The SECRETS OF THE OCCULT story challenge has closed to entries, and we're now in the two-week judging period! So [read, rate, and enjoy...](/storyCampaign/show/10000008) And remember, both ratings *and* Favorites count toward the final tally! Official standings (and Top Five) will be auto-calculated by the site's formula on the evening of Sunday April 2 (midnight of 4/3 UTC).

#### Occult Story Challenge ending this Monday! Just your friendly reminder that the SECRETS OF THE OCCULT story contest will wrap up in a couple days! The **deadline to submit** is on the **evening of Monday, March 20th** (midnight UTC on 3/21, click [here](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000008) to see the exact time in your region). Be sure to check out the stories [already entered into the contest](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000008) and give them a read. Remember, every rating and "Favorite" will count toward their final tally! Good luck — and we look forward to reading your stories! 😊

### Discord dropped I've left Discord and severed the link between the sites and the Discord server that used to be associated to these sites. Read more about this change here: https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/discord/5265 It was a good time. And all good things...

#### Story Challenge ending after this coming weekend 😲 Just your friendly reminder that the SECRETS OF THE OCCULT story contest will wrap up soon! The **deadline to submit** is on the evening of Monday, **March 20th** (midnight UTC on 3/21, click [here](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000008) to see the exact time in your region). If you have any questions, feel free to DM me on the GKS forum — and good luck! Be sure to check out the stories [already entered into the contest](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000008) and give them a read. Remember, every rating and "Favorite" will count toward their final tally!

#### Story contest in collaboration with [Gay Harem](https://tm-offers.gamingadult.com/?offer=49&uid=7d721a02-e614-45a2-a8ed-cb4218903e5d) The browser game [Gay Harem](https://tm-offers.gamingadult.com/?offer=49&uid=7d721a02-e614-45a2-a8ed-cb4218903e5d) and GayKinkyStories just started a special story contest together. All participants and the top 5 stories will be awarded with some in-game prices. [Click here for the details](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000009). If you have questions about this or want to comment, please use [this forum thread](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/collaboration-with-gay-harem/5189).

#### Story Challenge Announcement: SECRETS OF THE OCCULT Apologies for this belated announcement — I realize I never officially announced the new challenge! But as some of you may have already noticed... the newest story challenge opened for submissions last weekend! We can't wait to read what stories you come up with for this theme. What's *your* SECRETS OF THE OCCULT story? The deadline to submit is roughly a month and a half from now, on Monday March 20th. Final results will be announced around two weeks after challenge submissions conclude, on the eve of Sunday April 2. Be sure to click and check out [the challenge rules](/storyCampaign/show/10000008), too, for more details about how it all works — including that you *can* submit multi-chapter stories to challenges now! If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out via the Discord server. You can find me in the #writing-workshop channel if needed. Good luck, and we look forward to reading your stories... 👀

## Tracking of read stories The site now tracks which stories you've already read (if you're logged on), to make life easier for you and to enable you to track which series you're following. Little green and blue checkmarks are shown next to the story and series title to show that you've been reading them. [See here for more details](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/site-updates-pt-2/1549/120?u=martin)

### Secret Satan Despite having read all of your smut, Santa is feeling well again. It's a true Christmas Miracle! Satan meanwhile has returned to the hellhole he crawled out of, mumbling something about next time or whatever. This year's Secret Santa (Satan) has ended and you can find the stories [searching for the Secret Santa tag (or simply click here)!](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/search?topic=&searchTerm=&tagList=secret+santa&tagSearchMode=and&useAlias=true) Until next year!

### X-Mas Update The last couple of days I've pushed some updates to the sites which add some obvious visual changes and some functional changes. ***Highlights*** - Branched series are improved to allow to create fully interactive stories. This could allow for amazing new content, especially if combined with "Community Series". - By default all sites will now show all stories. See [my detailed posting](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/site-updates-pt-2/1549/113?u=martin) to learn why I've done this and how to turn this off, if you really must. All changes are explained in detail in [this forum posting](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/site-updates-pt-2/1549/111?u=martin)

### Vote on the new theme for the upcoming story challenge Come visit the site’s Discord server to vote on the theme for the upcoming story challenge! The five themes up for a vote are: - EROTIC NOIR - SECRETS OF THE OCCULT - CYBERPUNK - SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM - SEX ON THE BEACH The poll is in #the-voting-channel on the site's Discord server. It's linked [here](https://discord.com/channels/536962838804299797/762401493609349183/1048503904964460565). Additional details and descriptions can be found in [this post](https://discord.com/channels/536962838804299797/537330419767443456/1048501467188830238) within the #writing-workshop channel of the server. You can ask questions in that channel, too! Voting will last until approximately next Sunday, December 11. Which theme do you want to see win? Let us know by voting… See you there!

### Secret Satan 2022 It’s that time of the year again and Secret Santa is back for some hot Christmas writing action. Except Santa is sick this year. Oh no. But luckily for us Satan was so kind to jump in as a replacement. Oh no! This year's Secret Santa, hosted by Cockatrice, is open for sign-up! Check out [the forum post](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/secret-satan-2022/4892) for the rules and a sign-up form. Have fun!

### Story challenge results are up! The final standings for the Halloween 2022 challenge [have been revealed](/storyCampaign/show/10000007)! 🥇 In first place we have "[Reality Brew™](/story/show/10005039)", by [Philip K](/user/listStories/10022196)! 🥈 [S. Q. Neemie’s](/user/listSeries/767920) series “[The Festival of Haasenpfaap](/series/show/10002374)” was close behind in second place! Congratulations to S. Q. Neemie on this uniquely sexy and heartwarming series! 🥉 And please give a round of applause for the three outstanding runners-up: "[Unlabelled Sweets](/story/show/10004826)" by [I.am.all](/user/listSeries/10005524); "[The Last Halloween](/series/show/10002371)" by [Essex](/user/listSeries/909447); and "[Trick, treat or smell my feet.](/series/show/10002394)" by [Wakeup](/user/listSeries/353704). What an incredible range — we had a really strong slate this year! Thank you, truly, to all the authors who participated. It was a pleasure to see such an immense outpouring of creative Halloween stories this year. Every story earned its own fans, and this challenge would not have been the same without you — this was one of the most-entered challenges we've _ever_ had. Thank you all for making this challenge as much spooky fun as it was! (P.S.: I'm posting this news on Philip's behalf as he didn't want to announce himself as the winner ... the modest fella he is ... :) - Martin"

### Story challenge results are up! The final standings for the Halloween 2022 challenge [have been revealed](/storyCampaign/show/10000007)! 🥇 In first place we have "[Reality Brew™](/story/show/10005039)", by [Philip K](/user/listStories/10022196)! 🥈 [S. Q. Neemie’s](/user/listSeries/767920) series “[The Festival of Haasenpfaap](/series/show/10002374)” was close behind in second place! Congratulations to S. Q. Neemie on this uniquely sexy and heartwarming series! 🥉 And please give a round of applause for the three outstanding runners-up: "[Unlabelled Sweets](/story/show/10004826)" by [I.am.all](/user/listSeries/10005524); "[The Last Halloween](/series/show/10002371)" by [Essex](/user/listSeries/909447); and "[Trick, treat or smell my feet.](/series/show/10002394)" by [Wakeup](/user/listSeries/353704). What an incredible range — we had a really strong slate this year! Thank you, truly, to all the authors who participated. It was a pleasure to see such an immense outpouring of creative Halloween stories this year. Every story earned its own fans, and this challenge would not have been the same without you — this was one of the most-entered challenges we've _ever_ had. Thank you all for making this challenge as much spooky fun as it was!

The Halloween challenge has closed to entries, and we're now in the two-week judging period! So [read, rate, and enjoy...](/storyCampaign/show/10000007) And remember, both ratings *and* Favorites count toward the final tally! Official standings (and Top Five) will be auto-calculated on the evening of Sunday November 13 (midnight of 11/14 UTC). We've also added a **new feature**. Once the challenge results are announced and locked into place, authors are free to continue adding new chapters to their Halloween Challenge stories. Meaning: if, *after* November 13, you'd like to continue writing a series you submitted for the Halloween Challenge, then you can now do so now, just like with any regular story on the site. And doing so won't affect the challenge results. How spooky!

#### Halloween Story Challenge ending on (_drumroll..._) Halloween! Just your friendly reminder that the Halloween 2022 story contest will wrap up soon, on the eve of Halloween! The deadline to submit is on **the evening of Monday, October 31st** (midnight UTC on 11/1, click [here](/storyCampaign/show/10000007) to see the exact time in your region). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ping me on the Discord server — and good luck! Be sure to check out the stories [already entered into the contest](/storyCampaign/show/10000007) and give them a read. Remember, every rating and "Favorite" will count toward their final tally!

## Branched and Interactive Stories The option to create series with alternativ routes has been added to all sites. Now authors can involve their readers interactively and explore various alternatives for their storylines. Or you can create Community Stories where different authors can work together to create a complex, branching scenario - similar to [CYOC interactives](https://www.cyoc.net/interactives/). [Read more about this feature.](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/branching-interactive-series/4724/2) I've converted some older series to the new format. Check them out here: [A Game of Ass Assassin](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/series/show/793394) - [The Grandfather's Gift](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/series/show/403955) - [Ass Assassin, Round 2](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/series/show/865699) I hope we'll see many more interactive and branching series soon!

### New Story Challenge: Halloween 2022 The newest story challenge has opened for submissions! We can't wait to read what stories you come up with for this coming Halloween. What's *your* Halloween story? The deadline to submit is roughly six weeks from now, on Monday October 31st. Final results will be announced around two weeks after challenge submissions conclude, on the eve of Sunday November 13. Be sure to click and check out the challenge rules, too, for more details about how it all works — including how the Halloween challenge does *not* hide author names, and you *can* submit more than one story if you wish! If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out via the Discord server. You can find me in the #writing-workshop channel if needed. Let the challenge begin!

### Story challenge results are up! The final standings for the "TOXIC" MASCULINITY challenge [have been revealed](/storyCampaign/show/10000006) — along with the identities of all the authors who participated! 🥇 [S. Q. Neemie’s](/user/show/767920) stellar story “[The Ballerbug Outbreak](/story/show/10004352)” scored the highest marks, a big congratulations to S. Q. Neemie! A story like this should wear a warning / It's dangerous, I'm falling... 🥈 Coming close in second place is the excellent "[DILF Dungeon](/story/show/10004305)", by first-time author [retread](/user/listStories/10025710). An impressive debut indeed, retread! With a taste of your prose, I'm on a ride... 🥉 And please give a round of applause for the three outstanding runners-up: "[Curse of the Werebull](/story/show/10004413)" by [Soren Fitz](/user/show/10011670); "[Toxique](/story/show/10004214)" by [Twan Andersen](/user/show/10018149); and "[Sharing is Caring](/story/show/10004412)" by [Mr. Sandman](/user/show/160582). The sheer range of stories here is fantastic. In the words of renown philosopher Plato, "I love what you do! Don't you know that you're toxic?" Thank you, truly, to all the authors who participated — it was a pleasure to see the stories inspired by the prompt. And every story earned its own fans & enthusiastic comments. This challenge would not have been the same without you. Thank you all for making this challenge as much fun as it was! > ***Martin:*** *Please also all :clap: and :heartpulse: for the amazing Philip K. who just perfectly organized his very first story contest on our sites!!!!* > > :kissing_heart:

#### Read and rate the contest entries until July 24th We've got about a week before winners (and authors) are revealed for the "TOXIC" MASCULINITY story challenge — so you still have time to [read the stories and rate them](/storyCampaign/show/10000006), and influence the final tally! There are lots of great stories in this round, and _your_ vote could be the one that makes the difference. Final standings will be calculated on the evening of July 24th (midnight on July 25th UTC). Only ratings and Favorites made before then will be taken into account for the final scores.

#### Story Challenge ending this weekend 😲 Just your friendly reminder that the "TOXIC" MASCULINITY story contest will wrap up soon! The **deadline to submit** is on **the evening of Sunday, July 10th** (midnight UTC on 7/11, click [here](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000006) to see the exact time in your region). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ping me on the Discord server — and good luck! Be sure to check out the stories [already entered into the contest](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000006) and give them a read. Remember, every rating and "Favorite" will count toward their final tally!

#### ❗Story Challenge deadline ++extended++ by two weeks After conversations with a number of authors, I've made the decision to extend the deadline for the "TOXIC" MASCULINITY story challenge by two weeks. **The new deadline to submit your story is the evening of** **++Sunday, July 11.++** (You can check the exact time in your time zone [here](/storyCampaign/show/10000006).) For people still working on their entries, this gives you _two_ extra weekends in which to get them done! The full details of the story challenge can be found [here](/storyCampaign/show/10000006). As before, final results and author names will be revealed two weeks after the submission deadline — in this case, on the evening of July 24. A fuller conversation around my decision to extend the deadline can be found in the #writing-workshop channel on the site's Discord server.

#### Story Challenge ending this weekend 😲 Just your friendly reminder that the "TOXIC" MASCULINITY story contest will wrap up soon! The **deadline to submit** is on **the evening of Sunday, July 10th** (midnight UTC on 7/11, click [here](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000006) to see the exact time in your region). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ping me on the Discord server — and good luck! Be sure to check out the stories [already entered into the contest](https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000006) and give them a read. Remember, every rating and "Favorite" will count toward their final tally!

#### Story Challenge ending in two and a half weeks Hey everyone! Just sharing the standard reminder that the story challenge "TOXIC" MASCULINITY wraps up in a couple of weekends. The deadline to submit your story is Sunday June 26! All details on submitting a story to the challenge can be found here: https://www.gayspiralstories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000006 Make sure to check out the stories already in the challenge and give them some love!

Hey all, this is time_to_occur! Along with 9 other authors, I created the [PLOTHOLE: Loregasm Edition Bundle](https://itch.io/b/1383/plothole-loregasm-edition), featuring 17 stories by 10 authors for just $10! The proceeds are split between paying authors and supporting their chosen charities, the Trevor Project and the You Can Play project. We would love your support. I have been interviewing all the authors of the bundle. I’ve finished five of ten interviews so far and wanted a place to share them with you – most are people you already know and love. In order of appearance, we have interviews with: [Soren Fitz](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-soren-fitz/) [Evan Jackson](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-evan-jackson/) [10tacles](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-10tacles/) [Nutiper](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-nutiper/) [Dace McGraw](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-dace-mcgraw/) [Davis G. See](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-davis-g-see/) [time.to.occur](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-time-to-occur/) [Noam de Pluma](https://kinkymind.games/plothole-authors-after-dark-an-interview-with-noam-de-pluma/) I hope you enjoy these author interviews! There’s more to come. Please support the bundle if you can! *Note from Martin: [Click here ](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/plothole-bundle-author-interviews/4353)to see the discussion about this in the forum!*

### New Story Challenge: "TOXIC" MASCULINITY The newest story challenge has opened for submissions! We can't wait to read what stories you come up with for the theme. What's *your* "TOXIC" MASCULINITY story? The deadline to submit is roughly six weeks from now, on Sunday June 26th. Final results will be announced two weeks after challenge submissions conclude, on Sunday July 10. Be sure to click and check out the challenge rules, too, for more details about how it all works! If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out via the Discord server. You can find me in the #writing-workshop channel if needed. Let the challenge begin!

### Vote on the new theme for the upcoming story challenge Come visit the site’s Discord server to vote on the theme for the upcoming story challenge! The five themes up for a vote are: - LIFE ON T.V. - “TOXIC” MASCULINITY - UNIFORM - MYTHOLOGICAL - NEW APP The poll is in #the-voting-channel on the site's Discord server. It's linked [here](https://discord.com/channels/536962838804299797/762401493609349183/969994610267021322). Additional details and descriptions can be found in [this post](https://discord.com/channels/536962838804299797/537330419767443456/969993818474696784) within the #writing-workshop channel of the server. You can ask questions in that channel, too! Voting will last until approximately Sunday, May 8. Which theme do you want to see win? Let us know by voting… See you there!

### Rules for [GayCollarStories ](https://www.gaycollarstories.com) We've clarified the rules for [GayCollarStories ](https://www.gaycollarstories.com), especially the part about non-consensual scenarios. You can see the updated rules on the [New Story Submission page](https://www.gaycollarstories.com/story/create). There is now a new category for non-consensual stories. All stores containing any non-con scenario have to be placed into that category. We still insist that non-con scenarios have to be _**purely fictional in tone**_! That means that you cannot use any real drugs (GHB, Chloroform etc.) or describe a rape scene as it could really happen. It has to be absolutely clear that this is a completely unrealistic fantasy, not something anyone could actually make happen realistically. We've decided to allow already approved stories to remain on the site, even though some of them clearly violate that rule (which has been in effect all along!). In the future we will be more strict though. We encourage the authors of already published stories to edit them to make it clear that they're fictional, especially if you plan to add new chapters to them.

### Story approval process changed I have to admit, that due to the sheer amount of stories submitted to our sites, I have been neglecting my duties and allowed most stories to pass without really reading them. And to the credit of all our authors, this didn't cause any issue so far! But I've decided that I want to improve the process a bit just to be on the safe side. That's why I asked for people to help me, and I got an amazing response. So we now have a whole team of people sharing the approval duties, which should make it both faster and more reliable. Check out the [rules for each site](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/create) before submitting a story there. The rules differ slightly from site to site regarding the age of the characters allowed there and the handling of non-consensual acts. So please welcome our new approval team (listed alphabetical): [Braslu](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/10014806), [Cervello](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/354726), [hypnodazed](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/10021585), [Norismo](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/2849185), [S. Q. Neemie](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/767920), [Soren Fitz](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/10011670), [Swizzington](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/70704), [time.to.occur](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/1662851), [Transformheaven](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/295209), [Twan Andersen](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/10018149) and [txleatherman](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/1654704) The rest of the admin team, namely [Grant Spiral](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/57142), [MonsterMash62](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/3332), [mw-scot](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/31193), [Philip K.](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/10022196), [The Dirty Spiders](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/571676), and myself are also there to approve a story every once and a while, of course.

### Final final standings are up! The corrected [final standings for the latest story challenge "Turnabout"](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000005) are now up. I'm very sorry for the initial, faulty list of results. [Check out this forum posting](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/challenge-turnabout-wrong-final-ranking/4230) for the details about what happened and to see this original faulty list. Regardless of the results, the overall quality of the stories in this challenge is really amazing! Congratulations to the winner of the challenge, ["The Cook Of"](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003481) by [_bluesdwho_](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/1225367)! In the end the crazy amount of "Favorite" clicks granted him the top spot. Second place goes to ["Baseball Butt Changes"](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003496) by [_SC Walker_](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/1052782) which is also liked by a huge amount of people. The winner in the flawed standings, ["Stray Thought: Adoption"](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003643) by our [_Nocturne13_](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/263497) comes in at third place now. Its ratings are amazing (3 golden and 3 silver badges!) but the top 2 stories got more likes, which made the difference in the end. Runners up are now ["Memory Fuck"](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003689) by [_Gayborhood_](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/315357) and ["Pheromones and the Boys Who Don't Want Them"](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003599) by [_Soren Fitz_](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/user/show/10011670). Congratulations to all of you and of course also to those who didn't make it into the top 5. You were all amazing! Sorry again to [Pup Jock: Enter the Daddy-verse](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003692), [Hexblue: Toy Turnabout](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003686) and [time_to_occur: The B (in BDSM) is for Béchamel](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/story/show/10003678) , who were listed in the original, faulty top 5. And of course to Nocturne13, who was the original winner. As punishment, I'm now going to flock myself...

### Bogus challenge results listed but The [results of our latest challenge](https://www.gaykinkystories.com/storyCampaign/show/10000005) are now listed and the authors have been revealed! Unfortunately, there was a bug in the calculation that results in an unfair advantage for stories cross posted to multiple sites (i.e. also on Cupid or Collar). I've fixed that, but the corrected top 5 would look different with that fix. It might be unfair and look arbitrary for the current top 5 to change the ranking after they had already been awarded. I've started a [poll on Discord](https://discord.com/channels/536962838804299797/536965744840146977/960532276234571847) where you can add your opinion whether you want the original ranking to stand or would rather see it replaced with the fixed one. Especially authors who participated in the challenge should answer that poll. Sorry for all that confusion and discontent that has caused!