Horny Springs-What Happened?

[JackLuis]

Years ago Litfan10 put up an idea about a small town that a group of writers would write about using the same town that the stories would share. There seemed to be a lot of interest and six or seven authors supported it, and went so far as to develop a map and a common concept. The main parts being that there was a University with a school of Human Sexuality so the stories were about a suitable (for Lit) topic. The idea was to have the stories grouped by Laurel so that they could all be tied together in a list billed as "Horney Springs the Town that Lit Built".

VM wrote two stories and HP wrote one, I wrote six chapters in my "Horner Springs Retirees" series, but no one else contributed anything.

I've always thought that it was a neat concept and sort of like FAWC without the competition angle. Maybe we should have made it a contest to see who could have incorporated the ideas in the best ways.

Of course the setting in the intermountain west of America made for some problems with our UK/Oz authors, HP said he didn't understand some of my "Americana", but VM said that using the University to attract foreign visiting Professors could solve most of these issues.

Anyway I was thinking about it and wondered.

 

[TxRad]

Bear was the only one whose handle I remember off the top of my head and he's busy with real Life at the moment.

Zeb was in there also, I think, maybe.

The rest must have gone or my memory is going down hill fast. Uh... what were we talking about?

 

[JKendallDane]

It's a really interesting concept. If I'm understanding this correctly, the only "jointly agreed upon coordination" would be the basic setting and the individual participants fill in the blanks, right?

Sounds like a loosely restricted ongoing serial chain story but with all sorts of potential for fun too. Can you imagine the hilarity as wildly different chapters get posted and one author's characters begin interacting with another author's...and then the next author takes all of them down a completely new path?

One big fat plot bunny that the entire village agrees to care for.

 

[legerdemer]

Sounds appealing. Like a Litified version of Lake Woebegone (where all the women are...), with a healthy dollop of Pulp Fiction and a pinch of Cool World?

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

This one might tempt me. Keep talking.

 

[Dianthus]

If anyone wants to read the original thread, it's here.

 

[JackLuis]

If anyone wants to read the original thread, it's here.

Thanks for that ref. I was afraid that with the last big change, the thread had been lost.

 

[Handley_Page]

Sounds appealing. Like a Litified version of Lake Woebegone (where all the women are...), with a healthy dollop of Pulp Fiction and a pinch of Cool World?

Read it and see.
One day, I'll finish another of the stories half-finished.

 

[HandsInTheDark]

I did cooperative writing with a group of likeminded weirdos for a number of years. (Not erotica). It was fun, and no money or contests were involved.

There were rules. You didn't use other people's characters without permission, and large scale changes to locations required group consensus. There was a LOT of collaboration behind the scenes. And very occasional get togethers in real life. But solo efforts happened.

It was a LOT of fun but you got to know the other writers very, very well and that might not work on a more anon site like Lit.

Articles and ads from town newspapers were a useful plot device.

I'd be up for it, perhaps. Not with a name like Horny Springs, though. Too tacky.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'd be up for it, perhaps. Not with a name like Horny Springs, though. Too tacky.

That made me laugh, cause lit is such a sophisticated place

 

[lovecraft68]

I'd suck at this, I'd create a female serial killer that went around beating men and lopping off cocks.

I'm not town material, I'm a nomad.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

I think this town needs a church. Some sort of extreme Pentecostal denomination. Possibly a 'Holiness' church.

Filled with parishioners who are horrified by the goings on.

I think I may attempt that. Could be fun.

 

[lovecraft68]

I think this town needs a church. Some sort of extreme Pentecostal denomination. Possibly a 'Holiness' church.

Filled with parishioners who are horrified by the goings on.

I think I may attempt that. Could be fun.

Cool. I'm going to burn it down.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Then there would be endless bake sales as they worked at fundraising. They'd be going door to door like Debbie did in Dallas.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

I've got a workaround for the Horny Springs problem. The town was originally called Hornet Springs, but there was a rain storm and some of the paint smeared... My Pentecostals continue to insist that Hornet is the real name.

 

[Weird Harold]

I've got a workaround for the Horny Springs problem. The town was originally called Hornet Springs, but there was a rain storm and some of the paint smeared... My Pentecostals continue to insist that Hornet is the real name.

The town is "Horner Springs" on the map. (as are the springs it took its name from.)

All that information is in the thread linked above.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

The town is "Horner Springs" on the map. (as are the springs it took its name from.)

All that information is in the thread linked above.

Details, details... (Waves hand dismissively)

 

[JackLuis]

Before you get froggy NB you might try reading some of the stories
None are under 4.+ and a few have H's

voluptuary_manque
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-the-institute-ch-01
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-the-institute-ch-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-the-institute-ch-03

JackLuis
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-01
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-03
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-04
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-05
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-06

Handley_Page
https://www.literotica.com/s/keeping-charlie-alive-ch-01

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Before you get froggy NB you might try reading some of the stories
None are under 4.+ and a few have H's

voluptuary_manque
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-the-institute-ch-01
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-the-institute-ch-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-the-institute-ch-03

JackLuis
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-01
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-02
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-03
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-04
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-05
https://www.literotica.com/s/horner-springs-retirees-06

Handley_Page
https://www.literotica.com/s/keeping-charlie-alive-ch-01

Fun... Will skim for sure.

NB

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Stepford would be good, but I guess that's taken eh?

 

[JKendallDane]

I think this town needs a church. Some sort of extreme Pentecostal denomination. Possibly a 'Holiness' church.

Filled with parishioners who are horrified by the goings on.

I think I may attempt that. Could be fun.

And just to make your church people really crazy, I'll do a gay character that belongs to an inclusive church and butts head with them constantly. In fact, a nice fat plot bunny just hopped across my desk:

Every uptight, upright Pentecostal church has that one uber crazy church lady that screams at the top of lungs about "those damn homo~seck~shuls" and my gay character gets involved with her closeted son.

Oh yeah. This joint story idea needs to keep baking!

.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Heh! Sounds like fun.

Your church can be a UCC. They are open and affirming.

 

[JackLuis]

Oh God! I let the perverts in!

NB & JKD Just kidding, combined stories were part of the Horner Springs Idea. I have a suggestion, place the Holy Pentecostal church on the outskirts of town perhaps a few miles and rail at the "Big City" ways of the town. That way when LC burns it down it won't take the brothel with it.

One of the ideas I had was to have Lester impregnate two women and since they were friends the widow suggests that he convert to Latter Day Saint and marry both of them as the widow O'Malley wants babies, and hs the necessary equipment to feed them, but Maureen has a career and no time for children, she thinks.

Of course I could write that Gilhoulie arranges for "Brother Biblicus Butthurt" to have a series of 'accidents', but his piousness protects him from Gilhouie's attempts on his life. Or you could write "Brother Butthurt" dodging the falling safes, missing steps in the stair case, etc. Sort of a combination of Fearless Fosdick and Wile Coyote.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Fearless Fosdick?

Dude you are old. Umm... I mean my dad says...

 

[JackLuis]

Fearless Fosdick?

Dude you are old. Umm... I mean my dad says...

I have been around the block several times and twice around the world. I was amazed that I lived past the year 2000. I've done some crazy shit and never had a broken bone. But I've lived in 'interesting times.'