Doesn't have to be incomplete. It could be a story that the author left room for a sequel.
For me it would have to be colt45's Sea King saga.
Doesn't have to be incomplete. It could be a story that the author left room for a sequel.
For me it would have to be colt45's Sea King saga.
Collar My Heart by C. Stanton Leman & Candice Sawyer
I would be interested in additional stories set in that reality as well as a "post apocalyptic prequel" to that story.
Aftermath / Al Steiner
Jade Force of Misera Series / Lazlo Zalezac
Something in the Anthony Carter Universe / Argon
Something in the Lost Memory Series / Lubrican
and a bunch of other.....
But those are the ones that spring most readily to mind.
I seem to remember that at least one other book in the Jade Force of Miseria series is planned, possibly posted after Lazlo Zalezac's current story is finished.
Any and/or all of the Damsel in Distress Universe unfinished stories.
ALL of CMSix's stories, that should hold you for a spell. LOL
"Private" from Random Writing ...
I just read this one and absolutely agree I'd like to see it continued.
The problem is, I make bookmarks of various stories that are recommended as I'm reading various threads on various forums, and for some reason I had it in my head when I started reading this one that it had been completed. When I got to the end and realized I'd come across it because of this thread I was steamed.
Collar My Heart by C. Stanton Leman & Candice Sawyer
By far my fav. scifi story in this website. Even if it's incomplete, it is still worth reading.
I know Jay Cantrell has said he has no plans to write more of it, but I would love to see some spinoffs from his Daze in the Valley story. Specifically some prequels leading up to how some of the characters wound up getting into porn.
Scout by Warlord as well as his other stories like Atlantis
Privateer by DeRat, good story and a sequel was promised but nothing for years.
if incomplete and abandoned, okay that's life but at least add a post script or epilogue to why and a synopsis to how it would have gone and ended or such. don't leave readers hanging
There was a series on Lit that I loved, it has since been removed, I wish I had saved it. Anyway the author couldn't finish, so he just basically wrote a few paragraphs on what he had planned. It was called A life moves in.
https://storiesonline.net/s/19671/scout-by-fantasylover
found this last week I am rereading story now have no idea if its any good
ElSol has a few stories that I'd like to see get sequels. Particularly, I'd love sequels to any of The Wolf Summers, The Power, and All These Things That I've Done. I also wish for AMR and Achilles and Hephaestus to be finished, but I understand why they aren't.
https://storiesonline.net/s/39421/the-wolf-summers
https://storiesonline.net/s/72250/the-power
https://storiesonline.net/s/73005/all-these-things-that-ive-done
https://storiesonline.net/s/41195/a-masters-ring
https://storiesonline.net/s/50731/achilles-and-hephaestus
True lonely dad, but they are really extraneous to the story. I am talking about reading the story of Cassie Charms or Ashley Malibu for example, before they started in porn. Jay gives us some info about the early lives in the story, but just about any of the characters could have a prequel that tells us how they got there that I would find interesting to read.
But I know Jay has pretty well mapped out his writing for the next several years, and has expressed clearly no desire to continue the storylines. Though I think it would be fun to see the crew from Unforgettable Weeks meet up with the Daze in the Valley crew when they head out to Stanford for college. Although with them heading to Stanford, it would be hard to make the connection to LA.
I am talking about reading the story of Cassie Charms or Ashley Malibu for example, before they started in porn.
I've never really been interested in Prequels.
We already know what happens, and how things got to that point just doesn't interest me.
If it was that interesting, the author would have written about it first, then written the story that we now have.
Said it before. Island Mine by Refusnik
Absolutely spot on. Gawd, how did I miss this one in my initial post. One of the best.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Statesman, Spy.
The third part of the excellent Sparks / Gunny and Lenore trilogy by Black Coffee. The other two do stand alone, but there are some ends to be tied together.
The third part of the excellent Sparks / Gunny and Lenore trilogy by Black Coffee. The other two do stand alone, but there are some ends to be tied together.
ISTR black coffee writing that there would be a follow-up but work intervened and nothing has arrived since 2011. Pity because I also enjoyed those two stories
Lazlo's Donaldson series. I recall reading that he had a 4th story planned, but so far it hasn't been posted. I would enjoy several more in that series.
A number of Volentrin's stories such as a sequel to Gate would be nice, if his heirs would permit such a sequel. I found the MC moving between the 1800's and today's timeframe interesting.
More of Thinking Horndog's Swarm stories would be nice. Stories in Lazlo's Damsels-in-Distress Universe are always good, but I prefer stories meeting the early guidelines; at least I suspect there were guidelines established when Lazlo opened his Universe to other authors.
I agree with most that have been listed thus far. I would add two that I'd like to see extended. First, Ezzy B's "Chaos" series should at least continue long enough to let us know about how the kids handle adulthood and fame. Second, it would be nice if Bar-Bar were to continue "Bec" until she eventually dies of old age (Bec, not Bar-Bar!"
First, Ezzy B's "Chaos" series should at least continue long enough to let us know about how the kids handle adulthood and fame.
If you would check his blog starting in March of this year you can have some snapshots of the some of what has happened after the end of book 3.
Hint - some handle their fame better than others
some handle their fame better than others
Are you talking about the characters or the author?
jfinn's "Amy's Smile" https://storiesonline.net/s/38436/amys-smile. I think we all pretty much know the direction the story is going. But it would be nice to have it completed. A sequel (maybe with a little Amy on the way) would be most excelent!
Justice Resurrected by Celtic Bard
I really need to see Jonar turns his wrath on all the factions that tried to manipulate him.
I'd actually like to see a finish to "Alan" by Julian Coreto. It was the first story that got me into SOL and I find myself rereading it every few months or so. I'll go ahead and admit that even if Julian Coreto could not finish this story for whatever reason, I'd be willing to pick up the baton and try to finish it myself.
I can't think of a better compliment to and unfinished story than "as a fellow writer, I'd love to try and help you finish the story."
The best compliment for a completed story is and always will be, "I wish I had written that."
https://storiesonline.net/a/Shadow_of_Moonlite
The sleepwalker series. He finished the first trilogy but never the follow up.
I agree, one of the best series I have read.(but thats just me)...
I even think with a little editing it would make a good movie or two. only editing out the bro/sis incest and tame the graphic sex... it would still make a great story/movie.
my story I would like to see continued is
They That Have Power - by hermit
great story and it was ended on a completed book, but it is obvious the story was ment to continue. but after 8 years I think it is not going to go on.
The author even commented on a post that he was working on the 4th book, but it never came.
I always wonder what happened in a case like that. I don't mean to be negative, but did the person just lose their way(writers block), did they get busy with life, and the worst is - did they die? I hate to think of the last being true, but such as life. I often like to imagine with it being easier to get your ebooks put on Amazon that some authors went on to write books for a mass market.
Growing Up A Master by MWTB would be my number one pick, followed by the Lucky Tickets series by JiMC.
Growing Up A Master by MWTB would be my number one pick
Or even better, The characters from "Growing Up A Master" meeting those in "The Favour", as in both cases they are heading to University.....
Just a thought.
The Trailer Park series by Wizard
This you won't see. The author was convicted on child pornography charges a few years back. Not for his writings, mind you, seems he had a hard drive full of images he was sharing.
My favorite unfinished unfinished story has always been "Spitfire & Messerschmitt". However, it is now being completed though without the sexβwhich was part of it's initial attraction. Now we just have to wait for it to be completed! :)/:(
Had I made this type of list 10 years ago, "Spitfire & Messerschmitt" would have been close to the top. For a number of reasons it no longer makes my list.
I'm always amused, when I assume I've officially 'ended' a storyβusually by killing off the protagonist, or sending them to live on an alien world for the next fifty yearsβby how many people will write me requests sequels.
How the hell do you write more about someone who's died? I mean, you could always do a prequel, but that's not what they're asking. Although, in one case, I came up with a handy short story (which I never wrote) and in another, they wanted to hear about what everyone else did once he passed on.
In some stories, the Universe or setting is so interesting that the reader likes to know what happens after. And it is not unheard of that writers switch protagonists in between novels.
So I understand the reason for readers to experience more of the story.
Most writers really just want to write new things and are often haunted by the most outspoken fans of a novel or universe that the writer himself has no desire to return to.
In some stories, the Universe or setting is so interesting that the reader likes to know what happens after. And it is not unheard of that writers switch protagonists in between novels.
That's what I'd gathered (after readers kept asking for a sequel to "Singularity", where the lead characters dies and becomes an 'energy being' living among aliens. However, in my case, unless I can build a complete story (at least 18 chapters) I typically won't start another story (especially with a new cast). In one case, where I did return with an new cast (plus some characters from the original), the story never got much traction.
It's very tough to gauge Crumbly, if it is a great setting that people like; is it the new characters that suck, or are people just that attached to the old characters, or something else.
It's very tough to gauge Crumbly, if it is a great setting that people like; is it the new characters that suck, or are people just that attached to the old characters, or something else.
In the case I specified, it seems to be the 'experimental' story-telling techniques I employed, which turned off more readers than they attracted. :( The story featured a young kid who talked to himself acting on his ownβwithout a supporting cast to back him up.
After complaining about readers demanding a sequel for a story where the lead character is either dead or in a far, far distant place, I've recently decided to continue just such a story, Singularity, where the character is both (dead and moved on). I finally figured out how to build an ongoing conflict between the character, living among the stars and the Earthlings, stuck on their mortal coil.
So there is hope, even when authors assure you there's none! 'D
Honestly for me the serial I'd like most to see finished is Magi's Pete, A Young Man's Story. It's probably my favorite story on SOL finished or not.
Honestly for me the serial I'd like most to see finished is Magi's Pete, A Young Man's Story. It's probably my favorite story on SOL finished or not.
It was a classic, and it was going hot-and-heavy for a long time, but it's also an example of a story in need of an endingβas the author lost his way in his never-ending parade of adventures. If you aren't building towards an eventual ending, you've got few satisfactory ways of tying up loose ends. I can count numerous examples of great running serials (70+ chapter stories) which petered out with a weak 'they got married and lived happily ever after with dozens of partners each' endings.
Lazlo posted a new chapter for his "More Magic" story. First one in a few years. I really like the humor in this series.
His first "Magic" almost made me pee in my pants from too much laughter :D
I didn't want to start another before was finished - so it looks like I'm going to have chance to read it now :)
For anybody who didn't read it - please do so, but first empty your bladders :D
For me, it's not a particular story but a particular author. Everything written by Marsh Alien is a gem. I've just reread "Battle of the Banns" for, perhaps, the tenth or twelfth time. I laughed as loudly as I did the first time I read it. He was a superb writer who always left me wanting more.
Aftermath, Scout, The Private, Achilles and Hesphestus, Sea King series, Collar my Heart. Would also like more Game World books.
The Haven Series by A Strange Geek.
I don't know why this struck such a chord with me, but it did and I've been dying to know what's going to happen next. Of course, I love stories that are epic in nature, taking the time to develop everything. This series certainly qualifies.
I have a dozen questions about what has happened, how it happened, the ramifications of it happening.... I just really need to know what's going on and what it all means. I was hoping to have another installment by now, but I'm guessing the author dropped out of writing altogether.
For short stories that really piqued my interest -- Bargain Bin over on the mind control forums was a neat concept that I wish the author had continued. Sad to see it stop right when it was getting good.
talking about A Strange Geek, I like the continuation of his Narlass stories. In contrast to the Haven story, he didn't finish Narlass.
I thought he hadn't finished either. Last blog entry I saw from him said he'd hit a dry spell with the Narlass stories and I was hoping it might mean a return to the Haven tale.
I never could get into the Narlass series for some reason. You'd think I would since it was the same author, but it fell rather flat after reading the Haven series.
I sent ASG an email some weeks back to see where things were with the stories, but haven't heard from him.
I have a dozen questions about what has happened, how it happened, the ramifications of it happening.... I just really need to know what's going on and what it all means. I was hoping to have another installment by now, but I'm guessing the author dropped out of writing altogether.
I'd contact Lazeeez and ask him whether the author is still active on the site. If he is, I'd post a query, saying 'since it's been so long, I'm assuming you're NOT writing more, so I'd like to know what your thoughts on the story were.'
You never know, the author just may respond, and if not, you've lost nothing by asking.
If he is, I'd post a query
And if he isn't there is no way to contact the author since all messaging is in-site.
And if he isn't there is no way to contact the author since all messaging is in-site.
They'd still be notified though. The system's default is once per week, not never.
I sent him an email after I posted earlier. No response, yet. Very sad to think the Haven series won't continue. :(
And I am currently stuck on the melissa's rite part of Haven :D
On his website (not time to look for the link right now...) he posted that he finished Haven, I think.
Melissa's Rite was pretty good. ;)
His latest blog entry on SOL was in 2015 and doesn't mention anything about finishing Haven, but starting on the next episode since he hit a roadblock with the Narlass story.
Does he have a stand-alone website?
http://www.asstr.org/~A_Strange_Geek/main.html
last entry was 2012, and it doesnt say that haven is completed, just the last novel. Must have misremembered it.
he is currently writing the new book. Looks like it will be published when its complete and not by chapter.
Up to chapter 74 of the book 5 in the Wolves and Dragons of the Blood has been posted on Mike Cropo's site.
He posted the first five chapters on SOL yesterday.
really? When I looked, I could only find a sneak preview of the last chapter, nothing else from book 5.
Well, I have to start Book 2 to 4 regardless and have my little hangups with stupid characters and decisions in Book 1.
really? When I looked, I could only find a sneak preview of the last chapter, nothing else from book 5.
Well, I have to start Book 2 to 4 regardless and have my little hangups with stupid characters and decisions in Book 1.
You have to sign up (for free) on Mike's site in order to access the forum and the completed chapters.
He is up to chapter 12 of book 5 on SOL.
I saw the first few chapters on here yesterday. The thing is that they were posted under a different author name. They've been moved to Mike Cropo now.
Tycoon - raven soule
The Private -random writings
Privateer - da rat
Island mine - refusenik
Scout - warlord
S.M. Sterling's Conquistador deserves a sequel, but nothing since 2004. Actually the last paragraphs of the epilogue leave room for a bunch of sequels.
Harry Turtledove's 'Novels of Crosstime Traffic'. Six novels so far, the last from 2008. :(
HM.
Opus One by Ryan Sylander
According to his latest posting to his Yahoo! group in March of this year, that's progressing. Slowly, but progressing.
His muse keeps switching him back and forth between Opus Two and the third volume of HPL.
He did make it clear that both have a long way to go until they are finished, and he won't start posting until after they are done.
Agree with many of the previously posted stories (especially anything by Refusenik), and would also add The Heroes Of Iron City, by Bartleby T.
If the eden and elves series by mike cropo could be concluded I will be happy I know he wrote it to the final part. But if some one can have permission to conclude it.
If the eden and elves series by mike cropo could be concluded I will be happy I know he wrote it to the final part. But if some one can have permission to conclude it.
Mike Cropo's family was aware and supporting of him writing the Wolves and Dragons of the Blood series. Last I heard they would be willing to let someone continue that saga.
Many of you have listed some of the obvious ones we all desire to see more of; A Masters Ring, Dman, The Private.
No one has mentioned one I would love to read more on and it even was left with a teaser of more to come. I'm speaking of "Nick, High School". I'm waiting to read "Nick, College" and see what goes on in jolly old England.
Intemperance - Volume 3 It was alluded to at the end of Volume 2 and according to the last word he posted on this in his December, 2011 he does not foresee finishing the story. I've always thought the first two volumes were two of his finest stories and ring true with all of the factual accounts I have read about many hard rock bands of the era.
Top 5 in no particular order:
ExAlphaGeek's Djinni and the Lamps
Colt45's Mayhem stories
Warlord: Everything
DA Porter's A Modern Bards Tale
JoeJ's Johnny Pulaski and El Paso Border War
Hal - The Beginning by Ernest Bywater
At the end he was just given powers and a mission by God :)
Rumor control on another forum says he was sentenced to 7 years in prison (which should be over by now) and not allowed near a computer with internet access.
supposedly he left a pen drive (with stories and pictures of young girls) on computer where he worked and somebody found it.
edited to add: it happened in one of the northwest states.
The Sheridan Press May 26, 2010
http://www.thesheridanpress.net/today/back%20issues/2010/05-May%202010/05-26-10%20Wednesday.pdf
Sheridan man to serve five to 10 years for sexual exploitation
Huntly Rinck, 53, of Sheridan was sentenced to no less than five or more than 10 years in prison by Judge John Fenn in 4th Judicial District Court on Tuesday for sexual exploitation of children.
Rinck was arrested last year after police said they found sexually explicit photographs of minors and sexually explicit stories describing sex with minors on Rinck's USB drive, which had been left at the Quality Inn, where he was a night auditor. Investigators searched Rinck's home and found additional sexual images and stories involving minors.
According to testimony Tuesday from Bruce Dexter, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation agent who performed the forensic search of Rinck's computers and external drives, more than 1,360 images that would be classified as pornographic were found. In addition, 25 videos of children performing sexual acts with each other and adults were found.
Rinck, who has been defending himself throughout the case, said he did not believe all of the images found were pornographic. He also
stated in court Tuesday that he knew having porn featuring children was illegal but insisted that just because he collected the photos and videos did not mean he is a child molester.
Rinck admitted that while he was collecting the photos and videos he felt no remorse for his crime, though said he feels remorse now.
"I did not feel bad when I was doing it, I feel bad that I got caught," Rinck said in court Tuesday. "At the time I did not have empathy for the kids in the pictures. I did not think of them as real. They were pictures."
Rinck added that later he started to feel bad for the children in the photos. He said he did not feel he was ever a danger to the community or that he would be in the future.
Fenn said he felt probation would be inappropriate for Rinck, because it would "unduly depreciate the seriousness of the crime."
Rinck pleaded no contest to the charge in April with the condition that he be allowed to appeal the use of search warrants to gain access to his computer and USB drive. He has 30 days to file his appeal.
Sounds as if they convicted him mostly on the basis of a policeman's opinion that the photos on his computer met the legal definition of being pornographic. I would have thought that an impartial judge (not just a policeman, who is an advocate for the prosecution) would have to make that judgment.
Sounds as if they convicted him mostly on the basis of a policeman's opinion that the photos on his computer met the legal definition of being pornographic. I would have thought that an impartial judge (not just a policeman, who is an advocate for the prosecution) would have to make that judgment.
Generally speaking, in the US (where he was charged), purely textual stories are protected, and they do not count as 'child pornography' (you can see what does constitute it on the DOJs site). I'd wager the real issue is the images and videos. No need to open the can of worms that is the First Amendment (for the stories), when you have the man dead to rights on something the US Supreme Court has said may be declared contraband.
That said, you better be damned sure the story has a) social, artistic, or political merit; b) does not involve ANYTHING explicit relating to pre-pubescent children. Otherwise you might just be the example case for some crusading prosecutor looking for higher office.
As for convicting him, he pled 'no contest', so the government need not prove anything at that point. And I'll point out that he wasn't charged with being a child molester (as he says he is not), but for possession of contraband. And possession of contraband in the US is generally 'strict liability' - you don't have to know it was against the law to be charged (i.e. 'mens rea' does not apply).
ETA: This is not legal advice. You need to check with a local attorney!
Generally speaking, in the US (where he was charged), purely textual stories are protected, and they do not count as 'child pornography' (you can see what does constitute it on the DOJs site). I'd wager the real issue is the images and videos.
You are correct, that in the US, a story or even drawn images don't count as child pornography. However, a few people have been prosecuted on criminal obscenity charges in the US for pedo stories.
Now the stories that resulted in obscenity charges weren't just basic adult/child sex. The few cases I am aware of all involved stories about the violent forcible rape and torture of prepubescent children, in some cases as young as 5.
The Beth series, by Svengali's Ghost
It went inactive on a cliffhanger,plus I am really curious to know what way the story would head towards in the end.
Murder Isle by Mack the Knife, but let's be realistic. No posting in over ten years. Still a shame that one was never finished.
Murder Isle by Mack the Knife, but let's be realistic. No posting in over ten years.
Maybe not on that story but he did post one story and start another much more recently.
Easy answer is to simply stay away from mentioning child sexual activities, and most definitely never have any pictorial content of an even suggestive nature.
Arguing right, wrong, or indifference is a moot point when you're getting flower deliver from the next cell over.
I would love to see the following finished.
Defenceman (D man series)
Orphan- VJAX
Dragon Clan- also VJAX
wish somebody would take it upon themselves to try and finish these. The authors have been gone awhile and no contact ability. VJAX has been gone over 2 years.
Four years, almost to the day.
Now if Elsol would just post the next chapter of A Master's Ring...
Here's my 'wish list' (some will never happen)
Don Lockwood - Rewind
Phil Brown - The 5th book of Second Time Through
Celtic Cowboy- several (he is no longer with us)
CMSIX - several (not gonna happen)
Dragonmaster - Well it had to happen
Joe J - Twice Lucky III
Kingkey - Doc
Lazlong - Silent Endings, New Beginnings
Raven Soule - Tycoon
Stultus - Under a Baleful Sky (hoping...)
Don Lockwood - Rewind
Sadly, Don has told us (before he took is leave from writing) that he would likely never finish this one.
Granted Don might change his mind about continuing Rewind by the time the two reasons he gave for not writing any erotic stories no longer apply which would be in my personal estimate 15-30 years.
Sadly, Don has told us (before he took is leave from writing) that he would likely never finish this one.
I know, I just wish he did finish it. Sadly it's not gonna happen.
Sadly, Don has told us (before he took is leave from writing) that he would likely never finish this one.
I wonder if someone who knows how to contact him would ask if he'll let someone else finish it. Since he says he won't he may let another.
I wonder if someone who knows how to contact him would ask if he'll let someone else finish it. Since he says he won't he may let another.
Given how personal it is, I highly doubt that.
Given how personal it is, I highly doubt that.
You're probably right, but nothing is lost by asking. If he says no, no change, but if he says yes, then it may get finished. I would expect whoever he approves to finish it will have to have it vetted by him before posting it.
Don Lockwood - Rewind
Sadly, Don has told us (before he took is leave from writing) that he would likely never finish this one.
I think it *was* finished a couple of chapters back. It certainly allowed a sequel, but he had several points where he could have (and, I think should have) finished volume 1.
My list would include the following though a few I know will never be finished:
Don Lockwood's - Rewind (yes I know it never will be done)
Sultan's - Side Bet Bluff (was here under Hal C and was removed)
Dual Writer - Recluse and Ghost sequel
Shaddoth's - Sword Saint sequel
Refusenik - Island Mine
Cold Creek's - Defenceman series
Ryan Sylander - Opus One sequel
Svengali's Ghost - Beth series
Victor Echo's - Luci sequel
And finally one that I am fairly sure can't be finished - Wizard - Trailer Park series
Ryan Sylander - Opus One sequel
Ryan is working on that. It's definitely planned.
He's currently working on the third in his other sequence, but after that I believe he intends to shift over and complete Opus Two.
More information can be found at his Patreon and Discord.
Well, look at this!
Shaddoth's Sword Saint has returned. But the author has cautioned the second story is not finished. He explains that health reasons are the main culprit. Maybe a lot of positive feedback of his efforts can encourage him to continue to where he can finish the story for us but for him especially.
-- Shinerdrinker
My top 3 wish completed stories are INTEMPANCE, TWICE LUCKY, WASHED UP and GENIE CRONICLES
My top 3 wish completed stories are INTEMPANCE, TWICE LUCKY, WASHED UP and GENIE CRONICLES
might consider wishing for better math skills. Just sayin'...
In addition to the many requests for Colt 45's next Mayhem story, I agree with the opening post- i'd like to see the 4th story in the Sea King series (just finished reading them again, and they're still a very entertaining read).
And a sequel to Synergy, or another story in that universe, would be greatly appreciated as well.
More MORPHS stories would be nice.
As well a conclusion to Any Pseudonym's Life with Alpha.
As well a conclusion to Any Pseudonym's Life with Alpha.
There recently was a new chapter posted to that story.
Tales of Azure Rocks by Duskford
First 2 chapters were very well written...but nothing more for a year now...
There has been a new story just posted called Cap-1 i e-mail the author to enquire if they were going to pen more... i was informed that the story had been in his bix of trix for quite a while and doughted if they would add to the story.... i feel that it had potential to go in several different directions.... i would love to see something come out of this tale
God bless all you talented storytellers but what you should do is complete a story before you start posting. Walks off shaking his head ππ
I would love to see Collar My Heart by C. Stanton Leman & Candice Sawyer finished, but it's probably not going to happen, because it's been inactive since 2013.
Story: https://storiesonline.net/s/63550/collar-my-heart
Author's: https://storiesonline.net/a/C_Stanton_Leman & https://storiesonline.net/a/Candice_Sawyer
Unfortunately I have to agree with shiloh1. There are just way too many (100's if not 1,000's) of unfinished stories on this site and dozens of them real good even great stories by really good writers. Know that death, illness, old age and just Life take their toll on an author's time for writing, however, can't believe that's the case in every instance.
Know that death, illness, old age and just Life take their toll on an author's time for writing, however, can't believe that's the case in every instance.
So what do you believe is the case in those 'other' instances...??
Of course there are really good authors who write great stories but leave them unfinished just to piss off their readers....
Total count of those authors on SoL... Zero
Of course there are really good authors who write great stories but leave them unfinished just to piss off their readers....
I doubt it very much that authors leave stories unfinished just to piss of their readers. You would have to be a very disturbed person to do such a thing.
I doubt it very much that authors leave stories unfinished just to piss of their readers.
Yup. As I said;
Total count of those authors on SoL... Zero
:)
I doubt it very much that authors leave stories unfinished just to piss of their readers.
On the other hand, I would be very surprised if some authors hadn't done exactly that. We've seen authors delete stories and even leave SOL completely in response to adverse criticism, so the idea of the lesser response of just abandoning a story shouldn't be that incredible.
However @joyR specified great stories, and although 'great' depends on the eye of the beholder, I'd expect an author flouncing away from a great story to be extremely rare.
AJ
I would love to see Collar My Heart by C. Stanton Leman & Candice Sawyer finished, but it's probably not going to happen, because it's been inactive since 2013.
I don't know about Candice Sawyer but C. Stanton Leman passed away in 2013. I have to agree that it's very unlikely to be completed.
It seems that Harddaysknight has abandoned Lady in Red 3 as it has been over a year since last cliffhanger chapter yet written a few other stories since.
Obviously we would all like to see our favourite stories completed, be it as writers or readers.
However, how low do you need to be to denigrate an author of an unfinished story? The whining of anyone with a bullshit feeling of entitlement demonstrates that it is possible to sink to new depths.
It isn't akin to Oliver holding up his bowl asking, "Please Sir, can I have some more?" Those who post stories on SoL do so for free, those who read them do so for free, readers are entitled to get what they pay for, which does not include bitching about an unfinished story, especially when the reasons are largely unknown and when they are known, those bitching don't take the time to find out why. So again, how low do you have to be...?
I'm pretty sure anyone THAT low could parachute out of a snake's ass, and freefall...!!
those who read them do so for free
Not everybody who reads on SOL is a freeloader. That authors mayo not get paid but that does not mean that all readers pay nothing. Some pay money to use the site, and others pay by posting stories.
Some pay money to use the site, and others pay by posting stories.
Presumably you are a premium (paying) member..? (With an axe to grind)
Almost every single Vulgus story deserves a sequel.
Vulgus was the king of making me fall in love with his characters and then ending the story a little too soon for my taste. I was always like "Okay, but what happens on the next day after that? Did the brother ever bring up his blackmail again?"
I even wrote to him and received his blessing to do one sequel. I still have it in the works too!
The other one is "HOA" by Mister Archie. Four chapters and then a dead story. I wrote a story heavily inspired by it that has been perhaps my most popular story to date. It was about a BDSM couple that moves to a kink friendly community - but with their family and how that affects the vanilla members of the house.
I even wrote to him and received his blessing to do one sequel.
Seeking and getting permission means there is no breach of copyright.
Simple.
While some of what you say is true Joy but let me give you the viewpoint of a reader who gets so much joy from reading the stories you authors write for us, who wait with bated breath for Saturdays installment from Gyounger or Dualwriter.
While the author has invested their time and emotions in writing the story the reader has done the same thing by being transported to the world the author painted for us. Many of my world views are thanks to the writers on this site. I have pushed my friends to read stories that make so much sense it will blow their minds.
It's not a feeling of entitlement we have but a feeling of being letdown by our hero who can do something we can only dream of, who bring joy and fulfillment to our lives. Yes it sounds batshit crazy but that is how it is.
Using your Oliver analogy when Oliver asks for more he is asking to help feed his body. When a reader asks an author for more he is asking to feed his soul. And how Oliver feels when he is denied more food that is also how the readers feels.
You are right the authors don't owe the readers shit since we don't pay any money. But just know this when a author drops a story they are letting down so many people. People who had gained so much joy in their lives thanks to the author who shared their imagination with them.
From one batshit crazy reader.
It's not a feeling of entitlement we have but a feeling of being letdown by our hero who can do something we can only dream of, who bring joy and fulfillment to our lives.
Hold that thought. First the Oliver thing. The workhouse has an obligation to care for him, so NOT the same as the writer of free stories v reader.
Ok, so I agree that readers become emotionally invested in stories/characters they follow. That is a given.
Those I condemn are those who deride an author because they fail to complete a story. A quick look at earlier posts in this thread will show that many of those derided are well known, some are clit award nominated etc. Yet a few readers still deride them for their unfinished stories.
It strikes me that those same people would praise a Medal of Honour winner then deride him for not completing his tour, not caring that he lost both legs.
The reasons why stories go unfinished are diverse, few authors complete a story but intentionally stop posting before the final chapter. There are probably authors who have stopped posting as a result of idiot members of the moronisphere but a far more frequent reason is simple inability, be it due to health, family, work, or even 'finding god'.
I too wish that the unfinished stories I enjoy will someday be completed, but I consider it more constructive to be thankful for what the authors did post, rather than bitching about what they haven't.
The reasons why stories go unfinished are diverse, few authors complete a story but intentionally stop posting before the final chapter. There are probably authors who have stopped posting as a result of idiot members of the moronisphere but a far more frequent reason is simple inability, be it due to health, family, work, or even 'finding god'.
I'll agree with most of that, but add a few others.
Some don't complete a work because they simply can't. Not due to health, family, etc, but because they lost their way. This is more often in longer stories where they struggle to tie the ending with the beginning.
Then there are those that could, but simply won't. They are easily picked out of the crowd. They will have several incomplete stories spread out over time. That temporal separation makes clear they can still finish a story, they just don't want to for unspecified reasons or no reason at all.
In the end you get you pay for usually. The people complaining, while simultaneously reading for free should STFU. The people who do pay for a service at least have a basis for a complaint.
Some don't complete a work because they simply can't. Not due to health, family, etc, but because they lost their way. This is more often in longer stories where they struggle to tie the ending with the beginning.
Then there are those that could, but simply won't. They are easily picked out of the crowd. They will have several incomplete stories spread out over time. That temporal separation makes clear they can still finish a story, they just don't want to for unspecified reasons or no reason at all.
A good example would be cmsix. As he stated himself he was a story teller more so than an author. Many unfinished stories simply because he wrote himself into a corner or started on a story with a new idea and 'forgot' about the others. Strangely enough many of his unfinished stories are still entertaining reads, maybe because you can just pick another of his stories and get a comparable concept.
Hold that thought. First the Oliver thing. The workhouse has an obligation to care for him, so NOT the same as the writer of free stories v reader.
That wasn't my point.
How are we denigrating authors by just pointing out stories we wish were finished? Some of the authors posting on this topic have inactive stories.
How are we denigrating authors by just pointing out stories we wish were finished?
You aren't.
Others however have gone further.
Some of the authors posting on this topic have inactive stories.
I have two. One is awaiting that magical moment when dead computers start working again. The other I wrote myself into a dead-end, and any next action would involve deleting it.
I quite like the idea of parachuting out of a snake's ass. Is there a red-letter day experience for that?
AJ
A different kind of anal.
Cloacal, please, for snakes, which rather spoils the idiom since it includes both anal and genital functions (and urinary).
Interestingly, (male) snakes have two hemipenes, which are spiked to help them stay in place, and are normally inside-out in the cloaca. A method of sexing snakes is 'popping', where pressure is applied just behind the cloaca forcing the hemipenes to emerge from the cloaca (yes, I've done this).
Humans also have a cloaca as embryos, but this normally divides into the normal bits early on. Some turtle species even 'breath' underwater through their cloaca!
cloaca
"Cloaca - Wikipedia
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In animal anatomy, a cloaca /kloΚΛeΙͺkΙ/ kloh-AY-kΙ is the posterior orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if ...
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Cloaca | anatomy | Britannica
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Cloaca, (Latin: "sewer"), in vertebrates, common chamber and outlet into which the intestinal, urinary, and genital tracts open. It is present in amphibians, reptiles, birds, elasmobranch fishes (such as sharks), and monotremes. A cloaca is not present in placental mammals or in most bony fishes.
Cloacal Malformations | Cleveland Clinic
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Cloacal malformations result when a baby girl's vagina, urinary tract, and anus do not separate from one another completely. ... A female is said to have developed a "persistent cloaca" when these three tracts open into one common cavity, with one opening from the body.
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Cloaca: A common passageway for feces, urine and reproduction. At one point in the development of the human embryo, there is a cloaca. It is the far end of a ...
Cloaca | Definition of Cloaca by Merriam-Webster
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2a [New Latin, from Latin] : the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts discharge especially in monotreme mammals, birds, reptiles, ...
cloaca - Wiktionary
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cloaca (plural cloacas or cloacae) ... Borrowed from Latin cloaca. ... (zoology) cloaca (duct in certain vertebrates used for reproduction and excreting digestive ...
Cloacal Deformities | Boston Children's Hospital
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A cloacal deformity is a type of anorectal malformation. Learn more from Boston Children's Hospital."
I suspect a lot of authors would have difficulty writing sex stories (porn) if we all only had a cloaca. It might be interesting perhaps a few times if the characters in the story were so challenged. Males and females would have the same equipment and discussions on how they are adjusted to cause excitement probably would be difficult.
Madnige's description of "sexing snakes" didn't seem erotic.
I suspect a lot of authors would have difficulty writing sex stories (porn) if we all only had a cloaca.
Didn't Crumbly Writer have sex scenes between human and bird-like characters?
AJ
And some of us frequent the forum and post answers and questions that may help others. And puns, that may not.
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you guys and gals are being silly.
WE all are freeloaders, the readers and the authors alike.
WE freeload off of Laz's idea of a place for him to make,,,
Er... I mean he gave us a place for us to share our stories.
Not every story has an ending. Even the best authors write stories that do not have a finish once in a while. Or and ending that they can put in writing. It may exist in their noggins, but typing it out and sharing it may be beyond their ability.
WE are greedy. WE, all want more.
The noted unfinished stories, leave a gap in our greed reigon of the brain, demanding for more. not a conclusion, but MORE.
Instead of complaining about it. thank them for what they have shared and head to the next of thousands of stories on the site.
Shad
As many have mentioned, Colt45 series SeaKing and Mayhem leave one wishing for more of such good tales.
We can just be thankful he left us those, and the stories themselves not "incomplete".
The OldGuy stories.
For me, that would be easy. Kate and Lyn,by Gina Marie.
https://storiesonline.net/s/33704/kate-and-lyn
I have long loved this story, but always thought it ended kind of abruptly.
My review agrees with you.
"Kate and Lyn by Gina Marie Wylie
Author's Description:
Two teens experiment with lesbianism for the first time.
Size: 133 KB ( ~ 25,221 words)
Genre: Romantic
Sex Contents: Some Sex
Tags: ft/ft, Teenagers, Consensual, Lesbian
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Review by richardshagrin [other reviews by richardshagrin - Contact Reviewer]
Reviewed: 2016-01-25 - (Review Updated: 2016-01-27)
I hope I have the skill to do justice reviewing a Gina Marie story. But I want to recommend it to the broadest audience possible. I found the story, which I don't believe I had read before, by cruising the 2005 Golden Clitorides awards. This was a winner.
Perhaps that recommendation is an unintentional pun on "broadest." In the sense of "Broad" having dual meanings, sometimes wide and sometimes female. There is a song, "Honey Bun" in the musical, South Pacific with the lyric "And she's broad where a broad should be broad."
There is considerable hot ff sexual activity. And towards the end there are three teenagers, all female 9th and 10th graders.
To keep my union card as a Critic I need something to criticize. Okay, the story is too short. It ends on a positive note, fairly soon, a week or so, after the title characters meet. Almost nothing but their affection for each other is settled. The reader gets to decide what happens next.
The numbers: Plot is a seven, a B. Good but for the seven chapters not an awful lot of twists, turns and surprises. Technical Quality is fine, an A plus. I might have missed something, so I didn't give a ten. I am trying to hold my tens to at most one a month. Appeal to reviewer was hard to decide. I liked it a lot, but I am more heterosexually oriented and the mf activity in this story makes the boys oxygen thieves. I decided on an eight, which is an A.
It's against the author's policy to do sequels, but if she ever changes her mind, I wouldn't be sorry to see her break that policy by continuing this story. I strongly recommend anyone who isn't totally squicked by lesbians making love to read this story.
Plot: 7 | Technical Quality: 9 | Appeal to Reviewer: 8
And there is one other I have been waiting for the conclusion of for over a decade.
Lucky Tickets, by JiMC. 15 years ago he wrote a rare story for here at the time, with great sex, but also great character development. With characters we got to really love.
However, after writing 2 of the 3 books in the series
about 15 years ago, he just stopped. As recently as 2 years ago he wrote a blog post stating he would write the third book, but that has been it.
A great story, and he has even had them do cameos in other stories. But this is another I am afraid will never be finished.
Another one:
"Tycoon" by Raven Soule.
Great story, but such a disappointment to find the writers health left him unable to complete this excellent tale.
Just finished rereading Reluctant_Sir's Dark Days - Darkest Before the Dawn. One of his best, I hope more will come out soon.