I added my thoughts to this post a couple pages (and 3 1/2 years) ago, and I stand by my thoughts and likes from that post.
In the last couple years, I have enormously enjoyed authors like FyreCracka, Kiva, southwrestler09 and bcw8, who have all turned out wonderful stories that capture my imagination. Of course, my tastes will be different than everyone else.
It is interesting that at present all four of them have taken or took a break from posting new stories. Kiva and bcw8 have both leaned toward art and away from words for a bit, and Fyre finally seems to be starting to get back to writing with a recent story about her husband on the Men vs Men board.
This is NOT a criticism of them--writing is hard and the muse often leaves for extended periods of time. This is a reminder to the rest of us that we should be grateful for the talents of all of the writers who have placed stories on this board and cherish them. I have noted often that we could spend hours going back into the depths of this site and find some incredible stories that would be as enjoyable as our current batch. So if you like a particular story, use the search function to find either more stories from that writer or find a phrase that uses the theme or idea in a story you like to see if you can't fish for new stories to read.
I appreciate all of the authors who have posted stories on this site. This site has been and continues to be one of the best historical libraries of these type of stories, and I am grateful that it exists.
Thank you to all of the authors who have contributed to this site, past and present.