Character Names for New Collection

Work on the collection is rattling along nicely. There is a reason this one took so long to put together. It has a fairly complex structure. I jokingly likened my collections to music albums a few years ago. If that's the case, this is the really complex prog-metal concept album where every song is titled "something: part x". (Funnily enough, one of the short story characters is named after Arjen Lucassen.)

I'm at the point where I'm starting to edit the new stories and assign character names. (For those that don't know, I usually use 'MG' or similar codes for character names and don't actually assign a name to the character until the final edit.)

I'm conscious that me going off into the writing bunker for a month to get this done doesn't leave a lot to give hungry patrons while I'm busy on it. (Although I am planning to preview excepts and one of the new stories here next month). One thing I can do is let people put their name (or someone else's name) on the various lucky succubus victims in the upcoming collection. Now, this is an erotica page and I'm writing an erotic horror short story collection, so I can understand people not wanting to dox their real names. So, I generally encourage people to state it's a made-up name, even if it is in fact their real name, or name of their friend, or that irritating neighbour two doors name. No-one needs to be any the wiser.

Now for the new stories where these names will be used.

First, some unexpected news. I need to write an additional story. The collection is a sort of concept album. About a third of the word count is on a single multi-part story. This features a lot of cameo appearances from my roster of reoccuring characters. In fact, most of the stories in the collection have reoccuring characters cropping up in each other's stories. The way I've structured it is that each reoccuring character showing up in the main story also has an appearance in a preceding short story to "introduce" them. I was fortunate enough that my stockpile of unused stories contains a story for each character I can use. With one exception. I don't have a spare Koontz story. This means I need to write one for the collection. I have an idea, so hopefully I'll be able to rattle it off quickly. It's going to also use Kiki Sumoppai from HoHH. I think she might work well as a Bond-girl femme fatale assassin. Her aphrodisiac boob fumes are extremely potent if she can get the target trapped in a confined space.

So that's one character - a "spy" taken out by femme fatale Kiki Sumoppai.

Then there are the other new stories.

There is no option for the Nicole story sadly. "Outcall with a Succubus" is going to be a direct sequel to "Incall with a Succubus", and feature the same protagonist.

"Mage vs Succubus Slime" is an odd one. It does require a protagonist name, but it's only mentioned at the very end. That does feature a very comfy pink succubus slime, so if you'd like to be the one enveloped in sexy succubus slime girl, let me know.

That leaves the main [succubus tablet] story, and there are plenty of options there. The nameless succubus from the tablet is very busy this collection. Her victims are mostly asshole victims, so most of them aren't particularly pleasant characters. Here is a list:

- an old goth rocker (bit of a lech, but not as bad as the others).
- a celebrity rapist (inspired by the Depp case, but if the actor was worse than Weinstein).
- a Tory MP (a right-wing politician, but this one is a fairly normal family guy trying to do a good job rather than the usual corrupt stereotype).
- a god-fearing gun-nut teen that shot some people, possibly in self defence, and is tormented by what he's done (not Rittenhouse, but I used that real-life case as inspiration for the character).
- a feminist male "ally" (not a caricature or secret serial killer, like I've done with previous interpretations - this one's a fairly normal student).

There is also a nuisance streamer, but I think I'm just going to go with Tommy Tonali or something similar for that guy.

There are also a lot of various minor characters (friends and such) that have mentions, if someone would rather sneak their name in discreetly rather than assigning it to a main character.

So if you'd like to see your/a name in the next collection, put it in the comments below (or DM me if you'd want to be more private) with any preferences for a character to use it on. I'll be running on a "if it sounds right for the character" principle rather than first come, first served, so no rush.