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

[Thirdly]

1 hour ago, Aditus said:

Yup.

I just realized I forgot to type a whole word in that sentence:  lost* in Adi's writing style... 'in Adi's writing style' sounds as if I'm one of the characters in those worlds, which would be equal parts awesome and frightening. 

Anyway, the point is I love you, Adi, don't feel upset if all the stories blurred together in my head after reading them like three times. 

[chris191070]

2 hours ago, BendtedWreath said:

Ah, but @chris191070 had an entry this year. He's part of the subterfuge games. 😉

I was brought up not to lie 😆

[Gary L]

11 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

I was brought up not to lie 😆

You said you didn’t contribute!  Cheeky! Hope Crete is good 👍 

[lawfulneutralmage]

23 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

I was brought up not to lie 😆

Truth is just a level of omission!

[Inkognito]

2 hours ago, BendtedWreath said:

This happened last year, too. 

AH HA! See, he just admitted to writing Well, This Happened.

The proof is in the pudding.

And I’m all out of pudding… because BentedWreath ate it.

Verdict: Guilty on all counts of Secret Authorship and Pudding Theft.

[Cane23]

3 minutes ago, Inkognito said:

AH HA! See, he just admitted to writing Well, This Happened.

The proof is in the pudding.

And I’m all out of pudding… because BentedWreath ate it.

Verdict: Guilty on all counts of Secret Authorship and Pudding Theft.

Does it mean you wrote - Busted?  😂

[BendtedWreath]

6 minutes ago, Inkognito said:

AH HA! See, he just admitted to writing Well, This Happened.

The proof is in the pudding.

And I’m all out of pudding… because BentedWreath ate it.

Verdict: Guilty on all counts of Secret Authorship and Pudding Theft.

I would have loved to write something like Well, This Happened. I'm about a quarter as clever on my best day. 

  

2 minutes ago, Cane23 said:

Does it mean you wrote - Busted?  😂

That goes for Busted, too. 

Edited August 5, 2025 by BendtedWreath

[Thirdly]

6 minutes ago, Cane23 said:

Does it mean you wrote - Busted?  😂

What's that? Just who is Busted now? 

[Inkognito]

15 minutes ago, Cane23 said:

Does it mean you wrote - Busted?  😂

NOPE. That was @lawfulneutralmage
The "lawful" is a clever misdirect.

 

[chris191070]

1 hour ago, Gary L said:

You said you didn’t contribute!  Cheeky! Hope Crete is good 👍 

Crete is amazing 👏 

[Lee Wilson]

My almost completely random guesses:

1. Busted    -    Mark Arbour
2. Well, This Happened    -    Lee Wilson
3. A Chorus Director’s Dilemma    -    Lorenz Qatava
4. No Doubt About It    -    Mikiesboy
5. Thirteen    -    E K Stokes
6. Unmasked    -    Aditus
7. Can I Tell Ya a Secret?    -    Topher Lydon
8. Angel Keeps a Secret    -    kbois
9. Thetis    -    Jack Poignet
10. The Rainbow’s Unicorn    -    astone2292
11. Septima’s Potential    -    Camy
12. The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor    -    BentedWreath
13. Liminal    -    Chris191070
14. Family Secret    -    northie
15. What It Takes    -    Gunther Allen
16. The Reunion    -    Jeff Burton
17. Exposing My Own Reality    -    CassieQ
18. Green Lightning    -    drsawzall
19. My Dead Ex Is Haunting Me Through Grindr    -    Thirdly
20. Carpe Veritas    -    Valkyrie
21. Fledgling    -    Inkognito
22. Four Hours    -    Cole Matthews
23. Adrift    -    Lawfulneutralmage

[CassieQ]

8 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

My almost completely random guesses:

1. Busted    -    Mark Arbour
2. Well, This Happened    -    Lee Wilson
3. A Chorus Director’s Dilemma    -    Lorenz Qatava
4. No Doubt About It    -    Mikiesboy
5. Thirteen    -    E K Stokes
6. Unmasked    -    Aditus
7. Can I Tell Ya a Secret?    -    Topher Lydon
8. Angel Keeps a Secret    -    kbois
9. Thetis    -    Jack Poignet
10. The Rainbow’s Unicorn    -    astone2292
11. Septima’s Potential    -    Camy
12. The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor    -    BentedWreath
13. Liminal    -    Chris191070
14. Family Secret    -    northie
15. What It Takes    -    Gunther Allen
16. The Reunion    -    Jeff Burton
17. Exposing My Own Reality    -    CassieQ
18. Green Lightning    -    drsawzall
19. My Dead Ex Is Haunting Me Through Grindr    -    Thirdly
20. Carpe Veritas    -    Valkyrie
21. Fledgling    -    Inkognito
22. Four Hours    -    Cole Matthews
23. Adrift    -    Lawfulneutralmage

I hope they're random!  Otherwise I somehow manged to write an autobiographical coming out story.  When I was 8.  

[Cane23]

9 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

My almost completely random guesses:

1. Busted    -    Mark Arbour
2. Well, This Happened    -    Lee Wilson
3. A Chorus Director’s Dilemma    -    Lorenz Qatava
4. No Doubt About It    -    Mikiesboy
5. Thirteen    -    E K Stokes
6. Unmasked    -    Aditus
7. Can I Tell Ya a Secret?    -    Topher Lydon
8. Angel Keeps a Secret    -    kbois
9. Thetis    -    Jack Poignet
10. The Rainbow’s Unicorn    -    astone2292
11. Septima’s Potential    -    Camy
12. The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor    -    BentedWreath
13. Liminal    -    Chris191070
14. Family Secret    -    northie
15. What It Takes    -    Gunther Allen
16. The Reunion    -    Jeff Burton
17. Exposing My Own Reality    -    CassieQ
18. Green Lightning    -    drsawzall
19. My Dead Ex Is Haunting Me Through Grindr    -    Thirdly
20. Carpe Veritas    -    Valkyrie
21. Fledgling    -    Inkognito
22. Four Hours    -    Cole Matthews
23. Adrift    -    Lawfulneutralmage

Honestly, I'm shocked you didn't write Thirteen too!!!

[chris191070]

3 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I hope they're random!  Otherwise I somehow manged to write an autobiographical coming out story.  When I was 8.  

Well that would have made interesting reading at school

[Cane23]

But torturing @Mark Arbour with 1311 words...you are ruthless man @Lee Wilson!

[BendtedWreath]

@Lee Wilson I love The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor. But as much as I love reading the crime time/mystery/thriller/suspense genres, I don't know the first thing about writing it. 

[CassieQ]

Just now, BendtedWreath said:

@Lee Wilson I love The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor. But as much as I love reading the crime time/mystery/thriller/suspense genres, I don't know the first thing about writing it. 

Same.

[Thirdly]

28 minutes ago, Lee Wilson said:

19. My Dead Ex Is Haunting Me Through Grindr    -    Thirdly

I did say my subconscious had a hand in that one. Maybe I sleep-wrote it.

7 minutes ago, Cane23 said:

But torturing @Mark Arbour with 1311 words...you are ruthless man @Lee Wilson!

5 minutes ago, BendtedWreath said:

@Lee Wilson I love The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor. But as much as I love reading the crime time/mystery/thriller/suspense genres, I don't know the first thing about writing it. 

Hmmmmmm. I don't know about that. 

[Cane23]

6 minutes ago, BendtedWreath said:

@Lee Wilson I love The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor. But as much as I love reading the crime time/mystery/thriller/suspense genres, I don't know the first thing about writing it. 

I thought @lawfulneutralmage might be author of that one. Than again, my crystal ball seems to be bugging!

[Thirdly]

42 minutes ago, Cane23 said:

I thought @lawfulneutralmage might be author of that one. Than again, my crystal ball seems to be bugging!

Either @lawfulneutralmage or @E K Stokes for sure (says the person who guesses incorrectly left and right)

[northie]

OK - of the two stories currently attributed to me (Liminal and Family secret), I can confidently say neither is by me. I guess @chris191070 for Liminal and @Valkyrie for Family secret. So which is mine... 😬🤷‍♂️

[Thirdly]

1 minute ago, northie said:

OK - of the two stories currently attributed to me (Liminal and Family secret), I can confidently say neither is by me. I guess @chris191070 for Liminal and @Valkyrie for Family secret. So which is mine... 😬🤷‍♂️

The Rainbow's Unicorn?

[northie]

1 hour ago, Lee Wilson said:

13. Liminal    -    Chris191070

So I agree with Lee - twice means it must be right. Yeah? 👀🙄😄 

[Thirdly]

I'm also trying to find who wrote Adrift. @Topher Lydon? 

[northie]

6 minutes ago, Thirdly said:

The Rainbow's Unicorn?

As with the other 2 suggestions, I can see logic there - I've written about royalty though rather differently. My guess might be for someone non-UK... And yes, I know that doesn't exactly narrow the field down very much. What do I know? Maybe I wrote it in my sleep...