Battle Hookers by TheGreenGoblin

Kate uses a magic ritual to transform her friend Jenny into a sex bombshell. They take her new body out to a nightclub to see what it can do. Little do the young girls realize that actions have consequences.

Take a standard MC theme: Using magic to turn your friend into a walking sex bombshell.  Now, assume they agreed to it, and haven’t lost all of who they are in the transformation.  Lastly, add in that they aren’t the first to have this transformation worked on them.

That’s where this story starts.  Where it goes is a trail of pure heat, as two walking sex goddesses battle it out, using what they do best as a battleground.  The prize is the mind and the soul of the winner, and all of those around them – unless, of course, there are more surprises in store.

Red (FF)

Button Pusher by flibinite

There’s a new villainess in town, and Paragon sets out to stop her, completely unaware that she may have bitten off a bit more than she can chew, and that her opponent may have a few tricks of her own up her sleeve.

Anybody flying around in skin-tight spandex has to be into something kinky.  Flibinite’s Paragon is no exception.  Save the city by day, then enjoy herself by night.  Of course, if her new enemy can guess just exactly how and she’ll enjoy herself, that too can be used against her.

Paragon always finds herself just one step further behind than she intended in this exquisitely written trap.  Addiction knows every button to push, every step to take to turn the heroine into another addicted pet.  It’s all to easy to read through and see yourself falling into that trap, and enjoying every moment of it.

Yellow (MD)

Needles and Needs by saracastle

WPC Lane interrogates a stage magician, eager to discover what happened to a slew of missing women… perhaps someone should have warned her to be careful what you wish for?

Not so much a story as as struggle in text form, this tale of a policewoman who finds that the stage magician she suspects as behind a string of disappearances is actually behind them – but his magic isn’t entirely from the stage.  In fact, it’s from a much more diabolic source, and it needs to be fed.

Our heroine is always just one step away from freedom, but no matter what she tries that one step is always blocked to her.

Purple (Mixed)

Mindtrap Manor by Chrystal Wynd, G-Man001, Kris P. Kreme, Limerick, Lisa Teez, mcguy101

Thirteen people wake in a dark, eerie mansion. Thirteen people with no idea where they are or how they got there. Will they escape? Will they even want to?

A simple set up for a magnificent collaboration: A group of people are dumped into a mansion, and have to escape to avoid being turned into sexual playthings for whomever dumped them there.

Turn not one, but six of the top writers in the field today loose on that premise, and you know the chances those people will get out are extremely slim.  Each writer here gets to show their strengths as they tantalize the characters with the chance of escape – and the readers with their struggles.

White (MM)

Spy vs. Guy by thrall

Ladykilling superspy Brick Logan meets his match in the most unexpected of ways.

You know you don’t want to admit it, but you’ve always envied James Bond.  Gets all the girls, always gets away just in the nick of time, always manages to save the day.  Well, Brick Logan isn’t quite James Bond, but in his experience he does get all the girls, always gets away in the nick of time, and always manages to save the day.

Until now, that is.  Trapped in a diabolical brainwashing machine, he is taken apart piece by piece before being rewritten in this story.  And we get to watch every piece get taken off, step by step.  The tools used to take apart this spy are myths, twisted and re-written, ever so slightly.  Each in itself would be worth a story here, but they are all pulled into one unified whole for the reader’s enjoyment.

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Voting will close on midnight, GMT, June 21.

FD

• Battle Hookers – The Green Goblin
• Dawn to Dusk – JHB
• Evilina— Encounter On The Beach –  Mistress Evilena’s Servant
• Hypnotherapy – le Duc de Kavaliere
• A “Terrible” Mistake – Flibinite

FF

• Blue – Tabico
• Button Pusher – Flibinite
• Cut to the Quick – sara castle
• XXX4 – sara castle

MD

• Captain Tommy’s Hot Ass Ho’s – Lisa Teez
• Headwires – Jukebox
• Needles and Needs – sara castle
• The Collar – Sinsub
• The Element of Surprise – Mudak

Mixed

• Integration – Bad Penny
• Mindtrap Manor – Chrystal Wynd, G-Man001, Kris P. Kreme, Limerick, Lisa Teez and mcguy101
• My Very Own Serial Number – thrall
• Wyrm Caught – sara castle
• Wise as Serpents – Bad Penny

MM

• Adrian – z119z
• Spy vs. Guy – thrall
• Twinkyboy – AgainstMyWill
• [trigger phrase] – Walter Ego

Remember, the categories for the Awards are:

• FD – where the focus is on females controlling males
• FF – where the focus is on females controlling females
• MD – where the focus is on males controling females
• Mixed – where their are either mixed or unspecified controllers
• MM – where the focus is on males controling males

The nomination process has now begun… and we very much need your input.

There are a number of ways you can contact us:

• You can use the PM function on any of the Fora we frequent.
• You can email us directly, using the email addresses on the Panel Page.
• You can email the entire panel, using the SpiralAwards@google.com email address.

Please bear in mind, these are your awards and, as such, they will always be as representative and inclusive as you choose to make them.

Please, take some time to consider all of last year’s eligible stories. Read or re-read them as necessary and, once you’ve satisfied yourself, tell us which ones you think are most deserving of praise.

Nominations will close at midnight (GMT) on 14 May … after which, the top five stories in each category will go through to the final vote.

Thank you, we look forward to hearing from you

Very soon you’ll have the chance to celebrate and reward all that’s best in Erotic Mind Control literature.

For the moment though, you’re just going to have to wait, while the anticipation builds and builds.

Notices will be posted here, at the MC Forum, MC Garden, Hypnopics Collective and wherever else hypno-pervs congregate.

So, keep checking back and remind yourself of just how good it’s going to feel when you’re finally allowed to join in…

Las Fallas and Other Stories by Nymph

Stories of seduction and its consequences in three acts: one of life, one of death, and one of afterlife.

A triumvirate of increasingly dark and yet undeniably seductive tales, each economically crafted to provide the maximum erotic kick in the minimum of words. As always the author uses symbolism to evoke an otherworldly atmosphere, while still keeping the stories firmly grounded in a world recognisably our own.

From the lush, fertile playground of Las Fallas and its fae-touched nymphets, via Last Acts (where the consequences of demonic pacts are laid out so starkly) through to Ferryman where the eroticism drips like bitter, molten chocolate. Each piece serves to stir very different emotions and yet in combination they form one perfect whole.

Green (FD)

Tainted Love by Jukebox

Liam buys a love potion in an attempt to get Charlotte back.

This is a delightfully twisted tale of mental transformation, complete with unintended, (though not, given the title, entirely unexpected), consequences. The author use of language is almost playful, and the verbal ‘games’ within the text are often at least as compelling as the story itself.

It is a difficult trick, to make a character as fundamentally flawed as Liam, feel sympathetic and yet, the writer manages it (with a considerable degree of aplomb). Charlotte, by contrast, could have been a mere cipher. But, when the time comes, we know her well enough for her transformation to mean something.

Yellow (MD)

Free Universal Carnal Knowledge by London Chap

What would happen if an ordinary man suddenly found he could have any woman – literally, any woman – that he wants? It sounds like a dream but when it comes true, it turns out that the ultimate sex drug can cause as many problems as it solves.

This is a fantasy in the ‘what if a regular guy irresistible to women’ genre that is detailed, given a realistic feel and draws three-dimensional characters. You meet James and his wife Wendy and his co-workers and quickly you seem to know them as well as your neighbor, which leaves the reader with confused feelings on his activities. Very thought provoking as well as reading all the effects of F.U.C.K..

There should be no drama in the girl’s fall but each one somehow is different, not easy to pull off considering its length. One of the author’s best tricks in the story is that although it is 46 chapters, almost all of them have a neat cliffhanger at the end.

Purple (Mixed)

The Anlorgash Incident by Lady K

A scientist researches paranormal activity at Lake Anlorgash.

The heat of this story blends seamlessly with the Lovecraftian horror to produce a tale of near-perfect, shiver-inducing squick. There is a visceral quality to the writing that fits the dark and gritty tone, while still giving enough latitude to allow the reader to feel sympathy for its protagonist.

An unremittingly dark story, it spares no punches on its way to an ending that could never be described as ‘happy. And yet, despite (or perhaps even because of) that, you’re left with a feeling of exhilaration and the disturbing sense that you really shouldn’t have enjoyed it quite as much as you obviously did.

White (MM)

For The Team by Bad Penny

Jake’s not particularly close to his little brother, but he’ll do what he can to protect him.

Political shenanigans combine with hot and nasty sex in this intriguing tale of blackmail and just desserts. The writing shows an economy of language, while still painting a vivid and often uncomfortable picture of exactly what is happening. And yet, there are more than enough questions left by the end to more than justify its “to be continued” tease.

In an effective ensemble piece, it is perhaps telling that only one character emerges as genuinely like-able. But while Jake is without doubt the central character, it is Donavan who steals the show. He’s an intriguing creation, who, though cast in the role of ‘rescuer’ remains both disquietingly sinister and yet somehow almost ‘honourable’ throughout.

Gold (Classic MC Story)

There are very few names in the Mind Control Genre who can be counted as ‘must read’, Tabico is one of them. This Mistress of the genre spins stories that can be erotic, disturbing, high concept, horrific,
romantic and space-operatic; often in the same story.

But which of her Forty Eight stories is the Best of the best? The neighbourly Body snatchers in ‘Pea’, the fembot factory in ‘Rouge?’, The demonic delights of ‘Balphagor’? Any of these could have been ‘the
one’.

The story we’ve selected, is, (perhaps oddly), the one with arguably
the least sex in it.

Adaptation

Set on a distant colony world, it is a story of a tiny
teenage rebellion, a little bit of naughtiness that spins out of control, leading to an alien embrace that is far more intimate and permanent than a simple sex act. (phobia warning – contains insects)

We’d also like to congratulate all the authors who received nominations, those included in the final vote-off, and especially the winners in each category, for all their fine efforts and stories, and for sharing them with all of us last year.

We wish you all an inspired and productive 2009 and look forward to seeing you again next year.

Green:

Clockwork Utopia: Faulty Lynchpin (bad penny)

Master Fulstorm is cornered and questioned. If he’s lucky, his interrogator won’t kill him.

Jack’s Interview (The Lycanthrope)

Jack desperately hopes that she can hold things together through her job interview, even though it’s the season of fertility.

Mathematical QuanTITTIES (searcher111)

A large-breasted coed talks to Professor Samuels about her grades.

Tainted Love (Jukebox)

Liam buys a love potion in an attempt to get Charlotte back.

Video Killed The Radio Star (Jukebox)

A reporter does a “Where Are They Now?” piece on a former radio star who didn’t make the jump to television; while she might not have the looks for TV, she’s got an amazing voice. Guess what her old show was about?

Red:

Augmentation (sara castle)

Jill’s symbiote can help her break free of Mistress Hex’s enslavement spell, but it comes with a cost.

Gift Wrapped (sara castle)

An elfen Princess attempts to form an alliance with the Queen of the dragons.

Las Fallas and Other Stories (Nymph)

Stories of seduction and its consequences in three acts: one of life, one of death, and one of afterlife.

Ronin (Tabico)

A motorcycle mechanic meets a strange biker who changes her life.

What’s In A Name? (flibinite)

Rebecca Abrams has the chance to be a hero, to save the museum where she works from financial collapse. But to do so, she must collect a major donation from an important woman she’s never met, to whom money means far less than other things.

Purple:

The Anlorgash Incident (Lady K)

A scientist researches paranormal activity at Lake Anlorgash.

Mirrored (Frustrated)

Shayla and Tristan get mystical powers after they fuck each other.

The Return of the Confectioner (sara castle)

An old foe returns to threaten the heroines. Can they escape, or is this the end of the plucky crimefighters?

Shiny Happy People (Jukebox)

Civilization has collapsed, and gleaming silver people hunt the survivors. Can Leigh stop them, or is she doomed to mindless bliss for the rest of her life?

Throwback (bad penny)

Troy’s not in a position to be picky about his conquests, so when he’s given the chance to fix a girl, he takes the opportunity to nudge her towards something his handler would appreciate (and share). He should know better. He really should.

Yellow:

Fragments of the Violet Hour (bad penny)

Lil’s punishment for being unfaithful is too steep, but she may be in a position to do something about it.

Free Universal Carnal Knowledge (Londonchap)

What would happen if an ordinary man suddenly found he could have any woman – literally, any woman – that he wants? It sounds like a dream but when it comes true, it turns out that the ultimate sex drug can cause as many problems as it solves.

Honeytrap (sara castle)

A confection-themed supervillain kidnaps a series of young ladies.

Indulgence (Bad Penny)

Abigail is so very lucky to have such an indulgent Master. Oh, sure, He’s demanding, but when she’s having a bad day (like today), He’s willing to offer up a pleasant distraction to ease her (petty) frustrations.

May I Get Your Coat? (Wesley King)

Sandy is compelled to wear only sexy lingerie when she leaves her house.

Cyan:

The Djinn Boy (Topaz)

Jaysem’s life is about to change utterly. Meanwhile Blaylock dreams of power and Alex is about to learn that wishes have unintended consequences.

For the Team (Bad Penny)

Jake’s not particularly close to his little brother, but he’ll do what he can to protect him.

In Defiance, Deference and Servitude to Others (Xanderboy)

A cocky frat-boy finally receives his karmic justice.

Ohms (Nexus Pas)

The more that Patrick resists the hypnotist’s commands, the greater the heat.

Something About Charlie (hypnobedient)

A straight guy discovers he has the power to make gay men his slaves, and abuses it.

There was a tie for first!

Chains by sara castle

A terrorist attack sets in motion a chain of events that will touch an ancient prisoner and awaken an entirely new lifeform. For the scientist trapped in the middle, all roads seem to lead inexorably to slavery.

A heated battle, in more ways than one, in another of this author’s futuristic techno-societies, one where the terrorists are the trigger for the mystical to confront the scientific in a seductive struggle of wills and intentions, with the erotic overflow almost becoming too much for the human standing watch.  An exciting, truly well-written, back and forth, give and take story, where the outcome is always in doubt, as far more than physical forces are brought to bear in order to defeat the attackers, and each other.

Ink Soaked Penumbra by Madam Kistulot

The ink spreading its way through those closest to Sarah finally introduces itself, and our heroine may already be in over her head.

Once more into the breech with Silver Girl, as she attempts to save Midas City, her family, and her friends from a new takeover plot, this time from the forces and schemes of someone much like herself in so many ways.  With all the normal components in this excellent universe of stories: gripping action, steamy lesbian erotica, flights of self-discovery, games within games and wheels within wheels… and the addition of the intriguing metaphor of the method of MC control: writing and ink… this story never disappoints as it races to its erotic and emotional final conflict and resolution.

Green (FD)

Chain of Command by HypnoticEye

Women are being hypnotically conditioned to seduce and hypnotize men into worshipping and obeying them… and them helping them spread the word.

A more subtle takeover is in the works here, wonderfully shown right from the very beginning of the story, where a woman is hypnotized into “realizing” her own power over men… over all men.  The writing is tight and right and hot, as she first moves in for the kill, and then leaves her victim as just the newest link in the chain of a femdom takeover of the male population, looking for new, beautiful women to teach the “right path”, and new men to show the way to true eroticism and submission.  A quick read and an erotic and highly entertaining story.

Yellow (MD)

Melted Music by Frustrated

A woman lets herself be reprogrammed by her Master’s music.

By the author’s own admission, an “out there”, let-it-rip, flight of fancy, as once again the manner of the MC… music… becomes a metaphor for the story and the writing, itself.  Steamy and lost and arousing, this story reads like a sexual, masturbatory jazz riff, scatting from feeling to feeling, and from relentless need to action, with the risk of OD’ing on a great thing ever present.  The ending is moving, too, as Master, seeing what has happened, what he’s done, tries to come to the rescue before it’s too late.  A wild, wonderful ride of a read that will leave you dizzy and breathless.

Purple (Mixed)

Go Team Porn! by Darkmind; Madam Kistulot; miketheFable; The Once And Future Kim; and Villainy

The greatest story ever told…

The only things bigger, more over-the-top, than the hyperbole in this fun and funny overlapping compilation of stories from some of the best MC writers going, are the… tits.  MF, FF, it hardly matters to the protagonists, as they’re at the mercy of the writers here, totally lost in the crashing trains of lust and sexual silliness foist upon them by what were probably the giggling, or evilly laughing, authors.  It’s the purple category, so why not purple prose to celebrate it, along with tons of rampant sexual thoughts and activities, a bizarre and “flexible” plotline, FFFF tits, and 36-inch cocks.  “The greatest story ever told”… read it if you dare.

White (MM)

Before I Forget by Nexis Pas

A man visits a special web site to help himself relax when he has trouble sleeping.

A story that surprises with its darkness, with its sadness, as a man becomes a sexually driven, and rewarded, pawn in a series of events that he can only see as games.  The writing is surprisingly effective, too, as it autobiographically details how a man, who simply wanted to sleep, is slowly drawn into total MM enthrallment; his world, his mind kept simple and pleased to be helping, pleased to be rewarded, as he’s trained to do other’s secret bidding, as he’s MC’d into thinking his life is good, and happy, and erotic.  A finely crafted, classic plotline, and a cautionary tale that you’ll remember.

The Spiral Awards were created by a group of people interested in promoting writing in the Erotic Mind Control genre.  Their objective is to help some of the quality writers in this genre, and their fine stories, to receive a bit of extra recognition for their efforts and help encourage further, such talented writings.

The final nominees were selected via secret nominations by that portion of the EMC community who chose to participate. These nominations were tabulated, with the stories receiving the highest number of total nominations moving forward to be voted on, also by any member of the EMC reading community who choose to.

Below is the listing of the five stories that made it through to the final voting in each of the five color-coded categories (based on the structure of Simon Bar Sinister’s Erotic Mind Control Story Archive).  Many stories were nominated in each category, with over 90 stories receiving at least on nomination.  But these were the ones with the most support, and thus remain to be voted on by all of you.

It is our hope that you can take some time to examine them, to maybe even read or re-read them, and to make the most informed decision you possibly can before voting on what you consider the best in any, or each, category.  In the best of all possible worlds, you would all read every story before making your picks, rather than voting for a friend’s stories, or simply the ones you may have already read.  We know that this won’t be the case, but hope that you will all do the best you can to make your informed decisions as to which were “the best” completed stories of 2007.

The Awards panel sets no rules or directives in regard to voting on your own story(s), only asking that each author does what they feel is the most correct.

Finally, in order to vote on any or all categories, simply select those you wish vote on, and put them into an IM, or an email, and send them to either Nab or Rinky Dink, or Topaz172, as flibinite and Darkmind have nominated stories, and should not have any involvement in collecting said votes.

• Nab - member of the MCForum, The Garden, The Collective, email - nabsq001@gmail.com
• Rinky Dink – member of the MCForum, The Garden, email - gregg777us@yahoo.com
• Topaz172 - member of the MCForum, email - topaz172@aol.com

Everyone… panellists, nominators, and authors… have been working very hard to make this the fairest, most all-inclusive, Awards event that we possibly could.  We hope we have done so, and now ask that you consider voting, and having your informed say about which of the nominated stories, below, you might consider the Best of erotic MC Writing in 2007.

We send out our great thanks to all who have participated and worked on this so far, and to all of you who will take the time to vote.  The time frame in which to vote and send your ballots to Nab, Rinky Dink, or Topaz172 is from today, April 15th until 11:59 PM, EDT (US), April 29th, 2008.  The winners will be announced shortly thereafter, after all the votes have been tabulated and verified.

So, without further ado, here are the nominated finalists, in alphabetical order, in each of the five categories.  We are giving you their link, along with the story codes, and the synopsis Simon used on the EMCSA, as all 25 stories may be found, there…

Red (FF)

  Chains by sara castle (mc ff)  -  A terrorist attack sets in motion a chain of events that will touch an ancient prisoner and awaken an entirely new lifeform. For the scientist trapped in the middle, all roads seem to lead inexorably to slavery. But the question remains, who will end up holding the chains and who will be bound by them?

  Gospel by Iago (mc ff)  -  A professor investigates the deranged writings of an archeologist.

  The Happily by 8-bit (mc ff)  -  A plot between three college girls goes incredibly awry.

  Ink Soaked Penumbra by Madam Kistulot (mc ff bd cb ft la ma rb)  -  The ink spreading its way through those closest to Sarah finally introduces itself, and our heroine may already be in over her head.

  Marilyn: Cleaning Up by Flibinite (mc ff)  -  Rich and attractive, but tired of living alone, Marilyn finally decides to do something about it with a young caterer.

Green (MF/FD)

  Bound by Name & Blood by Bad Penny (mc mf fd)  -  Derek makes the mistake of traveling on the night of the new moon.

  Chain of Command by HypnoticEye (mc ff fd)  -  A young woman is hypnotically conditioned to seduce and hypnotize men. She hypnotically conditions her male subjects to want to hypnotize new women and teach them to be hypno-dommes, so they can seduce and hypnotize even more men.

  Homecoming by sara castle (mc mf fd)  -  Against her better judgement, a courier accepts a mission that will take her to a remote Chilean observatory. Then, everything goes to hell, and as her options run out, she must choose between submission or death. Because, sometimes, death is the only option that makes sense.

  Trailer Park Tango by Gasman (mc mf fd ft)  -  Daisy gets her revenge on Mike for calling her a dumb hick.

  Trinary by sara castle (mc mf fd)  -  A prisoner tries to escape her confinement, coming into conflict with two scientists who seek to control her. As her relationship with each of them develops, she must make a decision, the results of which will shape not only her destiny, but perhaps that of the entire world.

Yellow (MF/MD)

  Busman’s Holiday by Wiseguy (mc mf md)  -  A hypnotherapist agrees to put on a hypnosis show at a vacation resort for adults.

  Capes and Cloaks: the Illithid’s Tale by Samarkand (mc mf ff md cb bd)  -  A mid-level supervillain doesn’t have an over-arching desire for world domination, until two impetuous superheroines make the mistake of taking him on.

  Daddy Wants by Bad Penny (mc mf md ft)  -  Paula is a good little girl who always gives her Daddy what he wants.

  Femininism by mikethefable (mc mf ff md)  -  After finding an odd book, Jamie and her friends stage a bra-burning rally and learn to embrace a new philosophy.

  Melted Music by Frustrated (mc mf md)  -  A woman lets herself be reprogrammed by her Master’s music.

Purple (Mixed)

  Doctor Nechetohontoquatl by Master Miller (mc mf md fd hu fu rb)  -  Doctor Nechetohontoquatl’s victims have only one hope: That the antiquated brainwashing chair doesn’t fail and make them as crazy as he is.

  Go Team Porn! by Darkmind; Madam Kistulot; miketheFable; The Once And Future Kim; and Villainy(mc mf ff fd md ma gr)  -  The greatest story ever told…

  Handicap by Bad Penny (mc mf md fd)  -  Jenny fully intends to win Game Night. Unfortunately, she’s working with a handicap, and a pair of new players have decided to step in.

  Heat Snare by Bad Penny (mc mf ff md fd)  – A routine mission ends up serving as a scientific experiment, and Porter is not happy with the results.

  Ho! Ho! Ho! by Writerzblocked (mc ma)  -  Santa has a present for a street whore.

White (MM)

  Before I Forget by Nexis Pas (mc mm)  -  A man visits a special web site to help himself relax when he has trouble sleeping.

  BMOC (Black Mage on Campus) by ONIX (mc mm)  -  Damien, a witch, grants the wishes of some obnoxious frat boys.

  A Dark and Stormy Night by Nexus Pas (mc mm)  -  A writing professor is captivated by one particular student’s work.

  Latex Manacles by Seekingsometruth (mc mm)  -  After the cool latex collar was wrapped around his neck, the unsuspecting mesmerized pup has an impromptu interview with his new god.

  Pumping It Out by The Wanderer (mc mm ft bd)  -  A man meets a hypnotist at a fetish club.

The Spiral Awards Panel

Pink (FF)

Gutter-Princess of Xanadu by EyeofSerpent

This story is about sex in strange places and the people who go there.  Along the way, you’ll find monsters, saints, hot cars, the universe in peril, vending machines that brainwash women, etc.  Beware. The author will also abuse the English language and re-invent words.

Eye’s own story synopsis, above, gives you just a small taste of what’s inside this maelstrom of a story.  There’s also time and event shifting, blisteringly hot erotica, heroes and villains, new and strange powers, stranger relationships, wit and danger, and, most importantly, tight and exciting writing and MC conceits… an absolute roller-coaster of fun, lust, and creativity from one of the finest writers of our genre.

Green (FD)

Geisha by Archibael

A useless bimbo is mind-controlled into becoming a smart, competent, and ruthless executive.

An incredibly intriguing story of turnabout, of how the controlled becomes the controller, about how things change when you add intelligence to the mix, and the command to desire it more and more.  The transformation of Jilly, the bimbo, into Evangeline, the corporate mogul and hypnotic manipulator, is hot and wonderfully-well executed and described, and her ultimate “triumph”, like her, is a sight to behold, and a joy to read, by another of the best MC writers going.

Yellow (MD)

Lie Berries by MichelleLovesTo

Jeff decides to get hypnotic revenge on his fiancé after he catches her cheating on him.

A story of nearly helpless revenge, with an MC controller who cannot resist hypnotically changing, and ruining, perhaps the best thing in is life, simply because she was trying to make things better for others, for betraying herself, and him, to be true to what was most important to her.  An almost brutal story, wonderfully written, with characters you can really feel… feel their pains, their pleasures, and their motivations… by one of the best MC writers of the past few years.

Purple (Mixed)

Summit by Tabico

There’s a new Mind Controller in town, and the Masters and Mistresses already living there must decide how to deal with him.

Mixing characters and aspects of many of her past excellent stories, Tabico has created a deeply atmospheric, MC-laden, terrifically exciting story of conquest and control, of wheels-within-wheels, of all that can happen when powers collide.  An unstoppable mutant controller, who must be stopped somehow, mixes with the perceptions and activities of a single woman, who must swim through a morass of plots and MC conceits, to create a tightly-written and deeply erotic story by another one of the all-time greats of the genre.

White (MM)

Joseph — The Programmable Boy by Topaz172

The Agency’s plan to create an expendable Spy-kid ended in disaster a decade ago. Ex-Spy-kid Joseph was happy for everyone to think it was all over. Unfortunately falling in love with a straight boy wasn’t part of the plan… not tactically or strategically. The only option left is to use the Cephelographic Analogue Transcriber one last time.

Topaz’s synopsis, above, about says it all, but does not fully describe the exciting, intricate, and arousing way that Joseph sets about his task, or the wonderful way the story is written… filled with humor and heat, with sly machinations and love-sick desire.  Like all the previous winning stories, this one contains great characters and characterizations, almost boundless creativity and writing skill, and a plot-line to be both admired and enjoyed by all, irrespective of your sexual preferences, and all by another of the very best writers that MC erotica has to offer.

The 2005 Spiral Achievement Award

There’s really no reason to hold you in suspense on this one, as the winner of the first annual Spiral Achievement award will come as no surprise to anyone, for all the obvious reasons.  And so…

This year’s recipient of the Spiral Achievement Award is… 
Simon Bar Sinister.

Active in MC erotica for about as long as any single individual, owner and operator of the EMCSA, and a terrific writer of MC erotic fiction in his own right, Simon has done more than any other person to structure and support and maintain the genre that we all hold dear.  Basically single-handedly running perhaps the premium repository for MC stories on the web, Simon has given us a place to post, a set of ground-rules to follow, and done simply yeoman’s work in getting the stories up on nearly a week-in-week-out basis, in color coding them, labeling them, synopsizing them, and with taking all kinds of file types and working them into the software that he has available to run the place.

He creates links to referenced stories, links to author files, categorizes the stories, accumulates and posts readers picks.  He does his best for the authors in posting corrections and rewrites, and in removing or adding blocks of stories as authors come and go.  He gives us heads-up on the MC Forum to changes and delays and deals with ASSTR problems and inconsistencies.  And he just recently accomplished a major overhaul of the whole EMCSA site, and did it with remarkably few glitches, ones that he’s quickly corrected.  He didn’t ask, he didn’t debate, he just did what he thought would be in the best long-term interest of the EMCSA and the writers and authors who frequent there.  That he asked for input after the changeover, only shows how much he cares about the final product.

To quote Monty Python… “That’s a full workin’ day, lad!”

And let’s not forget about what a fine writer he is, with stories of his own on the Archive from as far back as 1994.  Some of his stories that have become Reader’s Picks include, Absolute Obedience, Command & Control, Force of Will, Spa, and Prince City.

No, there was little doubt as to the outcome of this award, and it is indeed our honor and privilege to give the 2005 Spiral Achievement Award to Simon Bar Sinister, with our great thanks and best wishes for the future… for both you, your writing, and the EMCSA.

• Gerri Holcombe: Lesbian Private Eye by flibinite (mc ff)  -  There’s someone missing in 1949 Los Angeles… And when that happens, there’s only one person to call to find out what’s going on…
• Gutter-Princess of Xanadu by EyeofSerpent (mc ff)  -  This story is about sex in strange places and the people who go there.  Along the way, you’ll find monsters, saints, hot cars, the universe in peril, vending machines that brainwash women, etc.  Beware. The author will also abuse the English language and re-invent words.
• Rouge by Tabico (mc, ff, rb)  -  Four investigative journalists attempt to infiltrate the Mars home base of the powerful Rouge Corporation, whose utterly secretive rejuvenation treatment is the closest humans have come to achieving immortality.
• Sappho High by Rinky Dink (mc ff)  -  Being a beautiful straight girl in an otherwise all-lesbian high school is a problem to Kari, until ‘Arundsen’s Device’ seemingly solves it.
• Watching Heidi by Cafetray (mc ff)  -  Linda’s niece has gone to a party without permission, and Linda has to pick her up.

Green (FD)

• Assert Yourself by Decker (mc mf ff fd)  -  Office mouse Mina receives some self-help assertiveness CDs at work that change her life, and the lives of those around her.
• Geisha by Archibael (mc mf ff fd)  -  A useless bimbo is mind-controlled into becoming a smart, competent, and ruthless executive.
• Helpful Questions by flibinite (mc, ff, mf, fd)  -  A 54 year-old woman, with a power she doesn’t understand, goes to an Upstate New York college to see what has gone wrong with the daughter of a close friend.
• Overwhelmed by Julian D’Angelos (mc ff mf fd)  -  Angela and Jarred are hypnotized with overwhelming lust.
• Puppet Girl by MichelleLovesTo (mc mf fd)  -  A mysterious woman visits the mall. What’s it like to dance at the end of her string?

Yellow (MD)

• Acid-Washed Reflections by TryMyHand (mc mf ff md)  -  A hunted man eyes a lovely woman in a library. Can he persuade her to come to his aid? Is she too innocent to corrupt?
• Breakfast At Lenny’s by Ms Myrrh (mc mf md)  -  A woman is the only person who can see a woman giving a man a blow-job at a restaurant.
• Graduation Day by X.Ray Specks (mc mf md)  -  During her commencement, Cass is teased and tantalized as Master makes his once-doubted control undeniably evident.
• Lie Berries by MichelleLovesTo (mc mf md)  -  Jeff decides to get hypnotic revenge on his fiancé after he catches her cheating on him.
• Special Express by Abe Froman (mc mf md)  -  Stacy works for a specialized courier company, and while she loves the perks they offer their employees, she isn’t quite aware of the perks their clients enjoy.

Purple (Mixed)

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mind-Control Forum (mc mf ff fd md ma) by ghosthostblue  -  What if an interest in MC stories became all too real? A beginning writer of erotic fiction receives, and is affected by, private messages from a fellow MCForum member.
• Beads of My Heart by Archibael (mc mf ma)  -  Kelly finds her new bead necklace a compelling masturbation tool.  But then the beads start to be compelling in other ways…
• Colors by MichelleLovesTo (mc ff mf fd md ma)  -  Leia is visited by two strangers at school, who invite her to a special academy for people with powers like hers.
• Generous Spirit by ghosthostblue (mc mf ff md fd ma gr)  -  A miraculous weather event is visited upon a remote town.  A multi-fetish delivery system masquerading as an epic mystery.  “I’m absolutely dripping,” responded one reader.  “Noooooo! Don’t let it end!” wrote another.  But it does. Eventually.
• Summit by Tabico (mc mf ff fd md)  -  There’s a new Mind Controller in town, and the Masters and Mistresses already living there must decide how to deal with him.

White (MM)

• A Season to Remember by mbennett22 (mc mm)  -  Matt is encouraged by the other members of the basketball team to switch sides.
• But I’ll Make You Like It by bobwhite (mc mm)  -  Kurt is finally free of Michelle’s control… and that’s not an unmixed blessing.  “This story made me write it.  I wrote it as my first MM because that’s how it was conceived; changing it would have cheated it.”
• Christopher, Craig & Co. by SoxnTies (mc mm)  -  Chris Boldt began hypnotizing Craig Matthews into slavery but romance developed, and Craig learned hypnosis from his Master.  Can their relationship and hypno skills withstand the challenges of new friends and old lovers?
• Deus Ex Machina by Julian Obedient (mc mm)  -  What happens when Barr quits an oppressive job…
• Joseph — The Programmable Boy by Topaz172< (mc mm rb)  -  The Agency’s plan to create an expendable Spy-kid ended in disaster a decade ago. Ex-Spy-kid Joseph was happy for everyone to think it was all over. Unfortunately falling in love with a straight boy wasn’t part of the plan..not tactically or strategically. The only option left is to use the Cephelographic Analogue Transcriber one last time.