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Hey, I thought that "Help...." was inspired. Set the tone right off.

Did you expect me to make things easy??? It's like you don't know me at all!

Who wants to play a game? For those who want to hit an easy button, check out the spoiler below. You'll find the list of attributions for the quotes in this list from the great stories from the our Secret Author Forbidden Knowledge category. Click the picture banner if you still need to read these great stories, catch up, or want to pair up the quotes yourself! Then come back to play the first of this week's games! Remember as you read, you're also trying to figure out which character you'd most like to meet for later voting. Now, ready to play? If you want a challenge, try to remember who said which quote below or find them on your own! Story Quotes "Help…" 'You didn't stop' “I am, in truth, right sorry.” “Now we have all the time in the world.” “If you were carrying something that large around, it would affect the way you walked.” “Come on up to my lair,” “Enough. Give me facts, not funerals.” "But I can tell you I don't have to give him a spanking about it.” Truths don't like to be locked away. "You were my monster," He dropped like a college kid’s laundry bag after a month away from home.” “I always knew!” "I've had dozens of girlfriends," “I don’t have any money to play poker,” “The ghost of the chicken is strong in that one.” Quote Attributions - Click below to open spoiler

Monday!

Always interesting to learn how other people decide how to read stories. Maybe it's just me, but I'm a list person. I go top to bottom. If I'm really feeling froggy, I go bottom to top. 😮🫢🫣😉 But is that how I share things? Or list the quotes in the first game soon to come? Nahhhh.... I'm far more evil than that. Plus I use randomizers because I hate being predictable. Did you think you could get me that way? HA! 😈

On the upside, the stories will stay live (and secret!) and the games will continue for the next 3-4 weeks, so everyone will have plenty of time to read!

It might have taken a bit, but the secret stories are going live today for readers to enjoy! What mysteries are being revealed, secrets are being shared, or forbidden truths are being uncovered? Well, you'll just have to read the stories to find out! Let's go over the name of the game, just in case we have a lot of newbies here... plus I have some extra fun twists to reveal! Read, comment, and review the Forbidden Knowledge stories posted by our Secret Author. Wonder who wrote them... because no one is telling! 🙊 Game 1: Connect the Quote: Can you name the character and story the quote came from? Pretty self-explanatory! Game 2: Guess the Authors: I hope to get input from all the participants this year with a fun twist of 2 Truths & A Lie to help readers out where authors share information about how they came up with their idea or wrote their story. Game 3: Favorite Character I Want to Meet (and poll): We'll have more than one poll this year. I want to have one topic where readers get to share the character they would most love to meet from all the stories they read (and why!!). I'll use those character names to then create a poll for voting to determine a winner of the most popular character to meet. Game 4: Favorite Story: Voting poll with a topic to share thoughts on your favorite stories with reader conversation. No choice is forbidden! Game 5: Author Reveal: Can you connect the right author to the right story? How many will you get right? So keep an eye out for blogs, topics, and more to post over the next few weeks. Don't worry, you will have plenty of time to read, comment, vote, and just all over have fun with this event. The only fun that's forbidden is revealing who the real author is before the end! So click on the banner above or the link below to begin your reading adventure! https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/category/210-2026-forbidden-knowledge-secret-author/

That's what I usually do when I'm looking up stories or checking out different options from authors. I'll open the author's listing of stories and do a right click "open link in a new tab" on the story title so you can close that story and go right back to their author page and list of stories when you finish the one you were enjoying to find the next one that catches your fancy from their listing (because that tab is still sitting open).

Now, there has been some.... misinformation out there. 15th... 16th... what was the true date? Was someone trying to keep your favorite author from playing this game or you from knowing all the juicy details of the forbidden truths hidden in this year's entries by changing it up from blog post to blog post? I will admit nothing! Neither will the team! But since there MAY have been some confusion out there, I will accept late stories on the 16th if they come in while I *coughs* the Forbidden Author, works on formatting everything for the event. So get your guessers ready, your game faces on, and let the fun ALMOST begin. I know some of you late night Lucies out there YOU CAN get us a story!

I don't post the stories for a few days, so due to the mix up on a few blogs posted, I will accept Secret Author stories on the 16th if they come in that day as I work on formatting and the contests. Thanks,!!

Peanut butter & banana... Yum!! I like this in yogurt, in a wrap, smoothied, blended and frozen in coins for a cool down treat... Really, you can't go wrong any way you put them together!

That's right, to whet your whistle, so to speak, this month we're looking back at last year's submissions to the Secret Author contest! Authors maybe aren't sure how to incorporate a Secret/Forbidden topic into the story or just how tangential it can be, these stories could be the inspiration needed (you never know which new author may take up the mantle for the contest once they have a reference!) Readers, well... sometimes we all enjoy a 2nd, 3rd, or more look back at content from our favorite authors! And mayyyyybe it will help you decipher who wrote which story this year? 2025 Secret Author Contest - Reveal the Truth Thoughts from readers on some of the submissions: @Jeff Burton on Unmasked by @BendtedWreath As I said in my comment, this story is stupid-cute. Years can keep people at bay, but the feels always bring them together. @Headstall on Four Hours by @Cole Matthews: And now for something completely different. This short story takes the reader all kinds of places. Give it a read. @Thirdly on Liminal by @Camy: Dag-friggin-nabbit. I want to read more about this story's world and characters. @Mikiesboy on Septima's Potential by @Lorenz Qatava: Lust for what you'll get when someone dies can blind you. Don't be greedy, be grateful. This was an enjoyable read. @Gary L on Carpe Veritas by @kbois The title says it all, or does it? An intriguing read with some fantastic language and imagery. I loved all 1300 words of it. Try it and prepare to be teased! These were just a few reviews on a few of the stories submitted to the contest. Did you read and guess these authors last year? Or did they, and the others, keep their secrets???

It's always been due the 15th, BUT you did make me go check just in case I was passing along misinformation. Who, me?? Now, stories don't post that same day but the fun does begin soon after!

Wow, it's July 1st already?! There's a time warp somewhere, I swear. Or some sort of spell on my life at times, perhaps from a book of Forbidden Knowledge? Or each day I pass through the front door and enter a rift through which I lose time due to... well, who knows? What isn't forbidden is reminding all my site author friends that they need to get their themed stories to me ASAP if they want to participate in this year's fun! Click the banner to go to the event details. And readers, get ready to play.... Maybe I've already gotten yours? Hmmm... Maybe someone new has joined in, or someone who swears they just don't have time? Or someone on the site who never plays but decided to try for funsies because the third year's the charm? Do you think I have double digit submissions yet? You can't torture the names out of me, just the deadline again. JULY 15th! Tick tock... time's counting down.

Typically we ask all authors who create stories that connect to post them by creating a series or world. That will connect the stories with a link that shows up right next to the title. Readers can click on that link in order to go to a page with all of the stories listed on it in order to be able to read them. A series obviously will connect the stories in a specific reading order. A world connects the stories by the similar content the author has created but not a specific reading order usually. In this case, it appears the author has used the title to indicate this is a second story instead of following the guidelines. That does occasionally happen. You can use the author tab to search for this author's story listing and find the matching title that doesn't say volume two. You could also just use the story search field that shows up on the main stories archive page above the story listings, type in the title for volume 2, and see if it appears there with a matching title. When I did that, it did.