Siren's Song: The Voice of Many Waters - Coming Soon

One of the many great benefits of writing anonymous stories for a free erotic website is that readers can’t possibly judge a writer for who he is, what he looks like, how old he is, how much weight he carries, how he combs his hair, etc. Because the writer is anonymous!

The only way a reader could possibly know anything about an author is if the author tells the readers some personal detail about himself. Trust me, I have regretted choosing my username since the day I created it. Because of that name, readers assume all sorts of things about me that simply aren’t true.

Perhaps if Randi didn’t include her skin tone in her username, she wouldn’t have invited all of these racist scumbags to make racist comments on every story she writes. Why include your skin tone in your username unless your goal was to become a victim of the always-ugly anonymous internet community, which never fails to bring out the worst in humanity?

Just sayin’.

Someone here supports homophobia and bigotry and I missed it? Shit! How do these things get past me? Where is this homophobic rant posted?

On another note, when you throw a party, you like to invite people you enjoy and who you hope will enjoy each other. You don't invite the aging uncle that likes to pinch girl's asses. You skip the overbearing narcissist. You skip the cousin that wants to fight after he has a few beers. You do not invite the spouse's slut cousin that will try to seduce a few husbands and fathers. You are a bit exclusive with your invitations. Sometimes you don't invite a guy simply because you don't like him. That one pisses me off. I have missed a lot of parties because people are so judgmental and just don't like me. It isn't because I'm black, gay, transgender, pickaxe handle wielding, handicapped, or Canadian. Sometimes just being an asshole is reason enough to miss an invitation. That's my cross to bear, but I'm not complaining... much.

Bebop3's comment pretty much covers it, but I need to emphasize again that Randi is not the author of this submission. She is one of the most loving, inclusive and accepting people ever, and if she were the author of this submission, she would be on these comments like you wouldn't believe. It's unfortunate that someone would write something like you referred to, but please believe Randi would never allow it. Randi, herself, was the target of numerous racist comments that were unfortunately left up. Think about it.

I'm also puzzled that because you thought there were four authors who would have made brilliant contributions, that somehow Randi's list wasn't "exhaustive" enough for you. If you thought Randi didn't know about them, did you email her and recommend them? The list was extremely varied, both by writing style and genre. But, as you've said, you're not interested in it. Still, the lack of four authors hardly makes her list limited.

I'd just like to state again that what you've said about Randi is false, and you really should have thought about it a little more before writing a comment, making such accusations. Contact Laurel.

First off, happy 4th of July.

If you check this submission, you'll see that Randi wasn't the author. As she isn't the author, she can't delete comments here. The author is listed as "Literotica", which I assume means Laurel. Maybe your concerns should be directed to her?

On a side note, you posted that Randi's inclusion of authors was rather exclusive.

"Well, my surprise has evaporated as it's become very clear that this is an exclusive event organised by someone with exclusive tastes."

I'd have to disagree with you there. She invited me to participate and barely knew me. I recommended an author to her and she almost immediately extended an invitation to that author.

Regardless, I hope that you're able to find a few stories to enjoy and have a great holiday weekend.

Due to real world concerns, I just didn’t get done on time. No fault of anyone except my own. I will finish the story and get it posted at some point, when I get some writing time. I can only apologize if anyone missed me (which is extremely doubtful anyway, just wistful thinking of an aging wanna be author.)

Randi has done an outstanding job of organizing these things, and if anyone has issues, it’s not any fault of Randi’s, that’s for sure. She is nothing but class and elegance and voodoo dolls.

And neither was Holliday1960. She doesn't write on this site anymore, and I had no interest in the event myself, focussing on other things like writing 'real' books elsewhere (for my two readers). However, I was surprised to see at least four authors missing from the list who I knew would have made brilliant contributions. That was all. Surprised. Not offended, and not upset. Well, my surprise has evaporated as it's become very clear that this is an exclusive event organised by someone with exclusive tastes.

To BlackRandl - when you allow homophobia here and don't condemn it, that speaks volumes to me. And it says a lot to me about the authors here (I'm referring to the comments section, not referring to the list - I support those on the list) that they not only refuse to post their vitriol (the -actual- vitriol) under their own names, but they use homophobic language on a platform where authors of all walks of life - gay, trans, straight, and everything in between contribute their -quality- work for free.

If you push forward an event as being the 'best' in the community (of Literotica general, a fairly broad claim), but then say that the 'gay shit' doesn't count, what you're saying is that only some categories in this community matter and have value. What we call that where I come from, is 'homophobia' and 'bigotry', which are not things you should be proud of.

I expect more. I expect more from a writing community in 2018. I've seen the positive, supportive side of this site (through getting to know other authors in the Author's Hangout) - but perhaps the author's community there is just a cut above those who don't contribute there to the fostering and development of talent across the board.

To those so deeply offended by mild criticism, if you're so fragile you can't deal with a simple question like 'Is this open to everyone?', or the polite comment I made -under my own name- (unlike those using 'anonymous' to post hate speech), then that tells me everything I need to know about you as people.

BlackRandl could have agreed with me, 'Yes, this is just the authors I'm aware of, but I'm sure there are other brilliant authors out there whose work I don't read'. That'd be fair, since I doubt they've read every story by every author on the site. But they didn't. And they've allowed this comment to stand without any condemnation:

** "There are real authors here. Like others said, have your own fucking deal and you can all write a bunch of gay shit. All two of the people who read your shit will be thrilled." **

Which tells me they agree with the sentiment - that 'gay shit' isn't welcome, and has no value to this literary community.

If we want the world to change, and I sincerely hope at least some of you reading this do (well, perhaps not in this comments section, since it's posted in the most homophobic category on the site), stop letting the threat of trolls and the gutless 'anons' control your willingness to speak up.

On the other hand, if you support homophobia and bigotry, then keep your silence. It's the favourite trick of bullies and oppressors to make everyone afraid to raise their heads. But I'm the kid who took the punches from the school bullies to take a stand, and at least I can look myself in the eye and say, I am who the fuck I want to be.

To the authors on this list, I support you, and I'm sure you've done an amazing job. But please consider what you're contributing to, and if it's part of you who you, personally, want to be.

Jason.

Is MattBlacks the only one you posted late Randi? there are several other writers on that list with NO story posted, but hen again, its being dictated by Randi when we get half way decent stories.

Glad to see another event. The stories in this category are not as good as they once were probably due to the vitriol in the comments. These events are a breath of fresh air and I look forward to them.

Quick question - anyone heard how Tx Tall Tales is doing ? Been looking forward to the finish of his Honor story but I seem to recall hearing he was ill.

Also, have you tried to get The Wanderer/Denham Forrest for these events. He is my favorite writer who has posted here.

I need to get more free time. I knew about most of the writers, but there are a few surprises there. I'll have to check them out. Not long to wait. I'm really looking forward to this. Barbecue, ice cold beer, fireworks and a couple of stories from the masters. Doesn't get any better than that. Put my chair in the shade!

You realize that you’ve now complained about the complaints as many times as there are complaints! (And, frankly, some of the examples you posted weren’t actually complaints.)