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Another free site where I publish has a yearly 750-Word Challenge. The challenge is actually difficult. The must be exactly 750 words, not one more, not one less. It must have a beginning, a middle, and an end. But in 750-words that's a tall task. Most scenes in my stories exceed the total word count allowed for the challenge. Little room for backstory, if you can work that in, kudos, if not, well, you just make it stand on its own.
Recently, I published a collection of 14 750-word stories, and a few longer, but still short-short stories, at ZBookStore. I write quite a few for the challenge every year. This year I did five. The last one for the challenge was Heaven, which I published here before there. Sometimes, I'm not at all happy with those stories. But pleased or not, I publish them. There is little editing; as a result, often a mistake or two gets through. I just finished fixing all the errors and am about to republish the new, improved text here. The other site never gets that luxury. Republishing takes too long.
As to HEAVEN... in this A 750-Word story, a female doctor lies in bed, consumed by lust for a new patient—an Adonis-like, married corporate executive. As she masturbates, she vividly recalls his physical examination: his powerful body, his involuntary arousal during the check-up, and her clinical yet intimate probing. Her fantasy escalates into an explicit, imagined sexual encounter in her office.
Offered up for your pleasure, HEAVEN
Happy Birthday, Darling is a quick read about a husband and wife with an unconventional lifestyle way back in the 1980s. It’s based on something an older friend told me when she and her husband were young and wild. I hope you give it a read, it’s a more-some, a husband, Sam, his wife, Kim, and two strippers hired for Kim’s birthday.
Happy Birthday, Darling
My latest story here, Night Huntress, was my entry in the Halloween Contest. It still hasn’t earned enough votes for me to even see how poorly I did. Poor little me. But it was a fun write, and I hope those who read it enjoyed it!
If you like vampire stories, you might give it a read. I wrote in a rush, and it shows, but I only entered during the last week of eligibility. It hasn’t had a proper edit, and I’m not sure if I’ll send it to my publisher for an edit and publication yet.
But, I’d love to hear from all of you on it. You find it right here, Night Huntress.
Millie
Congratulations to the winners: Do Me a Favor by G Younger in first place, Hey Mishta by Tantrayaan in second place, and to The Witch's Brew by Charlie Foxtrot in third. Good work and I salute you.
My story, Night Huntress, still hasn’t earned enough votes for me to even see how poorly I did. Poor little me. But it was a fun write and I hope those who read it enjoyed it!
Hello,
Readers, writers, and those of you who are both, Happy Halloween. I hope that all of you are well and find what you want to read. There are 31 stories in this year's Halloween competition. You should be able to enjoy as many of them as you can, and those who can vote on them should.
Speaking of voting, has anyone noticed the increase in votes required for the score to display for readers? I’m not sure how many. I think 20. The change that bothers me is that writers can no longer see their scores until the tale reaches that amount as well. Since comments are rare (as hen’s teeth) on this site, this makes it a bit frustrating.
Of course, even if we know the score, we can do nothing about it. However, we’d be able to judge if we need to make any changes. Then again, we don’t have a clue why the score is low.
Anyway, I hadn’t made a blog entry in a long time—more than 11 months since the last one. If you’ve read my stories, thank you. If you haven’t, well, check mine out. Be forewarned, I’m an acquired taste.
Millie Dynamite
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