i think the standard answer is "soon". lol

we have scores and shit here? when did this start? as usual no one ever sent me the freaking memo. good help is so hard to find these days. and who the fuck is this Jen person making up new rules and shit and where the fuck did my PA go??

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Ha! Not pointing at you ... this time.

And I have a question. Is this cover art acceptable (it actually fits in cover box ). I'm wondering about gal showing pubic hair thru her slip.

Now that I have the cover art done, I guess I have to finish it! At 8K and questioning everything I've done. 🙄

yep. perfectly fine. also, really impressive looking. btw, you can leave it at 8k. you don't HAVE to use all 10k words. just sayin'. lol

Quote by KimmiBeGood

5 days left ... for those procrastinators among us You know who you are!! (Points finger)

don't be pointing that finger at me, young lady. i think this is the first time i didn't get mine in the day before the comp ended. lol

Quote by kistinspencil

I am logged in.

Three times I have tried to comment on this.

All disappeared at the push of Submit and I ended up back on the Forum main page.

I give up.

we're censoring you - working as intended.

fyi - today's update(s).

• Add followed author new stories to reading queue when approved

• Show latest competition winners on home page

• Show "classic" stories on home page

• Autosave stories when writing - saves to device so private browsing exceptions apply

• Fix missing media in gallery

• Fix generating matches for users with seeking disabled

• Fix Date of Birth being off by 1 day for users in negative timezones

Quote by Jen

That's how Rachel greets me every morning. It tickles delightfully.

It will if you change things now - 1k+ written. and yes, it's the return of Franklin Roosevelt Chase. I feel pretty good about it right now

Quote by KimmiBeGood

I had a thought. What if we all write these 10K Noir stories and then Jen pops in and says she changed her mind - the next comp is something different.

i know where she lives. not saying anything more.

Quote by JamesLlewellyn

"…dark and stormy?"

😉

Great. You just stole the only line i had for my story. Now I have to start over again.

Quote by krystalg

I would so read that!

which makes me wonder if, maybe, she's right. lol

Quote by KimmiBeGood

You gonna tackle the Noir comp, WannabeWordsmith?? The long ones aren't really in my wheelhouse, but I'm trying it. 7K in so far. Even though a single story, I had to divide mine into chapters within to keep from getting overwhelmed. Spoiler alert: not all of my characters' body parts survive 😳😈

i am seriously considering it (although Jen says my noir gay space opera slasher fairy tale is pushing the boundries a bit)

btw, yes you CAN now hide the fantasy category if you so wish. https://www.lushstories.com/privacy/settings

Quote by Ensorceled

It really is evocative.

Best TV soundtrack of recent memory (my memory anyway) is Justified.

My fave movie soundtrack is a tie: Mark Knopfler's Local Hero score and the score to Chinatown.

the West World soundtrack(s) are really good too - same guy who did the ones for GoT. Ramin Djawadi.

B. Hermann is a god. Check out Zimmer's Dune soundtrack, btw. It should be listed as an essential character in the film.

Quote by vanessa26

I read this a couple of months ago and it was by far one of the best reads in a long time

Originally written in the 80s and released as little serials of sorts now in one great big book.

It's like North and South was horror ( only It's after the Civil War but that's what it reminded me of )

you should read And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave. You really should. plot: And the Ass Saw the Angel tells the story of Euchrid Eucrow, a mute born to an abusive drunken mother and a father obsessed with animal torture and the building of dangerous traps. The family live in a valley of fanatically religious Ukulites, where they are shunned. Euchrid's mental breakdown includes horrific angelic visions, and the story builds towards Euchrid exacting terrible vengeance on the people who have made him suffer.

Quote by IMPURETHOUGHTS

Naked cause imma take an ice bath.

you're weird. not a bad thing. just a thing.

welcome to the twilghtzone/lushhell.

Quote by deviantsusie

Wanders in and sees that nothing has changed in the 3 months I’ve been away.

I’d been hoping the rumoured back in January profile changes to make this more of an authors site might have happened by now but I guess it’s only been almost a year since the move. No rush while there are plenty of new writers paying their money who don’t remember the old days.

I’ll have a gin and tonic while I’m here.

Hope everyone is good. Rumps seems quiet these days. Glad to see James, Fuzzy snd Kimmi keeping the place from folding completely.

Must see if I can find put where the old gang are hanging out.

Maybe it was a mistake coming back.

Knocks the gin back and saunters off.

don't quote me, but i believe the profile changes are going to be handled sometime this month (august).

Quote by CuriousAnnie

I am so not trashing my idea to write about a heroin addict who murders and consequently has a viking funeral … unless of course it would rate more highly than a fairy story with an interesting name.

Good to see you writing Rachel, I will read once himself has allowed me enough free time ti finish mine.

first one in about 2 years, i think. and i enjoyed doing it, which is important. thank you. so happy to hear that you'll have an entry. so looking forward to it.

i see a heroin addict, a viking funeral, and a murder victim.

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Fuzzy, noooo. I'm the biggest Trek head ever and will miss her. Did you know her and Bill-the-overactor-Shatner shared the first interracial kiss on TV? True.

And Sprite, that's funny about your story! I bet the new idea is awesome! And adding the pic is easy. I just click on cover art box and hit upload, then pick photo I want from my phone.

I am hoping for lots of cool black stitches to make me look like a badass

and that's where you lost me lol

Quote by Stormdog

In my house, that's called 'foreplay'.

Also, I'm beginning to wonder about Jen and the pictures she chose. Is she really good at dark and dangerous, or just great at ambiguity?

she just drinks a lot, tacks pictures up on the wall, and throws darts until she hits 3 of 'em.

Quote by fuzzy1954

Sad news

Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 89.

Our heavenly stars will shine brighter now

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! heart broken

so, this is how my brain works. we were watching a special on the James Webb Telescope that they just put up in space and i remembered the picture for the comp with the stars in it and thought - okay, we are all made of stars. title. and it was going to take place in a lonely outpost on a hill somewhere with a star watcher who is suddenly visited by someone made out of stars. just had to write it. that's where i left it until yesterday...

yesterday, taking a show, a story just pops into my head - nothing of the original is left. NOTHING. but it's there and it's better (IMO) so i slept on it, woke up, and wrote it (12 words to many) edited it down to legal lenght (cut out stuff and made it better) and it's done. now i have to figure out how to do images... or make someone do one for me (threats or bribes). so yeah. feeling pretty happy about this. i might just try doing the Noir one too (she says, with much trepidation). lol

hope your surgery turns out okay, Kimmi. from my limited experience it's not all that bad and usually pretty successful. also, you can tell people you were in a gang fight and sound cool afterwards.

edit: this one has vikings in it. lol

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Ooo now I'm really curious, Sprite! And many erotic stories are light on the actual act of sex. Glad to see you entering again!

it's done (not edited) 1012 words so i have my work cut out. they are all very good words! lol yeah, it's been a couple of years since i've posted a story here, let alone a comp story. i'm kind of excited and nervous, to be honest

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Some pricks are the size of a toe or finger, right? 😈 Y'all will just have to read it and find out... 😈 Muhahaha!

No worries, my pen will stay within the rules... maybe... 😈

if it helps, my flash comp piece has someone dying in it. no body parts being cut off though. 866 words and i'm just getting to the sex, btw. not sure how that's going to go over. lol

Quote by KimmiBeGood

I have a dark question... for Noir comp.

Can one of my characters get a small body part cut off by another character if I don't go into any details? Just describe a scream, then the after effect? Or is that too gory? It's kinda important to describe my character in full.

yes. yes. you may. wait. when you say 'small body part' you're talking about a toe or a finger, not a penis, right? lol

Quote by Jen

Absolutely fine ❤️

cool. how about if someone writes it for me too, then? i have a title

Quote by JamesLlewellyn

Is it just me, or is something happening with the website? I keep getting kicked out, and have to log in again.

Or maybe someone's trying to tell me something…

i'd go with the latter... lol you're story, after a breif discussion, got passed by the way.