Just A Curiosity

[WyreBendr0417]

This is merely to appease my curiosity and nothing else. I was just wondering if there are many writers here that submit works not allowed on Lit, to other sites. I know many writers submit to other sites, but I'm strictly asking about works not allowed by Lit policies.

I'm neither asking nor judging what you write nor where you publish it. For the sake of fantasy and fiction, I'm a firm believer in "To each his or her own."

I'm not bashing Lit for their policies either. I fully accept and agree with them. If I didn't, I wouldn't submit stories here.

The reason I ask is because I've written a couple of stories that are just sitting in a folder because they are a little outside the rules here. I feel they would lose something significant if I rewrote them to be acceptable. I'd rather leave them as they are and submit elsewhere.

Thanks to any and all that care to answer.

WB

 

[Euphony]

I mean, zombie Chipettes fanfiction ain't gonna publish itself.

 

[NoTalentHack]

I mean, zombie Chipettes fanfiction ain't gonna publish itself.

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*Chipmunk voices suddenly drop an octave*

 

[AchtungNight]

Look for my username on AO3. There’s some Star Wars fanfic there and a couple other crazy trans dimensional fanfics I decided not to post to Lit. Some non erotic stuff too that expands my ficverse further. Enjoy!

 

[Blind_Justice]

I publish my non-contest work over on StoriesOnline, but that's mostly to reach another audience. Haven't written anything intentionally grazing Lit's boundaries yet. Maybe once I've become a little more adventurous.

 

[KeithD]

Yes, I have a few accounts on other sites where I post stories not accepted here.

 

[Bamagan]

I've got a story that contains a scene that might run afoul of the site's snuff guidelines. It's not intended to be titillating, but it's a succubus draining the life of a nephilim (human-angel hybrids in this context) during a sex act, so I don't figure it's worth testing Laurel's tolerance on it. The scene is actually kind of comical despite the death, as it's more absurdist than graphic, with him dissolving to dust as she cums. Plus, the succubus is a total bimbo and refers to the dead guy as a nipple-ham.

 

[mirafrida]

I have a couple that didn't work out here posted elsewhere

 

[Stimtheone]

Not YET, but I was planning to move my writing to another site. Once JD is done, I will possibly continue other works in that series somewhere else. Maybe re-post them there. Though I also have some other, new ideas to happen in the same "universe".

 

[WyreBendr0417]

One of my stories that needs posting elsewhere is littered with sexual humor and I don't want to lose any of it because it makes up a lot of the story. Mostly, it is adults recalling in conversation the things they witnessed or believed about sex at a much younger age.

 

[RejectReality]

My primary purpose for other venues is additional feedback + having homes for stories that I don't think would generate sufficient interest to be worth the formatting effort, but I do indeed have works posted elsewhere that wouldn't pass the vetting process here.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I've got a story that contains a scene that might run afoul of the site's snuff guidelines. It's not intended to be titillating, but it's a succubus draining the life of a nephilim (human-angel hybrids in this context) during a sex act, so I don't figure it's worth testing Laurel's tolerance on it. The scene is actually kind of comical despite the death, as it's more absurdist than graphic, with him dissolving to dust as she cums. Plus, the succubus is a total bimbo and refers to the dead guy as a nipple-ham.

I had a vampire get dusted in Emma & Lily’s Halloween.

Em

 

[Bamagan]

I had a vampire get dusted in Emma & Lily’s Halloween.

Em

But did s/he turn to dust immediately after and because of orgasming?
It's not the death I am skeptical about being allowed, it's the fact that it occurs in direct context of sexual acts.
As mentioned, it's not exactly a scene intended to be read with one hand in the pants, but it's reasonably snuff-adjacent at the very least so I don't think it's worth trying to post it here.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I've got a story that contains a scene that might run afoul of the site's snuff guidelines. It's not intended to be titillating, but it's a succubus draining the life of a nephilim (human-angel hybrids in this context) during a sex act, so I don't figure it's worth testing Laurel's tolerance on it. The scene is actually kind of comical despite the death, as it's more absurdist than graphic, with him dissolving to dust as she cums. Plus, the succubus is a total bimbo and refers to the dead guy as a nipple-ham.

I reckon you should be okay with succubus sex. It's what they do after all; and it's not as if your context is Hannibal Lecter or that German guy who kept people in the fridge.

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

Yes, I have a few accounts on other sites where I post stories not accepted here.

What sites?

 

[Bamagan]

I reckon you should be okay with succubus sex. It's what they do after all; and it's not as if your context is Hannibal Lecter or that German guy who kept people in the fridge.

Well, I confess I haven't done a lot of research here on what shenanigans get a pass when it comes to sex demons. I'm still pretty dubious that it would fly, but maybe the obvious unreality of the scene would give it some plot armor, so to speak.
I'll keep it in mind, I suppose.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Well, I confess I haven't done a lot of research here on what shenanigans get a pass when it comes to sex demons. I'm still pretty dubious that it would fly, but maybe the obvious unreality of the scene would give it some plot armor, so to speak.
I'll keep it in mind, I suppose.

Erotic Horror and Sci-Fi and Fantasy get more of a hall pass, I think, because it's often not "human" sexuality involved. Provided you don't get gratuitous with the "sex = death" formula (ie: keep orgasm and killing separated by several hundred words) you should be okay.

I know the reverse direction is okay. I've got a death by sword disembowelment that's not sexualised, no problems getting it published. You've just got to have space between your death and your sex.

 

[EmilyMiller]

But did s/he turn to dust immediately after and because of orgasming?
It's not the death I am skeptical about being allowed, it's the fact that it occurs in direct context of sexual acts.
As mentioned, it's not exactly a scene intended to be read with one hand in the pants, but it's reasonably snuff-adjacent at the very least so I don't think it's worth trying to post it here.

He bit an angel as he climaxed. Does that count?

Em

 

[Bamagan]

He bit an angel as he climaxed. Does that count?

Em

Erotic Horror and Sci-Fi and Fantasy get more of a hall pass, I think, because it's often not "human" sexuality involved. Provided you don't get gratuitous with the "sex = death" formula (ie: keep orgasm and killing separated by several hundred words) you should be okay.

I know the reverse direction is okay. I've got a death by sword disembowelment that's not sexualised, no problems getting it published. You've just got to have space between your death and your sex.

Apparently not for Laurel? Maybe there was wiggle room if the dust/death was because of tasting angel blood and the sex was incidental to the death? But in my case it's pretty explicitly spelled out that she is absorbing his life force or whatever by the act of orgasm, so the fatality and the climax are basically in the same sentence.
I don't know. Hard to judge them side by side. I suppose if that got waved through then mine might not be the hard no I was expecting, so maybe I'll give the idea some consideration down the line.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Apparently not for Laurel? Maybe there was wiggle room if the dust/death was because of tasting angel blood and the sex was incidental to the death? But in my case it's pretty explicitly spelled out that she is absorbing his life force or whatever by the act of orgasm, so the fatality and the climax are basically in the same sentence.
I don't know. Hard to judge them side by side. I suppose if that got waved through then mine might not be the hard no I was expecting, so maybe I'll give the idea some consideration down the line.

Sounds to me like the story is your standard vampire lore. Equating "I vont to suck your bloood" to snuff is over-thinking it, I reckon. I'd write it, submit it. Laurel will decide.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Yes, though I only have a couple of those.

 

[Bamagan]

Sounds to me like the story is your standard vampire lore. Equating "I vont to suck your bloood" to snuff is over-thinking it, I reckon. I'd write it, submit it. Laurel will decide.

It's already written. Well, the beginning needs to be reworked and the whole thing could stand another edit, but it's written. You also seem to be getting me and Emily mixed up, probably because I responded to both of you in a single comment (apologies). Hers is the vampire thing, which got a pass. No vampires in mine, just some succubi, nephilim, minotaurs and tauresses, and other assorted weirdness. But nary a vampire, sparkly or otherwise.

 

[Bamagan]

Where it's not a normal human dying, I have a feeling it might get a pass.

It's also one of the principal antagonists that is thus slain, which is probably a point in the favor of letting the vaginal homicide slide, I suppose. I confess to being a little surprised that my initial assumption that it was a clear-cut 'No' is not apparently widely shared. I guess I haven't read enough of the stuff in EH here if my scenario seems permissible.

 

[ElectricBlue]

It's also one of the principal antagonists that is thus slain, which is probably a point in the favor of letting the vaginal homicide slide, I suppose. I confess to being a little surprised that my initial assumption that it was a clear-cut 'No' is not apparently widely shared. I guess I haven't read enough of the stuff in EH here if my scenario seems permissible.

As I said above, EH gets a day pass for a bunch of stuff - in your case, succubi just doing their thing.

The way I've seen it over the years, the prohibition against snuff manifests more in non-con being taken too far - but the standard horror tropes and monsters don't seem to be so problematic.

In any event, Laurel is the only arbiter, so there's only one way to find out. Submit the damn thing!

 

[Bamagan]

In any event, Laurel is the only arbiter, so there's only one way to find out. Submit the damn thing!

Well, I'll certainly give it more than the 1% consideration I had been. I'm still hesitant, as it's a pretty long story and the scene in question is very near the end, so I'd probably have to submit it as one big lump in case the climax does wind up getting rejected. I know some people prefer long stories and have success with them, but it's not my preference for a story written serially. Anyway, thanks for the advice, it's given me something to consider for when my other stuff is more wrapped up.