Valkyrie

I'm going to be spending Halloween in Toronto with two of my BFFs. We're going to Woodbine on Friday and then a costume party on Saturday. I decided to be the most Canadian thing I could think of. And no, it's not a beer-swizzling otter I'm going to be a lumberjack moose

How has everyone been enjoying the anthology stories so far? We've had 12 stories featured over the past two weeks, and here are another six. And... drum roll... stay tuned for next week's blog because we're not done yet! Keep those comments and reviews coming. I know how much authors appreciate feedback, so please continue to show support to the authors who took time to participate in this year's anthology. Now on to the featured creatures!

Get reading because there's more stories coming tomorrow

Who's ready for more anthology stories? I have six more creatures to be released Keep those reviews, reactions, and comments coming!

Thank you!

Everyone is currently at their jobs, so it will likely get fixed sometime this afternoon/evening EST.

Apparently internet-dwelling creatures have absconded with the anthology stories... The links are live on my end, so there must be some sort of bug or glitch that needs squashing by our Grand Wizard @Myr

It's here! It's here! We've been waiting all year, and it's finally time to release the beasts! Uh... creatures... uh... anthology stories We had a fantastic turnout for this anthology, so get ready to read, comment, react, and review! I'll be splitting up the submissions over the next few weeks, so if you don't see your story featured here today, don't worry, you're on the list for a different week this month.

Our high here is 85F today. Should be in the 60s.

Same here. It's also been ridiculously warm this fall, which means a warm lake. Not good when temps start to fall, as that means lake effect snow.

No rain here. It's been so dry, we're actually in a drought We've been having summer temps this fall, and I can't wait till Wednesday when our temps finally become seasonal. And Tuesday we finally have some rain in the forecast.

It's super easy to get sucked into negativity, whether it's the news, social media, family, work, the weather... I'm guilty of falling into this trap, but over the past few years I've been trying to learn how to find positives to counterbalance the negative. Some days are definitely harder than others, that's for sure. A dear friend of mine has been my inspiration in this journey. They always know what to say to make me feel better, and their positive outlook on life is contagious. We need more of this in the world. Believe me, I know that things aren't sunshine and unicorns all the time, and I'm not saying they have to be. I need a good ugly cry while stuffing my face with an entire bag of cheezy puffs every once in a while and feel no shame in doing so. And I totally admit to flipping off more people than I probably should when driving. But then I tell myself, maybe that a-hole who just cut me off after tailgating me is on their way to an emergency, or simply having an ugly-cry-cheeze-puff-eating day, and then sit on my hands instead of giving them the bird. Anyway, enough rambling. On to the prompts! PT Prompt #310 Create a negative situation for your character, then put a positive spin on it. PT Prompt #311 Write about how you handle negative situations like the traffic scenario above. Please include the prompt number either in your story/chapter description or title to help readers who would like to search for specific prompts. Also, please remember that stories less than one thousand words must be posted as part of a collection. If you check the subgenre ‘prompt’ in your story tags, then people/readers can find everything here: https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/subgenre/prompt/

Foreboding - the sense that @wildone will have before reading my anthology story

We'll definitely be keeping our standbys. It's up to the authors and readers to make them bigger and better, which they do every year