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Near 6000 words in draft completed earlier this week. More time spent outside the simulation than in. Editing this is going to piss me off because I know chunks will have to disappear, and the story has to make sense still on top of still being sexy. Plus dropping under the word limit.

It's reminding me why I haven't entered a comp since last year 😆.

I get that. I had to discard at least a thousand words of worldbuilding, just leaving readers a few dots to connect. But writing all that out was still a good exercise, forcing me to think my world through so it "made sense," as you put it. In my case, I also left out easily a thousand more words of actual, in-person sex, cutting that down to a single paragraph, because it was in the denouement and the fake sex is what drove the story.

Yeah, as if Americans will vote for that couchfucker Vance. Talk about unlikeable.

Welcome! I hope you enjoy the community here. Feel free to take your time revealing yourself.

I've got one thing to say today, people. If you're eligible, fucking ...

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I will often go through stories that have many likes that read remarkably like other stories, even to the point of using the same descriptions, to where all the stories blend together. THAT is the most frustrating aspect of this.

I can't say I've seen stories that appear to be blatant copies of others. Lots of people have similar fantasies. But if you have seen obvious examples (and it's easy to see who's copying whom, simply based on the date of publication), THAT is something you can and should Report to the mods!

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Am I the only one who sees the amount of AI slop is making it impossible to remain motivated to write?

It's not just writing that's being destroyed by AI slop. All of the static webpages on the Internet appear to be turning into one big, out-of-control Geminio Charm, and it's becoming more and more difficult to ascertain what is and is not an originally stated fact. I excluded this in the interest of brevity, but at least in early mental versions of my recent competition entry, I had hoped to talk about how the world of 2043 was still relying on static copies of Wikipedia saved off in 2028 or 2029 before the bots fully ruined it.

Now, the exponentially greater volume of material out there is even taking the joy out of that.

I don't think the volume of material published on Lush is going up exponentially, although the volume of material submitted reportedly is. I still find plenty of exciting stories to read, not only by looking at EPs and RRs as Seeker4 suggested, but also by following certain authors, or simply reading new stories posted to a few not-fully-mainstream genres that interest me. The quality certainly isn't universally good, and some if it is downright derivative, but I think there's also a fair amount of quality work published here. Also, like Seeker4 said, a story's score indicates popularity rather than quality, but the two do sometimes coincide.

I was hot for a few high school teachers and college profs, but nothing ever came of it. Nor can I imagine how it ever would have.

I did have a male prof who started to groom me over a period of time. I was twenty and he was well over fifty, so the idea of a sexual or romantic relationship with him would have seemed so absurd and gross that it didn't cross my mind. He was the kind of guy who had such an ultra-kindly, gentle demeanor, and such wide respect amongst both staff and students, that I trusted he was just being nice in taking an interest in me. Several years later, I learned from some of his other targets how he had gotten away with hitting on guy after guy, usually the nicer, quieter guys like me. Maybe his carefully curated persona and slow, insidious approach was why word hadn't gotten around about him as it sometimes does with predatory profs. He came off as the type you'd least expect.

At some point his growing closeness felt uncomfortable and I backed away, not even able to fully articulate to myself why. He acted hurt, of course. He had never hit on me directly, but I think he was very close to making his move. This is just NOT the way I would want to have been introduced to sex with a man. Bullet dodged, I guess, and a good lesson on the shit that women have to deal with every fucking day of their lives. Decades later, I am literally shuddering here in my chair as I type this.

Are you male or female? Male
How old are you? 58
How many times a week do you masturbate? 6-12
How many times do you orgasm each time you play? Usually once

Where do you masturbate:
In bed? Most often
In the shower? Occasionally
In the bath? Occasionally
Outdoors? Occasionally
At work? No
Every room in the house? No
In a car while traveling... ? Have done a few times, also while cycling

What do you fantasize about when you play:
A significant other? Sometimes
A friend? Often
A friend's spouse? Sometimes
A stranger? Sometimes
A student? No
A member of the same sex? Most of the time
A past lover? Sometimes

What position do you play in:
On your back? Usually
Standing? Sometimes
Kneeling? Sometimes
Sitting? Often
Lying on tummy? No

How do you play:
With left hand? Rarely
With right hand? Usually
With a toy? Occasionally
With water from bath? Occasionally
Written erotica? Often
Pictures? Often
Movie clips online? Often
Videos? Usually
Something on TV? No

What is your favorite porn:
Straight sex between man and woman? Usually bores me
Gay or lesbian sex? Most of the time
Group sex or orgies? Sometimes
Blow jobs/oral sex? Usually
Cumshots? Boring
Anal? Usually
Interracial? Sometimes
Age play? Rarely
S&M? Hard NO
Role playing? Sometimes
Kinky? Pee play, no other kinks

Have you ever masturbated to:
Email messages? Yes
A chat room dialogue? No
Exchanged stories or pictures? Yes

Have you ever:
Been caught masturbating? No
Masturbated for a man/woman? No
Masturbated for the same sex? I wish!
Masturbated in a group? No
Masturbated for a photo? Yes
Masturbated for a webcam? Yes
Masturbated for a video? Yes

Do you ever:
Play with nipples/breasts when masturbating? Not much
Insert something or play with your ass? Sometimes
Insert something in mouth when masturbating? Sometimes
Use pain as a method of playing? Never.

For men and women:
Do you taste your cum? Yes
When was the last time you masturbated? This morning
Are you wet or hard now? Hard
Are you going to masturbate now? Yes
Are you a masturbation addict? No
What is the most you have played in one day? Probably around 6-8x when I was younger. Still 3-4x occasionally.

Observation of humanity as a whole tells me that on average, men lean towards women somewhat younger than themselves. So the answer to broadly worded "Do men prefer older women?" would be demonstrably No. So let's cut the word "prefer" out of this.

Do many younger men like older women? Do the interactions with younger men that you reported when you were 32 make sense? Abso-fuckin-lutely! Personally, when I was twenty, I would have loved for a 32-year-old woman to hit on me. Or geez, at least flirt with me. (Spoiler: didn't happen, although it's possible that flirting might have gone over my head).

My story "Amy's Mom" (see link in my sig) is about exactly this, and I think the younger man-older woman dynamic is why it's my highest-rated story (currently a 419 Score).

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Maybe with a new Congress in place in January we'll get a more indepth investigation and release of findings. That's of course assuming the polls are somewhat accurate.

I'd like to think so, but Epstein played with both parties and there are just as many prominent Dems as Pubs in those files. If anyone is better than Democrats at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, I'm not aware of them. Many extremely wealthy, extremely powerful people have a vested interest in us never finding out what really went on, and they are more powerful and wealthy than they have ever been before. To Leroy's point, it's a pretty fucked-up world.

The way I’m interpreting the brief, it sounds like it’s pretty wide open as long as you include simulated sex. Read the contest page as thoroughly as you can. If you have any specific questions about whether an idea qualifies, this thread may be as good a place to ask ask any.

I'm in! Wife Hacking is a little postapocalyptic love story of humans coming together with the help of voyeuristic robots on an Iowa farm. VR sex, bot-assisted remote sex, voyeurism and in-person human sex are all here.

Which of these kinds of sex is best? Go with the Iowa Farm Girl. Always.

"Wife Hacking" is my entry in the current Simulation writing competition. Just a little postapocalyptic love story of humans coming together with the help of voyeuristic robots on an Iowa farm. VR sex, bot-assisted remote sex, voyeurism and in-person human sex are all here.

Which is best? Go with the Iowa Farm Girl. Always.

(By the way, not much male Bisexuality in this one, but there are hints).

I agree, the drive towards Omnium has led me to branch out in my thinking more than expected, too.

Amy's Mom, which has become my best-received story, was inspired by "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne. Other than that, most of my stories have been inspired by events or people in my past life, and by sexual encounters that didn't happen. In particular, as someone who enjoys hiking, biking and skiing, I've drawn inspiration from those activities for many of my stories, including the new Sexsquatch and Persistent Terror.

Now that I've covered a ton of my longstanding fantasies, though, I feel like I've been branching out this year and finally drawing my inspiration more broadly and less from my past, including characters not based quite so directly on individuals I've known. Steam Mates was inspired by a trip to Portland and by the music, movies and events of 1972. Heartbombing the Heartland was inspired by numerous car and train trips across the Great Plains over the years but is firmly set in the present. Fair Fare Trade was inspired by an olfactorily overwhelming visit to a county fair not too long ago. Stan Bi Me was inspired by some of my favorite rock bands of the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties, especially the criminally underappreciated L7 (still touring!). The cover band Ronnie Rockett and the Black Tarts in that story, by the way, was inspired not only by Joan Jett, but also by (again, criminally underappreciated) Living Colour.

Sneak preview: I've been reading not only a fair bit of science fiction, but also I Eat the Stars by Sarah Wilson, a guidebook of sorts for navigating the looming threats of societal collapse and human extinction. Both have provided a ton of inspiration for Wife Hacking, my upcoming competition entry.

Good for you! Can't say that I've flirted with a guy in public, but I've gotten old (and don't-give-a-fuck) enough that it could happen. Plus, it's less of a safety risk than it used to be.

Pretty much everything I've referenced in Stan Bi Me.

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Me love Monster and Horror! Scare my panties off, Joe! 😈

I didn't forget your challenge, Kimmi. Sorry if this derails the thread, but done and done! The stories, that is. No idea about the panties.

I've just published Persistent Terror, my attempt at the horror genre and a jump scare or two. Sexsquatch, earlier this month, wasn't scary but did involve monster sex of sorts. After my competition entry publishes later this week, I'll be three away from Omnium myself.

With just five days left until Halloween, here comes Persistent Terror (MMF), the last of my seasonal stories this October. I hope that you feel a twinge of terror yourself when an escaped murderer strikes terror (and a bit of desire) into a group hike up Washington's Mount Persis.

And if you haven't, please check out my Monster Sex story Sexsquatch (MF) from earlier this month too!

Preview: my Simulation competition entry, a Voyeur Sex story, should be ready by the weekend.

1. Researchers have had a notoriously difficult time estimating the prevalence of different orientations, especially the gray one of bisexuality. Do 75% of women in the general population have at least some interest in other women? Probably. At least Lush allows people to be truly anonymous and honest about it.

It’s the only setting where I’ve ever admitted to it, personally. On that note, estimates of the share of men with at least an occasional interest in other men or their anatomy have ranged from ten or twenty percent to much, much higher. Based on my time here on Lush, including the reception to my many Bi-male stories, I’d agree it’s quite a lot higher than ten percent, at least. I think many people would find that more astonishing than the share of gay and bisexual women, which has been almost assumed since the mainstreaming of porn.

2. Yes, some people here are not what they say they are. That includes people posing as women who aren't women, some of whom are romance or other scammers, and it can be difficult to know for sure.

Anecdotally, I've also been aware of a number of non-lesbian, actual women setting their profile orientation to Lesbian just to keep from getting hit on so much. I think it can be pretty fucking relentless here for some women, many of whom would like to come on and talk about sex and their sexual fantasies anonymously in a welcoming environment without getting propositioned all the time. I can't blame them.

Joe and Daphne's sexual adventures continue! On Daphne's Double Date (MMFF), she gets her first anal orgasm. Her longtime best friend Keri gets her first taste of another woman. My ass-buddy Tom gets his first taste of cock. And we all get the privilege of making out with our partners while fucking someone else. Go lick it all up!

Tell me about it. I might want in on a support group too.

Becoming A Man, which I started writing offline around 2014, is up to 29 chapters and 90k words. The end is finally in sight, with a definite climax/conclusion five chapters (and 15-20k words) out, due in December. The Summer of Matt and the Daphne arcs of the story have both been so fun I kept adding more, most recently making Daphne’s Halloween into two parts, and then deciding less than two weeks ago that Stan Bi Me needs to exist.

But even with that series finally ending, IT never ends. In 2027 I want to add more chapters to Contagion, extend It’s A Date (which I thought I’d concluded, but now realize that was just Act One) into a novella, and turn the currently standalone Succumbing to Temptation into a 7-10 part series.

Like I said, it never ends.

Good thing my next couple of stories are nearly ready to publish, because my mind has been occupied all weekend with my competition entry. I initially thought it would be in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi category, for which it would qualify, but now I'm seeing an even better choice of genre (sorry, not revealing yet).

I have a setting (right here in Iowa for once, sometime in the 2040s), most of a world built in my head and several characters who will be involved in the simulation(s) starting to develop. The last part to coalesce is the plot, with some challenges and tribulations for my protagonist to overcome, but that has finally started to come into hazy focus today too.

[EDIT, one day later: Um, locked in the plot and finished the first draft. Still needs tons of work, of course].

Becoming A Man: Stan Bi Me finds me on my first true, unambiguous date with a man, having met Stan just a week earlier at a Halloween sex party (as described in my two recent Daphne's Halloween stories). Although Joe has had plenty of sex with men by this point in my life, he's never found himself drawn to a guy - personally or physically - quite as he is to Stan.

The main event of the date being a concert, I heavily feature music in this story, referencing quite a few of my favorite bands from the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties that may be unfamiliar to some readers. The headliner of this show, L7, especially deserves to be better known. If you like hard rock - especially women who rock - I urge you to check them out. L7 is still together, and they're on their Last Hurrah tour right now! They still have twenty shows left between now and the end of November, hitting Boston, Atlanta, Seattle and LA and many points between. If you are in North America, there is a very good chance YOU can go see them without going too far out of your way. It'll be worth it.

"Dinner and an ass-kicking rock show sounds like a fun date," you might wonder, "but is there any SEX?" Why, yes, Dear Reader, there is! It starts with a quickie, then Stan and I initiate a Bi-curious guy we met at the concert, and when we're alone again, Stan gives me my first true anal orgasm. So, yes, I've managed to thrust a fair bit of sex into this story about music. I hope you enjoy it.

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I have eaten that sandwich more than once and can affirm the truth of it.

Must have been very filling.

To be clear, it’s the fan fiction rule, not the no-killing rule, that will keep it out. Killing is very much allowed as long as it isn’t during sex. I kill a number of baddies in my Joe Dick series.

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From the blurb:

This competition should feature your characters in some sort of simulation, virtual or augmented reality.

I take this to mean a good acid trip, or possibly even a dream, could comply with the rules.

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Did i win yet?

Yes. I'll PM you a website link where you can collect your prize.

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So staple in fact that it's in danger of falling into cliche

I hear you. I think it will require some careful thought to do this stim-sim thing without ending up trite and possibly even tired. Of course the addition of hardcore sex to the formula might have more saving power than I'm giving it credit for.

This changes my plan to stagger across the Omnium finish line in February with the Sci-Fi story that I've been working on - one which is not really amenable to simulation - and I haven't yet figured out a new plan. Fortunately for purposes of the contest, the process of conceiving that one has given me other ideas that I can use. Given some of the other time-sensitive stuff in my queue, I won't likely have it ready until mid-November, but I'll get there.

Dang, I thought I was all set to publish Daphne's Double Date after the two Daphne's Halloween stories. But then I realized that having entered the picture at the Halloween party, Stan needs a whole chapter, and it has to precede Double Date. So I've spent the past few days writing that. As a concert-centered story, it will be a hard-rocking musical homage to boot. I hope to get Stan Bi Me out there by the weekend (UPDATE: published 10/17), followed by Double Date next week.

Then it will finally be time to publish Persistent Terror! It's my first Horror story and one that I hope will be genuinely scary, or at least nail-biting. After that, Dong Way from Home is pretty much ready to publish, a lost-in-the-wilderness continuation of the Becoming A Man series after Daphne's and my long-dreaded breakup. The three remaining Becoming A Man stories after that are fully drafted but could use retooling. That should keep my busy until December.

Also rearranged my recent Steam Mates a bit today, moving the hook to where it belongs at the very top, instead of buried below some boring exposition that is necessary for this Steampunker, but can come after the ... uh, steamy intro.