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

[Djmac1031]

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Welcome to Day Forteen of The Halloween Competition

https://www.literotica.com/stories/contest.php/halloween-2025

My alternate joke for this:

Did Lily suddenly become a Mormon...?

 

[EmilyMiller]

My next story, and my entry for the 2025 Halloween contest, “Aphrodite’s Law,” will be posted on October 16.

Yay!

 

[Djmac1031]

I've got an opening for a new Halloween story, although I don't know that I'll have it finished in time for this Halloween as it's really just the bare bones of an idea:

High on a hill stood a haunted whorehouse.

“A haunted whorehouse?” I hear you say. “What kind of start is that for a horror story?”

Truth is, this isn't a horror story. It's just a story. My story.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I've got an opening for a new Halloween story, although I don't know that I'll have it finished in time for this Halloween as it's really just the bare bones of an idea:

Haunted by the Ghost of Alliteration Past.

 

[MillieDynamite]

For days now, I've been trying to rework the story I wrote for another site to believe it's good enough to post here. I can't get there, and I'm struggling to figure out why I'm not satisfied with the story. There are a few little things, it isn't that scary, it isn't that sexy, and other things that may or may not be issues. It doesn't feel right, it doesn't read like something I want others to see. It doesn't read like something I wrote, and doesn't sound like my writing when my computer reads it to me.

Therefore, despite my best (or maybe not so best) efforts, I don't think I can get it right in time for the contest here.

Bummer!

 

[WendyTrilby]

I may have wandered a little deeper into the shadows with this one. In this fantasy tale I wrote for the Halloween Contests, I found myself exploring nearly every category this site has to offer, making it a challenge to choose a single which one to go with.

I settled on Lesbian Sex.

the Story is WHATEVER YOU DESIRE and recently dropped.

At its heart, this is a story about two women--one a lonely wife searching for something she can't name, the other an immortal being, weary of centuries of desire and loss.

If you've ready my work, you know my detailing of each encounter includes everything...I mean every little thing. Smells, sounds, odors, flavors, hairs. You name it, if its a part of the sexual act, I make sure it reads as great as it feels

As the story developed, I chose to make the path as twisted as possible. That means I have chosen to visit several kinks that might not be the "thing" some readers are here to enjoy. I'm pretty certain that will have rating impact, but I don't get the chance to write fantasy material, of I went all in.

Without revealing too much, know that this story will t test your comfort zone. I mean, really, really, test your comfort zone.

But stay with me--the journey leads to an ending that's both erotic and intense, and, I promise, worth every step.

- WT

 

[Angelina_Softly]

Nope. It's a good time for you to start one.

Hi! Are you new to the area?

 

[Angelina_Softly]

I'm friendly and open-minded, but I value compromise and communication.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I'm friendly and open-minded, but I value compromise and communication.

Good to know, are you writing, or have you written a Halloween story?

 

[MegaTank]

Well, my story's set to publish tomorrow (17th). Looks like it's going to get lost in the crowd by this point, but at least my perfect publishing streak holds.

Enjoy the tricks and treats, everyone.

 

[EmilyMiller]

No new stories published today (as yet).

I guess I’ll pick up this thread when the site sorts itself out.

Anyone scheduled to publish today has already lost many hours on the overall new page and respective category new page, which puts them at a disadvantage with respect to the competition.

Not sure what the site is going to do about that, if anything.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Some stories have now been published - several hours late. But I know of two cases where a story was meant to be published today and hasn’t been as yet. Maybe they are working through a backlog, but stories normally publish en masse.

Anyone having problems?

 

[Djmac1031]

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Welcome to Day Forteen of The Halloween Competition

https://www.literotica.com/stories/contest.php/halloween-2025

I realize its late and pretty much only @EmilyMiller will get it. but still. I have to:

"Casper has three holes."

 

[EmilyMiller]

After yet another site glitch, I guess welcome to Day Fifteen of The Halloween 2025 Comp.

I wonder what exciting new problems await us in the next few days.

https://www.literotica.com/stories/contest.php/halloween-2025

(If you were published today and haven’t made it to the comp list above, PM both @Laurel and @Manu with the name of your story and asking them to sort out the problem, hopefully they will be responsive).

 

[DEFCOM5]

@EmilyMiller,
Nice picture as usual. And thank you for keeping the spirit positive in these challenging times on the site.

 

[EmilyMiller]

@EmilyMiller,
Nice picture as usual. And thank you for keeping the spirit positive in these challenging times on the site.

It’s not easy at the moment

 

[Eisenloewe]

Some stories have now been published - several hours late. But I know of two cases where a story was meant to be published today and hasn’t been as yet. Maybe they are working through a backlog, but stories normally publish en masse.

Anyone having problems?

Not sure if it's related, but the Activities feed in my author homepage is bugged, too, with the message: "Unfortunately, we can not display Activities due to a technical issue right now. Please try again later." New notifications are not showing.

However, of all the random things, certain old notifications are suddenly showing as new, specifically the "My Comments" feed. So I got treated to a walk down memory lane of the comments I've made on others' stories, which was actually not a terrible bug because I only generally comment on stories that I liked and made an impression, but still, made me do a double-take when I saw the notifications springing in my feed.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Not sure if it's related, but the Activities feed in my author homepage is bugged, too, with the message: "Unfortunately, we can not display Activities due to a technical issue right now. Please try again later." New notifications are not showing.

They did an upgrade and clearly botched it. See here. Whether or not these things are related

 

[caleb35]

My next story, and my entry for the 2025 Halloween contest, “Aphrodite’s Law,” will be posted on October 16.

My story is up, and apparently is an "Editor's Choice," according to my barely functional Notifications Feed.

 

[EmilyMiller]

My story is up, and apparently is an "Editor's Choice," according to my barely functional Notifications Feed.

Let’s hope the E isn’t just a glitch, right?

 

[caleb35]

Let’s hope the E isn’t just a glitch, right?

It might just be a glitch. [sigh] Sucks. Still, they can take away my E, but they can't take away my screenshot of them telling me I got one.

 

[BryanRichardson]

It might just be a glitch. [sigh] Sucks. Still, they can take away my E, but they can't take away my screenshot of them telling me I got one.

I dont want to burst your bubble but one of the authors I follow published the first chapter of a story and it too became an Editors Choice immediately after being published…

 

[caleb35]

I dont want to burst your bubble but one of the authors I follow published the first chapter of a story and it too became an Editors Choice immediately after being published…

That's all right, others already burst my bubble