A suggested story outline -

Teen son flirts with mom, resents dad.

Mom seems to encourage son.

Assignation made.

Son arrives, mom seductive, arouses son to max.

Just as son about to consummate, dad appears.

Mom and dad laugh at son, tell him he’s worthless, they love one another, not him.

Dad rapes son while mom holds him, mockery of son.

Son’s prostate massaged to force out his last load, they make him eat it.

Mother castrates son by kneading and crushing his balls in her hands, he screams and faints and is revived.

Son kept chained in dark cellar forever, while parents say he’s left for college.

Finally they forget him and he dies of starvation in the dark.

From the earth above his secret crypt, a beautiful and hardy flower grows and spreads its seeds.

I would be thrilled to read this story. I am prevented from doing it myself by the torrent of dark emotion it would unleash in me.

I can't relate to that story at all and I hope you never write it.

Sorry! Didn't mean to give offense, but this is a plot with powerful emotional overtones for me. I probably won't write it because it would lead me to too many dark places, but I thought it might ring true for a few others.

bobov (imported) wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2004 11:40 am Sorry! Didn't mean to give offense, but this is a plot with powerful emotional overtones for me. I probably won't write it because it would lead me to too many dark places, but I thought it might ring true for a few others.

I wasn't offended and I hope that you weren't offended by my comments. You do write a lot of posts that I've found interesting.

I understated my thoughts greatly yesterday. I have no wish to hurt or offend you but I was revolted by that story line. However be that as it may, that's mine. For you it may be highly therapeutic (or something) in some way to write that story.

I would worry about what effect it may have on an impressionable mind if it ever turned up here.

Bobov,

Write it, unless it it is too disturbing for you to bear.

That is what this place is for. Exorcise those demons lurking in your psyche, and then once you have them out, bury them for good. This may sound crazy, but printing a copy of the story after you write it and then burning it helps, too. It helps you let go.

Tramp 007, this is a strange place. If you find stories on the archives disturbing, then don't finish reading them. When all is said and done, the stories in the Archive are not so much for the readers as they are for the writers.

A-1

tramp007, mine is an impressionable mind, and that's why I enjoy the archive - because it provides me with so many opportunities to be led astray by unfamiliar demons.

A-1, you've got a good point. It would be therapeutic, but very hard work. I might give it a go if I'm feeling strong. Right now, I'm in the midst of a long-term effort to recover from a serious illness (I nearly died on October 21), so positive feeling is important to me. I don't want to do anything that would complicate my recovery.

Good points A-1 & Bobov and taken on notice.

But I believe we still have a responsibility for our actions and in this forum its words.

I concur this a strange place and also a place to experience the expelliating of those demons but that does not negate our obligations to our fellows. (plural gender)

God speed with your recovery Bobov and I hope all is well in your world soon.

tramp007, I am fully responsible for my actions and words. As it says in the bible, "judge not, lest you be judged." You might also think about the nature of imaginative literature and fantasy.

Thanks for your good wishes.

P.S. You might share with us a story outline of your own, but please make sure it's "responsible."

bobov (imported) wrote: Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:01 pm Finally they forget him and he dies of starvation in the dark.

While the Story Archive doesn't exist here to simply cater to what a select few enjoy, I feel the need to say this -

Frankly, I'm getting sick of reading stories with endings like this. We've been talking a lot about depression, as well, of late. What's depressing is reading a nice long story and finding it off-topic for posting here, as well as containing a lot of gratuitous violence and death.

To each his own, however...

Paolo wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2004 5:45 pm While the Story Archive doesn't exist here to simply cater to what a select few enjoy, I feel the need to say this -

Frankly, I'm getting sick of reading stories with endings like this. We've been talking a lot about depression, as well, of late. What's depressing is reading a nice long story and finding it off-topic for posting here, as well as containing a lot of gratuitous violence and death.

To each his own, however...

I would suggest that, if you write this story for therapeutic reasons, that you write it on your computer, then don’t post it to the archive. Whereas, most of us wouldn’t have to read it, if we didn’t wish, Paolo would, since he must read all stories before posting them to the Archive. I once wrote a story in which the victims died a rather grotesque death without having taken Paolo into consideration. I regret having done so. People still die in my stories, but I no longer feel the need to shock my readers with gratuitous violence, or cruelty.