Andy78

Thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you liked the story.

Thanks for reading layla. Glad you enjoyed the story. I do throw the occasional curve ball every now and then.

I agree with you Rebel. Part of the problem with GID is that it is managed as a mental health problem in the early stages (unlike kids who are gay or bi). The other issue is that children tend to develop GID at a much earlier age than recognise that they are gay or bi (GID seems to manifest around age 7 or 8). Treat others as you would want them to treat you.

Thanks for reading RJ. There's no follow up planned as yet; too many projects, not enough days in the week I really do want to write a follow up to this one, so I'm sure there'll be something in the offing.

I was drawn to Dagen for some unknown reason. I knew what I was doing was frowned upon; hell, it was tantamount to being illegal. The Leanaí Scáth had been shunned since they first appeared on Earth a little over two hundred years ago. Nobody knows where the “Children of the Shadows” had appeared from, or where they had come from; one day they were not here, then the next day they were here. All that was known about them was that they did not appear to physically age and apparently, they are

The Leanai Scáth appeared on Earth two centuries ago. They have been herded into colonies on the outskirts of cities, and are subject to the most punitive of laws. Michael violates the laws he sees as unjust, and risks everything for a race seen as nothing better than vermin.

I’d been thinking about her a lot lately. That long auburn hair that came half way down her back, that cute little button nose and those amazing amber eyes that gave her an almost otherworldly appearance. Her name was Josephine Baxter and she was my very first crush way back when I was eleven years old; she was in the same class as me but was only ten years old as she had skipped a year. I had been bitten by the love bug big time. I’d stare at her from across the classroom and my heart would

Taylor has come to the realisation that he is gay. The Angel of Destiny gives him the chance to change his past. Destiny changed, can't be unchanged.

“Markson, Phillbert, would either one of the two of you care to tell me what happened?” James Markson and Peter Phillbert stood in front of their headmaster, both looking like they had been dragged through a hedge backwards. Peter’s shirt was hanging open as it was missing a couple of buttons and it was splattered in blood (though none of it his own), his school blazer had one sleeve ripped clean off, and his school tie was nowhere to be seen. James looked slightly more presentable in that he

James has just been attacked at school. The new boy at school comes to his rescue, and finds out the truth about James. A truth that James has told nobody.

Happy Birthday EMoe. Here's hoping you got everything you want, and here's hoping that the panda gave you the day off

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Any dickhead can become a father, but it takes someone special to be Dad

Well done Sid. Keep up the hard work.

Thanks for reading Joann. This story was my personal favourite of the lot. Glad you liked it.

From: The Castaway Hotel Grand Reopening by Bill W (Book 2, Chapter 2) The Lament of Eleanor Calloway It was a crisp January morning and the year was 1927. Calvin Coolidge was in the White House, prohibition was into its eighth year, and the first transatlantic telephone call had just been made. Eleanor Calloway had met a man called James Hardy at the previous year’s July Fourth celebrations on Lake Wallenpaupack, and she was falling deeper and deeper in love with him as the days and mont

Have a great day Sharon

WARNING: Andy makes this blog even geekier. Proceed with caution. I love Star Trek as well, but have never really gotten into the novels. I've read a few of the novels off and on over the years, but they've never really appealed. I read the Double Helix miniseries that came out in 1999, which spanned TOS right through to VOY, and they were really well written. I enjoyed most of the books in that series (even more so since they remained true to the ST universe), but I found Red Sector a bit of a taxing read; it was really drawn out in parts but that seems typical of Diane Carey's ST offers. I guess it's time to try a novel or two again. VOY episode "Death Wish" handled this subject really well, with Q (not John de Lancie's Q) being allowed to commit suicide because immortality has become unliveable. We then saw the ramifications of a Q death in "The Q and the Grey", which led to "Auntie Kathy's" Q Junior being born in the first place. This is similar to how VOY ended, with the future Admiral Janeway allowing herself to be assimilated so that a virus could infect the Borg and allow Voyager to make it back home, and we see the Borg Queen die. Noooooooo!!! Can you say X-Files Mulder/Scully re-run. Why pander to the fans like this? They could have left this alone. After all, twice in VOY it is left implied that Chakotay and Seven of Nine end up together. Live long and prosper W_L

I was wondering if anyone has ever used edible gold or silver in cooking (leaf/petals/dust/whatever)? Admittedly, it's not the first thing you think of to use, but I've use silver dust quite a lot, but only because it's relatively cheap. I pay about £10 for a 0.5g jar, which usually lasts me about nine months (but has a shelf live of at least double that).

It threw me slightly there being no pinned story on the GA Stories page. A great review Lilansui. This one is on my read tonight before going to bed list

From: It by Stephen King (The Ritual of Chüd) Beverly’s Secret is Exposed It was the morning of the tenth of August 1958. The town of Derry, Maine was sweltering in the summer heat and humidity. The morning was overcast, and so the town appeared duller than usual; there was an odd quality to the light, as until today the sun had shone unimpeded. The clouds had begun forming around eleven o’clock the previous night, and they were threatening rain. Alvin Marsh had concealed himself in an

As Cia says, there really is not much that can be done about the whole "in progress" vs "on hold" situation. Some of our authors post weekly, some (like Comsie) post about once every six months, but then post half a dozen chapters or more in quick succession. I'm as guilty as anyone, since I have two in progress stories that haven't seen a new chapter in nearly four months; it's just that life and stuff gets in the way. Some authors start writing a story and then write themselves into a corner, but instead of pulling the story or putting a note on the story saying that no further updates will happen, they just leave it alone (I've run into a few stories like this and it is frustrating). Others find that they get no feedback from anyone, so lose interest in writing; especially if it is their first serious attempt at writing. Some do just disappear back into cyberspace, and are never heard from again. Without knowing specifically what doesn't appeal to you about some of GAs high school stories and what you actually look for in a high school story, it's difficult to guide you elsewhere, since many of our members post on multiple sites. I have read a number of high school age stories over the years, but I've only come across a few really good offsite ones that I'd recommend to anyone, but most of those are stories that have been around a number of years. IOMFATS does have a large selection of stories, but just like GA, they also have the same "in progress"/"on hold" situation (though I don't think it's to the same degree we do), as they do accept stories on a chapter by chapter basis as well as a complete story in one hit. There is nothing of Grasshopper's there more recent than Darkfall, and IOMFATS is also posted to by several GA authors (so what's here of their's is quite likely there and vice versa). I can't think of any site that doesn't have the same "in progress"/"on hold" issue as we do to some extent or another.

Have a great day KC Don't do anything I wouldn't

Another great effort Joann. Keep 'em coming.

Brand new reader here **waves hi** A really enjoyable opening chapter Mark. I look forward to reading more. So they had glory holes back then? And we think we are so advanced today

Michael heard those four fateful words. The four tiny words any patient dreads and fears above all others. He was sitting in the consultation room with his mother and father, the day before his fourteenth birthday. It’s impossible to know who took the news worse; Michael or his parents. “I have bad news.” The four words that any doctor hates saying, yet probably says a dozen times a week if not more. Michael had been diagnosed with clear cell sarcoma of the kidney at the age of nine. H