New Valuations: Erotica and What It’s Worth
There is no other way to put it, writers get paid shit. Erotica writers get paid even less shit. At present, a writer of a short, say 4,000 word, story gets approximately $50 for the story. This works out at about 1 cent a word. Does that seem like the wrong way to work out […]
Onward and Upward – More Elevator Lust
A week ago, I posted a story called “The Virtue of Patience” about two people in an elevator and the way their relationship evolves over time. Monocle (Raziel Moore) took up the challenge of the same basic scenario and wrote a wonderfully raw and dystopic piece called “Vertical Hold” Today Redbud (William Crimson) has added […]
Hole
The room was chilly and beige. It smelled faintly of stale cigarette smoke and carpet shampoo. Beyond the open curtains the streetlamps splayed in the cold, winter air. From her place in the nondescript beige armchair, Emma thought the man on the bed looked vulnerable. Lit by the gloom of the bedside lamps, Sean lay […]
Vertical Hold: Monocle’s Response to the Elevator Scenario
The Virtue of Patience was the outcome of a discussion between Raziel Moore and I. His story – Vertical Hold – based on exactly the same scenario, is now up at his site. Please go and have a read. It’s hot as hell. Nine a.m. The year may start new for everyone else, but for […]
The Virtue of Patience
On January 2nd, 2009, Jeremy Sykes stepped into the crowded elevator that took him to his office on the 44th floor. The passengers were bundled up against the winter cold. Some looked tanned from recent winter holidays in warmer climes, but all exuded that air of barely contained ill temper that inevitably haunts everyone who […]
Seven Senryū for the New Year
I have only just learned how to write Senryu. I have @senryunectar to thank for this most exquisite pleasure. If you twitter, you must follow her. The challenge of the Senryu is to write in Haiku form (5 – 7 – 5 syllables) using a word proposed by one of the group. It’s lovely to […]
New Year Moon
Burn away every vestige of regret with cold light, Virgin Moon. Make me anew, free from the detritus of age and error. Carve me an eye sharp enough to cut through bonds thick as umbilical cords. Plug up this gaping wound. I don’t want to be gutted anymore.
In weaker moments
In weaker moments I dream of my pale legs tangled in yours, sex-damp, and mottled with rosy bruises that will turn to purple soon where your hips met my flesh. In weaker moments I dream of my parched lips pressed to yours, kiss-wet and red-raw with abrasions that will turn tender where your teeth met […]
New Year : Revolution, Resolution, Resignation
I seldom post things on here that are not creative fiction. Usually, if it isn’t fiction, it focuses on writing, or the subject matter I deal with in my writing. But the new year approaches and I thought an exception to the rule was in order. I have some ideas for how I want the […]
Nightmares and Visions : Monocle
It’s always very exciting to hear when a fellow erotica writer has been published and, if you have listened to the podcast of Click, then you’ve already met Monacle (Raziel Moore). You might consider getting to know him a little better by taking yourself over to Republica Press and purchasing his collection of stories: “Fantasies […]