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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 190th (Here, Let Me Give You the Heimlich Maneuver Guys [HLMGYTHMG])

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Congrats to Jane(PS), who won Beyond Reckless (2nd ed) by Ava March!

Congrats to Shellirie, who won Base Over Apex (Kinky Cupid #2) by Kim Dare!

Congrats to Antonia, who won Floodgates by Mary Calmes! Floodgates was released by Dreamspinner Press on March 3.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Here, Let Me Give You the Heimlich Maneuver Guys (HLMGYTHMG). Such a thoughtful young man, no? 😉

skipped out on

because they heard a rumor that

was going to

more time and beg him, “

” because

(no, not

like Poseidon’s last gift) compelled him to do so, but instead the Prodigal Brother had gone

and was

for

.

The end! Fortunately. 🙂

“Oh, look, more naughty boys. I’ll just be over here, ignoring them and cleaning my butt.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 189th (The return of Inexplicably Holding A Spear And Crabby About It Guy)

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Congrats to Ninna, who won Almost Mine by Eden Winters!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Inexplicably Holding A Spear And Crabby About It Guy (IHASACAIG).

, a

who feared neither

nor

, had heeded

to indulge in both

when he was suddenly

to be

and

, then sold by the Vikings to be a

.

I have nothing to say in my defense. 😀

“Ignoring you and the naughty boys, Mom!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 188th (The return of Prison Stripes Guy)

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Congrats to Julia, who won It’s All Geek to Me by JL Merrow! It’s All Geek to Me is being released today by Riptide Publishing.

Congrats to Bobbie, who won One Good Deed by Andrew Grey! One Good Deed is also being released today by Dreamspinner Press.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Prison Stripes Guy. Thanks to Carolyn for finding some of these covers!

After Mark Cooper broke

, his car was

and towed to

Lot

, where it caught fire and was left to

in the

s of the lot. The case subsequently ended up in court as

and anti-

Mark was sentenced to

working at the

. As he toiled away,

uncontainable, it wasn’t long

found him and begged, “

, then

.”

I’m as surprised as you are about where this went! 🙂

“Not looking at you, Mom! Even these stripey socks that you knit for me to sit on can’t outweigh all the naughty boys.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 187th (The return of the return of Tie Guy Two)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Tie Guy Two (and I spent so much time fixing broken links in his two previous posts, you should definitely go check them out!).

were still arguing about whether they should have a

or an

when

the conductor yelled, “

to follow the

!”, then asked them, “

” as they embarked, commencing

indeed – they spent their time

(catering to

s),

(who seemed to have a

and not much else), and attending sessions of

.

*blink blink*

“Hmph. I’m just going to stare at the big kitty and ignore you and your naughty boys, Mom!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 186th (The return of the return of ITSFMSG)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with I’m Too Sexy For My Shirt Guy (ITSFMSG) yet again.

The

was staying

at

when he developed

due to some

after he shared

with a

, who,

, told the cattle baron, “I just want to

because

like

!”, which is when Mark claims he knew

was going on and went to work

and

with his

.

*judging glare* -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 185th (Guy with a Tragic Past)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Guy with a Tragic Past. I mean, just look at that soulful expression. 😉

,

, was

to defend

(worrying to himself, “But what

?!”) after the Texan was discovered

cooking

for that new cooking show,

and Pastries – really, what

could go wrong, besides having to face a

, of course?!

…okay…

“You know what you did. Be better, Mom.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 184th (Sees a Spider on the Ceiling Guy [SASOTCG])

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Congrats to Kayla J, who won Galen and the Forest Lord (2nd ed) by Eden Winters!

Congrats to Cia N, Jennifer S, and Jess1, who won Behind the Curtain by Amy Lane! Behind the Curtain will be released by Dreamspinner Press on January 6.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Sees a Spider on the Ceiling Guy (SASOTCG).

It wasn’t until he was watching

on pay-per-view in

that

with

had the first of many

as he watched the

exclaim on the screen, “

, you have no idea how much

! I’ll not reckon

now – instead, let’s have

to play with!”

*blink blink blink*

“I don’t think any cats should get involved in these naughty boy shenanigans, Mom!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 183rd (Lapsitter and Unfaithful Guy [LUG])

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Congrats to Angelique, who won ebook copies of the entire reissued set of The Match Before Christmas: The Match Before Christmas, Fanning the Flames, and I Lie I Can Live With by Eden Winters!

Congrats to Nancy, who won Different Strokes by Nico Jaye!

Congrats to Paula, who won Love Rising (Isla Sagario #1) by Piper Vaughn! Love Rising will be released by Dreamspinner Press on January 1.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Lapsitter and Unfaithful Guy, collectively to be known as LUG. Shiloh Walker posted about this couple a few years ago. (Thanks to Nichole for letting me know about that! 🙂 )

One

, as

did glow,

confessed she was concerned about

as tribute for the

, whose

into the

had ended when she found herself

and subsequently

from the void, even as she announced, “While I know Nita is

, I’ll not see her

– so think upon that tonight

!”

Um. Pretty sure this Misadventure was all tangent, no plot. 🙂

“Oh great, now there’s a naughty girl?!?” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 182nd (It’s Baddest Santa Guy down the chimney again…) (NSFWish)

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Congrats to Yvette, who won Training Season by Leta Blake!

Congrats to Loren, who won Where the Lovelight Gleams by Keira Andrews!

Congrats to Karl, who won Nowhere to Hide (2nd ed) by Clare London! Nowhere to Hide (2nd ed) was released December 22 by JMS Books.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today is the (apparently) annual Baddest Santa Guy holiday special post. Check out the original Baddest Santa Guy post from two years ago to find out how he got his name. (That post is not recommended for people who actually eat candy canes.) Here’s the post from last year.

to

,

received

in response to their

– as with most

, it started with

to deliver some

, as well as a bit of

in the form of

, who had a

and

and definitely helped them celebrate

, so much so that

, the naughty elves all shouted out with glee, “

” Hopefully this was all

and didn’t leave you with

. 😀

“Wake me up when this very naughty naughty boy is gone.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 181st (Extremely Limited Wardrobe Guy)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Extremely Limited Wardrobe Guy. Although I suppose he does have more of a wardrobe than the half naked guys… 😀

assistant could

when he had to

about his

and why he was

of character, when Mark yelled, “He had

, and there was

on the set – check the

if you don’t believe me!”

Moving right along…

“So disappointed, Mom. SO DISAPPOINTED.” -Mayhem