I still like this possible anthology.

[jaF0]

Didn't fly well the first time.

Basically a shopping mall type of place. Each author creates their own store or business (whatever you might find in a typical mall) and their own cast of characters as staff or customers. You tell stories based on customer interactions with staff. One author might create the management which would include maintenance and security (mall cops).

As stories evolve, authors can use characters from other authors and stories the way customers and staff would move from store to store.

Could also be done as a small town down town shopping area.

 

[Rob_Royale]

A very interesting idea. I could come up with lots of ideas from the mature seductress who runs the local men's suits and tailor shop, to the hippie chick that runs the candle store, to the male stylist with the magical fingers at the salon. Very easy to do. Perhaps set a word limit so that the stories feel more connected. You don't end up with a one-page stroke story next door to the ten-page slow-burn seduction saga. So readers wouldn't feel like they would have to skip a story until they have more time due to length. I would join in this if it became a writer's challenge.

 

[jaF0]

There can be all kinds of places. A costume shop. Shoes store(s). Food court (Fast Times/Ridgemont but with college students). A hardware store (with a back room for certain 'special' hardware). A conference/meeting hall for hire (what does that kinky Rotary Club banquet turn into?). Bar/cocktail lounge. Out in the parking lot a Gentlemen's Club (or the ladies version with male dancers).

 

[Biggalute]

Really like the idea, I'll follow the thread and see where it goes but I'd quite happily write a little piece. I like the idea of keeping all stories to a similar length, for me this helps to keep me disciplined and focused

 

[Rob_Royale]

Maybe post this on the AH to gauge interest amongst the writers?

Dibs on the ladies footwear store.

 

[jaF0]

Previous attempt.

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/the-halls-and-walls-of-the-malls.1540010/#post-93425638


Feel free to take it to AH and run with it. I don't go there much any more.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Previous attempt.

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/the-halls-and-walls-of-the-malls.1540010/#post-93425638


Feel free to take it to AH and run with it. I don't go there much any more.

That's unfortunate. However, I think the way you've presented it in this thread vs. that one is much better. I can post it for you, but I wouldn't be able to run the challenge.

 

[NewOldGuy77]

I envision a megamall like the Mall Of America, with over 500 stores and attractions. Lots of opportunities to get sexual...

 

[LiverpoolMaster]

Settings for 'story cycles' are always interesting to ponder. I have one of my own which is basically a medium-sized town and all the things which can go on within its different features... hotels, shops, firms of various kinds, social clubs etc.

Yours is more interesting but I wonder if it's also not a little too restrictive and samey if it's generally shops, shops and more shops. As Newoldguy and you yourself have said, there are other 'attractions' that could and maybe should be thrown into the mix... conference halls, cinemas, restaurants.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Yours is more interesting but I wonder if it's also not a little too restrictive and samey if it's generally shops, shops and more shops. As Newoldguy and you yourself have said, there are other 'attractions' that could and maybe should be thrown into the mix... conference halls, cinemas, restaurants.

But unlike the At Work challenge, the story doesn't necessarily have to completely take place at the wall.

Mrs. Smith goes to the mall, and stops at the lingerie store and the salon, with plans to rock Mr. Smith's world that night. Maybe she has an intimate encounter when she's being waxed. In any case, the rest of the story would take place at home when Mr. Smith sees his beautiful wife in all her glory. I see the shops as the catalyst for the story, not necessarily the whole story.

 

[jaF0]

Or she rocks that Rotary Club dinner.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Or she rocks that Rotary Club dinner.

Yes indeed. She certainly does.

 

[jaF0]

Also keep in mind that there are some concept communities popping up around the country where retail, business, residential and entertainment/recreation all occupy the same area. You can live, work, shop, dine and recreate all in one area, walking to each, or using some sort of closed loop transit system.

 

[MajorRewrite]

A mall or small downtown is a bit too “white bread“ in my opinion. And malls have a serious 1980s vibe.

A neighborhood of a major city has a whole different level of energy and potential. It could be set in rough, poor neighborhood. Or it could be set in an upper crust neighborhood.

For example, the Upper East Side in New York is the most densely populated place in the USA and also one of the richest. A sliver of it along 5th Avenue includes the Met Museum, a piece of Central Park, a boutique hotel, shops, restaurants, bars, doctors offices, private schools, loads of apartments, and other stuff that you won’t find in a mall. Not to mention a flood of people from around the world visiting.

 

[Reshbod]

I have a partial story in my files that would fit nicely with this. It involves a mall that is not what it used to be but is not on its last legs either. It involves an elderly mall walker and one of the young workers whose in college and they strike up a friendship that leads to more.

 

[jaF0]

Plan was for an older mall in a formerly suburban, now becoming urban area that is trying to survive and reinvent itself with newer types of stores and services.


Mall walkers can definitely fit in.

 

[Rob_Royale]

So what's the plan for this? Shoot me a PM and we can chat if you'd like. I tried PMing you but cannot.

 

[Biggalute]

Hi all, I really like this idea and have started a couple of stories that could be adapted to form part of this anthology, let me know if it's getting organised and I'll help if I can

 

[jaF0]

Kinda still up in the air gauging interest .....


https://forum.literotica.com/threads/floating-a-concept-possible-challenge.1588330/


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[Biggalute]

Kinda still up in the air gauging interest .....


https://forum.literotica.com/threads/floating-a-concept-possible-challenge.1588330/


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Not sure how far you've gotten or how much interest there is. I've finished a story that your post and suggestions for a theme inspired me to write. it's about a fella who does facials/reflexology/lymph drainage and has set up a spa in a mall. His customers find the treatments very cathartic and almost treat it as a confessional, This story involves a young reporter who comes to do a story and things get a bit carried away.
I think there's scope for lots of stories with these characters.

I'll leave it a couple of days before posting to see if anyone is interested in joining in

 

[jaF0]

Post over on the AH thread and see if you can shake the cobwebs out .....


https://forum.literotica.com/threads/floating-a-concept-possible-challenge.1588330/

 

[Biggalute]

HI, I read the thread on AH and it left me a bit depressed, lol, all very serious. My story is now published, Joe's Spa. Feel free to feed into or off of the characters if you want to write a linked story.
I'm going to post the same over on AH now, can't imagine it'll get anywhere, but you never know.

 

[pijamarilska]

Congratulations on publishing your story, "Joe's Spa." It's great that you're looking to engage with the readers and potentially collaborate on a linked story. Posting about it on AH (presumably referring to a writing community or forum) can indeed provide an opportunity for fellow writers to connect and contribute.