The Joys Of Submissions
Submissions as in stories sent to me, not submission as in me getting tied up and spanked or anything (calm down, the lot of you. I remain as much a dominant as ever, and whether that reassures or disappoints you … Continued
Author Archives: Zak Jane Keir
The trouble with ‘Kink’
The trouble with Kink, a new anthology edited by R O Kwon and Glenn Greenell, is not the trouble with kink, if you get what I mean. When a pal pointed me in the direction of this, um, announcement from … Continued
Five Years and Evolving
The first post on this site was five years ago. I only noticed by accident, to be honest, possibly lockdown boredom driving me to glance back at the early days of Dirty Sexy Words. There have certainly been a few … Continued
Poetry, rhymes and reasons
People seem to be paying attention to poetry again, it seems, which isn’t surprising in the light of Amanda Gorman’s magnificent The Hill We Climb. Her books have stormed up the charts and rightly so. Poetry for important occasions, state … Continued
Fiction and predictions
Poor old Stephen King must be getting rather tired of denying he’s writing predictions rather than simply good stories. First he had everyone insisting that Trump is the hideous Greg Stillson (from The Dead Zone) made flesh, then everyone lost … Continued
Forward into 2021?
We have no option but to keep moving forward, that much is true. As to looking back on what must be the strangest year of most of our lives, it’s probably worth doing that so we don’t forget the stuff … Continued
Dear Father Christmas, I would like a revolution
Dear Father Christmas. I would like a revolution, please. Can I have the non-violent model that comes with extra social justice and economic fairness rather than the one that features tanks on the streets and ends with heads on spikes? … Continued
Xxxmas Reading and Festive Fun
For this week’s LAM Live I was talking about the range of erotica and erotic romance with a festive theme. There are definitely lots of writers who have been putting the Xs back in Xxxmas for quite a few years … Continued
Doing Your Kinky Christmas Shopping?
Christmas shopping options may not be the same as they were last year or the year before, but, as you might be aware if you pay any attention to me on social media, there are some options. For London or … Continued
If the rumour is better than the truth…
There was a rumour about someone I knew of, a few years ago. It was a rumour that made her look very cool, so when I actually met her, I asked her about it and she told me it wasn’t … Continued