I made a promise to myself not to post on this blog again until I knew for sure that the delay of Space Princess Season 2 was coming to an end. For some reason, the precise approach to take to Space Princess: Flowers of Evilwas eluding me for quite some time -- no doubt partly because of "life stuff" that I won't bore you with -- but as I come to the end of Act 2, I can feel the story falling into place. And I thought I would check in with you, dear readers, and share a little excerpt as the work continues.
I have other goodies to share, too, so check for those below the fold. In the meantime, my biggest recent news is that I now have one of those Patreon things. If you'd like to support the creation of Space Princess and other high-quality erotic content, I would love to have you as a patron.
I am also on Mastodon now, specifically on Switter -- a Mastodon server that is non-terrible to sex workers and those who love them (which hopefully extends to erotic writers). So you can check me out there and support social media that doesn't suck, into the bargain!
So, without further ado, read below the jump for Flowers of Evil news and other goodies!
Many thanks to you, lovely reader, for being patient with my recent silence. The fall of 2017 proved to be a bit of a crazy time real-life-wise for yours truly.
As I get back on more of an even keel and get back to my writing schedule, I'd like to reassure those of you waiting on Space Princess' Season Two titles that they're coming soon. Aside from real-world pressures, I was also finding myself a bit stuck in my first title in the new season and how to bring all its elements together, but a break has given me a fresh perspective and some new and pervy ideas that I'm excited to share with you all. So stay tuned for some very sexy retro-SF adventures in the New Year!
(In the meantime, if you're on the lookout for the perfect stocking-stuffer for that Star Trek-loving uncle in your life, might I humbly suggest that the paperback Space Princess Season One Omnibus would make a fine and eminently collectible stocking stuffer!)
With the holiday season looming, I also feel the need to report back to everyone on our experience with Smutfinder (and Starfindermore generally) that I first mentioned back in September. It will be the last of my tabletop games blogging here for a while and there's a lot to cover, so check it out below the fold!
As I work to deliver Season Two of Space Princess with the fine people at Uruk Press, I'm delighted to bring you a sneak peek at cover art from the one and only Lady Amaranthine. I'm truly blessed to have her as the cover artist for this series, and to be able to share these images with you. Some mildly NSFW art after the jump.
"You don't remember me? We played together a bunch of times. Remember
that guy's showroom, with all the lamps and shit?"
I'm tempted to label as "Smutfinder" the game of Starfinderthat a little group of smutty lads and ladies are currently playing online; the game I recently joined. But Smutfinder kinda sounds more like a porn search engine, so, eh... maybe not.
Anyway, it's great fun to rejoin the world of tabletop RPG after a long time away, and this provides occasion for something new for this blog: a first-impressions review of Paizo's latest tabletop game and of the online app we're using to play it, Roll20. I'm looking forward to being a part of this gaming experience--the second session, in which my character Xata makes her first appearance, is up now on Dragon Cobolt's tumblr--and to sharing the ongoing fruits thereof with you, gentle readers. Let's dig in.
It's been a little while since I last blogged here. I've been remiss in leaving it so long, but life gets in the way from time to time. There is plenty to catch up on and I thank you, dear readers, for being patient with me.
The news? A new Space Princess title has been out for sale since the beginning of September, Season Two is in the works along with a fourth Sex & Sorcery, and along with some fellow erotica authors I have caught the tabletop gaming bug -- this time it's Paizo's new setting, Starfinder -- for the first time in a long time. Let's get to it! (One mildly NSFW image.)
... or, Holla @ Ya Boi for the Straight Dope on Story Sites!
I'm pretty sure the proverbial kids stopped saying "holla at yr boi" a while ago, but whatevs, as the kids surely also no longer say. The point is I come to you today, dear readers, bearing delicious listicles. Or a delicious listicle. I saw this listicle in my mind's eye and it was good. If it goes right, I will gratefully accept showers of praise, and if it goes horribly wrong I would like you all to know that It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.
As part of my recent Pocket Rocket project, I found myself shopping around for various erotic story portals at which to promote some of the component stories. In the course of doing so I noticed a little something. There were lots of reviews of this kind of site from a reader's point of view, but finding out how it was to interact with them as an author was something else again. So I thought I would offer up the benefits of my experience.
Starting out with a disclaimer: I am not in the least little bit pretending my experience is comprehensive. Where possible I have tried to benefit from the insights of other authors and for as long as this here listicle is up, I will continue trying to do so. If there are story sites I've missed, I urge folks to hit me up here, on Twitter or by e-mail so that I can update. I have the sites in a rough ranking, but the whole idea of "ranking" something this complicated is mostly tongue-in-cheek, so don't take that aspect too terribly seriously.
This is a beginning, and as the Princess Irulan once said, a beginning is a very delicate time. I'll try to do it justice. And whatever I say here, to the proprietors of these sites in general and the non-profit / non-commercial sites in particular, I would just like to say that I know keeping these resources live and dealing with the fractious, opinionated communities they attract isn't easy. Bless you all for what you do.
The complete Pocket Rockets Collection is going live on Amazon soon, which means the Pocket Rocket freebies are coming down. Nuku Vitani's "Cat-Scratch Fever" adventure is no longer live over on the venerable Storiesonline, but do continue to check out their content anyway. Here's what the story's promotional blurb had to say while it was up:
In the far-flung Edhae system, passenger shuttles ply the friendly spaceways between worlds and space stations. Staffed by a pair of comely stewardesses and the factory-issue Automatic Captain that supports them, Consolidated Flight ECS-727 seems mundane at first: but criminals have targeted someone aboard, and will stop at nothing to get what they want. It's up to catgirl Nuku Vitani to stop them, but torrid erotic perils await her if she hopes to prevail... much less come out with her job intact.
"Cat-Scratch Fever" showcases Nuku in her pre-Space Princess career as an interplanetary flight attendant of the sexiest sort, in an extended twenty thousand-word romp that includes bondage, femdom, toys, buttsecks, lesbian and bisexual play, devilish aphrodisiacs, naughty seductions, ruthless criminals and more. It will be included in the complete Pocket Rockets collection, coming soon!
Check out further Space Princess news under the break, including some hints at what's coming in Season Two. (Note: There's a gallery of NSFW Pics in this post.)
I planned to have this one out in May, but life, as she so often does, had other plans. Never fear, the next Space PrincessPocket Rocket freebie is here for a limited time. The Secret of Buxton Beach is finally live on Smashwords*!
(* Update: The Pocket Rocket freebies have now expired, but you can check out an edited and updated form of this adventure in the forthcoming Pocket Rockets collection. Look for a new post about its release soon!)
One more freebie is yet to come, over on Stories Online and very soon -- I promise! -- so keep an eye out. In the meantime, let's have a little fireside chat about Nancy Drew, Naomi Bell, the Iron Chef, Star Trek, and some YouTube D&D fan-fiction courtesy of those magnificent bastards at Penny Arcade. A rich harvest indeed awaits you below the jump!
Cyrano Johnson comes to Smashwords, plus more smashing news & content!
Hello again, dear readers. I have some great Space Princess news for you this week: we have a new freebie live on Smashwords and more content forthcoming for that site very soon! I've also got a brand-new erotic fiction review for you, covering a pair of books by the dynamic duo of Brixton and Vera Atwood. Let's dig in under the jump!
The erotic prequel adventures of bikini girls in spaaace!
From Fire and Ice, the 1983 Ralph Bakshi / Frank Frazetta feature.
So, as you can see in my "Reviewing the Situation" post, the Space Princess Season One omnibus is here, collecting the first five novellas together with plenty of Special Features content (check that link for information on the draw we're holding for a free copy). You can get the full low-down from Uruk Press, but I'm here to talk specifically about a new type of Space Princess adventure which we're debuting as one of those Special Features.
It's called the Pocket Rocket: a series of short adventures half the size of a normal Space Princess episode. The first group of Pocket Rocket adventures are conceived as prequels that delve into the backstories of the heroines of the S.S. Ecstasy (though don't let the word "backstories" fool you, these stories are stand-alone and you don't have to read the main episodes to fully enjoy them). "Whom Palaces Delight," exclusive to the omnibus, is set six years before the "current" voyage of the Ecstasy and shows the encounter -- a frontier adventure featuring a hunt for ancient treasure, a ruined jungle temple and a band of evil, horny cultists -- that brings Titania Hollander into the Space Princess Entertainment fold.
Other Pocket Rocket adventures will be previewed as limited-time freebies on a number of different sites. The first of these freebies, "The Masquerade," is now live*. Be sure to check it out, rate and comment, and check this post for updates on further Pocket Rocket freebies. Enjoy!
(* Update: The Pocket Rocket freebies have now expired, but you can check out the complete suite of adventure shorts in the forthcoming collection.)
Allow Me to Play You Out...
... with a couple of sultry club bangers whose lyrics just happen to involve pocket rockets. In fact this Kimberley Cole track contains almost no other words:
While this entertainingly dirty-cute Static Revenger track is a bit more lyrically diverse and every bit as much fun:
(Listen for it...)
Til next time, gentle readers! May your pocket rocket be fully fuelled and ready for launch.
It's time I put up a post here that plugs all the work I've done thus far with the fine people at Uruk Press in one place. You can, of course, access all these fine titles from my Amazon page and I would urge you to do so, dear reader, but I feel there's just something a little more personal about this approach. And I've got some big Space Princess-related news to deliver, too! The Season One Omnibus has arrived, so you can get the first five novellas all in one place and a heaping helping of bonus content, too! We're doing a draw for a free copy of this collection. More information about that -- and the NSFW version of Lady Amaranthine's fab cover art -- to be had below the jump. Let's take a stroll through a galaxy of erotic delights, shall we?
Waiting for you under the fold is a sneak preview of the cover girl for the forthcoming Space Princess title, Day of the Bacchae. Her name is Nuku Vitani, a catgirl in a fine tradition of sci-fi camp, tease and outright smut that you don't even have to be a Furry to appreciate. Say hello to Nuku below and join me for a tribute to catgirls of all sorts.
(EDIT: It's not "forthcoming" any more -- Day Of The Bacchaeis live on Amazon!)_
The long-promised Summerland Blues is live on Amazon. It's one of my favourite Space Princess adventures (ah, who am I kidding, they're all my favourites!) and I can promise a fun read for all who come round to check it out, so please do!
I've been absent from this blog for a while in a busy couple of months, so let's catch up on a few more things...
I've just delivered the final edit of Summerland Blues, the fourth episode of the Space Princess series,to my lovely peeps at Uruk Press! Check out a preview of Lady Amaranthine's fabulous cover art after the jump.
No two ways about it, this episode is straight-up bonkers and was a ton of fun to put together, and I'm looking forward to sharing it with you all.
First things first: here's an early peek at the cover for The Pegasus Run, the next sexy Space Princess adventure. It's coming soon and I couldn't be more excited!
Realized by the talents of Lady Amaranthine, this episode's cover-girl is the sultry Commander Oona, the Chief Erotic Officer and second in command of the S.S. Ecstasy. A former sex priestess from the planet Thalia, she has a randy and insatiably curious nature and sangfroid to spare. She gets up to some particularly naughty antics this time out, and she's far from alone. You won't want to miss it, so stay tuned!
In the meantime, here's a review of something wonderfully delicious that a friend brought to my attention...
Truth & Love, Rupert Everton style.
"All I did was kiss him on the lips at sundown with my mouth full of cum during an orgasm in a blessed grove on the eve of a half-moon solstice. So I think you'll agree that I can hardly be held responsible for any magical fuckery here." -- Cinder, my new favourite erotic heroine
Everton is the previous creator of Lovelyssand Lovesyck, both enormously fun and tongue-in-cheek sci-fi noir parodies which are well worth your time in their own right. Having said that, I Roved Out... is even better: a pitch-perfect high fantasy sex farce whose delightfully randy heroine, Cinder, goes to great lengths to get out of the epic quests people keep trying to send her on. It's packed with likeable characters, rapid-fire gags and affectionate skewering, so to speak, of all manner of high fantasy tropes.
Above and beyond all that, the artwork just has to be seen to be believed. The artistic quality Everton is delivering here is reminiscent of some of the best "painterly" comic book artists in the business -- personally it puts me in mind of Kyle Baker's work on the prestige format Justice, Inc.miniseries back in the day, though of course Everton's raunchiness, playfulness and inflections of manga infuence are all his own -- and if you take some time out of your day to fully appreciate it, you will have no regrets. If you like what you see and want to support him, I would urge you to pay a visit to his Patreon page.
Allow me to play you out
St. Vincent's "Birth in Reverse" provides an epigram for Everton's erotic fantasy epic, and any excuse to listen to the B-52's "Roam" is a good one.
Ill-Met by Moonlightwas one of the very first stories that the Space Princess series was conceived to tell, as hinted by the fact that the Captain and leader of my bikini-girl protagonists shares a name with the fairy queen in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In celebration of the release of the second Space Princess adventure with the good people at Uruk Press, this here is a little online tour through some of the novella's influences and some of my favourite examples of stories that thrive on an overlap between mythology and science fiction.
The "Snarr Freck" Connection: Devil's Due.
The discerning reader might just notice that the Space Princess yarns draw on vintage Sixties sci-fi, and especially a series whose title rhymes with "snarr freck," for a certain amount of inspiration. Ill-Met by Moonlight owes probably its most direct inspiration to one of those episodes of The Next Generation whose concept would have been at home on the original Star Trek series: "Devil's Due."
I hesitate to bring up Trek because I don't want to give anyone the impression that you have to be Trek geek to get these stories: you definitely don't. And if you're not a Trek geek, basically the thing to know about "Devil's Due" is that it features a sultry villainess who uses the trappings of mythology to get what she wants from her targets. (In my opinion it's an episode worth a watch if you've never seen it before, but if that's not your thing, no big. Space Princess doesn't need it to be your thing.)
If you area bit of a Trek geek, the trope of aliens showing up in some kind of period costume or the trappings of Earth mythology to mess with our heroes will of course be familiar to you. It's a cheeseball tradition but an honourable one. Ardra from the episode was kind of a departure for this kind of story in that she was exploiting someone else's myths for once.
Ill-Met by Moonlight's antagonists are, in a very loose way, a take on what a "Devil's Due" sort of plotline might look like ultra-pornified, with a considerably more successful seductress in the main villain role and a much more "Sixties" take on the central trope.
The "Snarr Freck" Connection, Redux: A Spoonful of Shakespeare.
The other proud tradition from That Sixties Show getting a nod here, of course, is the obligatory Shout-Out to the Bard which makes for a resonant-sounding story title. In this case the shout-out is a quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of a couple quotes from that play which turn up in the story in the mouths of alien characters who strictly-speaking should have no freaking reason to know Shakespeare... but hey, this is Sixties Space and aliens know Shakespeare. (Does the story use any other elements of the play? Nope, not really! "Shout-Out to the Bard" achievement: unlocked.)
Fun Instances of Faeries in Science Fiction.
A grab bag of my personal favourite "you got your fairy mythology on my sci-fi" moments:
Literal faeries, ancient entities who aren't bound by linear time, turn up in the Torchwood episode "Small Worlds." It was episode with teeth... all manner of teeth, actually.
Julian May's The Many Coloured Landand its sequels feature a Celtic/Sidhe-type culture thriving and struggling in the Pliocene epoch after travelling through time. I guess put like that it sounds pretty weird... and I guess it was. But fun!
Poul Anderson's The Queen of Air and Darknessis a famous example of faeries-in-SF, featuring an encounter with fae-type aliens on the distant colony world of Roland. This story has helmed a number of the author's short fiction anthologies and is considered a classic by many.
Not quite "faeries in science fiction" but rather "faeries in alt-history fantasy," Ironskinis billed as a "steam-punk Jane Eyre" that features humans locked in grinding World War One-style battle with the "Fey." (Without going too deep into fantasy waters, because that would be a whole other post, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrellhas one of the most brilliant takes on faeries ever put to paper. Apparently it has a TV adaptation now, which I haven't seen and can't comment on.)
On the big screen, of course, we have Avatar, which is eventually getting sequels (first one supposed to be inbound for 2018 but I'll believe it when I see it):
The Na'Vi in this classic SF blockbuster can literally commune with nature, live in forests and find themselves in a struggle with humanity... so they're pretty much fairies. They'e also badass sexy blue cat-person fairies (and allegorical stand-ins for every indigenous population that ever found itself in a no-win fight against the march of high-tech capitalism), which makes them even better.
Allow Me to Play You Out.
So, there you have it. Faeries in spaaace! Get your copy of Ill-Met by Moonlight now! And allow me to play you out with "Queen of Air and Darkness" by Conscience Racks Tom.
Huzzah! The first instalment of the Space Princess series, The Fourth Rule, is now live on Amazon.
I'm tremendously excited to be teaming with the good people of Uruk Press to publish this series, which is an affectionate erotic tribute to vintage televised science fiction of the late Sixties and early Seventies. Featuring the crew of the S.S. Ecstasy -- an interstellar luxury liner in a not-so-distant future crewed mostly by gorgeous women in bikinis and go-go boots, and operated by a company called Space Princess Entertainment -- it's equal parts tongue-in-cheek action adventure, wry comedy and raunchy balls-to-the-wall smut, with a garnish of social commentary for good measure. I'm already editing the next adventure for release; in the meantime if you like vintage camp, beautiful women, raunchy sex or all of the above, then take a ride with the lovely ladies of Space Princess!
