Timothy M.

I think I'd prefer disco camping to fishing too.

If you're on the same page for too long, you'll get logged out. I spent so much time reading your great Anthology story I had been logged out when I tried to like it.

Well, I guess they got off fairly lightly with only a few belt whips. I wonder who managed to make the police move so fast.

I'm going to be polite and only say Cyril is an idiot.

I think the idea is to pretend the evil guys never turned up at the estate. I hope they remembered to remove any tracks the car might have left.

”Stay, Terryn, please.” The anguish in his voice tore at my heart, but I closed my ears to the begging spurred by his love and concern. We had discussed the plan endlessly and agreed it was the only way. ”You know I have to. Once the Duke’s delegation arrives, it will be too late. It is now or never.” ”Can you not pretend?” ”No, not even for your sake. In fact, I am doing this for both of us. You will be a much better ruler than I would, and you actually have a chance of loving the D

In a magical world, heavy with expectations for the ruling family, Prince Terryn is reluctant to accept a role he was born for, but not made for. If he wants to escape the throne, the time is now, but what does Fate have in store for him?

I'm currently reading the story and enjoying it a lot. Thank you for recommending it, Cia.

There's always hope, right ? And perhaps some enthusiastic feedback will inspire Brian to revisit this couple.

It's gotten to the point where Jeff's children would almost be better off if he died. Seeing him slide deeper into the pit of alcoholism and slowly loosing their father must be devastating. They'll end up hating him, so it would be better to mourn him. A shame he lived and his wife died. Everyone would have been better off the other way around. I'm glad to see I wasn't the only reader who wondered if Todd is gay. If he is, I wonder if he's told David. I'm hoping Todd will find David, rather than his father. Jeff is despicable, mostly because he refuses to face facts. Not just about his alcohol problems, but also about his prejudice and irrational thinking. Every time Todd called him on his stupid behavior, Jeff evaded the issue. Yet he knows he's lying to himself.

See, I told you Kyle should have outed his sister as a total evil bitch.

Well, so far Frankie hasn't taken any real harm from spending time in the wilderness. And now he has a chance to tell the Ranger he was kidnapped. The other possibility is to shove the grannies off the cliff when he gets fed up.

Those are very good points, and I agree. Another reason not to tell the truth would be to avoid any suspicion that Carey was trying to do away with his black-mailer or knocked him over during a fight for the camera and then left him helpless. However, if Jamie does recover, his parents should know he's a thief, a blackmailer and a bigot. Although, based on his father's behavior the latter might not be considered a problem. But having him steal from the guests in the cottage is something they need to know and address.

Calling his son 'this young man' was a naughty bit of misdirection, lol. But at least Carey's mum will probably be grateful and kindly disposed to Archer, even when he's introduced as the boyfriend. I hope Carey will come out to his mother straight away and tell her the truth about Archer (without going into intimate details). Because otherwise he'll not be able to tell the police about the theft and the blackmail attempt. Of course the noble thing to do is keep quiet for the sake of Jamie's parents who'll have enough grief to deal with, if he dies or is permanently brain damaged. Perhaps Carey can tell the police he won't reveal any details unless Jamie makes a full recovery ?

It's always nice when evil deeds and minds receive their just awards. And I liked the analogy of swimming for what he was also worried about. Carey will have a lot of motivation to do well at his exams, so he can go to Brighton. I hope he'll talk to Archer about his mother's symptoms, because I think she needs some medical attention.

To me a chapter warning isn't there to stop me reading the story, but to be prepared for unusually bad stuff. But I think further discussion on this is moot. Each of us will have to decide what we want to do with the stories we read and write.

LOL, no problem. I wrote chair instead of car in my comment, so fixing is familiar to me. You can always get my attention by using the @mention technique. @VampireMystic

Story tags are there for a reason. Apart from guiding readers about content, the main one is to protect authors from the outcry of offended readers. If you tagged your story using any of the tags below, no one can say readers weren't warned. Number of stories tagged with: abuse 232 dark 325 depression 163 hate 71 rape 58 suicide 58 violent 63 Assuming tags don't overlap, the total number of such stories are 970. Number of Fiction stories with rating Mature is 3675. Ration of Tagged as above to Mature: 26%, ratio of Dark tag to Mature: 9%. Staying away from Mature stories, some of which are the best on GA, simply to avoid dark or violent content, does not seem a viable strategy to me. Warnings in story and chapter notes are up to authors, but why not provide the service ? Unless the author delights in the shock effect of readers not knowing ? You don't have to be specific, a simple Warning, violent content, will suffice. As for the argument of books not having such warnings, I thought a point of reading online is to have an advantage over books. Interacting with authors and other readers are the main ones, but tags etc. are useful too.

That was a great talk, and I'm in awe of Peter. His integrity and honesty is admirable. And he's a little psychic, right ? The episode with the waitress was revealing and sad, too. But they managed to deal with it quite well. I hope she achieves her goal of getting the manager fired.

OK, confusion is starting to abate. Is Aiden in a wheelchair on bad days ? The way they left the House and the comments in the car seems to imply it. And I'm guessing Peter came out to Aiden in January, and they're trying to rebuild their close friendship. The one thing I'm not sure about is whether Aiden is gay, stright or bi. Or perhaps he's mostly confused right now ? But at least he's able to make funny sexual jokes, which make me laugh.

Reading the chapter again after having read chapter 2 and 3, it's slowly starting to make more sense. I can appreciate the way you're letting us guess what is going on.

Tillykke med fødselsdagen fra Danmark and thank you for all the GA miracles you and the other admin wizards pull of.

I'd like to add a fourth point: 4) Remember to use the correct story tags and please put relevant warnings in the chapter notes at the top of particularly violent chapters. It is one of the great things about the GA story system that the author can warn readers, so we are prepared or can stay away.

I think Flora will harbor a small secret love for Frankie for the rest of her life, and I'm glad he made sure she was OK. After all, it's nor her fault he wasn't attracted to her. I'll look forward to following Frankie's adventures.

A tablet (iPad) might be the best option, as this is what the older generation in my family are using. But I think right now the physical comfort is just as important. Feeling clean and warm, eating hot delicious food, and having someone to talk with, are things Eric has been missing for far too long. A heart-warming chapter, and Andy is doing well on being respectful and considerate. I'm proud of him.