Contest news, New on The BDSM Garden and The WIKTT Archives

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New on The Garden, Contest News, Call for Help

I am still looking for some help with the sites, validating stories and writing announcements on the various sites I post on. If you would like to help, please let me know. They are languishing until I have a better handle on it all. You can help keep the wiktt archives, the masque, and the garden alive!

New on The Garden
House of Cadifor Documents by Master James Conservative
http://bit.ly/1pEntrY
Charter, rule, contract, and training documents for the House of Cadifor.

A sobering reminder about the inherent dangers in what we do by Master James Conservative
http://bit.ly/1pEntrY
Accidents happen. This is one of them.

Contest!
Every year, The Masque celebrates Mardi Gras with a writing contest!

To celebrate the addition of TheMasque’s new section on BDSM information, The Garden ~ Petals and Thorns [http://www.thebdsmgarden.com], your theme is The Erotic Garden. Your short story does not need to contain elements of BDSM, but should involve, somehow, a garden. This year’s contest begins February 9, 2016 and ends March 27th, 2016, Easter Sunday, at 12 noon PST. Voting will be between 3/28 and 4/2. The winner will be announced on April 3, 2016. Your prize is a collection of author signed romance, erotica, and YA novels!

As always, voting will be blind, so stories will be submitted for posting on TheMasque.net via email to cis {at} themasque {dot} net. She’ll get them posted anonymously on TheMasque.net as they come in, as well as keeping track of who created what. This contest is open for short stories only, and may be either fanwork or original general erotica with any theme, any fandom, and in any genre.

All authors and characters in sexual situations must be over 18. Please do not post your stories elsewhere until the contest has been voted on to keep it fair and anonymous. You may submit more than one piece to the contest. There is no word-count minimum. Word count maximum is 15K words.

Submission forms (copy and paste this into your email, please, and mail to cis at themasque dot net)
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Rating: 1) Conservative 2) Provocative 3)Risqué 3) Wanton
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new on The WIKTT Archives and a new poem from andy

New on The WITT Archives

Thanks to Crookshanks by dragoon811 Provocative
http://bit.ly/1Nq59ty
So before I walk down this aisle on my daddy's arm, I wanted to say thank you, Crookshanks. Thank you so much.

The Man's Talk by Savva Mature
http://bit.ly/1Nq5dtd
One werewolf, one Animagus, one vintage bottle of Firewhisky and one hell of a problem. Love, friendship. Eventually Remus Lupin/Hermione Granger via Sirius Black's helping hand. Humour/Romance. AU. OOC

If Only by Savva Mature
http://bit.ly/1T22acd
She tried her best to forget him. Alas, it is hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember. Andromeda Black/ Ted Tonks.

The Royal Secret by dragoon811 Provocative
http://bit.ly/1TQig91
The Half-Blood Prince has a habit that no one living knows he indulges in.

Remedial Transfiguration by dragoon811 Provocative
http://bit.ly/1NxAjgr
A first date, Death Eaters, a spell gone wrong, and a cat. What more needs to be said? (Originally written for the 2015 SSHG Promptfest.)

More Important Than Winning by FriendlyQuark Conservative
http://bit.ly/1QN8mpo
Set in the Sub Rosa universe. Minuet's perspective on the Leaving Feast, or How Slytherin loses the House Cup Again

His Hands by Savva Mature
http://bit.ly/1P8vhLO
There's something about his hands. Severus Snape/Hermione Granger. AU. Romance. Drabble.

Every Saint Is An Accident by Teddy Radiator Mature
http://bit.ly/1k367kN
Petunia Evans saw her sister as the the symbol of perfection she could never attain. Severus Snape saw her as the ultimate woman he could never win. They saw one another as the ultimate revenge for what they could never have. Written for the LiveJournal's...

Lemon Squeezy by Teddy Radiator Explicit
http://bit.ly/1P7poNg
Millie Bulstrode learned the hard facts of life early. If you weren't pretty, rich, or played Quidditch, you were in for it. A story of friendship, love and the definition of beauty.

Echo by dragoon811 Provocative
http://bit.ly/1ZcvGQt
All he wanted, all of his years, was for someone to love him. To see him. Not what he presented. Not what he had to be. Not what his past and made him. Someone to know who he was, what he had gone through. (Complete)

Resurrection by ChaoticBlue1314 Provocative
http://bit.ly/1P8xaZd
Hermione saves Snape after the Final Battle, but Snape doesn't know it, remembering only her soft voice telling him she loves him.

E Pluribus Unum by FriendlyQuark Mature
http://bit.ly/1Jcj0Q9
The sequel to Sub Rosa. Kathryn returns to Hogwarts, but she brings shadows from her past, can she and Severus learn to be parents to Orion, while fighting Voldemort's new allies and keeping suspicions at bay?

Time for a Change by Savva Mature
http://bit.ly/1Zcwnt0
He, Draco Malfoy, sat there, in his flat, shirtless, restless and already extremely randy, counting seconds before the witch would show up on his threshold. He was pathetically in love with her. That much was obvious even to him. Hermione Granger/Draco...

New on The Masque
The Conversation by andone 4 - Wanton
http://bit.ly/1k15CI2
A bit of writing to hopefully get me back into do more .Please Enjoy

It’s AprilGrey day on The WIKTT Archives. April is a longtime Potter author who is now writing professionally! She has a huge collection of stories in anthologies and several books on her own.
www.author.to/aprilgrey is her author page at Amazon.com and she has a Smashwords page as well, https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/aprilgrey

Here’s information from a recent blog post, talking about her stories:
April Grey's short stories, published in both print anthologies and on-line, are collected in The Fairy Cake Bakeshop and in I'll Love You Forever.She edited the anthology Hell's Garden: Mad, Bad and Ghostly Gardeners. Her urban fantasy novels Chasing The Trickster and St. Nick’s Favorare available at Amazon.com.
Her dark fantasy fairy novel, Finding Perdita will be published by Caliburn Press next year.

www.aprilgrey.blogspot
author.to/aprilgrey
www.aprilgrey.com
twitter @aprilgreynyc
https://www.facebook.com/april.grey.5

April talks about some of her books:

"Chasing the Trickster is Book One of the Cernunnos Series.
Ghostly images materialize in Nina Weaver's photos. Goons try to kidnap her. When her photographs are stolen and her best friend is shot, she realizes that she has no one to turn to but her ex-lover, Pascal "Goofy" Guzman. Together they go on a desperate road trip in search of answers. The truth is darker and more terrifying than Nina could ever have imagined. After their love re-ignites, they fall into the Trickster God's trap.
These characters return in St. Nick’s Favor: Book Two of the Cernunnos Series
St. Nicholas asks Nina Weaver to be his emissary. Her mission is to take a one-way trip five years into her past to save the lives of thousands of children. Doing this will result in her losing the life she has built in New York City, including her relationship with Pascal Guzman. Nina faces down corporate greed, attempts on her life and the terrors of the Trickster God to keep her promise.

The Fairy Cake Bake Shoppe: And 13 Other Weird Tales
Sexbots threaten to destroy a marriage. A half-alien embryo remains the only hope for the human race. Tempting cupcakes that aren't just bad for your waistline, but may result in permanent injury. Welcome to the realm of April Grey. Steampunk Zombies, The HG Avenger, Nefarious Chihuahuas, Lothario Dolphins, and many other bizarre characters lurk in these short stories.

I'll Love You Forever:: Weird Love Tales
What is love? In the eye of the beholder or something more? A fastidious housewife wishes her dead husband wasn't quite so devoted. A dying writer finds salvation in one of her characters. A mobster discovers that he isn't as tough as he thought. And a folklore spell teaches a young woman that monsters are most often found in our own minds.
These tales about love, twisted from what you'd expect, shows the many turns true love can take.

Hell's Garden: Mad, Bad and Ghostly Gardeners
Six talented writers explore the various paths Evil can take when in Hell's Garden. Featuring tales by Rayne Hall, Heather Holland Wheaton, Jonathan Broughton, Mark Cassell, Eric Dimbleby and Jeff Hargett. Edited by April Grey.

I am currently revising my first horror novel, Griffit City. I am also editing Hell’s Grannies: Kickass Tales of the Crone.

I'm currently in the process of writing a supernatural Regency novel, Quicksilver Moonlight, think Jane Eyre and werewolves. And after that I plan to write the third book of the Cernunnos Series,Cernunnos Unleashed."

AprilGrey wants to GIVE you .pdf a copy of any her books in exchange for reviews! If you’d like to contact her, visit her links above.

Time Stood Still by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1XLfRxy
My response to the Valentine's Day Challenge at the MoonlightDreaming Yahoogroup. Romance/Fluff/the usual smut. One shot.

The Triangle WIKTT response by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1OAX5bF
This is a response to a WIKTT challenge - Snape is married to someone else and Hermione wants him. Complete.

The Portrait by aprilgrey Provocative
http://bit.ly/1QiDInC
Hermione needs Snape's help. But he's been gone for 30 years, or has he?

The Pet by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1O6kFIH
This story is about two couples trying to find their way to happiness and who will wind up with whom? RL/HG/SS/NT Het

The Order of the Hen by aprilgrey Provocative
http://bit.ly/1MZrDBk
It's close to the end of Snape's first year as a professor at Hogwarts and he needs to relax. It's fluff with Snape and Hooch. Complete.

The Hunt for Hermione by aprilgrey Provocative
http://bit.ly/1To7feR
Hermione's gone and it's Snape's fault. HG/SS, RL/OC.

Snape Redux by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1m0beEb
Starts after Half Blood Prince. Snape finds that he needs the bushy haired one's help. Spoilers for book six.

Slytherin Ways II by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1Ish76W
Suggested by two fans, this is Hermione's POV of what happened in Slytherin Ways. Still dark, hopefully of interest.

Slytherin Ways by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1IshaQc
Snape's planned seduction goes awry. One Shot, Dark, not romantic, black comedy.

I, Snape by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1XLgmHM
For the Marrying Snape Challenge. SS/HG Sex Farce with darker elements. The war is over, how will Snape ever cope?

Dreidel, Dreidel by aprilgrey Mature
http://bit.ly/1lcTOUw
This was for the Severus Festivus Challenge at Veresnas Veneries. It's a Christmas story.

Dancing Queen by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1PBHf1Q
April Grey hits the Big Apple on New Years Eve. She involves numerous other Fanfic writers in this erotic tale. SS/HG & SS/OC. Answer to the LnL Snape 1 Million Hits Mary Sue Challenge

And Then by aprilgrey Conservative
http://bit.ly/1QXdcSf
HG/SS It's a one shot, 550 word short, short. Nothing earth shattering, just a little something to read. I hope you enjoy it.

A Delicate Obsession by aprilgrey Explicit
http://bit.ly/1YLZ4N4
Snape's in love - too bad it's with an illusion. HG/SS, Romance with angst and humor.

The Garden, HELP!!, and the YGroup.

The Masque is... busy! I'm adding yet another site to the The Masque/The WIKtT Archives/Goddess Masks network!

This section is entitled The Garden and will be exclusively for and about BDSM-D/s-Gor-Fetish information for the curious and expert. It will in the same format as TM and TWA. I haven't decided that there will be a chat connected yet, but there will hopefully be a forum/BBS.

That being said, I need HELP. I need a couple of admins for the site. It's not much work, but it's more than I can handle on my own now. There's no validation involved, but there is some posting help required on the site and on the various networking pages that support the site, so you need to know efiction, FB, LJ, and YGroups. It requires about an hour a week, total, usually much less, but certainly more if you're bored.

Also, I wanted to let everyone know that (as you may have seen) the Yahoo group is being attacked by a spammer. I'm not sure how it's getting into the group, but it's not from a fellow member. The measure that I am taking to stop the madness is to make the entire group moderated. I'll have to approve each note that comes into the group, so if it takes me a couple days, I apologize. You're more than welcome to send me a heads up to get over and do it through my site email.

What's new on The Masque and The WIKTT Archives

Please join me in enjoying some wonderful stories and art posted on TheMasque.net and The WIKTT Archives! 

In the Kitchen by Jane Harris 4 - Wanton 

http://bit.ly/1kT3Aph

An erotic tale, explaining just how the kitchen got to be so very messy.

One Moment by Urdith 3 - Risqué

http://bit.ly/1fyVu1h

A captured moment between two Uomini

Latent Image by Urdith 4 - Wanton 

http://bit.ly/1bzfKO1

A woman desires the model in a photograph - and she is the model.

Deprivation by Urdith 4 - Wanton 

http://bit.ly/LZpZVI

Depression and desire mingle in a story of passion frustrated and broken. Very young writing.

The Purloinged Revenge by Helena Rickman Mature 

http://bit.ly/1d5S8F5

Hermione is in need of rescue. Snape provides the tools and lessons that give her the strength to rescue herself in a most unconventional way. Mature rating for dark theme.

A Smelly Situation by Helena Rickman Conservative

http://bit.ly/1f8txMm

Challenge: Flatulance Challenge LJ grangersnape100 Warnings: Sophmoric Humor at best A/N: Wish it was mine, but it’s JK’s.The privacy of one's bedroom reveals our favorite gallant lovers are as human as the rest of us.

Information Corruption by Urdith 2 - Provocative

http://bit.ly/1bi5AqB

A ficlet - dream sequence.

Entrance Exam by aewriter 4 - Wanton

http://bit.ly/MUG2Ej

Mr. Fuchida has brought his delicate slavegirl Eiko to Sternwood Finishing School for Girls, for her final stages of Training to be his slave. He presents her to the Headmistress, stripping obedient Eiko naked (as she will always be at Sternwood School), listing his requirements for her training (very severe), and putting her through her paces. Then he leaves her alone with Carmen Sternwood, and the girl's First Punishment from the Headmistress begins...

The Love Letter by Helena Rickman Conservative

http://bit.ly/1gRZDyt

Love can be expressed with tangible reminders, long after a forced separation.

Half Day at the Pearly Gates by Jane Harris 1 - Conservative

http://bit.ly/1gIiETW

A Heavenly Hosts story detailing rules and personnel assignments in Heaven.

Have you ever wondered if there's a way to help The Masque and The WIKTT Archives? You can donate to help pay the server bills right here: http://www.themasque.org/

Congratulations to OneCelestialBeing and Danewolf, the winners of this year’s Carnevale di Masque contest! 

Contest Entries:

The Invitation, by andone, A mysterious invite to a Masquerade Ball leads to a erotic evening http://bit.ly/1qxPnBI

Her Secret Admirer, by Articcat621, Hermione begins to receive notes from her secret admirer. As the Masquerade Ball draws closer, she hopes to find out his identity. http://bit.ly/1gbrRBu

A Chateau, A Masquerade Ball, and An Ugly-Arsed Painting of a Bevy of Swans, by OneCelestialBeing, "Not yet, Hermione," he says. "Not tonight, Hermione," he

implores. 'I'll have you one way or another,' Hermione thinks. http://bit.ly/1gbrM0W

Beads, by Enygma Photography http://bit.ly/1gxXc5V

White, by Tiara http://bit.ly/1gbtMH9

An Old Fashioned Love Song, by Danewolf http://www.themasque.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=694&fullsize=1

En Vino Veritas, by Benevolent Goddess http://www.themasque.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=693&fullsize=1

Thank you to all of the artists and authors that took part in this year’s contest. Your time, your energy, and your creativity is deeply appreciated by the TheMasque and The WIKTT Archives community. Thank you for participating!

Bounders: Green is the New Blue by Jane Harris 2 - Provocative

Parked in orbit around a lonely asteroid Jenay faces the blue blob and an unscrupulous Scribe.

http://bit.ly/1eQni0e

School of Flesh by aewriter 4 - Wanton

http://bit.ly/1eQxea6 Content: BDSM, Incest, Oral sex

Elizabeth is a naked student at a special finishing school for girls in Switzerland. It is a school that specializes in teaching Absolute Sexual Obedience. Elizabeth is happy here, and in love with her first Sex Master. But he constantly comes up with new ways to degrade her--worse and worse. And there is a special secret reason why she loves him so much..

Embracing My Very Own Darkness by TheTVJunkie Explicit

http://bit.ly/1eqOi78

Ten years have passed since Hermione's priceless private lessons with Professor Snape. Post-Hogwarts life hadn't been kind to her and when social obligations bring her back to the school, Hermione hopes for her erotic adventures with Snape to continue. This time, however, he won't be the only former Death Eater to broaden her horizon...^^

Accompany Hermione on her latest amorous adventure with Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy, witness the infamous 'Dark Revels' in both its steaminess and cruelties and follow our favourite Gryffindor on the exciting yet scarily revealing journey to herself.

Toblass has posted her beautiful "Narcissa" to the TWA Gallery.  http://bit.ly/1iEEqKq

BG

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