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“One Way or Another…”
Writing Prompt #9: February’s Open Ended Invitation to Write for Us…
“I know you’re in there, don’t ignore me Basia.”
She could hear the snarl in Kurt’s voice as he shouted through the letterbox. Even with the barrier of a deadlocked door and the couch she crouched behind, Basia didn’t feel safe from his reach.
Somehow, he’d found her again. Basia had quit her apartment two weeks ago and begged a lift from a friend to ferry her to her Mother’s flat in this depressing concrete block. She’d hoped that leaving her clapped out car behind would fool him and buy her time. Had Neil been pressured into revealing where he’d driven her?
Kurt must’ve aimed an angry kick at her mother’s door, because the impact resounded and the hinges groaned. Basia gritted her teeth, hugging herself to quell her terrified shaking.
“You’re all alone, you’ve got no money.”
She pulled out her phone and sat staring at Kurt’s latest text.
He was right, of course. Unless she involved the police, he had her caught like a rat in a trap.
She should have ditched her mobile, she scolded herself. Kurt most likely installed a tracking app. By keeping it, she also allowed him to still hurt her with his words, but she couldn’t afford to replace it.
Three dots appeared in a bubble, Kurt was texting:
“One way, or another, I’m going to find you, bitch! You belong to me.”
May More 💜 Tales kicked off the idea for providing our writers with prompts in May 2022 and our first was Trains. Since then, the up-take of prompt stories has been great — 93 stories published so far in response to the 8 original prompts we offered.
We’ve suggested just one idea per month to inspire writers, and gave these optional prompts no time limit. Then we decided that wiping the slate clean would keep things fresh. January 2023 was the final opportunity to respond to the prompts which had gone before.
Never fret, we’ve found new ways to tease out inspiration, to spark really tantalizing fiction from our established writers, and coax new creatives to join in and submit stories.
New Prompt for February
Maybe you know the classic song by Blondie, “One Way or Another …” I’ve sung along and always thought it was about teenage attraction, or a partner who refuses to be dumped. It could be about lost love, but Wikipedia says there was a more disturbing tinge to the lyrics. A reason Debbie Harry, the iconic singer, delivers them with a snarl in her voice.
New prompt: use the phrase: “One way or another, I’m going to find you …” in your story.
We are happy to host erotic fiction, but at Tantalizing Tales we encourage creation of stories in other genres: sci-fi * supernatural * crime * thriller * dystopian * historical * humour* fairy tale retelling * — which are plot based and have sex as an explosive part of the tale.
On Saturdays and Sundays, when people usually have more time to read, we may publish two feature length stories, instead of a single one. We prefer giving each piece a time to ‘feature’.
Prompt stories earn a mention in the newsletter after they have been published — to raise their profile with our subscribers. (Do you subscribe? You help us become a destination for quality fiction if you do)
- Submit something to us which incorporates the above phrase; full length stories or flash fiction. We will prioritise any prompt stories and publish as soon as we can.
- When submitting your story to Tantalizing Tales, please let us know it’s a response to a prompt by including it as a topic or adding the theme to your kicker or subtitle.
- You’re welcome to post your prompt story on another publication. Just link it back to this newsletter and let me or May More 💜 Tales know, so we can mention it in our next newsletter.
- Our team of editors and I look forward to receiving your prompt stories :-)
We had a birthday this month — read this post for all the special stories our editors wrote. If you’d like to assist our promotion via social media, use the ‘tweet’ function in Medium to share a link to the story you’ve just enjoyed. Please give the writer plenty of claps (50 is great) and perhaps leave a positive comment.
January’s Prompt Stories
Since January’s newsletter, which was also the quarterly & annual round-up, we have published the following stories giving 2022 prompts the last hurrah:
MISUNDERSTANDING
Remember, it’s the Platinum Lounge, so he’ll expect full contact.
Masquerading with my Breeches Down! ~ May More 💜 Tales
The moment the three of us entered a side study room, their hands were on me.
I Filmed a Sex Scene with the Director’s Wife ~ Lucy
Unfortunately she had other ideas.
SMALL TOWN
Everyone’s Watching the Strange New Girl in Town ~ Solomon Sinn Seer
I blushed, imagining compliments, jokes, insults.
DARKNESS
The Other MILFs — Lee Again (Probably) ~ Marsha Adams
I woke up because somebody was pulling my shorts down
The Pleasure Peek ~ Kiki Wellington
I watched him … he thought I was sleeping.
The Pleasure Seek ~ Kiki Wellington
He watched me … I knew he wasn’t sleeping.
CHANGE
100-Word Story: She’s unbreakable and wild…
And this one by Marie A. Rebelle responded to ALL the prompts!
When City Life Risked their Long Relationship
The bigger the distance between them, the happier she felt
New Writers to the Publication
We welcome new writers, our team of editors are here to offer assistance with polishing your stories.
Fresh faces on the writing team over the last few months are:
Clarice Star Erotic | Short stories | Sensuality | Sharing | Looking for pleasure, and to add something more to people’s imagination!
My fantasy came true …
Jordan Lubov Author of erotic romance. Visit my author page on Amazon
Mindy can’t wait to bang the hot sound engineer after her gig …
Sir Thomas Erotic blogger, sex positive educator. AKA ‘Thomas the Tongue Engine’ | ‘Thomas Aurelius Lingua’ (Golden Tongue) | ‘Argentum Vulpes’ (silver fox)
Their Eyes Met Across the Courtyard
A corporate fling gets an unexpected twist.
Eli Casablanca Erotic stories about life and witches and love and robots and violence and beauty and cowboys and pain and the universe and the soft warm palm of your hand…
Three Wednesdays [part 1] The worst Alley in the Universe
Right here, up on my right cheek, the flush, red shape of a hand is probably still visible…
Recent Featured Writers
When we feature a writer, we showcase a little of their recent work on the laptop homepage, plus pinning a story of theirs to the app version; alongside our regular Twitter promotion.
These were our featured writers during December and January:
Melanie Nyx Creator of monster and tentacle erotica. Come with me and discover the things that bump in the night.
TJ Charvat Creative writing journeys in various genres and just plain fiction, but hopefully not too plain.
Sebastian Castile Writing for two years, now trying to focus on romantic erotic encounters.
Alexander Martin Likes to write detailed erotic stories. Loves to tell a story of how, when and where.
Simone Francis Writer of dark, erotic, supernatural fiction and light, sexy humorous stories — it depends on her mood.
You can hide from the devil, but he’ll always find you
[Allan Iverson]
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Posy Churchgate writes Fiction: scenes with sex | romance | kink | supernatural | sex positive | Editor in Chief for Tantalizing Tales | UK Based | Subscribe to Medium using my link or sign up to receive an e-mail whenever I post new content.
