Why is he Suddenly so Keen to Build a Wine Cellar?
Newsletter & Prompt #2 | Sharing Love and Intimacy Below Stairs
“I’m thinking of building a wine cellar,” Robert announced.
I was gulping down my coffee, worrying that our daughter Shannon would be late for school and checking my laptop bag for my charging cable. I didn’t give the idea much thought.
“Sounds great,” I offered non-committally, before setting off for work.
Stuck in a bottleneck of traffic that occurred on my route into work, I began to wonder what Robert was up to. We hardly drink wine. I hoped he wasn’t planning to invite Judy and Nigel over for a boring night of wine and cheese.
When I got to work, I just had time to send him a questioning text “wine cellar?” before I was waylaid by Martha from HR.
When I next looked at my phone he’d texted his reply, “it’s code.”
“For?” I pressed send.
“Sex dungeon” the message came back, followed by emoticons of a snickering demon, a dancing woman, a splash, an egg plant, a peach and the clapping (I’ll bet he meant slapping) hands.
Instantly I felt flushed and giddy with excitement, my man knew how to make my panties dampen.
I’d been nagging Robert to take me to a BDSM dungeon for a couple of months now, but he wasn’t comfortable bringing our role play games into a public domain. It would seem he had thought of the perfect way to please me and to utilise our cellar, which currently housed only a beer fridge and a step-ladder.
It was the perfect solution. With Robert’s DIY skills and the down-time he had working shifts as a fireman, I knew he could fix racks and pulleys, even build storage for our toys and fetish wear.
Maybe we did have something a bit more exciting than cheese and wine to offer Nigel and Judy.
I texted my reply, “soundproofing” to Robert, by a wink emoji.
Welcome!
Welcome to the second of our regular monthly newsletters written by me or May More. Here we feature some amazing Tantalizing Tales from our writers and offer a prompt suggestion, as well as updating everyone with recent news. So here we go!
Prompt #2 Cellar / Basement
- A new prompt is offered with each newsletter.
- However, the themes are not compulsory or time restricted.
- You can write to any of the prompts this week, next month, or somewhere down the timeline.
- Prompt stories will be published as soon as we are able and will be showcased in the next newsletter or a separate feature story.
- A prompt — current or past — can be used for Micro Monday tales or longer featured stories.
Please remember to let us know, when submitting your story, that it is a response to a prompt by including a note, add the theme to your kicker or subtitle — or in this case use the tag CELLAR.
Perhaps you can tell by my themed story at the start of the newsletter, the next prompt — if you wish to use it — is CELLAR or BASEMENT.
Write in any genre — erotic, supernatural, fantasy, sci-fi, or a mixture of more than one. Our golden rule is that the story is tantalizing and includes a cellar or basement, no matter how tentative.
Trains: Prompt #1
Prompt #1 was TRAINS and we received some excellent pieces of fiction and were delighted with the variety of genres and styles submitted. Here’s where we showcase all the train stories we’ve published since the prompt. Take a look, hopefully they will spark your creative flare:
Train Toilet Fun Anna Alexander Gibbons — A hook-up app helps Zack find fun on the go…
Waterfall F. Leonora Solomon — Dressed in a thin slip dress, Zoya got up behind him to exit. She felt her temples moisten as she got closer to him
The Future Express Marie A. Rebelle — She blushed deeply, defiance shining in her eyes while she took in his appearance
Exposed: Five Minutes is All it Takes May More — Three hundred seconds of my heart beating faster, scared of what he may try next
Train Tragedy Posy Churchgate — Under Your Thumb — It’s Over and Done — (C.W. Themes of suicide & alcoholism)
She Rode Me to the Rhythm of the Train May More — Newsletter #1: An intimate interlude between stations…
The Ride Rama — She bit her lip as her pussy started to throb with pleasure.
Picked by Medium
It’s not that easy to get picked by Medium for further distribution, many writers endeavour to work out the ‘magic’ formula. What we do know is that Erotic Fiction, which our publication features quite heavily, rarely gets this status. So we are particularly proud of the following pieces from our magazine, which have achieved this status:
- My Mom Knows Everything by BOFace [Family] — Which was written for the Train Prompt.
- Careless Talk by May More [Fiction and Family]
Posy Picks — Tantalizing Tales You Might’ve Missed
Sub Queen Asrai Devin — The queen only trusts one man with her needs
The Ghost of Frida Khalo Follows Me Night and Day … and I am in Love Kittie Velour — What does it mean when a dead artist is obsessed with you?
Down the Dirt Path are Dirty Thoughts and Acts, Like Road-Head Amber Embers Confessions — I told him to move on over and undo his pants
What Happened in Vegas Followed them Home katebriggswrites — Unless you tell me to stop, I’m going to push your limits
Sunflower & Sky Reunited Liz BlackX — Guided by nature’s magic, our tongues danced and intertwined
Alien Encounter Francesca Demont — Desperate for any human contact, being fucked by an alien sounded like a good alternative
News: Odds and Ends
On Micro Monday, we publish up to three flash fiction tales. We’ve recently adjusted the max length for flash submissions to 750 words, because we find longer is better for our readers.
On Saturdays and Sundays people hopefully have a little more time to read and enjoy, so on these days we publish two or three feature length stories, instead of a single one. If you’d like to assist our promotion via social media, use the ‘tweet’ function in Medium to share what you’ve enjoyed. Please give the writer plenty of claps (50 is great) and perhaps leave a positive comment.
Here are the general submission guidelines…
We are grateful to all the readers and writers for making Tantalizing Tales the success it is.
“It’s just one of the old-world fears, carrying over.”
“What’s that?”
“The fear of the cellar.” ― Josh Malerman
Posy Churchgate writes Fiction: scenes with sex | romance | kink | supernatural |sex positive | Editor in Chief for Tantalizing Tales | UK Based | Blog: posychurchgate.com
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