Ordinarily I don't feature Adult Only stories not because they aren't worthy (believe me there are lots of fabulous stories with that rating!). I try to make the features accessible to the widest audience including those in the age groups that cannot read AO stories.
However I really want to give nods to some of the best of them out of fairness. So I figured what better time than the hot days of summer than to feature AO stories? It's summer in the northern hemisphere so the features this time will all be AO stories. We'll do it again when it's summer in the southern hemisphere.
So...enjoy!
Kathleen
--pfeifferpack on July 25, 2016 08:59am 5 Comments
I must be out of the loop...what is the One Story? I do try to feature early works as often as I can (the completed ones especially). Feel free to send me an e-mail with some of the stories by early writers you think I shouldn't bypass because I am always happy to get suggestions for the features!
*hugs*
Kathleen
Love this idea! Great way to spend some lazy summer days :-D
Thanks! I read a lot of AO stories and love most of them but since we have such a diverse group of readers I try to make the features stories where there is something for everyone even our younger readers...that usually precludes the AO stories. I finally decided why not showcase some a couple of times a year? Glad it seems to be a popular move.
Kathleen
Doing them in a solid bunch like that, as a rare occurrence, seems like a good compromise. If any given reader is not up for that sort of thing, they'll just skip it that once. And I know I'm keen on the idea! There's different reasons stories become AO, also, and some people really love them their hard-core Spuffy.
Great Idea - it's good to do some of these Special Featured Stories - especially since there were many of the earlier outstanding works that did have these adult only ratings.
I still wish that there were some way to feature some of those writers who did one One Story - I feel sad that these stories and writers get so little attention. I plan to read at least 2 of these a week.