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I also nominate my Fall and Rise by MelissaBaby
The 2017 Literotica Award Nominations: Most Literary--Genre Transcending
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I nominate Todd172 for his St. Claire series. He's the man!
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There is a link to Sara2000z's story.
In Erotic Couplings, tagged "older woman" "mature lovers" "Watching/holding back"https://www.literotica.com/s/watching-you-16
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Here is a link to Todd172's story
I'm assuming "Chapter 2" is "Witch" and that's the one you mean. (There is a Chapter 2.5: Succubus, too)Tags of "Violent" "crime" "lesbian"
https://www.literotica.com/s/st-clair-ch-02-witch
The other titles sound intriguing, too! Soldier Girl, The Siren, The Angel. Another I'd like to check out. *note to self, get notepad for scribbles now*
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Oo, I missed this one yesterday.
Here is a link to kublicon's story series:
https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=3587794&page=submissions
The tags are "cheating" "betrayal" "time loop/groundhog day"
He's a new author here this year!
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Ah-ha, I finally found him. The Author's name is YouDidWhut
Here is a link: https://www.literotica.com/s/bandit
Some interesting tags:
older man/younger woman romance, blizzard, military/homeless, PTSD
Very high scores and dozens of comments in the Mature category.
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So many great nominations for genre transcending stories. I admit I haven't read most of them, but it's on my to-do list now.
I want to nominate a story which is not as well known but beautifully written. It treads a line between sexual escapism and human suffering so well. Mostly, I just love the pain and strife all around the story juxtaposed against the desperation for escape (through rough sex).
The Burdens of Others by AmoryParks
The category is BDSM, but it's not particularly hard core. I would strongly encourage you to give this story a chance (it's quite short at 3 pages).
I want to nominate a story which is not as well known but beautifully written. It treads a line between sexual escapism and human suffering so well. Mostly, I just love the pain and strife all around the story juxtaposed against the desperation for escape (through rough sex).
The Burdens of Others by AmoryParks
The category is BDSM, but it's not particularly hard core. I would strongly encourage you to give this story a chance (it's quite short at 3 pages).
I've already made one nomination, so this isn't one, but as Kublicon's Play It Again Sam would have been my next choice, it's definitely worth checking out.
It's a Groundhog Day time loop story with action/adventure, SF and 'loving wives' elements; there's some humor, some pathos and even a little romance.
I wish there was a category for 'Best New Author' or 'Best Story by a New Author', since I would have nominated him/it there in a shot.
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Thirded. Or fourthed. Or whatever we are at now.
Damn. Yeah, I want to third this nomination. Thumbs up.
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Congratulations on the nomination.
Not only that, but your story was written entirely within 2017, and it is finished. That is a rarity here, but that makes 2 so, along with Case21. Your commenters also compliment you on your "polished" and clean writing, your realism and depth of emotion (they seem to bring up "I feel sad" a lot in the first couple chapters.
Feel free to update your author profile, MelissaBaby, to let your followers know about your nomination and about the contest. More "seconds" and "thirds" and "fourths" here actually help determine who makes the final cut.
This is the time to bring good stories up to the surface to give them added exposure to more eyes, new and old. If you see something nominated already that you like, chime in with your support!
Thank you, and thanks to everyone who has spoken up in support of my story.
To give a fuller picture to readers who might be interested, My Fall and Rise consists of thirteen chapters, and chronicles, as the title implies, both a life gone terribly off track, and the path to renewal and redemption. I hope people will not be put off by the impression that it is a grim and unhappy work. It is, at it's heart, a positive story, which I hope readers will find informative and uplifting.
I am honored to be considered for an award, and pleased that the distinction of nomination might draw more eyes to my work.
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I'm going to join the chorus for MelissaBaby's Rise And Fall, specifically Chapter 13. I'll be honest, a lot of the erotic writing on Lit seems a tad formulaic to me. Rise and Fall might be the grittiest, most unique read I've enjoyed in years.
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I’m so new to Literotica that my keyboard squeaks when I log on to the site. To be nominated for “Bandit” is an honor and to be included with heavy hitters like these is mind numbing to me. With that said, I’m not a self-aggrandizing megalomaniac who will use offsite readers to cram a ballot box.
I will give credit on Literotica where credit is due.
My nomination is My Fall and Rise by MelissaBaby.
Enough said.
YDW
I will give credit on Literotica where credit is due.
My nomination is My Fall and Rise by MelissaBaby.
Enough said.
YDW
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I am touched by your gesture. Thank you.
I have just finished reading Bandit. It is a work of grace and beauty.
As someone who struggles with PTSD, I thank you. I join you in urging anyone who feels they may need help to reach out. There is no shame in needing a helping hand.
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I would like to nominate The Incident at Last Home.
https://www.literotica.com/s/the-incident-at-last-home
https://www.literotica.com/s/the-incident-at-last-home
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There are a number of writers on Lit whose work I find inspiring, but for this award,
I would like to nominate ElectricBlue66, specifically, this piece of work: https://www.literotica.com/s/the-floating-world-pt-05
What I do hear is the rising drum of rain, and whereas before the waiters closed doors against the rising wind, now they go further out into the courtyard and hastily pull down large transparent screens, to prevent the blowing rain reaching the room. It is an artful effect, the fall of rain cleaning the air and settling the dust, and the sound of it, but distant from the room itself. And later, the steady drip of the rain from leaves and roofs is somehow slow and primeval.
The rain takes the immediate heat out of the air, and the evening becomes warm and balmy. In the far distance though, the shafting late evening light illuminates some far mountains, and a darker storm moves up from the horizon. The distant echo of thunder follows the flash of light by six, seven, eight seconds. The storm is distant, but coming this way.
This has stuck in my mind since reading it.
J.
I would like to nominate ElectricBlue66, specifically, this piece of work: https://www.literotica.com/s/the-floating-world-pt-05
What I do hear is the rising drum of rain, and whereas before the waiters closed doors against the rising wind, now they go further out into the courtyard and hastily pull down large transparent screens, to prevent the blowing rain reaching the room. It is an artful effect, the fall of rain cleaning the air and settling the dust, and the sound of it, but distant from the room itself. And later, the steady drip of the rain from leaves and roofs is somehow slow and primeval.
The rain takes the immediate heat out of the air, and the evening becomes warm and balmy. In the far distance though, the shafting late evening light illuminates some far mountains, and a darker storm moves up from the horizon. The distant echo of thunder follows the flash of light by six, seven, eight seconds. The storm is distant, but coming this way.
This has stuck in my mind since reading it.
J.
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