Good morning everyone.

A tiny hangover, but nothing to complain about. I had a Manhattan! I've been wanting to try one of those for years.

I hope everyone had fun last night. Cheers. I will have some coffee.

Comp over at Stories Space is going strong! Only 1000 words! Show us your stuff. No, not THAT stuff.

Morning all.

Just dropping in to say Happy New Year's Eve to you all (and to Annie and the other Aussies, happy New Year's Day!). We have no plans, other than enjoying ringing the new year in with pleasure, love and kindness. Okay, that and Thai food.

Peace.

Morning all. I'll have a coffee and one of those cinnamon rolls.

Nosferatu is deserving of the hype. Ms. Depp is pretty deserving too. Yum. Excellent flick.

17 days left in the comp over on Stories Space.... Join us.... Join us.... Anyone else want to sign up for Team Red or Team Blue?

I have one more story to hype, and then I will quit yammering. I have a micro up. I wrote a 188 word version that sucked balls and was up for maybe an hour before i deleted it. A week of editing and I came back with the micro version. I don't know how Kistin does it. So. Much. Work.

Anyway, it's called Good Girl.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/good-girl-9

I think there needs to be a novel option. The site runs on short stories, yes, but there are some excellent writers here—like Techgoddess—that write primarily novels, and I think they are a unique and important part of the site. They have a following, and it hurts no one to keep the category in. I think they add to the site.

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I did. I am courgette over there.

My bad. Thanks for such a lovely comment. We are off to see Nosferatu now. Looking forward to your little blue bunny tale.

One more: a Stories Site flash. No sex, but lots of sci-fi. And lately everything I write is at least partly about marriage, so I suppose that's thrown into the mix too.

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/sixteen-minutes

Well, it turns out that when you haven't written porn for a year and start back up, all sorts of things spill out. Here's a micro I am very fond of, and I have never written a good micro before. Please give this a read: https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/good-girl-9

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Sounds like a brand of beer, non? I just read Verbal's story on the Story site. spoliler alert: It was magnifique but it should come with a warning to bring tissues.

Aren't you gonna leave a comment? I'm a whore for comments!

I'm in on Blue. Sci-fi.

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/sixteen-minutes

Plus, a little micro project I'm working on.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/good-girl-9

Hello little bunny. I would be happy to read your lapine fantasy. And our only plans for New Year's is take-out Thai food, some champagne, and perhaps a gummie or three. Do bunnies do gummies?

I've submitted to the comp on Blue. I went hard sci-fi with the theme. Go Team Blue! Where are the Red Team entries?

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/sixteen-minutes

We are off to see Nosferatu today. SO psyched.

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It is not allowed. I have tried. The best you can do is use recurrent characters, but only in stories that are not otherwise linked.

Yeah, I thought I remembered something like that. If you couldn't break through that wall, no one can

I am thinking of writing a series using only micros, meaning 100 words at a time. Each micro would (hopefully) be stand-alone. But I think I read here once that you can’t do a series of micros. I agree it would be difficult to pull off well. Mods?

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My short, smut-free story of hope, if interested.

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/realistic-fiction/the-most-wonderful-gift-of-all

Go Team Blue! :worship:

This is a gorgeous piece of writing Kimmie. Really. You should be proud. Good luck with it.

Go Team Blue!

Bear and Ape also have excellent entities up over there. I will get mine up (heh) by Monday. Go read us!

Coffee and a cookie please.

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(Yawns and scatches his butt)

Only questions are: How is the score counted, and who does the counting?

And thanks to Ape for getting some caffeine going. I'll take a Bear-sized mug of Yorkshire Red, and wander back to Kimmi's Korner to snooze, perchance to sleep.

The Stories Space judges. We just follow their decisions. (Edited) First place is 4, second is 3, third is 2, and top ten is a 1. Highest average number wins. Simple! If Blue team wins, they buy drinks at either here or Inspirations (without disclosing the wildly kinky, sex-crazed nature of the Red site of course). Ditto with Red team.

I played No Man's Sky ALL DAY yesterday. 180 hours into that game now. Today, I will slightly less lazy, but not by much.

Coffee and a 🍪 please

Hello all.

Had a really sweet Christmas this year (after a run of bittersweet ones). Hung with daughter and grandson and Layla and had a wonderful time.

I got a super fancy Nintendo controller for Christmas and will spend the day playing No Man’s Sky. Does ANYONE here play this game? I am so taken with it.

We need some comp entries over on Stories Space! To recap:

Team Red: Annie, Carlton, Ape, Sprite

Team Blue: Verbal, Kimmie, Lyfbuzz, Bear

Did I miss anyone? Any more takers?

Average score wins. Losers have to buy a drink for the winners at Rumps and/or Inspirations. Sound fair?

Thanks for the coffee!

I am usually a completist, and try to read ALL the entries of any comp I enter. I fell well short this time, but I will try to read a gob of them today. SO MANY good takes on the theme.

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Lyfbuz for Team Blue!

Blue Team thus far: Verbal, Kimmie, LYF

Red team thus far: Annie

Anyone else for Team Red? Sprite? Bunny Girl? Ape? Bear? Carlton? WW? Kat? Kisten? Terrence? Did I miss anyone?

I hope everyone is safe and sane this Christmas Eve. If you have a hard time dealing with the Christmas season (and boy can I grok that) then just hunker down and be kind to yourself and get to the other side.

Peace all. Merry Christmas.

Yay! Annie is Team Red. Verbal is Team Blue. Any other takers?

I wrote two stories for this comp. The first one, I didn't read all the rules (do'h!) and didn't include anything about flashing in it. So I took it out of the comp about 5 minutes after entering. It's got bondage, filthy phone calls, and two full hours of edging. It's called Gift-rapt. I'm really proud of this one. I like to think it packs a little heat.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/flash-erotica/gift-rapt

The second story IS my official comp entry. It's lighter, less emphasis on sexual heat and more on dialogue (it's the same unnamed couple as the first story, and most of my other stories). It gets very nipple-centric, if you are into that kind of thing. Clearly, I am. With a little exhibitionism thrown in, just for kicks. Chris M called it "elegant." The story is Faith and Joy.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/flash-erotica/faith-and-joy

Excellent story. The way you ratchet up the heat and sexual tension in this is masterful. And your portrayal of the power dynamics is nuanced and fascinating. Congrats!

Morning all. And welcome back little bunny girl!

Anyone interested in a little friendly wager? For the SS comp over on the blue site: Lush writers vs. SS writers? Team Blue vs. Team Red? Best average score? If you write for both sites you get to choose your team. I'd be Team Blue.

Anyway, just a thought. Coffee please. And what the hell, fling a gummie into the bottom of that cup! I may actually try that this Christmas break. I will report my results. For science.

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I though gummies went in bourbon, not coffee? Wouldn't a gummy basically melt in coffee (assuming fresh made and therefore hot)??

Melting is the point! It just adds a little flavor, and a little bump. Okay, I've never tried it, but the internet says it works great!

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We had this on v1 for a decade. It's nice to see some old features coming back. The interminable to-do list is slowly getting done. The more we can keep people engaged, the better, I say.

This screenshot made me homesick for the old site. And Oceanrunner! Good writer! Hope he's doing well.

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For those wondering why, my next story here will be a flash retelling my current one from the store clerk's POV.

Same picture please!

Woke up too early again. Bah humbug. Better hit me with a coffee. I plan to laze away the day reading comp entries on both sites. Maybe make an attempt at a flash for the rhymes-with-gnu site.

I had a 182 word story up for about 10 minutes. Decided I didn't like it and deleted it. Thanks to the 3 or 4 people who actually saw it. I may try to whittle it down to a micro.

Coffee please! I hope that's not a gummie I see at the bottom of the cup. It's not even noon!

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gets out step ladder, nails a sign on the wall

thank you to all of you for making this possible by being wonderful human beings.

Even Kaiju? Even after destroying Tokyo? All we ever wanted was acceptance flies off happily on Mothra’s back

Nothing new here. Getting the last few touches of Christmas done.

Remember the flash comp over at Stories Space (https://www.storiesspace.com/)! Use up any leftover flash ideas for the flash comp extravaganza here! It really is fun.

Coffee and a gummie please.

I’ve had sex on LSD. It can be crazy hot, but you have to be able to get past the weird shit (I remember my girlfriend’s head turning into a bird head and having to take a moment). A big yes as long as it’s not your first time.

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Thanks for that, Ape.

EDIT: I just pulled what we'll call a Lyf, and forgot to hit the Like button on several stories I'd read and commented on. I went back and thought I got them all, but let me know if I missed yours. Or worse, if I changed my like back into a non-like because us poor colorblinds can't tell the difference between the colors. Discrimination!

A bourbon would be awesome. Maybe a gummie at the bottom, slowly dissolving into the alcohol.

There's a WHOLE NEW FLASH COMP over at Stories Space! C'mon! Let's get some Lushies over on the blue site to write some non-smutty flash! It's Christmas!

Okay. Done shouting. The comp looks cool though.

I should get to reading some comp entries over here today. So glad to be done with my two. Sadly I like my first attempt WAY better than my eventual official entry.

Coffee and a cinnamon roll please!

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Fuck. I keep forgetting to hit the "Like" thingy on stories, had to go back and hit Ensorceled's. (Sorry!)

If I comment on a story of yours and didn't "like" it, it’s because I'm a fuckup.

Thanks for liking me Lyf! I do that all the time. I am partially colorblind, and I can’t really tell when the like button has been hit. I have been known to click it 4 or 5 times, trying to figure out the proper hue.

Anyway. Thanks for the reads everyone, I will get to reading some more entries after I get done welcoming Layla home. So don’t wait up. I cannot accurately describe how much I missed her, this last trip. Sigh. We are coming up on 10 years together.

Coffee please!

Afternoon all. Exhausting day, but I did finish a comp entry. Less sex than my first try, but more dialogue.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/flash-erotica/faith-and-joy

I’d kill for a drink, but I am picking up Layla at the airport tonight! So, coffee for me.

Merry Christmas season everyone,