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!
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.
The complete Pocket Rockets collection is with my wonderful publisher at Uruk Press as we speak -- pre-orders are available now -- and the freebie editions of the stories have either come down or are coming down as we prepare for release. I'm looking forward to getting the full collection out there, and I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it.
The final story in the first Pocket Rockets series is "Perfect Shadows," a prequel adventure featuring the Thalian sex priestess who will later become Commander Oona of the S.S. Ecstasy. Set more than a decade before Space Princess Season One, it introduces us to a young Oona whose planet and society are still healing from the events of a galactic war that forced them to face the ordeal of occupation by an alien species. The Thalians are a prolifically polyamorous people, especially the class of hetaerae to which Oona belongs, but that's not to say they don't have particular attachments that go especially deep: Oona's first love and first husband, Airoh, was a hero of a quietist resistance during the dark days of the war, and never fully healed from his experiences. We find her mourning his recent death and trying to find peace on an isolated beach where an encounter with a group of strangers -- among them three Terran beauties belonging to an organisation called Space Princess -- will change the course of her life.
It might be heavy-ish sounding material -- one of my favourite things to do with Space Princess is to juxtapose silly bikini-girl sexuality, action and hardcore smut with more serious themes -- but not to worry, there is action, adventure and graphic sex aplenty to be had along the way as Oona both wrestles with her own personal demons and deals with a villainous smugglers' plot. (The story's title, in case you're wondering, comes from a monologue in the play "Edward II" by Christopher Marlowe: "[What] are kings, when regiment is gone, / But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?")
I thought I'd celebrate this milestone with a couple of reviews, covering both erotic and (for the first time here, I think) non-erotic titles. Have a look-see after the jump. (Warning for NSFW images.)
... 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.)
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!
What can you expect? Well, this is contemporary erotic fiction, something different from the fantasy and SF fare I've published with the good people of Uruk Press thus far. Biggest Blade, for those who don't know, largely deals in hot wives, well-endowed alpha males and tales of delicious infidelity. The Honeytrap is an "interracial" take on this, ladling a big helping of graphic, steamy, and quite frankly outright filthy hardcore sex over the basic concept. After the jump, I'll talk a little bit more about what this means, and about the background to the book and the particular naughty wellsprings of inspiration from which it flows.
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.
More erotic bikini-girl space mayhem has landed, just in time for the holidays! This time our heroines find themselves pitted against a group of sexy rivals and caught up in a perilous web of scheming and deceit that could well see their very freedom at stake. They'll have to muster every ounce of their courage, cleverness and seductive feminine wiles if they hope to prevail!
It really is such a privilege to be able to work with Uruk Press in sharing the Space Princess stories with the world. While these yarns are erotic red meat for my inner Horny Little Devil -- and hopefully yours, too -- I'm also excited about them just as stories, and I always look forward to the chance to spend time with the women of the S.S. Ecstasy. Their adventures are enormously fun to write and I hope they're equally fun to read: check out the latest episode here and let me know if you agree.
To celebrate this release, the first Space Princess adventure, The Fourth Rule, has come down in price. Get your copy today and find out where it all started. There's so much more to come!
Found in Translation.
Another recent development I'm quite tickled by: for the very first time (that I'm aware of), my work has been translated into Hungarian!
The piece in question is one of my freebies over at Literotica, a satirical take on "author notes" called "A Short Disclaimer." I would like to thank Pavlov for his appreciation of this piece and for assaying his translation. Incredibly cool!
Carpe Diem.
So. This. If you still have holiday shopping to do... this.
This fabulous little erotic oddity comes via the good people at Jezebel, who put me hip to the fact that there is an erotic calendar, produced several years running now, that features hot women holding carp. It's Henrik Pohler's Carponizer Calendar, and... well, yeah. It's a thing. That is a thing that exists, and this makes me happy.
Pohler also apparently produces a similar calendar for the general fisherman's market, which features various forms of fish and the odd eel... but I don't know. There's just a certain purity to the mission of specifically celebrating the majestic carp by having a naked model hold it up in front of a camera that just speaks to me. Your mileage may vary.
I'll say this for Pohler: his taste in models is impeccable. And the women are pretty good looking, too! (Bah-dmp! Tsshh!)
Allow me to play you out.
Speaking of fish stories and Christmas: this here video is an oldie, but a goodie.
And it's not Christmas for my family until we've listened to this very special rendition of O Holy Night:
Enjoy! Best of the season and see you all in the new year!
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.
Brought to You By Spooky African Traditional Religions
My ritual Halloween viewing is the Bela Lugosi classic White Zombie. Treat yourself, and Happy Halloween!
It's not, like, super-enlightened in its attitudes, granted. (Although on the other hand, it's really not that bad for a film of its era.) But this old classic had style to spare, featured Lugosi at his absolute spookiest, and arguably had a far more interesting take on zombies than the 21st-century tradition.
You can find more supernatural-tinged adventures in my recently-released novella, The Serpent's Kiss. And you can check out my author's page at Amazon here, including the first instalment of the Space Princess adventures (already selling like hotcakes!). Visit my publisher at Uruk Press to find more quality erotica.
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!
First of all, I'd like
to thank the first purchasers of The Serpent's Kiss. It's a story
that has been enormous fun to put together and research and I really
hope readers are enjoying it as much as I enjoyed writing it. And if
you're not a reader yet, and interracial Victorian-style smut –
with a heavy dose of spanking – sounds up your alley... well then,
give it a try!
This blog is also my
space for reviews of others' work, either by request or simply as the
spirit moves me. I'm pleased to kick off these reviews with Contrast,
a fun little interracial erotic romp from Ian Saul Whitcomb.
I finally figured out how to format posts properly!
I've been writing erotica and pornography online for some time. Until now I've done it for free and purely as personal entertainment, but now that I'm publishing my first novella -- The Serpent's Kiss, through the lovely folks at Uruk Press -- it's time to have an online mothership for talking and thinking about erotica and erotic writing, both mine and others'. So, here it is; you can also find me on twitter.
Stay tuned to this space for news and thoughts about The Serpent's Kiss, along with another soon-to-be-announced novella series with Uruk. Exciting times! I'll also post random reviews and op-eds here as the spirit moves me.
