Pandemonium challenge support thread

[TheLobster]

This isn't an official contest; it's an unofficial community event. Meaning all you are "winning" is some extra reader attention as well the sense of pride and accomplishment.

 

[Devinter]

This is a challenge, and not a contest. There are no winners. Or you're all winners, depending on how you see it!

EDIT: Lobster beat me to it!

 

[TheNyxianLily]

Ahh I thought it was still considered a contest, just one without prizes. That makes sense!

 

[OtterlyMindblowing]

Good to know as well, I definitely had the wrong idea right with her

 

[HordHolm]

Well, that's it. Submitted. Title: The Virgin Sharpy.

My first excursion into Gay Male and honestly, the most difficult thing I've ever written that I didn't just give up on. I was tempted, too, as our time was running out, but it seemed a bit of a waste to bin 20K words. I can't honestly say I'm totally happy with it, but I'm not sure I would be with any more time. I'm not saying it's bad, necessarily (I'll leave that to the voters - I would rate it in the higher 3 stars, but it could get savaged: I'm straight, writing gay characters, and I might very easily not have been convincing on a number of levels). The plotting was tough, too, and there might not be enough of the demon side of it, either. I'm not selling it, am I ?

 

[Cockatoo]

I'm in.
"Dig Two Graves" is a LW BTB story about a cuckolded husband who's placed a curse on his homewrecker, told from the POV of a detective investigating the case. Posted 9/23/24
Thanks for the prompt!

 

[StillStunned]

Only a few more days to get your submissions in, people! Come on, you know you all want to submit to the demon inside you...

 

[HordHolm]

Link to submission: https://www.literotica.com/s/the-virgin-sharpy

 

[TheLobster]

Only a few more days to get your submissions in, people! Come on, you know you all want to submit to the demon inside you...

Okay, so, uhm...

Look, I just wanted to write a silly little romp with sexy demons. You know, completely unoriginal and very self-indulgent. And it was going great, at least for a time -- until those pesky things reared their ugly heads. Things, like, well, the usual...

Characters that actually show some personality.
Some semblance of real plot.
More than just perfunctory worldbuilding.
A villain and the associated conflict.

...and so on. You know, trivial little details like that.

Conversely, the result of my fearless pantsing has come just shy of 40k words, as I put in the final dot just now. It probably has heads and tails (definitely tails), so it might be possible I manage to edit it into submission before the challenge ends but, uh...

We'll see.

 

[C_M_Bangen]

Squeaked in under the wire!

Just submitted my piece, 12k words, and the first long form fiction I've written in over a decade.

 

[C_M_Bangen]

Guess that's what I get for never submitting something before: it wasn't submitted for publishing yesterday, but I managed to actually submit it today.

 

[MyBareTorso]

I've never entered a contest before, how are winners chosen? Do they need a certain numbers of votes to qualify?

This one is a challenge, as opposed to a contest. In challenges, there are no actual winners. It's just for fun!

 

[StillStunned]

Hey everyone, thank you all for participating in the event! And for joining in the discussion about the event. I'm still well behind on my reading, but I think there have been some great stories, and loads of different and imaginative takes on demons and their ilk.

Thanks!

 

[Baelnorn]

Since it's now published, here's the link to my submission: The Witch and the Demon, 33333 words (or at least what Word considers to be words ).

 

[HordHolm]

Hey everyone, thank you all for participating in the event! And for joining in the discussion about the event. I'm still well behind on my reading, but I think there have been some great stories, and loads of different and imaginative takes on demons and their ilk.

Thanks!

And thank you for having the inspiration and keeping us on our toes.

 

[Erozetta]

Hey everyone, thank you all for participating in the event! And for joining in the discussion about the event. I'm still well behind on my reading, but I think there have been some great stories, and loads of different and imaginative takes on demons and their ilk.

Thanks!

Was a fun challenge that settles into some of my actual kinks, which I rarely write about, lol.

Hope you do it again next year.

 

[TheCitySlicker]

Thank you for presenting the opportunity.

 

[yowser]

It surely is unfair to make noise about deadlines when the announcement comes (what? nine months?) long before the event, but blimey if the deadline business didn't come to haunt me again this time (even beyond work-life these deadline-driven-things become an irritation, worse than mosquitoes on a camping trip.)

I could have used another week of revising, and the error rate exceeds my norm, but I was damned if I was going to park the thing for next year, which of course always stands the chance of never happening.

Anyway, it slid in just under the wire.

I've looked at a half-dozen entries so far. Most are third person, and the only First person POV stories I've read are from a human perspective. Does anyone else besides me have a first person POV narration from the demon itself? (DPOV?)

 

[StillStunned]

I've looked at a half-dozen entries so far. Most are third person, and the only First person POV stories I've read are from a human perspective. Does anyone else besides me have a first person POV narration from the demon itself? (DPOV?)

This was a Halloween entry last year, not Pandemonium, but it has DPOV: Lust Demon's Orgy

 

[TheLobster]

Hey everyone, thank you all for participating in the event! And for joining in the discussion about the event. I'm still well behind on my reading, but I think there have been some great stories, and loads of different and imaginative takes on demons and their ilk.

Thanks!

Noooo! Wait! Hold the door! I need to get in!

Uhm, yeah, so... I somehow managed to whip my 40k opus into shape and I submitted it just now. I know it's technically past the deadline but it's also still, hopefully, before the final anthology is compiled, so maybe I can somehow sneak in?

I definitely remember others doing this in the previous events (not contests), but I don't know if Laurel isn't going be pissed off making this kind of exceptions all the time Should I message her, or is it enough that I included the requisite tags and admin notes?

 

[StillStunned]

I definitely remember others doing this in the previous events (not contests), but I don't know if Laurel isn't going be pissed off making this kind of exceptions all the time Should I message her, or is it enough that I included the requisite tags and admin notes?

I really couldn't say. You can always try, though - what's the worst that can happen?

 

[mrs_mackenzie]

I really couldn't say. You can always try, though - what's the worst that can happen?

Spoken like a true demon...

 

[C_M_Bangen]

Whoo, it's published!

Tails from Demonicon 1 is now live!

Hope folks enjoy it, despite maybe not keeping with some of the "proper" themes of the challenge.

 

[StillStunned]

The complete list is up: Pandemonium 2024 - The Stories

A big thank-you to @Laurel for letting us have this event, and another big thank-you to everyone who participated! Now I get to sit down and read what everyone came up with.

 

[TheLobster]

Looks like mine got snuck in at the very last moment and is actually on the list!

Winding Tails