Congratulations to all who entered, to those who were in the top thirteen and in particular to the well deserved trio on the podium. Thanks to all who read and commented on the entries and to the organisers and judges of this fun competition.

Congrats to all, this was lots of fun. I'd no idea there was such a thing as hint fiction. Such an enjoyable challenge, thank you Kimmi for organising.

Its not what it looks like competition ... all I can think about is that's the opening line of your spouse when you walk into the bedroom and see another in your bed.

Morning all, thanks for the heads up on blue, I shall wander over. A toddler constrains one's writing time. I published one story on the last day of the last competition (31 December) and the next on the fifth to last day of this competition (11th April.) That's by far the least productive I have been since I joined lush.

I'm very pleased with this latest story, thanks for the lovely comments of those who have checked it out: Bull Shite, Bull Dykes, Bull Fights: That’s Your Everyday D/s Love Story. | Lush Stories

Kat (and anyone else who knows what I'm talking about) have you seen the 30 minute Bluey yet? I think I loved it more than the toddler, the sly little adult orientated jokes like the coin gag in particular.

He knew she’d sensually shed her summer frock in quiet Bluebell wood.  

In the azaleas, Lord Chatterley remained stubbornly impotent. So thick John Thomas obligingly ploughed Lady Jane.

Her shrillest orgasm accompanied the spurts of gardener seed. Finally he'd stiffened.  

I'm in: Bull Shite, Bull Dykes, Bull Fights: That’s Your Everyday D/s Love Story. | Lush Stories

Congrats, so well done. A fabulous portfolio of hot well written stories.

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well... fuck me. i might enter this one.

So long as Mistress gives permission presumably.

I’m in of course. Written four or five stories on this so it’s just the non-trivial matter of distilling what ideas I’ll focus on. I’m tempted to rewrite Miss, my Miss but I’m not sure I could make it sufficiently different from the original to qualify as a ‘new’ story.

A question I often ask myself. For me, that Latin saying, make haste, slowly applies to my writing. I spent yesterday writing about 1000 words for the opening of a story for the BDSM competition. Only 300 remain which shows that most of the time was editing. And I have to do that to be in the right frame of mind to write the next scene. If I speed write I’ll only end up with the plot I have in mind but not the language dexterity I want. Often that’s about finding the right word … I had a bland sentence about the dad in my last story that I stared at for ages until the word sourpuss occurred to me, which brought the sentence alive and allowed me to happily move on. Like you, the best ideas seem to take the longest, the most editing, and are mentally difficult. But that’s the most rewarding writing, quality trumps quantity for me.

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Yeah, but U2? I'd rather have them out on the road. Guess they're getting up there, though, so the idea of residency appealed. 😊(Checked and Bono is 63 so only 4 years older than the ape, really). And lets be honest, seeing them is about the only thing that would get me back to Vegas again. Not really my kind of place, even if I enjoyed a trip there many years ago. Last time I was there, we were just using the airport to fly in and out, then rented an SUV and toured Southern Utah and Northern Arizona.

There was this European survey of top long haul destinations. Sydney was first but that’s not my point. Kyoto was third after Cape Town which I so agree with. Anyway, the 10 or so (from memory) North American towns ranked from 4th (Chicago) to 39th and stone cold last, and last was, drum roll, Las Vegas.

Evening all, been out on the tiles, I may regret this tomorrow at work. Hope all is good, summer is hot and sultry down under. Himself is two and a half and has attitude, but is totally sweet as.

Writing... Well nothing since my competition story, last year! Take care 😘

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Heartiest congratulations to all the winners and to my fellow runners-up. I am honoured to count myself amongst you. I'd also like to offer special thanks to Jaymal, Jake the Juggernaut, whose story provided me with some great role play and cyber sex ideas. 😜👌

Aeneid’s, Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs, (I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts,) is now updated for the new millennium--I fear the South Australians especially when bearing candy canes.

Congratulations to all who entered (so many fabulous stories inside and outside the top ten,) to the others in the top ten, and especially the three on the podium--I loved those stories.

Thanks as always to those who entered, those who read, and those who commented. And to the organisers and judges. Such a fun competition.

Merry Christmas, not quite Christmas day, 45 minutes to go. Hot but not oppressive heat forecast so the day is looking good.

A certain two-year-old is excited, he's not quite sure why, but there was this Santa guy on a firetruck and Christmas lights.

Enjoy and be kind to each other. Thanks for the friendliness of you all. Hopefully i’ll get my competition story done 🎄🎁

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That Verbal dude sure knew his way around a tentacle.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/monster-sex/beneath

He so did, I totally loved this story. Wonder what happened to him?

Great Clapton fan I think; maybe he's at home listening to Layla.

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GREAT Heron? That strutting blue-butt trash? I'd rather feed myself to the coyotes.
I am a Black Crowned Night Heron, twilight's river-edge royalty! Fear me, fear the blood-lust red of my eyes!
And if you have any extra cornbread, that would be cool, too.

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A Happy to you, James, and everyone here. Even the drunk guy with the gravy mustache.

This will go down as one of my favourite Rump posts. Herons struggle to compete in our menagerie of parrots (though technically our chief parrot, the cockatoo, and his/her amigos, the Galah and Corella aren't true parrots, like the King and the Rosella,) but Kistin you've made me a Black Crowned Night Heron fangirl.

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. Black Friday has made it here, and that day is almost done, but fortunately the sales go into the weekend, so you can imagine what I am doing Saturday morning. Chrissy presents here we come, I have seen the most adorable Duplo construction set, Himself will be having it for Christmas, sale or no sale tomorrow.

A couple of weeks ago the biggest Lego store in the world opened in Sydney. We're so not going there, lol, that joy is ahead of us.

I'm 1500 words into a competition story, gone out on a total limb, lets just say Sara's Secret Santa on acid. The characters are in control (rare for me) and omg the grandmother! Helppppp ....

Congrats to all who entered, so many enjoyable stories in and beyond Jen’s 20. So cool to see El Henke top a great leaderboard. Well done to all who organized and judged.

As the cold creeps into the north, down under the jacaranda's falling flowers herald the start of summer and bring with them an obvious song choice. Happy Sunday.

Halloween down under is almost done, the witching hour for the competition's over 160 entries approaches.

Something a little spooky from Billie.

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And I thought that was actually a nice touch. So many of us went automatically to the Halloween angle, but Fall is about more than just spooks, eh.

Some interesting stories in there. Going to be quite interested to see what comes out of this.

Lol, and, of course, in our half of the world, this time of year is about spring, rebirth, sunshine and light. Happy Halloween to you all.

For me 3,000-5,000 views is usual; even my best story, Oxford Street, hasn't cracked 7000. Only two stories of mine, my very first, Turkish Delight, and my twins incest story with Cat-gets-the-cream have passed 10,000, and are nearing, 12,000 views.

But in May 2021, within days of each other, I published two stories, both RR's, that now have over 9000 views and are my third and fourth most viewed stories.

Lets put them both over 10,000 views:

Ms Schrödinger's Pussy is a funny, cummy, kitten story; yes lesbian physics can be super-hot. I'd gone with another idea for the Time Travel competition but couldn't resist writing this sexy-punny tale.

Miss, my Miss on the other hand, I'd written thinking it would only get niche support: Afterall it's a D/s lesbian tale that is written in the second person and features pee play. But it's been so well received and I am enormously proud of the quality of this story.

Please read vote and comment on them both ... lets push these two stories to the top of my most read list.

Morning all, weekend is done and dusted in this part of the world. Welcome, Fanny, the rugby was certainly worth watching though I didn't see the first game which started at about 2am our time. SA and France, like NZ and Ireland yesterday, was a fabulous game. If you see Susie around, her drinks are on me and don't go mentioning the rugby.

The competition entries top 100, I am barely keeping up with reading, have done about 3/4 up to James entry and none after. A good showing as always from the Rump regulars. In case you haven't read and commented on mine here's the link:

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/double-double-toil-and-trouble-fire-burn-and-cauldron-bubble

and, to whet your appetite, here's what Sprite said about it:

i love this. love love love this. it's somehow got everything in it. humor, sex, poetry, magic... most of all it has you. haven't read a lot of the others, but i think that they will pale (mine included) next to this. oh, and the cover image rocks. not saying this because your a friend. even if i hated you, i'd have loved this. just wow. lol and no, i am NOT high (yet - that's later ).

Mind you I can neither confirm nor deny whether Rachel was high.

It appears that the earliest published stories have started to drop off the competition page's entry list. Is that just me or a bug that could be fixed?

Such good news Kat.

Can't stay, should be working. Or reading, so many entries in the competition.

Lol, the competition is announced. Three days later Annie submits, and its touch and go whether she will be one of the first 50 entries. I shall get on with reading others, once mine is actually published. Hope you all are having a great weekend.

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Who needs buckets of guts? I wrote a story about a guy who gets a phone call from one of his employees ... who is in HELL!! Yeah, I was in a cheery mood that Fall or something.😉

Some stories just stick in the mind. This was one of them, just perfectly constructed.

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This week. We'll do a fairly lighthearted one for Halloween time, then that should take us nicely into the festive season

Once again it's into the breech, dear friends, writing a southern hemisphere Beltane story while most others are scribing a northern hemisphere Samhain story. With humour (or is that humor?) too.

Mostly my titles are born in a last minute panic before hitting the submit button.

Occasionally they occur during writing, and very occasionally I start with the title: Butch Cassidy and the Vegemite Kid told the story of an Australian and USA lesbian couple … that title meant the US one had to be the butch one, but didn't otherwise affect the story line.

Zucchini and the Art of Environmental Maintenance, on the other hand, which I thought of as soon as I read the brief for the nature competition, caused me dramas when I had to significantly edit the draft story down to the word limit. The easy option would have been to delete the zucchini dildo scene. But to keep the title I ended up doing a more complex edit.

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It’s misleading to think of historical CO2 emissions by country. The atmospheric CO2 is usually associated with the Industrial Revolution, and it’s often said to start in the late 1700s. Europe had different countries then than it does now. For example, Italy didn’t exist then. Neither did Greece or any of the Balkan countries.

 

So, instead of comparing country to country, it's more useful to compare Europe’s emissions to the US’s. That would be more of an apples-to-apples comparison. Using Statista, I summed up the historical emissions of European countries: 412.5 billion tons CO2 and the US’s historical emissions: 421.9 billion tons CO2.

 

25 percent of world’s emissions, 4 percent of world population. Ffs, own it; the west has screwed up... And the US is the leading actor

Happy Birthday Rachel 🎂🎁🍾💖

Ahhh, Christmas,... those lazy hazy crazy days of summer; can't wait.