ya a Secret?, or Unmasked.  Probably not Unmasked, that one was a little too "chill." 

My guesses wouldn’t help anybody. Except for 4 that I actually had some idea about, probably wrong. I put the rest of the authors in alphabetical order and assigned a random number to each. I then sorted by that random number and matched them up with the numbered story list.

No. Really. If I get 2 right I’ll be surprised. Will post it tomorrow.

[Lee Wilson]

2 minutes ago, Thirdly said:

I'd totally pin Liminal on @Aditus, too. The problem is that Adi could have very well written half the stories. 

I know he sent one to me to post. Maybe he did that another 10 times. Hehe.

[Thirdly]

1 minute ago, Lee Wilson said:

My guesses wouldn’t help anybody. Except for 4 that I actually had some idea about, probably wrong.

But, Lee, you don't understand... the amount of time I've spent in Adi's writing style is lowkey stalker level. I should *know* this. 

[Lee Wilson]

10 minutes ago, Thirdly said:

But, Lee, you don't understand... the amount of time I've spent in Adi's writing style is lowkey stalker level. I should *know* this. 

Am I glad you’re not stalking me!

[Thirdly]

Just now, Lee Wilson said:

Am I glad you’re not stalking me!

Now might not be the time to say I read like three or four of your stories and forgot to comment half the time cause I was so absorbed in reading...  

[Lee Wilson]

Just now, Thirdly said:

Now might not be the time to say I read like three or four of your stories and forgot to comment half the time cause I was so absorbed in reading...  

A good excuse, but I love reading the comments. So don’t be shy about commenting on an old story.

[Thirdly]

Just now, Lee Wilson said:

A good excuse, but I love reading the comments. So don’t be shy about commenting on an old story.