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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 206th (The return of the return of Prison Stripes Guy)



Congrats to MarMight, who was lucky commenter #100,000!



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Prison Stripes Guy… again. Thanks to everyone who sent covers!

, one of

living out

, looked

, but

can be deceiving – people did

when they discovered he was also

, the infamous

who would still be terrifying

, especially to those

with the

s he was willing to make as he destroyed their

and crossed the

.

Doesn’t sound like a very nice guy, does he?


“Maybe it’s time to get a new hobby, Mom. There are just too many naught boys!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 205th (The return of Holding on to His Hat Guy [HotHHG])



Two contests this week – stop back Tuesday and Thursday. 🙂



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Holding on to His Hat Guy (HotHHG).

One hot

,

(who preferred to be known as the

due to the unfortunate ‘T’ for ‘R’ switcheroo in his nickname) was tired of playing

at

with the other

as they waited for

to sweep in with the

and

, wearing

while

, and whisk them away on a

to

and

.

Well. You’ll probably have to read that more than once for it to make any sense at all.


“These must be the naughtiest cowboys ever!!!!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 204th (The return of the return of the Staring Contest Guys)

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with the Staring Contest Guys.

(every

or so),

wished he could wear

in

(and that fit less

) before making

that he suspected would be

someday, but he needed their

to stay free of the

some that would break

like

.

The end! Poor Mister Romance, huh?


“I don’t know why you even bother with those naughty boys, Mom, when I am so much cuter!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 203rd (Haughty Blond Guy rides again!)

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Haughty Blond Guy. Onward!

During the

, after

, when even

hadn’t helped (so much for

s, huh?) unless you were

,

the

were arguing over whether

or not, ignoring the

through which

was

and

.

Well then. No need to worry anymore that they’ve been making too much sense lately! 😉


*sigh* – Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 202nd (The return of PITTG [Posture-Improving Tank Top Guy])



Congrats to Shirley Ann, who won No Angel by Clare London!



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Posture-Improving Tank Top Guy (PITTG).

After being

, the

‘s

knew

wouldn’t be going

, but doing it with

.

…that made sense. Darn it! 😉


“No, no, don’t mind – I’ll just huddle pathetically on this lumpy thing until you have those naughty boys out of your system, Mom.” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 201st (The return of the return of the return of the return of Torso Guy)

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Torso Guy… again. 🙂

The

knew to

, but because of their amazing

and how they kept everything

, neither of them had been prepared to be

while they were hanging out in the

with

, admiring

, basking in his amazing

, and discussing why

when you’re

, until they were unceremoniously interrupted by

, who stopped to offer them some

via the

company.

I recommend taking a moment until you’re less dizzy from reading that before you go on with the rest of your day. 😉


*lashing tail* -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 200th (The return of the return of Stubborn Set To The Jaw Guy [SSTTJG])

Welcome to 200th edition (eek! how did that happen?!) of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Stubborn Set To The Jaw Guy (SSTTJG). (And hey, there will be three two contests this week!)

the

(infamous for his

, both of which peeked out from his

) claimed he was happy when he was simply “

and

“, but he was in for

when he discovered that

had destroyed the

while he was on

into the

.

I think if you read it with one eye closed, squinting with your other eye, it might make sense. After a few drinks.


*sigh* – Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 199th (Tell Me All About Your Silly Little Problems Guy [TMAAYSLPG])



Congrats to Engese31, who won the signed paperback copy of Becky Black’s two novella m/m science fiction romance anthology, Travelers: Tilt!



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today will be meeting Tell Me All About Your Silly Little Problems Guy (TMAAYSLPG). You’ll see which shot inspired the name a few covers down…

was secretly a

and member of

,

and the

to escape from the

and track down the three evil angels (the

, the

, and the

), who

their killing spree to

by claiming it was

as they whined about

.
The end! 🙂


“This nap is too nice to be ruined by naughty boys!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 198th (The return of the Always Never Quite Kissing Guys)



Congrats to Melisa S, who won The River Leith by Leta Blake!



Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with the Always Never Quite Kissing Guys (ANQKG).

Fresh from his

,

danced

, convinced that the

of

and

he had in mind for

would transform that

into

… but unfortunately for Casey, the

were no match for the

.

Don’t look at me! I have no idea either. 🙂


“Really, I just can’t believe that there are so many naughty boys out there in the world!” -Mayhem

Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 197th (The return of Seriously Boring Blond Guy)

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be catching up with Seriously Boring Blond Guy (SBBG). Keep an eye out for the mashup between SBBG and DWSG (Duster-Wearing Sinister Guy).

After

for the

of a

was heralded by the

as one of the

of being

, the

pointed out that you’d have to be

not to see the

,

of Alan’s book,

.

…I got nothin’. Onward!


*sigh* -Mayhem