I just renewed my subscription for this website. I say this not to boast, but because I'd like you to consider doing the same. This is not just a place for titillating stories, you see. It is one of the few places that I know of that brings authors and readers together, offers a positive and supportive environment and has practically no restrictions. (The other site is Literotica, which has banners, more restrictions and a very unresponsive support staff.) Here, admins reply promptly and I feel like I have somewhere to turn for any type of question.
I agree it looks like a site from the early 90s, but just because it's not heavy on slick CSS, don't think for a moment it isn't a massive amount of work to keep this running. It just HAS to be.
I became a writer because of this site. Because I needed a place to try out some ideas and received great feedback from nice people. And this site never once said: 'No, you can't write that.' Not when it came to the age of a character, not when I referred to a (fake) URL.
Even if an annual subscription is a bit much, buying just a few months (or one) will help. We need sites like this, or all we'll have left soon is Buzzfeed lists of 'Ten Vegetables That Cure Dandruff!' (You won't believe #6!)
To quote from Team America World Police: Freedom Isn't Free. Thank you, dear StoriesOnline team, for offering this platform.
Ron Dudderie