The now fully official Author’s Hangout Halloween 2025 competition support thread

[EmilyMiller]

Adding a bit of meat to the bones.

Though Flight 727's mid-air calamity left its passengers shaken and scarred, it was nothing short of a miracle that every soul on board survived the harrowing descent. Yet, as the tales of survival unfolded, a peculiar commonality emerged: each passenger, regardless of their position or state of consciousness, vividly recounted being aided by a specific flight attendant—a kind-eyed woman with a calming demeanor, who offered a steadying hand, a comforting word, or even miraculously shielded them from flying debris. The unnerving problem, however, lay in her identity: the compassionate hostess they all universally described, down to intricate details, was Sarah Jenkins, a beloved crew member who had tragically died five years earlier aboard that very same aircraft during a brutal hostage situation.

Sounds like a great premise

 

[BryanRichardson]

I’m working on three stories:
Sam and Sammy, before and after. A married couple at a Halloween costume party. For Cross Dressing.
Bar Room Pickup. A woman picks up a man for sex. For Erotic Horror.
Dead Grass in the Morning. A creature sexing across a college campus. For Mind Control.

Two could be submitted now, but will be much better with more work. I’m distracting myself from each of them by writing the next so I can return with fresh(er) eyes.

Would I like to have people like them? Absolutely. Do I think anyone will like even one of them? Somebody will, I’m sure.

 

[Voboy]

Adding a bit of meat to the bones.

Though Flight 727's mid-air calamity left its passengers shaken and scarred, it was nothing short of a miracle that every soul on board survived the harrowing descent. Yet, as the tales of survival unfolded, a peculiar commonality emerged: each passenger, regardless of their position or state of consciousness, vividly recounted being aided by a specific flight attendant—a kind-eyed woman with a calming demeanor, who offered a steadying hand, a comforting word, or even miraculously shielded them from flying debris. The unnerving problem, however, lay in her identity: the compassionate hostess they all universally described, down to intricate details, was Sarah Jenkins, a beloved crew member who had tragically died five years earlier aboard that very same aircraft during a brutal hostage situation.

I like that.

 

[WittyUserName]

I'm hoping to enter this contest. My current idea is a haunted hotel that fits into my fictional universe. I've never done a supernatural angle, so I'm nervous about it. We'll see if I manage to finish.

 

[Trionyx]

I’m doing a takeoff on a story by a mid-19th century writer. Will see how it flies (or crashes, more likely). Way out of my usual style.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Well, not Victorian, but this is in the style of an early 20th-century writer, a favorite of mine, minus all the intentional misspellings, Clarence E. Mulford. It would be happening between 1870 and 1899.

The morning sun broke over the horizon, casting long rays over the valley below, exposing the brittlebush, barrel cactus with bright orange and pale pink roses, desertstar daisy, and five dead Apache Injuns. There might be h*ll to pay when the others came in, but for now, we had ammunition, five good Winchesters, eight handguns, three were Colt 44s, two Colt 45s (in the hands of Hoppy), one Remington Russian, and four Star Conversions. As to food, only beans remained, and the cattle we were fetching to California. If it's our last ride, it'll be h*ll of way to go. Son-ab**hes best come well heeled.

I’m doing a takeoff on a story by a mid-19th century writer. Will see how it flies (or crashes, more likely). Way out of my usual style.

 

[dream_yahoozie]

Are people going more for Spooky or Sexy for the competition?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Are people going more for Spooky or Sexy for the competition?

Personally? Spooky / sexy / funny…

 

[Voboy]

Are people going more for Spooky or Sexy for the competition?

It's really difficult to balance both, and keep a story's momentum going.

I usually go more for "ridiculous and sexy," with some spook going on.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I usually go more for "ridiculous and sexy," with some spook going on.

That sounds very familiar

 

[EmilyMiller]

Personally? Spooky / sexy / funny…

As in:

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After just a few more minutes of walking, a rather unpleasant stench filled the air. Lily screwed up her face in disgust. “I don’t need your super sniffer to tell what that is,” she whispered.

“Ogres,” I sighed. “Why did it have to be ogres?”

Steeling myself, I analyzed the noxious aroma more thoroughly. “Just one, I think,” I breathed in Lily’s ear. “You can handle one surely?”

“It’s an ogre, sweetie,” she replied softly. “It will be able to tell that I’m an angel in seconds. You know they have that sixth sense.” She paused thoughtfully. “Difficult to kill, but if you can remove its animating gemstone…”

“I’d have to get close enough,” I hissed.

Lily beamed. “Well I never met an ogre that didn’t have a spanking fetish. I’m almost jealous.”

“OK,” I muttered, “I guess it’s all down to me.” I didn’t mention that my panties were getting a little damp at the thought of intense corporal punishment. It was normally Lily who was the subject of our impact play, but I had a submissive side I liked to keep secret.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Are people going more for Spooky or Sexy for the competition?

In the past, I've usually gone with sexy ghosts. This year I am going with more straight up horror. But, ya know, sexy horror.

 

[BryanRichardson]

My Crossdressing story seems to be coming out sexy and fun.
My Erotic Horror story seems sexy, and then super creepy.
My Mind Control story was a little sexy and fun, then got scary for a moment, then seems to have moved back to super sexy, but I’ve got to work on the ending more.

Of course those are my opinions, others may see them differently.

 

[WittyUserName]

I have started my story, but I'm worried the beginning won't draw people in. I'm not sure how to ask for feedback, since I probably shouldn't post the first page here?

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have started my story, but I'm worried the beginning won't draw people in. I'm not sure how to ask for feedback, since I probably shouldn't post the first page here?

In my Halloween Cheer Captain capacity, feel free to PM me. Assuming it’s neither T/I nor R/NC (keep thinking Republican National Convention ).

 

[WittyUserName]

In my Halloween Cheer Captain capacity, feel free to PM me. Assuming it’s neither T/I nor R/NC (keep thinking Republican National Convention ).

Thank you, I'll send you a message. There's no incest or nonconsent. I'm struggling with the opening, so there's actually no sex at all in the part I'm nervous about.

 

[Jorunn]

Thank you, I'll send you a message. There's no incest or nonconsent. I'm struggling with the opening, so there's actually no sex at all in the part I'm nervous about.

Your first sentence should be, “You can let go of my cock now!”

Then work from there. Tell your opening details in a flashback.

“How did I get to be so lucky?” Thought the MMC. Or, Why did I let that thing wrap its tentacles around my cock?”

 

[EmilyMiller]

“How did I get to be so lucky?” Thought the MMC. Or, Why did I let that thing wrap its tentacles around my cock?”

I’m actually writing some tentacle-adjacent porn with a futanari component

 

[WittyUserName]

Your first sentence should be, “You can let go of my cock now!”

Then work from there. Tell your opening details in a flashback.

“How did I get to be so lucky?” Thought the MMC. Or, Why did I let that thing wrap its tentacles around my cock?”

Haha, I'll think about it.

 

[StillStunned]

I’m actually writing some tentacle-adjacent porn with a futanari component

What body part is adjacent to the tentacles?

 

[EmilyMiller]

What body part is adjacent to the tentacles?

All of them…

 

[EmilyMiller]

In my Halloween Cheer Captain capacity, feel free to PM me. Assuming it’s neither T/I nor R/NC (keep thinking Republican National Convention ).

In general, if anyone has a Halloween story that they are unsure about, please feel free to reach out. I may not be able to help, but I will try my best to do so.

Sorry in advance to any T/I and R/NC authors.

 

[KindredFlame]

What body part is adjacent to the tentacles?

Any part you want it to be personally when an octopus grabs me with two of its armies I really hope it knows it can put an arm deep inside my arse and 7.5 inches in my pussy.

 

[KindredFlame]

Your first sentence should be, “You can let go of my cock now!”

Then work from there. Tell your opening details in a flashback.

“How did I get to be so lucky?” Thought the MMC. Or, Why did I let that thing wrap its tentacles around my cock?”

Why let it go? Grab it and work it till it’s hard and milk it hard until it cums at least twice, after that most men turn to jelly.

 

[Actingup]

I’m actually writing some tentacle-adjacent porn with a futanari component

Not having been to one, I assume that you are in fact writing about the Republican National Convention with a reluctance / non-consent component?