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The wall burst open. I trembled, retreating to my corner. “Hey.” I huddled into a ball. Men! Where did they come from? Earth was so far away. “We found another, Zeke.” One crouched down, creeping closer. Another man came in, and I cringed. They were too close. “What’s his file say?” The new one looked at the square device my captors always carried. “Deprivation for sexual reprogramming.” “Sadistic bastards. How long?” “Seven years, Captain.” The men both cursed an

@Sweetlion is right, and thank you for the lovely compliments! The final chapter does have 'The End' at the end of it, however. I hope you'll enjoy the story if you haven't read it yet, @Sussins

Thank you, so much, everyone!! You have all been amazing and left me so many great comments! I'm glad you enjoyed this world, and yes, never fear, a new story will take this one's place.

I braced both arms on the shower walls and looked down. Steam filled the shower stall, and Ritch was behind me. He’d scrubbed my front and then my back, and now he was plastered against me, his hands rubbing soapy bubbles up and down my abs… and lower. My plan had been to come inside and apologize, maybe sleep on the couch if Ritch was really mad. I’d screwed up, big time, but my mate was forgiving. Ritch curled his hand around my length, and I gasped, my hips punching forward.

New Game! Halloween Haunted House The man above made the mistake of going into a haunted house... one he thought was just a fun way to give himself a silly scare on a dare from some friends. But no... This haunted house is different, and the curse means he has to go back, night after night, until he's entered each and every room. The denizens of this house are not just actors in costumes, they're real monsters out to get their revenge on humans who use their legends as foolish folklore. Authors: Take the shudder-inducing spook you chose as your worst nightmare and have them torture our ignorant human until he either runs screaming from the house or stumbles out in near catatonia. The choice is yours! Human character: Eddie Olsen, Age 29. He’s a single store manager and a bit arrogant about being above all the silliness of Halloween. He’s not afraid of anything… yet! *Keep it short, 500-1500 words and post your piece unpublished by Oct. 27th. Send Cia the link so she can publish and feature your spooky character and a snippet from the story in the newsletter on Sunday, Oct. 29th. If you want to play along, and haven't picked what fright night creeper freaks you out the most, PM Cia with your choice so you can start writing!

The hug was constricting and tighter than I ever expected to be squeezed by a human werekin. It was actually hard to breathe for a moment before Ritch let go. He looked me straight in the eyes, a tear streaking down his cheek. He sniffled and worked his jaw. “Are you okay?” I asked. His mouth slowly dropped open, and then he snapped it shut. Ritch’s eyes narrowed. “Okay? My new mate left me for two days.” He smacked me on the shoulder, then held on and squeezed. “You left. I had no i

October is here! Can you feel the seasons changing? Year after year, the seasons change and some things stay the same... but not everything has to. Sometimes you get a second chance, and this month's feature is all about that. So enjoy this thrilling contemporary novel, and make sure you're ready for the Discussion day at the end of the month. Mr. Brightside by mitchelll Length: 76,407 Description: Four years ago as a college sophomore, Jason betrayed his best friend and roommate. Now he has a second chance...will he have the courage to take it? A Reader Said: What a ride! So glad that Shane and Jason got their happy ending. Thanks for a wonderful story Mitchelll. I'm a little sad to see it end though. ~ Defiance19 Don't forget this month's Discussion Day will take place on Monday, October 30th!

I have to echo Myr's statements, especially dealing with the support requests and other messages of "Where did this go?" It can get really old, really fast. Not because it's hard to answer the question, but because we get all the alerts and sometimes struggle to check them as soon as possible to make sure there isn't a serious issue just to get our third "Hey, I can't find..." message of the day, for instance. Another issue Myr didn't mention is authors misusing the site to polish works before they publish. This doesn't necessarily mean we don't allow people to remove works for published--we do--but we feel like authors might be more prone to removing content for this reason if they don't have to request it from staff. And, to me, it's not a bother to have requests for deletion. It's not all that frequent, so it isn't an undue burden as far as site work goes.

“Oh! and we’re mates now. Really? That’s how you tell us?” Kraig smacked my arm. “I can’t believe you! Poor Ritch, marrying an idiot like you.” “Hey!” I pushed him away, ignoring Deke’s rumble of warning. I rolled my eyes. “I didn’t hurt him. And you’ve seen us roughhouse harder than that, hell, you even got in on it.” “That was before.” “Before he got his own fangs and claws. Pretty sure Kraig can take care of himself.” Deke raised one eyebrow. “Okay. How about we see if Rit

This month's story is all about a day... My Last Day Without You by QuinnDK. This was announced on the first Monday of the month, so I hope you had a chance to read it? Don't be shy, share your thoughts below! But first, enjoy this interview with Quinn. What’s something personal about you people might be surprised to know? I really love washing dishes and doing the laundry – for some reason it’s a huge stress reliever for me. Yes, gentlemen, I’m single. Did you like to write as a kid in school? I did! When I was about 10 years old my mom took a screenwriting class and I would stay up at night reading through her course materials and books. So I actually got my start as a kid writing these terrible little movie scripts, and I eventually moved on to write terrible fanfiction as a teenager. No amount of money in the world will make me share it, by the way. What brought you to Gay Authors? I wasn’t all that satisfied with the content I found in mainstream fiction writing sites (such as FictionPress, Wattpad, or AO3) and started searching for a writing community that had an LGBT focus but also a sizeable and active reader base. To my astonishment, I found just that with Gay Authors! What book(s) or author have most influenced your personal writing style? Romance novelists such as Lori Foster, Linda Lael Miller, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Diana Gabaldon inspired me the most, I love that their styles range from lyrical and sweet to smutty and hot. I aspire to have that same range for my own stories. I also drawn inspiration from literary writers like Michael Chabon, humorists like David Sedaris, and quirky chick-lit authors like Helen Fielding. If I can become some combination of those three, I’ll be a very happy writer. What’s one location you’d love to go to research for a story? Reykjavik! An adventurous tourist and a hunky Icelandic local, plus those steamy geo-thermal spas… that sounds like the start of a very hot story to me. What do you like to do when you’re not writing? When I’m not writing, or working, or studying for school, I either have my nose in a book or my eyes glued to a videogame. And I go to the gym, but that’s only because I’m always testing out new cookie recipes. Your characters have great, distinctive names: Ezra & Henrik. How did you come up with those? Oh gosh, naming my characters has always been a laborious process for me. I think main characters with unique names that you don’t necessarily hear or see every day stick out in your mind more vividly. And I like having names that sound different from each other, too. I could never write a romance about a Matt and a Mitch. It’s important to me that names reflect their characters. Henrik has such a strong, solid, Scandinavian connotation, while Ezra sounds more ethereal and artistic. One of your main characters, Ezra, likes to draw. Is that a personal hobby of yours too? I’m a terrible drawer! I’m actually terrible at anything artistic. But I knew I wanted to give Ezra a hobby he was passionate about. He already worked as a writer in his day job and I thought drawing would contrast that very well. The fact that he’s so good at it but is constantly second-guessing himself was inspired by an interview I read with someone who used to draw Batgirl for DC Comics. Do you have a favorite scene in My Last Day Without You? The epilogue where Henrik surprises Ezra in the courtyard is probably my favourite. There’s no more tension or deadlines or pressure, they’re just two men allowed to enjoy the moment and each other. It’s just such a pure and sweet romantic moment. The scene before that with Ezra on the phone with Marvel was also very fun to write, I liked turning the story into a screwball comedy after so many chapters of drama and angst. What’s next? Is there a sequel for these or other characters coming? A sequel is planned, though it probably won’t be a full blown novel-length story. I’m thinking of writing it as a novella. Some readers have said they really enjoyed Xavier, so I might explore something with him as well. Two stories that I’m writing concurrently on Gay Authors, ‘Fire and Icing’ and ‘Safeguard’, feature different characters but they take place in the same narrative universe and my fictionalized version of Toronto. So, you never know who might show up and where…

I think that's been discussed ad nauseam. Life isn't perfect, and neither is the text editor. If you find a formatting solution that works and doesn't break when the various upgrades happen, great. For my part, I prefer to keep my formatting as simple as possible because I don't want that, or the words, to distract from the way I hope the story is unfolding in the reader's mind.

I'd recommend searching via Google AND Bing. I get varied results from the different browsers. And it's great when you don't find them posted anywhere else. It's a good practice to get into regularly; you can find things other than plagiarism too. Like when I found one of my stories promoted on a site I did NOT want my content mentioned on because of the overall creepy pedo vibe of the images and stuff.

We've said many times that the issue with 'pasting from Android' is typically the processor capabilities in the device itself. In theory, you can use mobile devices to post. In reality, most of them just don't do well because they don't have the computing power comparable to a computer. That causes issues. The best way to post in the text editor in Stories is to use Word and a Windows-based computer.

Let's also focus on the fact that an author on GA found several stories plagiarized by this thief claiming to be the author (on another site): https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1179512/1/just-one-day-vkook-short-fics-fantasy-shortfics-kimtaehyung-btsv-jeonjungkook-taekook-vkook That's one of the unidentified stories. Cynus found some of his works, plus other authors' works he was able to find and notify so they could issue DCIM notices and complain to the site. He also let us know, which we are very thankful for since it's always good to check if the profile information matches someone here on GA. As for that, it looks like it was a 'guest', not a member, and they stole stories from several gay fiction websites. The stories... some are not so great. Definitely not polished. So how many of you authors read this blog and went, "enh, no one would steal my work!" and then didn't do the google searches as recommended? Care to rethink taking 20 minutes and protecting your creative artistry from being ripped off?

Yes, Word is actually the preferred editor to copy text from to use in GA's text box. If you want the best visual result for the chapter, don't use fancy formatting as mentioned. In fact, it's best to use the option to remove formatting that will appear below the text editor as a clickable option once you've pasted in your text. That strips out indents and hidden formatting you might not see. It does also strip out italics and bold, so you have to place those back into the text if you have them, but as that is 'special formatting' in writing and shouldn't be used excessively anyway.

Did you catch Monday's feature announcing with Classic Author & story we are highlighting this month? If not, go check the reviews from some big fans of Dabeagle's story, Things We Lost, as well as downloading a graphic for your signature if you want to share your love of Dabeagle's story. In the meantime, check out why Timothy chose this story and excerpt to share with other readers! Timothy M. said: Ehren has lost most of the things many of us take for granted: loving parents, a home, the chance to have friends, go to school, have enough to eat, clean clothes and a shower s needed. Living on the streets is a hard life, but he’s clever and resourceful. On the day we meet him, he makes a snap decision to help a girl in need, in spite of being scared of the potential consequences. The ripples from this first stone are complicated further when Ehren flings another daring missile, and life as he knows it unravels around him. I’ve chosen the moment when Ehren is confronted with the desperate plight of a stranger. How would you react in his stead? To read more, check out the rest of the story here.

His eyes flashed red, and I relished the sight, knowing I’d blooded him. Instinct drove me to run my hands down his back, cupping his cheeks. I rocked my hip and ran my muzzle across his neck and cheeks, marking him with my scent even further. Ritch hummed, pressing back. This time was calmer, slower, deeper and more intense as our bond gave me a glimpse into how he felt. I used the link between us to drive him crazy, barely holding on to my own sanity and remembering my purpose. We were so

Ritch crawled on the bed, straddling my feet and then slowly making his way up my legs. His eyes were locked on my leaking cock jutting straight up. He stopped around my mid-thighs. I leaned forward and encouraged him to scoot forward the rest of the way. His hands came down on my shoulders. He was hard and leaking, his cock nestled against my stomach as I held him close to me. I tilted my head back. “Kiss?” It was something he was comfortable with, something that might bring down some of t

Mine is part of my weekly flash fiction group that has members post a 500-1000 word update each week. I'm still posting this story each week.

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“What?” He just woke up. He wasn’t thinking right. There was no way Ritch just said what I thought he said. “Mate me,” he insisted. He wound his hands around my neck, looking straight into my eyes. “Now. Not tonight, not tomorrow. Now.” Ritch’s chest rose and fell in shuddering waves in time with his ragged breaths. “Talk to me.” My traitorous dick was already hardening at just the thought of claiming him, but I needed to know why he was suddenly insisting on this. “Is this about your

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September is upon us! Can you believe it? The year has been flowing by so fast. So how about another feature this month for your reading enjoyment? This month's pick has hockey, romance, and some comedy... what are you waiting for? My Last Day Without You by QuinnDK Length: 57,445 Description: Henrik Ford is the hottest hockey captain in the NHL. Ezra Grayson is a young artist trapped in a frustrating day job. Neither man has romance on their minds, but when a chance encounter brings them together, their undeniable chemistry is off the charts. The problem? Henrik is only in town for one day. Ezra has a rule against long distance dating. Can Henrik convince him they have something worth fighting for before he has to leave town? A lot can happen in just one day... A Reader Said: What a delightful epilogue! Thanks for one more peek at these guys. You have finished this story nicely, but don't let it stop you from thinking about writing another story about Henrik and Ezra. ~JeffreyL Remember, this month's Discussion Day will be Monday, September 25th!

Ha, ha, ha! You know how Park is about his meat. I know, right? But there was so much story, so little time to tell it!