Quote by Fanny89

I really wanted to thank whoever came up with this great idea. I love the idea of a micro competition. I hope there will be more like this.

For me as a non native speaker it takes a lot more time and effort to come up with a longer piece and I let some of the competitions pass because of that. So I am really glad I could participate in this one as my first try in a competition.

So again, thank you! Keep it up!

Blame Jen - with a lot of input from our wonderful story mod team. and glad you were able to participate.best of luck.

Quote by krystalg

Masturbating is a competition?! I'm so positive I'd win; I'm so good at it.

distant third at best.

well... that was entertaining...

Quote by krystalg

I bribed her to make you do it!

bitch.

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Woke up feeling good because I’m NOT the poor soul having to shortlist this competition!

the only reason i enter comps anymore is so Jen can't tag me to shortlist the damn things

Quote by Seeker4

Seriously? So I couldn't do a perfectly good standalone story for a comp and then realize after the fact that I want to continue or add to the story? How would you even police that, given that the followup might come weeks or months after the comp ended?

I am assuming that what you mean is that you can't be leaving obvious hooks for adding chapters later or state openly that it is part 1. If you come back to it later with new eyes and add sequels after the fact, that's a different matter. I hope.

Asking because even outside comps, I often write a story that I think is a standalone and then realize after publication that there's more to tell.

as has always been the rule, once the comp is over you are are free to turn your entry into a multi chapter series if you wish.

Quote by deviantsusie

On micros being 100 words long. I noticed a 1,700 word micro on the front page.. might be worth maybe recategorising it? https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/first-online-meeting-chapter-one

we never claimed to be perfect. thanks for the heads up. it'll get fixed.

Quote by Rama_NM

Hi! I'm a new member. Still figuring my way round this website, so sorry in advance for this silly question but ...

How do you vote for a story that you like? I can see the like, favourite, and share buttons but that's pretty much it

Hi Rama! Welcome to Lush. Voting for a story. That would be the Like button with the little heart next to it. Likes are considered votes. And, also, any other questions, post them or hit up one of the mod - i'm one of them, btw. we'll be happy to try to steer you right

ps - there are no silly questions.

Quote by deviantsusie

Fair enough. Maybe it should have been clearer in the rules then.

In that case does the word have to be pumpkin or can it be any other member of the Cucurbitaceae family?

Or since pumpkin carving came from Europe and they didn’t have pumpkins there and carved jack o’lanterns from turnips or swedes can turnip be used instead? Or turnips even.. or neeps?

has to be pumpkin(s).

Quote by deviantsusie

Noticed a few with ‘pumpkins’ too.

Are they disqualified since they can’t read the rule or does that go by the way too?

Just thought it better to get this clarified now since the debacle with the Debauched competition where some stories were sent back to be rewritten as they didn't have a wish while others were allowed without a wish and it created all kinds of bad feeling so rules were going to be clearer in future I think was the decision from Nicola at the time.

the plural is fine.

Quote by Seeker4

I actually asked Jen upthread if we could use plural and there was no answer so far. I used singular anyhow. I think using the plural should be allowed at this point if they have been allowing this far in but clarification from Jen would be nice.

the plural is fine.

Quote by CuriousAnnie

Lol, the competition is announced. Three days later Annie submits, and its touch and go whether she will be one of the first 50 entries. I shall get on with reading others, once mine is actually published. Hope you all are having a great weekend.

just read your story and am now depressed by my own entry. thanks. not.

Quote by Seeker4

Yeesh, who is moderating this week? Must be hitting the backstage liquor cabinet too hard or something.😉

Mine should come this weekend, maybe even today. It's set up as a draft, has a cover, and I think I like it as it stands. Just going to let the pot simmer a bit longer in case something hits me when I read it again.😎

my bad. i laced the brownies at the last mod meeting. oops. btw, i have mine in. first story i've written in... forever. it was fun. probably not going to win any awards, though lol

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Morning, Rumpies!

Fuzzy Lion, I freakin’ love your new avatar!

And Sweet Jesus, there’s like thirty entries already in comp. I’ll never read them all!

It’s Football-watching couch potato day for me! Enjoy today!

they're all 100 word or less. you'll manage. lol

mine was 100 words in word (on my comp) and says 101 words when i submitted it. fuck you, lush word counter. i ain't removing nothing.

Quote by Seeker4

Yes, Rach, I'm sure that your incestuous non-consensual scat pumpkin story will go over well. Go for it. 😳

your mind is a horrible place. jesus. i was just thinking i didn't have to capitalize proper nouns.

reading the announcement... only two rules. hmm... so... none of the normal rules apply? did i get that right?

Quote by Seeker4

I've mellowed on them and finally have some. Still have no idea what I'm going to do with them, but I have them.

i'm saving up for a castle with mine. a lego castle. always wanted one.

Quote by Ensorceled

A light-hearted Halloween comp? Have you MET the writers here? I expect gruesome buckets of blood and guts.

yeah, but light-hearted gruesome buckets of blood and guts, right?

can we just post shit that is related to the topic and not random comments, or is that too much to ask? thank you.

Quote by Jen

This week. We'll do a fairly lighthearted one for Halloween time, then that should take us nicely into the festive season

can we have light hearted murder in it?

Quote by deviantsusie

I love the bluntness and directness of this. I hated the idea of lush coins from the start. I saw it would be used to buy things other than tip authors but lush management think that’s ok and use coins however you want.. it’s just another example of Jello Biafra’s song That’s Progress

remind me to send you coins for name-checking Jello Biafra. met him once, btw. REALLY nice guy. and smart. DKs still get played here at Casa de sprite. them and The Ramones. \m/

Quote by RowanThorn

🙄

pay no attention to the willfully ignorant for they are not interested in changing.

Quote by Chryses

I also expect AI to be disruptive.

People who make a living by producing text must deal with increasingly effective Large Language Models.

 

AI has also, by sifting tirelessly through in weeks amounts of data that would have taken years if done by hand, already facilitated the discovery of two new antibiotics (halicin, abaucin).

yeah, we really don't want to speed up the discovery of medicines and cures, do we.

Quote by Magical_felix

Yes, and information is very important in war and other applications.

as are economics.

i'm not sure what kind of abuse Ms Heil received on Twitter. if it was simply people complaining about her article, than that's fair. if it was death threats and people using vile and misogynistic language (which is what i expect is what happened) then no. no one deserves that kind of abuse and, if that's what happened, i'd have to side with Noll with calling you a sick dude. no one deserves that kind of abuse for any reason. sadly, it's become a common place tactic with MAGA and the far right - somehow they think it's acceptable. being a woman, i find it very uncomfortable, since it bleeds over into dealing with anyone, especially women, that they don't agree with on any issue. or women who stand up for themselves when confronted with such behavior. ever get abused for objecting to being talked to vulgarly or being groped? that is exactly the atmosphere being condoned here.

thanks, guys. i had a nice day and seeing this made me smile. always nice to get a little love.

fuck you. that is all.

Quote by Justlooking51

Wait! In Colorado, where smoking dope is legal, she was booted for vaping?

For once in your life, Felix, you might actually be correct.

vaping while in the audience during a show, yeah. not the same as vaping while hanging out in the parking lot.

Quote by Ironic

If you're thinking about it as graffiti, then the document being defaced is the Constitution of your country.

what are you going on about this time?