The Official Authors' Hangout Halloween 2023 Contest Support Thread

[StillStunned]

"Lust Demon's Orgy" has lost 7 votes and climbed .09 points (4.36 to 4.45).
"By Voice and By Candle" has lost 1 vote and climbed .18 points (4.35 to 4.53) to be awarded a red H.

And in the meantime they're at 4.55 (red H, yay!) and 4.62.

I think I've attracted some new readers with the brother-sister I/T stroker that was published this morning. Boy, are they in for a surprise tomorrow!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Thank you very much. I'm inching closer to the H.

I saw this and the number of votes it had so I decided to check it out. Creepy good story so I hope my vote pushed it a little closer for you.

 

[StillStunned]

Thank you very much. I'm inching closer to the H.

Just read your story and voted. Hopefully you're even closer now.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I'm Stunned, by @StillStunned pushing me to exactly a 4.5, thank you, thank you very much! Sorry, Elvis, I couldn't resist stilling that from you.

Just read your story and voted. Hopefully you're even closer now.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Swept again. Up to 4.72 now, which, frankly, is better than I thought it would do

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

T-Totally stunned, two over 4.5. Of course, they aren't going to help me in the contest, as I won't even get enough votes to count. But still, if I hang on for one more vote without my feet being cut out from under me, I get to keep at least one H.

 

[EmilyMiller]

One only has 6 votes, lol.

63k words was a bit ambitious, I suppose.

It’s hard to get people to read / vote on longer works (though 63k is more than twice as long as anything I have written - Coleoidphilia is about that length, but in three episodes).

Em

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

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T-Totally stunned, two over 4.5. Of course, they aren't going to help me in the contest, as I won't even get enough votes to count. But still, if I hang on for one more vote without my feet being cut out from under me, I get to keep at least one H.

Are you sure you need just one more vote? Wanna check again?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Swept again. Up to 4.72 now, which, frankly, is better than I thought it would do

It’s weird isn’t it. It’s like waves of sweeps. I keep ticking upwards.

Em

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Are you sure you need just one more vote? Wanna check again?

11 on one story (over the limit) and 16 on the other. Oy vey, now, I'm a real writer.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

It’s weird isn’t it. It’s like waves of sweeps. I keep ticking upwards.

Em

Waves of sweeps is right, except mine must have gone over a crest. It was up to 4.73 but with the next wave is now back down to 4.72.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

11 on one story (over the limit) and 16 on the other. Oy vey, now, I'm a real writer.

I thew you a quick 5* off the bat but did just finish reading blood sacrifice in earnest and can happily report it was well earned. Good scene setting is my jam and you did this splendidly. I loved the seaside Gothic moodiness.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

I thew you a quick 5* off the bat but did just finish reading blood sacrifice in earnest and can happily report it was well earned. Good scene setting is my jam and you did this splendidly. I loved the seaside Gothic moodiness.

It's my tribute to Varney the Vampire. I'm hoping to ride this horse until she dies a painful, slow death. Well, maybe not that long.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Waves of sweeps is right, except mine must have gone over a crest. It was up to 4.73 but with the next wave is now back down to 4.72.

Yes, there have been three waves on my story, In the second one, my score went down, so I lost at least one 5.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Congratulations to the winners. Well done! Altissimus, Jackie O Hikaru and SimonDoom !

 

[samhasstories]

Mine rounded out at 4.75. Not a winner, but I'm happy with that. Had enough fun doin it that I'll definitely try to keep up with these contests and keep that goin. Congrats to the winners.

 

[StillStunned]

Congratulations to the winners. Well done! Altissimus, Jackie O Hikaru and SimonDoom !

Where was the result announced?

ETA: Never mind, found it.

ETA2: And of course congratulations to the winners, and to everyone who gets a participation trophy!

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

Congratulations to the winners and to all who participated!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Well, sometime after midnight, not sure what zone, it'll all be over, but the crying and celebrating. Good luck to us all.

 

[KeithD]

Congrats to those who placed and to all the rest who entered stories.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I stand corrected,

* 2023 Halloween Contest Winners *

First Place ($150 Cash Prize Winner):
A Halloween Tail
by Altissimus

Second Place ($100 Cash Prize Winner):
Wölfin
by Jackie.O.Hikaru

Third Place ($75 Cash Prize Winner):
Darkling Tower
by SimonDoom

Congratulations, guys.

 

[SimonDoom]

Well, this was a big surprise. My story was published only a week ago, and based on where it stood after one day I thought it had no chance. Additional votes and a few sweeps helped. It's by far the highest-scoring story I've ever had.

This is a cool milestone for me: My $75 for third place is the first time in my life that I have earned money for writing fiction. Woo hoo! I've gone pro.

Congrats to Altissimuss and Jackie.O.Hikaru, and thanks to those who voted on my story.

Thanks also to @TarnishedPenny, who did a beta reading, and whose suggestions, most of which I followed, made it a better story.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I'm happy for you! It was a good story, two thumbs up to all of the winners. (Oddly, we only have right-handed thumbs up)

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Okay, well, I wasn't even close, even with enough votes for it to count. Oh, well, there's always next time.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Congrats to @SimonDoom and @Altissimus for their amazing stories and to all that participated. The Halloween contest stories have long been my favorite to read, and this year there were so many amazing entries. Thank you for your stories.