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New Release: Filth charity anthology

anthology, books, erotic fiction, erotica, new release, romance 12th July 2018 New Books

FILTH anthology

Fancy something to read on your summer holiday? How about a hot collection of naughty stories raising funds for a range of charities… Filth – An anthology for naughty girls with dirty desires. Filth comes to you from six different … Continued

Anniversaries and the Passing of Time

anniversary, boat party, erotic ficgtion, sexy memoir, time passing 9th July 2018 Uncategorised

anniversary, cathouse

The thing with getting older is that time speeds up. You think something was only a year or two back and it turns out to have been seven or eight years; something that was, ooh, sometime in the last decade … Continued

Call for Submissions: Rule 34 Vol 2

anthology, authors, erotic fiction, erotic fiction. writers. writing, fetish, kink, kinky 2nd July 2018 New Books, Other Things

weird kink, strange fetish

The first Rule 34 came out last year, and it’s probably my favourite anthology of all the ones I have had a hand in. I wanted a collection of weird stories and niche kinks; I wanted writers to go as … Continued

How Much Responsibility Do We Have?

characters, fiction, research, responsibility, safer sex, stories 19th June 2018 Musings

responsibility, content warning, safe sex, safe kink

Back in the early days of mainstream(ish) erotic fiction, when Nexus and Black Lace were thriving, a lot of the books had a little note in the front along the lines of: this is fiction, in real life, don’t forget … Continued

Talking and Writing

author, event, reading slam, workshop, writer 6th June 2018 Musings

talking, speaking, writing

There’s a line in one of Stephen King’s novels (it’s either The Regulators or Desperation: those two being odd mirror images of one another is a subject for a future blog post) where one character remembers his ex-wife telling him … Continued

New Release: Candy Lovers

candy, candy lovers, foodplay, sweets 30th May 2018 New Books

candy, erotica

If you want something sweet and sticky to enjoy over the summer, check out Candy Lovers, the latest collection from Rachel Kramer Bussel… If you love the sweet taste of sugar melting on your tongue, the allure of chocolate and … Continued

New Release: Down and Dirty

erotic romance, erotica, hot, m/f, new release, sexy, sexy workman 24th May 2018 New Books

dirty, anthology, erotic romance

Time for another hot anthology! Get in, get down…and get filthy with these sexy, hardworking, blue-collar heroes who don’t mind when things get a little dirty while at work or at play. This collection of 22 brand new stories from … Continued

A Study In Scarlet

#scarletladies, erotica, sex-positive, women 17th May 2018 Events, Sex stuff

scarlet ladies books

I’d been hearing quite a few good things about Scarlet Ladies, a group for sex-positive women based in London, so I was thoroughly excited when I got asked to go along and join them for an evening dedicated to erotic … Continued

COCKY COCKY COCKY… OI OI OI!

copyright, trademark troll, writers, writing 8th May 2018 Other Things

cocky, copyright, Amazon

Just when you thought you’d seen it all, the ability of some people to make absolute cocks of themselves surprises you once again. I spent a nice weekend by the seaside, and it was only when I came back that … Continued

Don’t Blame Porn For Misogyny – Blame History

history, misogyny, porn, sexuality, society 30th April 2018 Rantings

misogyny, history, sexism

It seems to have been a comic called Marc Maron who came up with the term ‘unfuckable hate nerds’ to describe a particular sort of vile misogynist, and it’s a pretty good term. It’s entirely reasonable to be horrified by … Continued