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And since reading that, I have been calling it stink weed since that is a flower, isn't it? The only thing she doesn't bring up is the smell just kidding Never met one to know if is smells or not. Titan Arum (Corpse Flower) Native to the equatorial rainforest of Central Sumatra in Western Indonesia, the Titan Arum is considered to be the smelliest flower in the world! As the name suggests, this flower apparently smells like a rotting corpse. Thankfully, the flowers only bloom every 4-6 years and only last for about 24-48 hours at a time. The smell of rotten flesh, however, lingers in the air for days afterwards. The Titan Arum flower can stretch to 3 metres and is actually not one flower but thousands of tiny flowers which botanists call infloresence.

Rain, rain, go away and come back another day Why you ask? They said such rain may just turn into the s*** word overnight While some people might be laughing their heads off, all I can wish on them is to have a long, damp, wet, rainy, cold winter You know who you are So a big huge thank you to Cia, my favourite admin the past 2 weeks , for helping me out with the Weekly Wrap Up. I'm glad you all showed her your love I was off to Vancouver for a week to visit with family and friends, and the one consistent thing was that I ate too much food. All meetings of cousins, aunt and uncle, and some lifelong friends seemed to involved food Although the scale may not be clicking higher for now. I better get in a exercise routine before the winter sets in and all I want to do is hibernate. I wonder if a certain bear in Sweden is getting tired yet🧸. Now I know we have a great range of readers of the Weekly Wrap Up, but I want to know no matter what age you are, would you consider yourself a fit person, and if so, what do you do to stay in shape? Are you 80 years old and up at 4 am to do a 5 mile jog daily? Are you 20 years old and can eat a restaurant out and just watch people work out and your metabolism speeds up enough to burn all those calories off? If you don't want to say if you are in shape or not, don't worry about it Enough babbling by me, we had a busy week, I think, at the GA News Blog, so let's check in! Monday, Cia was into wrap up September with the CSR Discussion Day. Did you read and participate? Tuesday, Myr had to wear his fur lined cowboy boots and cowboy hat down to the lake to go for his Deep Dive: Thursday, Valkyrie got out her typewriter and banged out an article on looking back and looking forward to our Special Events: Friday, she was back again, with another couple of prompts for us to explore: Words of the Day. Myr has made them a bit more tricky quiescence, sublimate, pensiveness, spleen, foreboding, exaltation, melancholia Upcoming Writing Events 2025 Prompt Team Event - More information to come! 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 weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! 5 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Freshmen by Mark Arbour tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Learned to Lie by Krista Krista's Prompts by Krista Kandanga Falls by Mark Ponyboy Peters 5 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Carter's Order by Topher Lydon Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW Capt vs Goofball by Topher Lydon Drawn from Life: The City of Lights by Altimexis **Complete** A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis 45 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Reverent: Six by Tony S. The Librarian and the Assassin, a Sapphic Romance at the End of the World by Adam Andrews Johnson A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy Misaligned by Laura S. Fox The Boy Behind the Lens by W_L **Complete** Hubris by ValentineDavis21 The Weight of a Secret by and9993 In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex My Best Friend’s Brother Dylan Was Supposed to Be Straight by StoriesByTroy Hermit by chris191070 **Complete** Traded Goods by Yeoldebard Begin Again by Tony S. Jude by E K Stokes **Complete** The Lost Jock by Edged Bound Essence of Life by W_L Serenity by Albert1434 The Truth of Yesterday by Josh Aterovis The Field of Love by Enoch Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill Rókus by E K Stokes A Man and his Heart by Celian **Complete** Peter's Story by Connectwriter Taming the New Guy by Edged Bound As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill I know the truth about you by Gary L **Complete** White Sheets by Celian What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon **Complete** Chess Friends by Thomas Lindblad Northern Lights by Golden Ghost Pen Down In The Holler by CasualWanderer82 Kill the Messenger by mastershakeme Randy for Submission, Pursuing the One by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica LEGALLY BOUND by vanalas **Complete** Bell(e)s in the Woods by Celian The Flower Thief and Other Tales of Yalda by Page Scrawler How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk The Legend of Fred Krueger by Twisted_Dreemz The Purple Phoenix by GENERAL PIGNOUF Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox Only What the Moon Sees by thedelfinoplaza Encrypted by Jeff Burton Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

I can finally answer something without feeling like I might give something away Back from Chapter 3: I think Joel thinks of the truck as one more thing that he doesn't want to remember from a better time of his life I kept telling Krista that by day 2, the Conely's should have had a nice, shiney, red Mustang in the driveway for Joel, so he could compete with the twins Charger and Colts shiny truck She didn't go for it

Oh, I did not see your story go to the proof reading team yet. I do believe that is a requirement in the rules. I volunteer to change edit your story for you. Look at me, I give, give, give

Not sure if other countries have this already, but might be an interesting journey. Starts Oct 8 in Canada. Yeah, since it is a gay marine, my interest is piqued Here is the write up: Boots — Oct. 9 Starring Parenthood alum Miles Heizer, Boots is a comedic drama set in the Marine Corps in the 1990s, when it was illegal to be gay in the military. The show is inspired by former US Marine Greg Cope White’s memoir, The Pink Marine. Closeted Cameron Cope (Heizer) is among a group of recruits, with his best friend Ray McAffey (Liam Oh), the son of a decorated Marine. Before enlisting, Cameron lived with his narcissistic mother, Barbara (Vera Farmiga). Max Parker plays Sgt. Sullivan, who has been decorated for valour on several top-secret missions, but he sees himself in Cameron and tries to prepare him boot camp.

Ah, but Jason, if you read any of CJames other tales, he is a very technical writer. Personally myself, I like that. Also makes me worried about if he might have a bomb hiding in his back yard . I guess the great thing is, that you don't like the technical details, you can skip over them. Kind of like what I do with most sex scenes . But that is more how many ways can you say insert body part A into body part B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I... In a way, I do feel I'm more educated after reading his stories. But to each their own, that is what is great about the comments .

This was Friday when I visited with Brad in Vancouver

Happy Fall, or Spring depending on your hemisphere Not sure about you, but we are sitting about 6-10 degrees Celsius above our normal temperatures. Now before you all say it is all the hot air coming from me, we can test that theory. I left for Vancouver on Saturday morning. Thank you Cia for putting in the stories this week and doing the wrap up next week . So we will see if Calgary cools off, and Vancouver heats up. Actually that would be good for the ego as I think I could say I'm hot Before I hear it all from some of you, I'm meeting up with a friend named Brad, and probably have some drinks. To keep certain people quiet, I'm going to say we will not go to a pub, maybe a bar, a lounge, a restaurant, a roadhouse, a microbrewery. Anything but a pub . A lot of people love the fall due to the trees changing colours in the more northern climates, before they are buried beneath 6 feet of s***. I'm not sure if I"ve asked this before, probably did but I'm too lazy to go through all the past blogs to find out. What is your favourite season and why? Mine would be winter. Especially after a snow fall when everything is nice and white and pristeen. If by chance it is cold out, the sound carries much further than any other season. You can hear someone pop open a beer from a mile away Oh, did I tell you that you now have UNDER 2 WEEKS to get your 2025 GA ANTHOLOGY submitted to the proof team by October1st. Shall we be like a teenager and wrap it up? Monday, Cia was back with a brand new Signature Author Feature: Tuesday, Myr went deep down and reviewed a new genre this week: Wednesday, Cia was back and had us all looking at the Signature Excerpt: Thursday, it was Val's time to step up and make a bigger reminder than mine above; she's such a size queen : Friday was her turn again to come at us with a look back at an oldie and goodie of a Prompt. Did you try it out?So we had 5 blogs this week, and add onto that 7 Words of the Day. It was a busy week! So we had 5 blogs this week, and add onto that, 7 Words of the Day, it was a busy week! sustenance, alluring, philatelist, captivating, epitomize, welkin, hiraeth Upcoming Writing Events 2025 Yearly Anthology - Creature Feature - Due Oct 1, 2025 - All the information you need is here. 2025 Prompt Team Event - More information to come! 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 weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! 4 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Freshmen by Mark Arbour In Process Learned to Lie by Krista In Process Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour In Process Kandanga Falls by Mark Ponyboy Peters In Process 5 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories The Watchers: Paradox Lost by Topher Lydon In Process Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW In Process Ottawa Tales by Topher Lydon In Process A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis In Process Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W In Process 32 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Angel Awakened by Painawakened In Process The Legend of Fred Krueger by Twisted_Dreemz In Process What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon In Process Misaligned by Laura S. Fox In Process The Purple Phoenix by GENERAL PIGNOUF In Process Adventures Of Joy City's Heroes: Book 2 by Ticklishboy30 In Process In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex In Process The Librarian and the Assassin, a Sapphic Romance at the End of the World by Adam Andrews Johnson In Process Traded Goods by Yeoldebard In Process Love on Campus by chris191070 In Process Serenity by Albert1434 In Process LEGALLY BOUND by vanalas In Process Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill In Process Essence of Life by W_L In Process Reverent: Six by Tony S. In Process Bell(e)s in the Woods by Celian In Process Reflecting in Haiku by empath Temporary Hold Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories Complete Black Sun by Jeff Burton In Process Peter's Story by Connectwriter In Process Jude by E K Stokes In Process Kill the Messenger by mastershakeme In Process Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus In Process Finding Home: Hood & Holy Water, Bk 2 by JJQuinn In Process Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill In Process White Sheets by Celian In Process Bending Eli by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica In Process Chess Friends by Thomas Lindblad In Process Before The Goodbye by ChromedOutCortex Complete Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories In Process How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk In Process Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox Complete Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

How rude of you to interrupt their game

Ugh to Guac

Mmmmmm It is funny, there is tons of burgers out there that are much better, but it seems like you always go back to the original

Just glad you are admitting to be a mother clucker

I really need to start using my calendar and putting in reminders to do the Weekly Wrap Up Either that or retire and go to one of the homes that someone keeps pressuring me to go to My apologies for being late again. Let's get this done!! Monday, we had a super-duper review from @spike382 on a story that sounds very interesting. If the review doesn't grab your attention, then hopefully the story cover art will : Tuesday, @Myr did a nice dive into the all the kissy-kissy, lovey-dovey genre with a look : Friday, @Aditus got us in the mood for the upcoming season with a couple of new prompts: We had 7 new Words of the Day. I nailed all of them (darn @Myr with is two-word Word of the Days; needed to check my eyesight on getting the links the proper length ) disseminate, al fresco, disheveled, arouse, in memoriam, disingenuous, chivalrous Upcoming Writing Events 2025 Yearly Anthology - Creature Feature - Due Oct 1, 2025 - All the information you need is here. 2025 Prompt Team Event - More information to come! Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a 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 weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! 4 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Freshmen by Mark Arbour Learned to Lie by Krista Kandanga Falls by Mark Ponyboy Peters Beyond Salvation by Mark Ponyboy Peters **Complete** 4 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories The Watchers: Paradox Lost by Topher Lydon Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W 40 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Kill the Messenger by mastershakeme What Brings Us Together - Part 2 by Paladin Confessions of a Gay Supervillain by Jason D. Karl The Straight Boys Took Me On Vacation by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica Misaligned by Laura S. Fox The Weight of a Secret by and9993 Not Emily in Paris by Rafy **Complete** What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex Traded Goods by Yeoldebard Love on Campus by chris191070 The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian The Legend of Fred Krueger by Twisted_Dreemz Welcome to Redwaters by Hardianarcher BigPaws by Jack Poignet **Complete** In the Angel's Keeping by Josh Aterovis **Complete** The Storm Wolf: Gathering Clouds by RedMoon Serenity by Albert1434 Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill The Golosina, the Forgotten Land and the Skurkene by J92 The Acquisition: A Record of Compliance, Pleasure, and Ownership by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories Peter's Story by Connectwriter The Clinton Boys Head South by Lee Wilson **Complete** Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus Bell(e)s in the Woods by Celian Love is... 3 (Arthur and Max) by Tony S. **Complete** Sapphire in the Stars by JujuTheDruid The Flower Thief and Other Tales of Yalda by Page Scrawler Shot of Love by Inkognito **Complete** Reverent: Six by Tony S. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill Down In The Holler by CasualWanderer82 Northern Lights by Golden Ghost Pen Another Time by Celian Bending Eli by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica Adventures Of Joy City's Heroes: Book 1 by Ticklishboy30 **Complete** Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories 1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories Marvin B Erotic Poetry Collection by Marvin B Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

I'm surprised more commenter didn't take this one UP!

In college years, disheveled is known as the walk of shame

Sometimes there is logic in weirdest things

Thank, @spike382 who wrote the review. I learned how to copy and paste

The crispness of fall is in the air. So if you want to settle back and read what appears to be a great story, check out @spike382's review. Hope you are motivated to read This Strange World Needs a Kicking! by Laura S. Fox Reviewer: spike382 Status: Complete Word Count: 182.757 In the last couple of years, I have become an avid watcher of the live-action medium of Asian BL (Boys Love) dramas. Now I am not remotely the target audience for such dramas, but I have fallen in love with them regardless. I do mention them frequently on a community board here on GA, and after reading so many of my posts, a friend there recommended to me, more than once, that I should read a particular story by Laura S. Fox This story I somehow skipped over when it was being posted a few years ago, but as a lover of BL, was right up my preferential alley. This Strange World Needs a Kicking, is quite the wild tale indeed. It’s a story of body (and universe) switching between Kai, a nerdy, but average high school boy in our world, and Sebastian, a beautiful, but aloof prince from a high fantasy world that runs on BL logic. That may sound a little complicated right off the bat, but that’s just the very beginning. Kai’s best friend, the handsome and athletic Milo, is literally in the middle of confessing his love for Kai when the body switch happens, and Prince Sebastian’s introduction to the real world is the tail end of this conversation. Meanwhile Kai ends up in the body of the beautiful prince, naked, and next to and equally beautiful and naked Conrad, Prince Sebastian’s male concubine. What follows is a madcap tale, of two fish very much out of their usual waters trying to navigate realms and interpersonal relationships they barely understand. One a prince, used to governing a fantasy realm, plopped into a 21st century city, with modern technology, lingo, and a distinct lack of the monsters, magic, and social classes he is accustomed to. The other a 21 century, seemingly straight, American teenager stuck in a love triangle with two ridiculously beautiful men, not to mention having to deal with governing a kingdom, dragons, assassins, magic, and his Sebastian’s possibly untrustworthy cousin. Though I’m sure this sounds a little complicated, what the story truly is at its essence, is a tale of two young men finding themselves and the love they had no idea they were so in need of. All illustrated masterfully, and hilariously, by Laura S Fox’s signature writing. Even if you aren’t a BL aficionado, I truly can’t recommend this story enough. Category: Fiction Genres: Comedy, Romance Sub-genres: Comedy Modern, General Fantasy, General Romance Tags: young adult, magic, gay, anal, first-time, oral, light-hearted, high school Rating: Mature

Just posted the Weekly Wrap Up, Whacha doin?

What a rollercoaster of a week! 😮 It was a lot of highs , it was a lot of lows . No, I did not borrow this from Dickens . Yet I, and you hopefully made it through it. I, like others have noticed the huge switch has been flipped since we hit September here in my neck of the woods. It seems like it was late June and I was talking about the sun being seen close to 10:30 at night. Now, it is like at 6:15 someone turned the lights out and we all went to bed for the fall and winter Maybe I need to find a job of the same latitude down in the Southern Hemisphere. With remote work, I'm sure someone on Australia would take me in for 6 months of the year. I think Australia would work. But, I don't really want to be like 12 hours ahead though, as I would be awake when everyone is asleep down under while I work. Or maybe I got that all mixed up since Melbourne is 14 hours ahead of me, or maybe not. Might have to go somewhere in South America to stay in the same time zone. Oh, maybe that won't work either, I'd need to build a raft somewhere in the middle of the Southern Ocean between Santa Cruz, Argentina and Auckland Islands, New Zealand. Considering there is absolutely no land mass probably within 1000's of kms in any direction, I imagine the internet would be spotty . Okay. I will just stock up on lightbulbs for a long dark fall and winter! I remember going and visiting a friend in Dallas and then in Houston, and was surprised how little deviation that was between the sunrise and sunset in the summer and the winter. Then again on the equator, they would be 12 hours of each year round, would they not? I'd probably be too damn hot to notice Now I guess my mind is at ease that I'm staying put. Now shall we see what happened last week? Monday, Cia kicked off a normal week here at GA and brought us the all new CSR story for September: Tuesday, Myr took us on a voyage to the genre of Poetry: Thursday, Valkyrie checked in to see if you have got your creature on. You have 1 month to go to get your anthology in; Friday, she was baaaaaack She gave us a couple of fall prompts: We had a Word of the Day. Did you check each one out? Did you learn any new words this week ? Believe it or not, I never knew the difference between compliment and complement 😮!! odyssey, omission, emission, complement, compliment, atrocious, proponent Upcoming Writing Events 2025 Yearly Anthology - Creature Feature - Due Oct 1, 2025 - All the information you need is here. 2025 Prompt Team Event - More information to come! Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a 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 weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! 4 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Learned to Lie by Krista Beyond Salvation by Mark Ponyboy Peters Krista's Prompts by Krista By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens 5 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories The Watchers: Paradox Lost by Topher Lydon Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW Ottawa Tales by Topher Lydon A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W 47 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Finding Home: Hood & Holy Water, Bk 2 by JJQuinn Ink and Flowers by Celian How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk Kill the Messenger by mastershakeme Misaligned by Laura S. Fox The Librarian and the Assassin, a Sapphic Romance at the End of the World by Adam Andrews Johnson Down In The Holler by CasualWanderer82 In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex Flame and Frost by lomax61 The Golosina, the Forgotten Land and the Skurkene by J92 Traded Goods by Yeoldebard What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon Reverent: Six by Tony S. The Legend of Fred Krueger by Twisted_Dreemz Soccer Rivals by Golden Ghost Pen The Storm Wolf: Gathering Clouds by RedMoon Serenity by Albert1434 The Clinton Boys Head South by Lee Wilson In the Angel's Keeping by Josh Aterovis Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill Love is... 3 (Arthur and Max) by Tony S. Another Time by Celian Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories The Inch Between Them by D.K. Daniels **Complete** Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox **Complete** BigPaws by Jack Poignet Confessions of a Gay Supervillain by Jason D. Karl Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus Ash's Marriage Trigger by Thirdly **Complete** Bob and the Biker by Jack Poignet **Complete** Peter's Story by Connectwriter Northern Lights by Golden Ghost Pen Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill Randy for Submission, Pursuing the One by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian Sapphire in the Stars by JujuTheDruid Tate and The 1st Year Wizard Problem by Kyler Stone Angel Awakened by Painawakened A Letter Surprises by Paladin **Complete** The Purple Phoenix by GENERAL PIGNOUF Good Times by Albert1434 LEGALLY BOUND by vanalas The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories Superman and Lex In: Unexpected Discoveries by Ticklishboy30 **Complete** Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox Stupid in Love by Inkognito **Complete** 1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories Poems by Jellico by Jellico Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

Look at those 3 women, lushes I say