One Hundred Candles

Discussion in 'Story Feedback' started by Zeebop, Sep 30, 2025.

  1. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    https://chyoa.com/story/One-Hundred-Candles.70357

    This is the discussion thread for my Halloween story this year. So don't expect any movement on this one until October 1st. The plan is basic:

    - Each chapter is a very short erotic horror story
    - There will be 100 such stories

    That means I'm writing about 2-3 chapters per day and posting about as many, with a race toward the end. As of this moment I've written 28 candles, so I should finish in good time. However, shit happens, and maybe I won't finish by the 31st.

    But I will try.

    Some of these chapters will be nasty! Some will be creepy! Some will just be monsterfucking! Some will be just weird! This is your only warning.
     
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  2. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    As some folks may have picked up on, the scary/sexy content on these is going to vary. We're going to cycle through all seven storytellers, and they each have their particular themes. So Miu (candles 6, 13, 20, etc.) is going to tell tales of the Japanese cemetery, Jason (candles 7, 14, 21, etc.) is going to tell shows of the sideshow, etc.
     
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  3. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Shenanigans and travel this weekend so I've fallen a bit behind on the weekend, but this is why I created a buffer. Will need to write extra hard to meet the Halloween deadline, for all six of you reading.
     
  4. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Currently have written 45/100 candles. That's still a lot left to write, and as expected for stories written this hastily, not all of them will be winners. That said, I think there are some interesting ones. Let me know what does and doesn't work, whoever's reading. Comments help keep me going.
     
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  5. huginn

    huginn Really Experienced

    These are nice little horror stories. My favourites thus far have been Case of the Sharecropper's Daughter and Grandpa's Dirty Book,
     
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  6. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Yeah, I've got a few favorites. It is difficult sometimes to do some of these concepts justice in very short stories, and there's a definite campfire tale vibe to most of them.
     
  7. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Accidentally posted a few things out of order, but got it fixed now. Still have a lot more candles to write.
     
  8. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    52 candles published, 75 written. On track so far to finish by the end of the month. Trying not to jinx it.
     
  9. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    67 candles published, 89 written. Writing is still on schedule. Posting will continue until the 30th, when I dump everything except the 100th candle, which will go up on the 31st.

    It's been fun. These are written quick and dirty, and some are more creepy or kinky than openly horrific. Still, an interesting challenge. I've got a few of my own favorites of the bunch, but we'll see what folks think.
     
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  10. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Okay, all the chapters are written, just need to be edited and posted. The last one will be on the morning of the 31st.
     
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  11. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    And that's the final chapter posted. The story is complete.
     
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  12. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Anyway, my personal favorites - I rather enjoyed the Tales of the Sideshow and Tales of the Japanese Cemetery stories. Other than those, I liked "The Familiar," "Something in the Water," "Where's Mommy?," "The Alchemists' Daughter," and "The Old Gods Wait."

    Looking back, I can see that trying to write too many of these too quickly, there are a lot of similar plot elements. Pregnancy, incest, a bit of necrophilia, oral sex (somewhat surprisingly), and gender bending. If I ever did this again, I'd probably try for a little more variety.
     
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  13. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Been thinking I might pick out one tale to expand into a fuller story. "Parasitic" has some potential, being probably the most fucked-up and disturbing of them all.
     
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  14. Zeebop

    Zeebop CHYOA Guru

    Don't know why I got a bug to build an index chapter last night, but I'm now aware that I used Wolff and Wolffe almost indiscriminately and I hate that.
     
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  15. huginn

    huginn Really Experienced

    Well, the index is likely to be very useful when I get back to reading the rest of this.
     
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