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I do apologize to all the Daddy's out there. I only found out today was Father's day 😮 Happy Father's Day all!!!

I'm writing this early on Saturday as I may or may not be able to write on Saturday evening I'm off to watch a Canadian Football game this evening. I guess there is some soccer tournament going on as well in Canada, Mexico and the US of A As I'm writing this, the tunder and ligting has started 😮 Hope it ends before the game. I usually get a lot of silence when I talk sports. I know though a lot of the world doesn't have the US and Canada's interest in our major sports, football (North American), Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, etc. So if you call the game we call soccer, football, let me know if you are cheering on your country's team ⚽ Or, if you watch a sport outside of FB, BB,Hockey, BB like Cricket, Bowling, etc, let us know! Today is actually the loooooooooooooooooongest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shortest day of the year in the South. I'm sure if you live on the equator you don't really give a hoot. If you live at the North Pole, you are probably close to 24 hours sunlight everyday. In the south, nearly 24 hours black out I wonder if blackout curtains and blinds have the highest sales per capita near the poles Since it is the longest day, do you do anything to celebrate it? Sounds silly but I used to try to be out camping on this day every year. To be sitting out by the fire watching the sun go down around 10 PM and continue to watch the crackle of the fire into the night. In my much younger days, we would stay up and watch the sun come up at around 5:15 AM. To be honest, I will be going to bed when I get home and will get up at around 9 tomorrow. Too old to be doing that anymore . Enough random babbling and onto the Wrap Up. Isn't that the reason we all check in weekly? Monday, Cia introduced us to the June Signature Feature: Tuesday, Myr popped by in between his travels to check on the Mystery genre: If you were looking for the Signature Feature Excerpt this Wednesday, stay tuned Thursday, Wildone did a Flashback to the first annual Secret Author Contest. No one took me up on guessing who wrote what story . Friday, if you don't usually look at the Prompts (shame on you! ), you need to look at the this weeks just for the gif that Aditus posted. While doing that see if the great Prompts he gave us tickles your fancy: Saturday, Myr popped back in again and let us know about some of the great new resources available to our writers. Even if you are not a poet or author, check it out: We had 7, yes that it correct, 7 new Words of the Day this week. If you are under 18, cover your eyes and don't look at the first one 😮. Heck, it is so bad, I better put it in spoiler tags , reckoning, reminiscence, bittersweet, absolution, closure, regret Upcoming Writing Events 2026 Secret Author Contest "Forbidden Knowledge" - Due July 15, 2026 - Find all the information right here. 2026 Yearly Anthology "Horizons" & "Unspoken" - Due October 1, 2026 - Find all the information right here. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask an Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets! 5 completed stories this week! 1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories The Double Hex by Topher Lydon 8 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Lost in the Sand by Topher Lydon Rumspringa by Topher Lydon The Double Hex by Topher Lydon TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters Treacherous by CassieQ Roping the Moon by Headstall Vega-Vixen 2.0 by Topher Lydon **Complete** 2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray Blades of Ashes by lilansui 39 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories A salty drop of Magic by Celian Pace Control by Soren Kraft Aethan's Reign by ValentineDavis21 Gabriel's Gambit: Contract Terminated by Jason Rimbaud **Complete** Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy Strife by CryingCircusConductor Love in a time of hatred vol 2 by Gary L A Tight Squeeze by Boy Mercury X **Complete** Footnotes of misery by Kileoli Ride of Your Life by mastershakeme Barnaby’s Bounty: The Chrononaut’s Guide to Nautical Dimensions by chris191070 **Complete** Hunger & Habit by Invnarcel IceBerg by J92 Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434 The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill The Cwtch. by E K Stokes The Witches of Darkmoore by Celian Blades of Ashes by lilansui The Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories Monstrum by Laura S. Fox In the Barb by Vcs Boy Meets Boys by Grayson Rose The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus Holiday Drama by quokka If Furniture Could Talk by Lee Wilson Robbie and Mark: Latest chaos by unilive Revelations 2026 by mastershakeme **Complete** U-N-I by unilive The academic slut by Kileoli Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy Futile Devices by CasualWanderer82 Exquisite Island of Safe Refuge: The Stained-Glass Mind by Vcs Alpha Awakened by Painawakened THROUGH IT ALL by vanalas Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox Never walk alone- Walk on by Andre Delport turmoil by Paladin Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

I thought we killed all the capybaras

So the Penguin is a bit under the weather from partying too much on her birthday, and the big guy is busy, busy, busy! That means you get me today Now I'm not one to follow the rules as in I was asked to do an Anthology Flashback. Well to H E double hockey sticks with that! I'm going to do my own thing We are less than a month away from This Year's Secret Author Contest, so why not look back at the first year that got us on this track of a summer contest every year. Way back in 2023 after several seasonal Secret Author Contests, Val surveyed you, the members on what you wanted. It was decided on the current format of one Poetry Anthology, one Secret Author Contest and one yearly Anthology. Now with me presenting these stories, the thing is, everyone knows who the Author is But if you want to guess who wrote what, I'll play your game . There will not be any prizes though. Check out some of these great stories that appeared in year 1. This one had 1 original contest entry, but then morphed into a full story: Enjoy the look back, but don't forget to look forward too!!

WOW I've lived in my humble little city of Calgary for a year or two and about this time every year I talk about the upcoming Calgary Stampede , The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth (I'm not being compensated for this shameless plug ) I will be volunteering so far 6 of the 10 days to help out a charity I was thinking I should get a western shirt or two since the chester drawers disease is getting worse The chest is dropping down into my drawers . One thing about Calgary is there a lot of western wear stores around and they are more or less all the same. Then you have the farm equipment stores, and about all the same. This year, I heard of a place north of Calgary by 20 mins that I'd never been to, Irvine's Western Store. OMFG. Over 140,000 square feet making it the largest western store in North America. I nearly got lost a few times. Hell, I didn't even make it all the way down and into the huge steel barn that has nothing but boots! Rooms and rooms and rooms of just men's jeans, same for shirts. I got two shirts and they were on the cheaper ends at $90 each 😮. All kinds of tack, ropes, saddles, omg, they had 5 different 300 foot long halls with just saddles!! Blankets, pads, hell underwear if you want, with buckles, belts, jewelry and much much more. We didn't visit the women's part And all that tack comes in every colour. Pinks, purples, different blues, reds, oranges, etc. And the men. Whoa Steve The men from 20 - 70 all of them gorgeous. I think growing up on a farm does something good for the jeans, and I don't mean the Wranglers. Needed to have on a nice pair of tight underwear in there . So where am I going with all this, other than an afternoon perving on men in a western store ? I want to know, have you ever gone riding on a horse, a donkey, a camel, a mule, even maybe an ass (keep it clean guys )? I think I have been on 4 trail rides, 2 in the foothills of the eastern slopes of the rockies, once in the coulees around Lethbridge, with rattlers and owls, oh my , and one in the mountains of Golden Ears Provincial Park in BC. The most interesting and only non-trail ride was when I was much younger, we were camping with my friend's, girlfriend's family on Crown land near the rockies again, and across the river was a Ranger Station. The ranger had 2 horses and he had to go into Calgary for a week and asked if we could water and feed them and maybe take them out for a ride or two. Well the family were farmers and not new to horses, me, like I said, a trail ride or two for this city boy. So I took off with the 14 year old son, me about 20, him leading me on his horse and me following. I told him that I thought the straps were too long, so the bugger kicked his horse into a gallop and mine followed suite with me holding onto the pommel and my legs squeezing the sides to keep me upright, the stirrups flapping in the breeze. Finally he took mercy on me and slowed and stopped so he could adjust the leg straps. I was glued to that saddle So tell me about any adventures you have had on a four-legged beast? I'm sure @Headstall might have a story or two if he hasn't written about them all yet If you haven't ridden a horse or anything, have you done anything farm related? Like @Krista had a pink John Deere tractor when she was a teen. Momma would get her anything the spoiled princess . Now onto the Wrap Up. Monday, I was about to say Cia, but it was actually me, that brought our new member of the Review Team, @Gary L, to attention for a great review: Onto Tuesday, Myr was up to mischief again and went diving scantily clad (oh, the horror ) to feature a new genre : Around came Thursday and Val published a great blog on short stories. Lots of interaction on this one: Finally on Friday, it was a certain Penguins birthday and I wrote her a lovely prompt, but it wasn't appreciated Check out the Prompts this week: Myr also gave us 7 new Words of the Day! dread, possesed, abomination, ghastly, morbid, unholy, tormented Did anyone else notice that coloration between the Words of the Day and the Genre featured this week Sneaky Myr, very sneaky Upcoming Writing Events 2026 Secret Author Contest "Forbidden Knowledge" - Due July 15, 2026 - Find all the information right here. 2026 Yearly Anthology "Horizons" & "Unspoken" - Due October 1, 2026 - Find all the information right here. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask an Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets! Another week of 6 of 6 categories with a story updated!! Also 10 stories completed!! 1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories The Double Hex by Topher Lydon 8 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Vega-Vixen 2.0 by Topher Lydon Lost in the Sand by Topher Lydon The Double Hex by Topher Lydon TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour The Lord of the Pierced Dawn by Topher Lydon **Completed** Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters Treacherous by CassieQ Roping the Moon by Headstall 1 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories My Prompt Stories by Bill W 2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray Blades of Ashes by lilansui 35 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Alpha Awakened by Painawakened Aethan's Reign by ValentineDavis21 Pace Control by Soren Kraft Strife by CryingCircusConductor The Thing About Bill by Boy Mercury X **Completed** Another Time by Celian Revelations 2026 by mastershakeme Holiday Drama by quokka Barnaby’s Birthday Bash: A Cretaceous Synopsis by chris191070 **Completed** Hunger & Habit by Invnarcel Gabriel's Gambit: Contract Terminated by Jason Rimbaud Barnaby and the Chronological Salad by chris191070 **Completed** Gilded Things by Nuno R.F.C.R **Completed** Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434 The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard C.E.C.O. by Thirdly **Completed** Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories Monstrum by Laura S. Fox Futile Devices by CasualWanderer82 Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy The Cwtch. by E K Stokes The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus The Witching Hour Phone Call by Lee Wilson **Completed** My Straight Best Friend Asked Me to Be His Boyfriend by StoriesByTroy Loose Box by Aquiya Cyba **Completed** Between the Times by Celian Trials of the Warkin by Gonzalo Sollu Blades of Ashes by lilansui Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox turmoil by Paladin THROUGH IT ALL by vanalas Frosted Hearts by Jason Rimbaud **Completed** Gay for Pay by chris191070 **Completed** 1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories Path Forward by Jean87 Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

I'm sure everyone is a bit confused on who's bday it is @chris191070, @Valkyrie or @wildone So if we go with the popular song, one of things aren't like the others , I will say Happy Birthday Val!! Here is my story: It was a cold Antarctic summer day when the egg hatched to momma and pappa penguin! It was the birthday the world would rue forever from happening. Valkyrie was born!!! The end

I think @Krista needs to have what 'short' means in a short story

Indeed, sad news. We don't usually post of an author's passing unless we are pretty sure of it from multiple sources or an obituary. Don't want to announce that someone has passed and turned their account as deceased until we are sure. Sometimes anonymity can protect you, but leave others with unanswered questions. Since this is at the end of the his last chapter, we will leave it here for now. If anyone should hear more, please reach out in private to @drpaladin or @wildone to discuss. If you do hear from a family member by chance, please let us know as soon as possible. Sounds like we have lost a great author though Thanks @IOMfAtS

Happy June everyone!! In my neck of the woods it is staying somewhat light out until after 10 PM 😮 What that means is I'm up a bit later and I can read a bit more I'd like to introduce you all to our latest member of the Review Team! @Gary L !! Gary approached me a few months ago and said he can help out with a review or 2 a year. Which is great, and really appreciated!! Looking at his first review, you all are in for a treat. What the Ship Remembers by Andy Cannon Reviewer: Gary L Status: Complete Word Count: 134,040 When one sees a painting of a naval warship from the Napoleonic Era, it is hard to imagine how these seemingly flimsy, wooden constructions could possibly stay afloat in calm seas let alone in stormy waters. With impressive knowledge, Andy Cannon takes us aboard these warships and tells a tale of the stormy seas within two sailors' hearts as their boat battles with wind, rain, storms, and, of course, the French. We begin at the end of the tale in a Prologue that introduces us to the now Captain William Pitt, retired by the sea and living in a kind of despairing hope. What follows is the story of the relationship that forms and reforms between a younger Lieutenant Pitt and young Midshipman Blake set in the context of the English West Indies fleet in 1808. There is much to commend, and frankly to admire in Andy's story. First, as a work of naval fiction it is impeccably-written. We are led below decks to the cramped conditions in which hundreds of men might have to live; to the officers' Wardroom, claustrophobic in more than one way. Secondly, the love story is developed in painstakingly small steps, both backwards as well as forwards. At times one almost wants to bang their heads together. Finally, this brings us to what a number of readers have mentioned in their comments or reviews: the absolutely marvelous writing; the English prose is exquisite to read. This is a beautifully-told story of the struggle to love, and be loved by, a fellow man. It is set in a time where being caught having sex was a hanging offence. Sadly, there are parts of the world in which this is still the case. Whilst brilliantly set in the late eighteenth century, this is a tale of love relevant even today. Category: Fiction Genres: Historical Sub-genres: Historical Drama Tags: mature adult, gay, north america, military, industrial age Rating: Mature

I want to get into the question of the week right away I loved the Weekly Prompts this week from Aditus! So much so that I'm going to borrow his question Do you listen to music, and if you do, what do you prefer? Radio, streaming, playlists, one person said satellite TV/ Maybe someone out there has an 8-track or cassette player that they haven't retired. If you have an 8 track, I honestly don't believe there is a 8 track tape that has survived this long For you younger folks, look it up. I would say that most my time is flipping around on radio stations of all different musical styles. I did mention that country music only is listened to during Stampede and then it is banished from my airwaves the other 355 days of the year It is interesting that the 2 people I talk in Teams the most are both country fans and we all are slagging each others musical choice. I'm currently not talking to either of them as they keep sending country song videos and those nasty algorithms are working in the background that when I pushed the random Apple Music channel it played me country songs Now if you are a single whole hearted one style of radio, I would like to know the reason why. Are you a TV news host so you are listening to 24 hour news radio all the time 😮. Now let's get onto the week in review. Shall we? Since I stole (such an ugly word ) borrowed Aditus' Prompt question, let's look at the GA News Blogs in reverse this week. Dara or Shakira, your choice On Thursday, Valkyrie did a check in on how you are coming along on in the Secret Author Contest and the Yearly Anthology. Since the Secret Author Contest and revealing how you are doing would reveal that you are an author, feel free to PM me on how you are doing if you want . Don't read any further below where @Cia and @Valkyrie will be telling you to ignore this part . Tuesday, was Myr's day to shine and he put his spotlight on a different genre this week: Cia started the week a whole 6 days ago, with a brand new CSR for the month of June. Check out the who and the what it is: Since I'm ass backwards, why not do the same thing for the Words of the Day: sinister, spectral, sepulchral, macabre, puzzle, shadowy, omen Well one really got me stumped If I was in a spelling bee, me asking them repeat it or give me the use in a sentence, I'd still fail out 😢 Upcoming Writing Events 2026 Secret Author Contest "Forbidden Knowledge" - Due July 15, 2026 - Find all the information right here. 2026 Yearly Anthology "Horizons" & "Unspoken" - Due October 1, 2026 - Find all the information right here. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask an Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets! This week we had an update in all 6 categories Thank you to all our contributors 1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories The Double Hex by Topher Lydon 8 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Lord of the Pierced Dawn by Topher Lydon Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour Vega-Vixen 2.0 by Topher Lydon TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour The Double Hex by Topher Lydon Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters The Construct by Topher Lydon **Complete** Roping the Moon by Headstall 1 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W 1 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray 38 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Alpha Awakened by Painawakened Aethan's Reign by ValentineDavis21 Man on the Moon by Boy Mercury X **Complete** Revelations 2026 by mastershakeme Trials of the Warkin by Gonzalo Sollu The Capybara Cadence by chris191070 **Complete** Strife by CryingCircusConductor The Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434 The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill Role of a Lifetime by KKirk **Complete** Between the Times by Celian Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories Pace Control by Soren Kraft Frosted Hearts by Jason Rimbaud Gilded Things by Nuno R.F.C.R Monstrum by Laura S. Fox The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy Pigsty by Jack Poignet Holiday Drama by quokka The Cwtch. by E K Stokes turmoil by Paladin Salt and Stone by CarlAccolla C.E.C.O. by Thirdly My Straight Best Friend Asked Me to Be His Boyfriend by StoriesByTroy Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy Loose Box by Aquiya Cyba Out Of The Closet by RichardWrites **Complete** Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy How Would You Know That? by Lee Wilson **Complete** The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X The Seducer: A Gone From Daylight Inspired Story by MrM The Vulnerability Protocol by chris191070 **Complete** Sapphire in the Stars by JujuTheDruid Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox A Tickling In The Wild West by Ticklishboy30 **Complete** 1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories Path Forward by Jean87 Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

I remember that too! A month away from my 13th bday Luckily I had a rich friend that parents let him subscribe to MTV. Two years later I was watching Michael Jackson singing Beat It to launch Friday Night Videos for us poor folk . As for today, I would say in like a 30/70 kind of guy. 30% of the time listening to playlists and the other 70% of the time listening to a wide variety of music. Except country!! Except for 10 days for Stampede I'm trying to think of how to put a spin on the prompts like back in October 3, 1938 when War of the Worlds, an Orson Wells radio production broadcast up and down the Eastern seaboard of the US and people tuning in thought it was live reporting and all panic broke out as people really thought the US was being invaded by aliens! People racing in their cars, trying to evacuate cities, absolute pandemonium. So how do I get Shakira or Dara to get the world in an uproar believing we are being invaded by aliens 🛸 ! Big busted and big booty women invaders 😮 Oh dear, oh my! Let me think about this one.

I always chuckle when a show is big in Canada. I'm sure if you look, the previous records were all held by Shitz Creek When something good comes out, no one else gets anything Yes, I watched the Off Campus at the pleading of a few people, and although they liked the show, I gave up after 2 epis. Usually I can tolerate like a 23 y/o playing an 18 y/o, but the idea of the mc playing a university senior and looking in his early 30's, nah, not doing it for me. I believe Hudson Williams has come out of the closet as 100% straight. His gf has rules on what he can do and what he can't do off of camera for the show according to him😮 Connor Storie, I believe has already come out, quite a while ago. He seems to have a steady long term bf. Interesting enough, he played a supporting actor in the movie Ridley, a Texas HS football star that realizes his sexualitiy in his senior year. Not a bad movie if you are looking for something to watch. François Arnaud, played Scott Hunter, came out as bi in 2020. I got a message from Amazon Saturday that the new Rachel Reid book was for sale, so clicked and bought it. Went to read it and found out I pre-bought it for June 1, 2027 You mentioning how hockey romance is taking over books and tv, etc. My little sister still can't believe there is a m/m hockey genre and she is buying books like crazy. She has convinced her husband to watch all the episodes of Heated Rivalry. Her 3 teenage sons between 14 - 19, not so much She is always calling me up and asking if I have read this or that series. Time to change my number I think . I do hear that Rachel Reid was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease a few years ago and she is struggling a bit with writing so that is why the delay in the next book to come out. I am hoping she gets better, but know the chances might not be good. It will be interesting to see how they handle the next season. Game Changers was more or less covered in 1 episode with the Scott Hunter story, and was the first book in the series. Heated Rivalry was the second, but there is 3 books to the next almost full book of Iliya and Shane. Some of those characters will probably need to be exposed to make the Long Game work.

What's up puddy cat, whoa, whoooa! Don't read more into that than me just being goofy Wait a minute. I had to go check Myr's fun and new emotes to check in with your moods! Got mine done now. What do you think of them? I wonder, I need one for Diet Coke the true #1 Cola in the world Are you listening, @Myr ? See, there is a story behind this. Back in the very early 70's when I was a wee little lad, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I don't know if at 4 I was drinking cola or not Then, up here in Canadia, the government decided if you drank about 405 cans of pop a day, you would die of cancer if they had saccharine in them. So they banned it ! Never mind the saccharine, 405 cans a day 😮. So we used to drive to the lower mainland of BC to see relatives 3-4 times a year. We could sneak across the border to Point Roberts, look it up on a map, and Dad would buy like 6 flats of Shasta pop that had saccharine in it. BTW, I'm still alive . Then when I was probably in my early teens, Diet Coke came out in Canadia after failed attempts with Tab. I was in heaven . I think I'm still drinking excessive amounts of Diet Coke to catch up since then . Now, that leads me to ask... Do you drink any colas? If so what type would be your favourite. You know mine now Now I know a lot of you, aka @Krista, are going to lecture me on how the sugar-free pops or really any pops are bad for you. You know you can tell us, just not sure if anyone is going to change their mind on their favourite pop I will throw in if you like any carbonated drink. With Buble, or is it Bubbly, I don't partake in flavoured water. Or do you have one of those Soda Stream things. If you do, I know that there was/is the Pepsi line of sodas made cartridges for them. Are they still around? What is your flavour? If you find yourself running to the fridge to get a soda, I reminds me of a song by Kim Mitchell, Go For a Soda. What the heck, here it is: Hopefully you have pulled yourself off the ground after you hysterical fit of laughing at 1980's Canadian videos Enough of this talk, what happened at the GA News blog this week! Monday, Cia wrapped up the month with the CSR Discussion Day: Then onto Tuesday we happily skipped along to have Myr bring us a new look at a different genre: We didn't have anything on Wednesday and Thursday. Val did pop in on Friday with a couple of prompts. Did you check them out? This Saturday, we had bonus blog. Myr came out and rubbed his crystal ball and gave us a look into the future 😮: Here are the Words of the Day: suspicion, obscured, unsettling, inquiry, trace, hidden, omen Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets! 1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories The Double Hex by Topher Lydon 7 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Lord of the Pierced Dawn by Topher Lydon The Construct by Topher Lydon The Double Hex by Topher Lydon TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters Hazardous by CassieQ **Complete** The Holy Lance of Antioch by Topher Lydon **Complete** 1 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W 2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray Blades of Ashes by lilansui 34 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Role of a Lifetime by KKirk Between the Times by Celian Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy Gilded Things by Nuno R.F.C.R The Seducer: A Gone From Daylight Inspired Story by MrM The Vulnerability Protocol by chris191070 B is for Biceps by Boy Mercury X **Complete** Revelations 2026 by mastershakeme The Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy **Complete** Bring the Dawn by dragonthusiast The Cwtch. by E K Stokes Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434 The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard The Luggage Paradox of Barnaby the Chrono-Capybara by chris191070 **Complete** Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories Salt and Stone by CarlAccolla Monstrum by Laura S. Fox Aethan's Reign by ValentineDavis21 Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus My Straight Best Friend Asked Me to Be His Boyfriend by StoriesByTroy Another Time by Celian Holiday Drama by quokka Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy Kismet by E K Stokes **Complete** A versatile Count by Thomas Lindblad Blades of Ashes by lilansui Ly's Pandora's box by Kileoli The Scandal by FV2112 Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox A Tickling In The Wild West by Ticklishboy30 turmoil by Paladin Futile Devices by CasualWanderer82 Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to my 'merican neighbours I did not realize that every US flag in the US no matter on state or federal property is to fly at half mast on Memorial Day for fallen and current and retired soldiers! If you did not know, now you do Let me know if I'm missing any other countries that might be taking off from work on Monday I worked 25 years in retail, I did my share , I always thought it was unfair that holidays really didn't mean anything to owners who wanted to make money 365 days a year. Then again, I guess if nobody was to go shopping, the money people wouldn't open if they were paying for staff to work but no money being spent. I think everyone most have a story of working a job in retail or possibly food service that had you working holidays. Unless you were a Maximillian Theodore Winchester III, then maybe not 💸 So a double question, did you work either a retail job, or restaurant job in your youth, or heck, even now ? That would be cool if you have made a life out of it. I'd still probably be in retail if I didn't have my accident So the second part of the question, tell us the best and worst part of the job that you can remember. I had a job in HS that was at a gourmet ice cream shoppe 🍦It was mainly people coming in for hard ice cream cones and such, but we offered sit down as well where you could get things like Banana Splits, Sundaes, Ice Cream Earthquakes, which was like 12 different scoops of ice cream and toppings. Also had a small grill too. The great thing was people being people, would come in and order something like the earthquake and you would write down what kind of flavours they wanted, then we'd make it and ring it up and they would be we are not paying $24 for ice cream and walk out. Well someone had to eat the ice cream, so it would fall to us. The worse part is we had one assistant manager that would call meetings once a month and tell us that cash was missing on this night, this night, or that night and if you were working, everyone who worked that shift would have it taken off their paycheques 😮 Learned that is illegal but I was more pissed that 6 months after I quit because of this she got fired for stealing cash from the store So what about you. Do you have a similar good and bad of a retail job or food service job? Shall we now move onto the what they are paying me the big bucks for , the Weekly Wrap Up! Monday, we got an all new Signature Feature. I downloaded the funky banner that Cia does up : Tuesday, Myr was digging deep into a different genre this week. If you haven't read stories of this one, why not give it a try: Wednesday, Cia was back again on Wednesday with the Signature Feature Excerpt. See if this peaks your interest: Friday, Val was a bit late to the show, but she still made a splendid appearance with the Prompts: Myr, Myr, Myr, quite contrary, what Words of the Day did you grow? rivalry, dominant, submission, strategy, power, clandestine, revelation Wow! Lots of completed stories this week. If you are one to only start completed ones, you have quite the collection below! Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets! 1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories The Double Hex by Topher Lydon 7 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Construct by Topher Lydon The Holy Lance of Antioch by Topher Lydon TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour The Double Hex by Topher Lydon Traditions by Mark Ponyboy Peters **Complete** Hazardous by CassieQ By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens 1 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W 2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray Blades of Ashes by lilansui 44 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Bring the Dawn by dragonthusiast Alpha Awakened by Painawakened A Tickling In The Wild West by Ticklishboy30 The Vulnerability Protocol by chris191070 Seaside Entries by ObicanDecko **Complete** A Wolf's Skin by Boy Mercury X **Complete** Revelations 2026 by mastershakeme A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian **Complete** Futile Devices by CasualWanderer82 The Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy The Quantum Capybara and the Quarterly Report by chris191070 **Complete** Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434 The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard A versatile Count by Thomas Lindblad Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill Monstrum by Laura S. 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I thought I would start the blog with welcoming me back According to the false rumours, I have not died. 🪦 I have to thank @Cia for doing a spectacular job and stepping in to cover me Let's give her some love for all of her help Now that I'm back from my nearly 3 week vacay, I have to tell you all I"m happy as a pig in ... mud I did a 4 day road trip driving a U-haul across Southern Alberta, Montana, Utah, no, never saw any cute mormon boys , Arizona, Nevada, Arizona again and then a 2 1/2 day stop in Nogales AZ to cross the border into Nogales, Mexico. Then onto Guaymas, Sonora. My first trip ever to Mexico and I drove the whole damn way . 3200 kms/1199 miles 😮 I was moving a friend who is retiring to Mexico and we had a blast on the way down. Sadly, we had the same kind of humour and it was good, since he was nervous enough with the move some levity kept him sane. I think I told him about a lot of you We had to cross 2 international borders and both went beyond well. US border less than 5 minutes and the Mexican border we just got waved through, didn't even have to stop! I celebrated on the Sea of Cortez with margaritas, nachos and other Mexican fair. I even brushed my teeth with the local water and survived... I think Don't ask me about the flight home Just picture 3.5 hours of a 5 hour flight with a screaming 2 y/o toddler in the row in front of me and mom's solution was just to cuddle him, to no results An overnight flight too . What happened while I was gone. Did anyone break GA accidentally? I've done that once or twice I think. This weekend in Canadia, it is the Victoria Day Long Weekend. In Calgary that means on Thursday night it starts raining, then Friday rain turning to snow, and most of today snowing as well ☃️. Too warm for the snow to stick, but still a big heavy wet snow. Holiday Monday is supposed to reach a high of 6 C / 43 F and then back up to normal mid to high teens on Tuesday on . Next week is the 'merican May Long Weekend, and I think the British Bank Holiday are both in order. Correct me if I'm wrong Did any of you dare take a look at the long range forecast? I'm curious if anyone is being blessed with a Calgary Victoria Day long weekend weather. Now next I want to know if you have any plans for the next weekend, or if you are Canadian what you did his weekend? Maybe a visit to the beach? Maybe a drive in the countryside? Who knows? I wanna know . That is enough of my rambling ways. I'm happy to be back amongst friends again Monday, if she wasn't busy enough, Cia brought you all the Review Team feature by @chris191070: Tuesday, Myr was being bold with warmer weather and wore only his speedo do the deep dive on Tuesday. He was very jockular this week: We all got to laugh our way into Friday, where our ever sweet Valkyrie twisted up the usual format of prompts and tossed something new out: At the crack of dawn, Myr was not only busy coming up with great new moods that we all can read without reading glasses, check them out if you haven't seen them all yet! He was also busy with putting up a Word for the Day each day. With the words, I'm wondering if there is an upcoming coup d'etat 😮: ascendancy, decree, command, influence, authority, control, ambition Upcoming Writing Events 2026 Secret Author Contest "Forbidden Knowledge" - Due July 15, 2026 - Find all the information right here. 2026 Yearly Anthology "Horizons" & "Unspoken" - Due October 1, 2026 - Find all the information right here. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! 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