Njrick's "Six of the Best" Challenge

I've very much enjoyed reading the lists. I've found stories I've read but more that I've not, and the bonus is that I now have several new must-reads.

My six:

1. Fairness for Finn – Sarah89 (F/f, 2513 words)
The author always delivers a compelling plot. Here, a 17-year-old takes her idea of fairness to the limit. She volunteers for a parental spanking upon learning her boyfriend is about to suffer the same. The plot sounds farfetched, and yet this is very believable in the reading.

2. Monica's Birthday Party – Rick Marlowe (M/F, 1259)
There are tons of birthday-spanking stories, but this is one of the better contributions with believable elements: A party, the unattached birthday girl, and the rejected husband of a girlfriend with a mean streak. He looks to take an embarrassing revenge in public.

3. Amy Harper Has Been Spanked – Alef (F/f, 3467)
An excellently written, believable punishment story, and I was not surprised to find I'm not the first (thepreacher'swife notes it, as well) to list it. It's a compelling-first-word-to-last account by the title character of her first spanking in five years. A Challenge runner-up.

4. Spank Emily – Fulgur (M/f; 761)
Compact telling of the task a dad finds on his to-do list. The story comes with a good punchline.

5. I Could Have Danced All Night – Jacqueline Scott (F/f, 2187)
A charming coming-of-age tale of an occasion when the spanking was well worth it.

6. The Long Arm of the Law – Johnswitch (F/F; 624)
Amusing telling of a paddling, 10 years overdue, coming at a high-school reunion.

Thanks to Mr Marlowe for this freshening suggestion, though it's also a fiendishly difficult task. I've plumped for mostly shorter, more oblique samples, in the hope that they'll find new readers:

1. Freaks - Janine (M/F, 2874)
An observantly humorous satire on support groups, in this case 'Kinks Anonymous'. An unexpected but exciting visitor drops in on the monthly meeting...

2. The Schoolmaster's Wife - Arthur James Blimp (F/m, 508)
A short but exemplary bit of boarding-school nostalgia from the master of the genre.

3. Nightmare on Easy Street - Dr Keate (M/F, 1659)
A richly-detailed revenge fantasy.

4. I am a Strap - Cindy2 (M/F, 528)
Evocative and erotic. An excellent example of the 'implement-as-narrator' genre.

5. Lucy in the School with Detentions - Neil (M/F, 972)
A homage to the Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album - clever and funny, but as ever with Neil, you still get your money's worth of spankerotica.

6. Spanking for Beginners - Me (F/F, 491)
A monologue set in a Women's Institute evening class where the participants are very keen.

I have been following this column with interest. So far I think I have read about half the nominated stories already. I have been too busy to take a look at the other half yet, but hope to do so soon. Still I can't resist making few comments on the stories I do know.

I was glad to see Paris Annette Morreau on the list. She is a real classic, and "Slumber party" has everything a spanking story should have, and even a bit more. Kephren's "I am waiting to be caned" was one of the first stories I read on the site (somebody recommended it to me), and I can still remember how impressed I was. I have always been more interested in the build-up than in the spanking, and this must be the ultimate build-up. Beth was one of my favorite writers when I first came to the site (she hasn't been active for some time), and it is great to see her "I heart weed on the list" (I was great fan of her "Lisa in New Zealand"-series). Although it is no longer here, I was glad too see Rollin's "A very bright girl" mentioned - it was great loss for the library when he withdrew his stories to "go professional". Although I haven't read "You bet your ass", it was nice to see Smeple mentioned as he is one of the funniest and most original writers in the library. I remember "Colin and Mikayla" by Rosie Radcliff from one of the challenges as a very sexy and amusing story, and it is always nice to come across a story by Gail - they are always hot and very stylish. I haven't read otkgirl for a long time, but will definitely go back to her stories now that kdpierre has reminded me of her. Cindy2 is the site's intellectual alibi, and I remember being very much impressed by her reworking of Kafka in "The punishment of Gregor Samsa". And even if you don't usually care for the spanking of children, you should take a look at Lawrence Kinden's stories about the ingeniuos Harold Calvin as they are much more than just spanking stories. Fulgur is a most original writer, and "Spank Emily" is definitely worth reading as is the rest of his stuff. As a big fan, I was happy too see Sarah89 mentioned again, and then finally somebody had the guts to bring forth Rick Marlowe, Joseph Conrad's greatest successor. The only problem with Rick is that he has written so many good stories that it is impossible to know which one to choose. Bashful Bob is in the same category with far too many great stories to choose from (If you had left it to may, I would probably have chosen "The runaway"). I was very happy to see TheEnglishMaster nominate Janine (although my Janine favorite is a totally different kind of story: "The Morning After" - very sexy and very melancholy). And then nobody can write school boy stories like Blimp; always with a strange bond between the slightly sadistic mistress and the enchanted pupil.

Before I run off to take a look at the stories I haven't read before, I must admit that I may soon be back and ask for another six of the best. After I had nominated my six stories, all those I had forgotten came rushing back. How on earth did I manage to leave out Susan Thomas? And Carolina Jim? And the list continues ...

Here is my list, it was hard to come up with only 6, so I limited it to one story per author, but these authors have other stories I love a lot.


Campaign For School President by robbie

Sara Fry wants to run for School President, but finds out she has broken many old, almost forgotten, school rules.

Smart by imreadonly2

Annie and her mom come up with a way to get Joe to ask Annie to prom, resulting in a change in Annie's home life.

You're Not Me by tcheser

Sharon, a reclusive writer, finds her life taken over by a young teen, who is planing on sending her off to a school for wayward girls.

Christmas Party Favor by Alec Leamus

Don asks his neighbor Sarah to pose as his daughter Heather for the company Christmas party, she does so because she likes Don, but finds out no good deed goes unpunished.

Returning To... by Goodgulf

Adult women are signing contracts to return to childhood to deal with financial problems brought on by a bad economy, and soon turns out to be "the in thing to do" only to find out that things can be different then what they thought they would be.

A Simple Plan by Juanoneone

13 year old Alice comes up with a simple plan to get Cassie spanked, and spanked often by her mom, what could go wrong.

In no particular order, some particular favorites, all M/F:

BACK TO SCHOOL: by DJ Black: The Wife of the Assistant Headmaster dons a school uniform for a roleplay with her husband, only be trapped into a real life caning when the Headmaster drops by with a school sponsor. My favorite line in this is "Bare benders for fillies?" and I love the ending where Mary will be forced to return to school as a student as the sponsor will want to check up on her! A huge inspiration for THE HEADMASTER'S SCHOOLGIRL WIFE.

THE DELINQUENT: A classic Richard Manton / Blue Moon style book features the niece of a judge who "accidentally" gets tied down over a whipping horse during a visit to her Uncle at the reformatory. I love the way how the matron "logically" decides that it's best to simply proceed with the whipping pending verification of her true identity, and the way the entire system is weighted against her in a way that slowly but inexorably pushes her into a punishment situation. My favorite line is "Grunts and squeals arose from the culprits about to be on the receiving end of justice, but they were ignored." I love how the niece goes from being a visitor to "a culprit" as the unfair become "justice". This influenced THE DELINQUENT?, FALLEN STAR, and a dozen other stories I wrote.

GOOD GIRL IN AFRICA: I loved the image of the teacher getting mixed in with the other naughty girls in the shower, and being punished with them for "horseplay."

THE TALK: Chard T's masterpiece of psychology starts with Shelly Brooks effectively asking her mother for a spanking and her mother obliging her with whip-cream-and-a-cherry-on-top, as Shelly might put it. My favorites were Shelly's unexpected humiliation at having her bottom bared and her mother's surprise at her own enjoyment in giving Shelly her well deserved comeuppance.

CAT'S CURIOSITY: A cherished sibling of THE TALK, this story finds a student interested in what a school punishment would be like and finding out, and then some. I particularly like the afterwards where she had to go out and play soccer in front of everyone where her tight gym knickers.

BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU SHOP: Since there is no fundamental difference between the bottoms of the two innocent girls strapped down over the whipping bench for punishment and the other eight, then all ten of them must be guilty.

Encore and thank you to each of these authors!!

@imreadonly2
It appears you left off the author's name in several of your stories. Any chance you could let us know that crucial piece of info?

Sorry!

Back to School by DJ Black
The Magistrate (Not the Delinquent, I got the title wrong, too!) by GoodGulf
Good Girl In Africa by Susan Thomas
The Talk by Chard T
Cat's Curiosity by TipTopper
Be Careful Where You Shop by Watcher

I will make sure to remember this thread and come back to it for reference whenever in the future I get time for some recreational reading. Thank you everyone for your effort and for sharing your experience with novices like me!

When I wasn't looking, did someone post a "Men Only" sign on the door to this thread? This really is supposed to be an "equal opportunity" topic.

Other observations thus far:

There really is a bent towards stand-alone stories in the nominations. Only 2 series have been mentioned (sling with zero poems, songs, letters, snippets and "other).

The stories, though, are a very diverse group, having orientations of M/F, M/F, F/M, F/M, F/F, F/F and f/f, written by over 50 different authors. There are sexy stories and disciplinary ones. So a little of something for everyone.

It is also interesting how rare stories by the most productive LSF authors are. The 30 authors who each have 200 or more items in the Library together are responsible for 43% of the LSF "holdings," yet account for but 7 of the nominations in this challenge - nothing by Dr. Grace, John Benson, flopsy, Flogmaster, or many other top authors. Do they just have too many goid stories to choose among?

Personally I'd just put Jennifer Pearson down for a lifetime achievement award for being able to knock out poems week after week after week. I managed to write one poem and submit it just so I could check that box. It's definitely not something in my wheelhouse telling a visual story and making it rhyme to boot, so I give her and the rest of the poets on the site credit for their skill set.