2026 Literotica Competitions and Author-Organized Events

[StillStunned]

Tall tales tripped me up. I had a few I started to write, but couldn't get them there in the end. I'd wager it did the same to a few others who normally participate.

I got caught up in the "what actually makes a tall tale different?" aspect.

My original thought was something like the Tales of Baron von Munchhausen: weird, fantastical, over the top. No lip service to the suspension of disbelief, just running with the strangeness. Like when Munchhausen and his horse are stuck in a swamp, and he gets them out by grabbing his hair and pulling himself up. Or like my first snippet, climbing up a sunbeam to escape a pursuer.

 

[Bamagan]

This sounds wonderful to me, but the recent Tall Tales Writing Exercise drew quite a bit less than the usual response. I'm not saying it's an indication one way or another of whether it would be a popular challenge, just something to consider.

I may start a thread later to gauge interest levels, like you did for the fanfic one. It'd be kind of fun to do an homage to 100 years of Amazing Stories, but I'm probably biased since most of the stuff I write is in that oeuvre already.