Annual Academy of Bards Valentine Special

Have you checked out the stories posted at the Academy's Valentine's Special 2011?

If not you might want to do a sample of the sweets on offer - several well known pens from the online Universe of fan fiction have chipped in this year.

Insane Englishwoman has put together a classic lesfic themed short story "Those Who Cannot See". If you find the theme appealing you can find it fully explored by LJ Maas in "None so Blind" an old favourite of mine.

If you can handle a story with tissue alert look up Lois Cloarec Hart's "Love is" - I must admit that I found it too sad to finish but well written and touching.

Kim Pritekel will serve you with a hot helping - as usual - I might say. "The One You're Looking for" is not the best work from her pen - from the long list of Kim's solo work I think that I would pick "Again" as my favourite, but then again it has been awhile since I have been through the long list of Pritekel fic's.

SX Meager delivers a long time couple, a tiny dog and a park ranger that might be both the last drop of water for the cup to run full or the first drink of a fresh cup - "The near occasion of sin" will promise a new beginning for those willing to give love a chance.

My favourite this year is Artemis Callaghan's "Would like to meet". Just like Pritekel, Callaghan explores the theme of dating sites or lonely hearts ads - but I prefer the slow romancing that we are treated to from Callaghan's pen - it's sweet, but hey it's Valentine's right? But beware I might be biased - I'm a Callaghan fan - so you better go make up your own mind.

More Than a Game by Insane Englishwoman

If you follow the updates on Uber ect you must have noticed the funny ramblings regularly posted by Ze – if not you ought to look up the updates on the site on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. After a while you will begin to wonder how many mishaps one woman can actually meet in an ordinary life – I keep wondering if this is real life or just the imaginative mind of a writer.

All the funny ramblings by Ze got me thinking that she must have posted stories online. I’ve never found any stories posted under the penname Ze, but maybe the Insane Englishwoman is the same as the blogger Ze – who knows? The Insane Englishwoman has posted a number of stories on E-scribblers, a site that seems to be run by the same crew as the Uber ect.

“More Than a Game” is the story of how Gio changed from a butch player looking for quick one night stands every weekend, to a woman willing to settle in a relationship – if she only knew how to make the right moves on the lady of her choice.

Gio is a regular at the club “Fermat’s” with a dance floor and a number of private rooms out back - available to anyone interested in a close encounter. Becca is the fair - if not quite innocent - maiden venturing into the club. Something that puts her in a situation where a bit of rescuing by Gio will come in handy, but performing a charitable act of rescuing someone won’t automatically change a heartbreaker like Gio into a knight in shining armour – even if something about Becca draws Gio’s interest.

The story was written as parts of The Valentines Invitational at the Academy of Bards so don’t fear - a happy ending is within reach. The story is a short one but well but together with a humorous tone running through the storyline.