Slippery Slope: Erotica Censorship
Posted on February 19, 2012
Well, the morality police are at it again. And this time, it’s scarier.
First, Amazon started banning books from their site. They backed down on their anti-censorship stance and removed the Ped0phile Guide. Then they went after books that contained incest, bestiality and rape.
After the dust settled, it was clear that, while biological incest was a no-no, Amazon would, however, allow sex between of-age adults who were related to one another in a non-biological manner–step-relations or adopted relations. Suddenly the top 100 in the Erotica category on Amazon exploded with “pseudo-incest” titles. And the covers were far more revealing than anything the category had previously carried. Titles like “Daddy Licks My Pussy” became commonplace. The line between “erotica” and “porn” had blurred even further.
Most (if not all) of these titles were written and published by “Indie” authors, who were distributing them not only through Amazon, but through other self-publishing platforms as well–Barnes and Noble, Apple, Bookstrand, All Romance Ebooks. The latter had even taken a stance against the “porn-like” covers and refused to allow them on their new releases front page, especially if they contained content relating to “pseudo-incest” and what they called “barely-legal” sex.
(I assume this is sex between an older person and someone in the age-range of 18-19. Of course, it’s interesting to note that they didn’t seem to object to the plethora of “Twink” m/m titles on their site–18-19 year old males having sex with older men. No, their objection seemed entirely against 18-19 females having sex with older men).
Soon after All Romance Ebooks had imposed these restrictions, and Bookstrand had taken Indie erotica authors off their front page as well, Bookstrand sent out an email to all of its publishers. This is from that email:
We were informed by PayPal, without notice, and by our credit card processing company, that we are required to remove all titles at BookStrand.com with content containing incest, pseudo incest, rape, and bestiality, effective immediately.
We request that you immediately log into your account and unpublish all titles that contain the restricted content. If you have uploaded titles containing restricted content and do not unpublish these titles as we are requesting, we will deactivate your entire publisher account, which will remove all your titles from sale.
We urge you to log into your account and remove these titles as soon as possible to prevent your account from being deactivated today.
If your account is deactivated, it may or may not be reinstated in the future. After deactivation, requests for reinstatement will require us to go through your catalog, which may take several weeks or longer for us to process.
Note that they list not only “incest” but “pseudo-incest” as well. Now, while “incest” is illegal in most states, “pseudo-incest” is not. (Woody Allen, anyone?) Having sex with a step-relation or an adopted relative is just… sex. It might seem creepy or weird, but it isn’t illegal.
Now they’re not just targeting illegal acts (this is in fiction mind you) now they’re targeting acts that may simply just be “morally objectionable.” Where else do they do this? Are they targeting authors who write about serial killers?
Of course, erotica writers everywhere were up in arms. How could they do this? Why? A petition even cropped up, and it has some excellent points, if you’d like to go sign it:
Earlier this week, PayPal told Bookstrand, a major distributor of erotic romance and other erotic content on the Internet, that if certain titles containing “objectionable” material were not pulled from Bookstrand’s shelves, Bookstrand’s PayPal account would be shut down and the funds within confiscated.
PayPal has a long track record of suspending, freezing, and terminating customer accounts on the thinnest of justifications, but this is going too far. By telling Bookstrand what books they can and cannot sell using PayPal services, they are also telling readers they don’t have the right to read what they wish and telling authors that PayPal has the right to take away their freedom of speech and the press.
If you use the Internet to find new reading material, if you use PayPal, and/or if you support the rights of authors and readers to have the widest possible selection of topics to read and write about, please sign this petition and let PayPal know that censorship, no matter what form it takes or how it is implemented, is not acceptable. Readers, publishers, storefronts and authors have the right to choose what books are sold and bought.
Don’t leave it up to PayPal to choose how you spend your money or where.
The fact is, and we all know it–sex and porn make the Internet go-round. It’s a huge industry, even if there is a vocal minority who doesn’t like it. People like their porn, and they want access to it. So why would Paypal refuse to sell something that wasn’t even illegal in any state in the U.S.?
I got my chance to ask that question, because a few days after the BookStrand debacle, Excessica received a phone call from Paypal. THE phone call. And then came the follow-up letter:
After a recent review of your account activity, it has been determined that you are in violation of PayPal’s Acceptable Use Policy… In order to comply with our Acceptable Use Policy and avoid the limitation of your account, you will need to:
- Remove those items from http://www.excessica.com that violate PayPal’s Acceptable Use Policy. Example/s: all ebooks containing themes of rape and incest.
Under the Acceptable Use Policy, PayPal may not be used to send or receive payments for certain sexually oriented materials or services or for items that could be considered obscene.
When I asked if “pseudo-incest” was included (since that was mostly all we had on the site) the representative confirmed that yes, that would have to be removed. “What about BDSM?” I asked–a category full of dubious consent. “That would have to be removed as well.”
That’s right–they weren’t just targeting illegal acts between non-consenting adults. Now they were targeting legal sex between consenting adults.
When I asked her why they were doing this, I received no answer except, “We’ve always had this policy.” Perhaps, but it seems that they weren’t previously enforcing it very seriously. Why now?
The only answer I received from Paypal was silence.
So I started to search for alternatives to Paypal. Not an easy task, I might add. Like Amazon, they are a veritable monopoly in their field. At least they graciously (ha) gave us thirty days to comply, after which the account would be frozen or cancelled. So I had some time. What I discovered was that most merchant-services (i.e. companies that allow you to use Visa and MasterCard on their site) which allow adult products charge a $5000 up-front fee to use their service. Then, they take exorbitant percentages from each transaction. Some 5%, some 14%, some as high as 25%.
Now it was starting to make more sense. The credit card companies charge higher fees for these “high-risk” accounts because there is a higher rate of what they call “chargebacks.” You know that protection on your credit card, where if you dispute the charge, you don’t have to pay for it? Well they’ve determined that happens more with porn and gambling and other “high-risk” sites than others, so they’re justified in charging more money to process payment for those sites.
Paypal doesn’t want to have to pay Visa and MC for carrying “high risk” accounts on their books. You have to remember that Paypal is a middleman. Sites that carry high-risk material have to pay the high-risk costs of doing business. If you’re going through Paypal, you don’t have to pay that. Until Paypal catches you. And then they insist you take down your high-risk content or lose your account.
What Bookstrand did was use this as an excuse to get rid of a problem. They were having difficulties integrating the harder-core Indie books into their site (although to be fair, the books in question, in terms of content, weren’t actually any more hardcore than many of the books in their Siren collection–they just had more revealing covers and more conspicuous titles) and so they used this crackdown by Paypal to eliminate hundreds of Indie books.
Who would be next? All Romance Ebooks? Smashwords? Amazon itself? Erotic writers everywhere said that Amazon was immune from Paypal’s clampdown, but were they? No, they didn’t accept Paypal on their site. But they did accept Visa and Mastercard. Where, exactly, did the buck stop?
I’m not sure, but I did find out an interesting piece of information that made me pause and consider where all of this may be leading.
Someone suggested the new “Amazon Payments” to me as an alternative to Paypal. I thought it made sense – if Amazon sells our books, why would they refuse to pay for them through their payment service?
Well guess what? I opened the account, and they closed it a day later, stating:
Thank you for registering with Amazon Payments. We appreciate your interest in our product.
Unfortunately, at this time, we are not able to approve your request for an Amazon Payments Business Account based on our review of your intended use of our payments service.
As stated in our Acceptable Use Policy the following product or services are prohibited from using Amazon Payments:
Adult Oriented Products and Services – includes pornography (including child pornography), sexually explicit materials (in all media types such as Internet, phone, and printed materials), dating services, escort services, or prostitution services.
While we appreciate your interest, the blocking of your account is a permanent action. Please feel free to write to us for any questions that you may have.
Which means, Amazon may not be “immune” to the Paypal rules after all. Because they still have to process credit cards through the same credit card companies that Paypal does.
I don’t know what this means for the future of erotic self-publishing, but like the banning of certain titles begun by Amazon, it is a very slippery slope indeed. Today it’s “pseudo-incest” and “rape” (including BDSM titles) which is nothing more than legal sex between consenting adults.
What will it be tomorrow?
EDITED TO ADD:
I’m putting this addendum here, rather than create another blog post, because so many people are linking to it. Bookstrand took the final step and completely eliminated “most of the Indie titles” from their site. They sent an email stating they wanted to “go back to their roots.” Whatever that means. Of course, this decision came without warning, and while Indie authors were still trying to comply with their (ever-changing!) new Terms of Service.
Then Bookstrand said to DearAuthor that Siren “NEVER has and NEVER will publish books with the disgusting themes of incest, pseudo incest, rape for sexual titillation, or bestiality with naturally occurring animals.”
No, they don’t publish them. (Except for this one. And this one. Oh and this one). But they sure as heck didn’t have a problem distributing them and making 50% commission on selling them before Paypal said, “Hey, you can’t do that!” did they? Nope. No problem cashing that check. And they’ve been selling our stuff (incest and pseudo) since 2008. Hypocrite much?
Well I guess we couldn’t expect them not to cave to Paypal. I just wished they’d done it with more regret and class.
And I wondered who might be next, didn’t I? Well… here we go…
All Romance Ebooks has been contacted by Paypal and given the same ultimatum as Book Strand. They have now changed their policies and are implementing a new structure, splitting erotic romance from erotica. Of course, the concern is that perhaps they, like Bookstrand, will simply use that structure to lop off erotica as a category and go without it. Only time will tell.
In the interest of transparency, here is the letter from All Romance Ebooks:
This communication is being sent out to all publishers since it involves a process change:
From the beginning, we conceived of All Romance as a niche bookstore that would sell a wide variety of romance novels. Our primary demographic is adult women who enjoy reading romance subgenres featuring stories between two consenting adults. We opened with an “Erotica” category and, until fairly recently, that category was dominated primarily by Erotic Romance, which was our intent. “Vampires/Werewolves” was intended to carry romances featuring Vampires and Werewolves. “Gay” was intended to carry romances featuring Gay men. Over the past few months we’ve begun to receive more and more pure Erotica titles. Admittedly, there is a segment of our readership that wants to read Erotica. There is another segment that prefers to read Erotic Romance. Still others enjoy both, or neither.
In order to improve discoverability for all, we’ve decided to create separate Erotic Romance and Erotica categories. The “old” Erotica category will soon be retired. All titles in that category will need to be re-shelved prior to its retirement to avoid inactivation. We have also made some amendments to our restrictive section to provide some further guidance as to the types of books we feel will resonate best with our Romance community. Please review section 7 of the publisher contract here. If the amended terms are ones you can’t abide by, please let Barbara know and she will accept your notice of termination. If they are, accessing your publisher panel after today will be sufficient to constitute acceptance. We request that you take immediate initiative to remove any titles that may be in breach.
In order to help publishers shelve titles appropriately and aid readers in finding the types of books they most want to enjoy, we’ve worked in conjunction with a team of Erotica and Erotic Romance authors and publishers to craft some guidelines. We appreciate that this division is rather nuanced and that our views may not equate with yours. None-the-less, these guidelines will serve to direct customers, so we ask that you refer to them when deciding upon category placement.
In the next one to two weeks, you will receive notice that re-shelving has commenced. You will have seven calendar days in which to complete the re-shelving process. During the seven-day period, only titles in the New Erotica and New Erotic Romance categories will be visible to the public. If you publish all Erotica or all Erotica Romance, you’ll be able to complete the process with one simple step upon login. If you would like us to complete that step for you, please send an email to me, Subject: Shelving. Indicate in the body of the email if you publisher only Erotica or Erotica Romance. I will confirm with you via email when your migration is complete.
If you publish a mixture of Erotica and Erotic Romance, when re-shelving begins upon login you will be directed to a pop-up page that lists only your current Erotica content along with summaries. You will need to check a box for each title, indicating whether it falls into the Erotica or Erotic Romance category.
I’m including our guidelines below so that you can begin planning for this process:
Erotic romance is a Romance containing frequent, sexually explicit love scenes. The main plot centers around two or more people falling in love and struggling to make the relationship work. The love scenes are a natural part of the romance and described using graphic and frank language. Typically these stories have an HEA (happily ever a fter) or HFN (happy for now) ending.
Erotica is a sexually explicit story, which explores and focuses on a character’s sexual journey rather than an emphasis on a developing romantic relationship. While such an erotic story may have elements of romance, it is the sex that primarily drives the story.
I find this rather questionable:
“…accessing your publisher panel after today will be sufficient to constitute acceptance.”
So if we want to log in and see our sales or look at our titles, we have to accept these new terms of service? This smacks of what Bookstrand did. They gave no notice to publishers of the terms of service changes (and seemed to change them every five minutes!) and certainly gave no indication that they would be removing the entire “Indie” section of books until it happened. All Romance Ebooks has followed their example, deactivating books and then saying, “Oh by the way, when you log into your account to find out what’s going on, you agree to our new Terms of Service.” Really!? No box to check, nothing. The contract was amended without anyone’s knowledge or consent and then come to find out that logging in to figure out what’s going when publishers find their books gone means they somehow agree with the stuff they weren’t told about? That’s so not cool.
And what are All Romance Ebooks’ new restrictions? Funny, they look similar to the issues Paypal was having with the Bookstrand books. Incest, pseudo-incest, bestiality and rape. All Romance, however, has taken this one step further, and has banned “barely legal” (their term) books. This is, apparently, sex between 18-19 year old women and older men, at least if the books they’ve banned so far are any indication. Of course, they have lots and lots of “twink” books (18-19 year old males having sex with older men). So far, no banning of those. Double standard much!?
These will sound familiar:
7. Restrictions
All Romance reserves the right not to accept any particular Work submitted by Publisher at All Romance’s sole discretion, and may remove any particular Work from sale at any time and for any or no reason. Pornographic and obscene Works are restricted and not allowable for upload on the All Romance site, including without limitation, Works depicting sexual acts involving persons under eighteen years of age (exceptions may be made for certain works of literary fiction involving time periods wherein the age of consent was less than 18 and the purpose of the depiction is not for sexual titillation), Works involving any exploitation of minors, sexual or otherwise, Erotic Works which contain incest or pseudo-incest themes, Works that are written for or being marketed to the barely legal market, rape for the purposes of titillation, scenes of non-consensual bondage or non-consensual sado-masochistic practices, bestiality with naturally occurring animals, sex with non-animated corpses, snuff or scat play.
Well.
Two distributors down.
Next?
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Valentine’s Day WINNER(S)!
Posted on February 16, 2012
And the winner of the Valentine’s Day Contest is…. *drumroll please*
LINDSEY KIRK!
She wins two ebooks of her choice!
Congratulations, Lindsey!
(And forgive me for my tardiness – a migraine knocked me out for the count yesterday… owie…)
But to make it up to everyone, I’m giving away TWO MORE free books to TWO DIFFERENT winners!
How’s that for makeup-sex generosity?
So congratulations are also in order for:
Carrie Ann Ryan
and
Armenia Fox
Yay! They each get an ebook of their choice!
Thank you so much for participating in my contest and the blog hop!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted on February 10, 2012
Happy Valentine’s Day! (Well almost!)
In honor of the LOVEliest holiday in existence, I am giving away a FREE book to everyone!
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Contest will be open until midnight on February 14, 2012.
Winner announced on February 15, 2012.
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TAKEN BY SELENA KITT
From Manic Reader Review, 4/5 Stars!
Lizzy’s friendship with her older boss, Sarah, turns into something deeper and much more exciting one rainy day after work, and Lizzy finds herself drawn into a world she never knew existed. Sarah has a dominant streak, and as she leads Lizzy into the role of a submissive, the two women become closer than they ever thought possible. But while Sarah, hurt too many times, wears a ring, and tells guys she’s “taken,” Lizzy knows she secretly longs for a man. Determined to find one for them both to share, Lizzy is just about to give up when a dark, handsome, virile answer shows up right under her nose. Lizzy may think she and Sarah are going to seduce David–but she underestimates their handsome co-worker, and David turns the tables on them both. But will he be able to tame the untameable Sarah?
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Warnings: This title contains erotic situations, graphic language, BDSM elements (domination, submission) and a sexy menage a trois (MFF threesome) that gives new meaning to the word “sandwich.”
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EXCERPT:
We found our way to her apartment, which was as familiar to me as home now. Sarah told David to make himself comfortable and we went to change. Her work clothes gave way to a pair of blue sweats and a U of M t-shirt. I noticed she wasn’t wearing a bra, and her nipples were still hard from her run through the rain.
She offered me her robe while my clothes dried. I was struck with an eerie sense of déjà vu as I slipped on her old terrycloth robe, pale pink and fraying at the edges, the most un-sexy thing I could imagine. I sighed as I tossed my blouse and skirt—which I’d been so sure would entice home some young hottie tonight—into the dryer.
Sarah slipped her hands under my robe before I tied it, one hand kneading the sensitive flesh of my belly just above my pubic hair, the other slipping behind me to my lower back. I knew everything I was feeling showed in my eyes because I could see it reflected in her own, and she kissed my eyelids closed and then kissed my mouth, a gentle, tender and reassuring kiss.
I breathed a shaky sigh and she spent a moment feathering kisses on the sweet spot on my neck, just below and behind my ear, which she knew made me instantly wet. Her hand on my belly kneaded lower, slipping under the elastic of my panties and through my pubic hair.
I heard and felt her breath quicken with my own when she found and parted my pussy lips, slipping two fingers through my slit, one on each side of my already swollen clit. I moaned when she wiggled her fingers and she stopped the sound with her mouth against mine. I wondered at her boldness, and glanced toward the door, which was open, but out of the line of sight of the living room where we’d left David.
Her two fingers moved easily—so wet already!—and found the thin and sensitive sheath of skin covering my clit. The sensation was exquisite, her touch practiced and deft. She applied just a small amount of pressure to the tiny bud of flesh, not so much directly on my clit, just allowing that sweet layer of skin to do the work, rubbing it in slow and easy circles with the flat of her fingers.
Her hand on my lower back allowed her to guide me, support me, and I let my head fall back, pushing my hips forward to meet her hand. She pushed me back against the wall, making faster circles now, easing me gently upward. She pressed her mouth to my ear so I could feel her breath and I whimpered. My nipples rubbed against the terrycloth as I rocked my hips, and I sighed when she slipped both fingers down and pressed them into me as deeply as she could.
“He’s got a big, hard cock for you, Lizzie,” she whispered, stretching me open even further with both fingers, and then slowly sliding in a third. My eyes flew open at the sensation and the thought. “Do you want it?”
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Posted on February 1, 2012
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Posted on December 31, 2011
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Lost Souls by Selena Kitt
Eighteen-year-old Lily, raised by her fundamentalist preacher stepfather, Adam, isn’t allowed to date or do anything against church “law.” Asked to the Halloween dance by a boy she really likes, Lily defies Adam. But when they are caught in a compromising position by her stepfather, what will her punishment and repentance be?
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Note: This story was originally published in the anthology Back to the Garden
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Warning: This title contains stepfather-stepdaughter incest
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EXCERPT:
“Daddy, please,” she whispered, sinking to her knees and bowing her head. Her hair fell like a waterfall across her tear-stained face, hiding her, and she was grateful. “I know it was wrong. I will pray for my sins. I will repent, I will…” She took a quivery breath and felt his hand in her hair, lifting her chin.
“You will,” he confirmed, nodding. “Yes, you will. It’s the least you’ll do. But Lily, this is no small thing. This isn’t a hidden CD or candy bar or magazine.” He looked pointedly at her and she knew he remembered too, the last time she knelt here like this, years and years it had been. She’d been such a good girl—she tried so hard to please him, to meet his impossible standards.
“I know. I’m so sorry,” she pleaded, reaching her trembling hand out to him. He let her bury her face in his lap and he stroked her hair absently as he talked.
“No, Lily, I don’t think you do know. This night of all nights, you should have been surrounded by God’s children, praying, keeping your soul intact and pure. Evil forces have taken you over, child. I can feel them in you. I can see them in your eyes. You have been tempted and you have succumbed. You lied to me, Lily.” His voice shook and she sobbed harder in his lap. “You deceived me. You dressed yourself like a whore, a pagan slut, and went out among the wolves, as a sheep amongst the wolves. You brought home a boy and let his carnal lust overtake you. This is beyond sin, Lily. This is…” He paused, searching for a word that might encompass her actions, and finally settled on: “This is depravity.”
The weight of his words crushed her and she could barely breathe through her sobs. He sighed, his hand smoothing the hair away from her wet cheeks. He sounded truly sorry, even reluctant when he said, “It must be punished.”
She shook her head in his lap, but then she started to nod. “Yes, Daddy, yes, okay, yes.”
If this was her punishment then, the humiliation of being whipped like a willful child, so be it. Anything would be better than his words, his anger, and most of all, his disappointment and disillusionment.
He pulled her across his lap. It was a quick movement and she gasped out loud. She tried to balance herself across his long legs. She wasn’t a little girl anymore and his thighs dug into the soft flesh of her belly, her hands pressed the floor, attempting balance, her body steepled at a strange, arched angle, like an upside down “V,” with her bottom thrust up to create the apex.
He reached under her chin, pulling the tie on her red hooded cape, and tossed it off her to the floor. She hadn’t realized how much warmth the material had been providing, and the cool air on her body, across her back where her blouse was pulled up, and especially her not oft-exposed legs, was a sudden, shivery shock.
Adam’s hands pulled her skirt up higher. It had creeped down during her walk to the kitchen. She heard his sharp intake of breath and felt herself flush, remembering how sinful the panties she was wearing really were. She was mortified. He pushed her skirt up even higher, high around her waist now, and his hands seemed to linger over the scant material of her disgracefully sheer panties. Her body tensed, waiting.
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Daddy’s Favorites: Darla by Selena Kitt
Selena Kitt’s *Daddy’s Favorites*—where naughty thoughts and wicked temptations bring the taboo daddy-daughter fantasy to life.
Sheltered Darla never knew her real father and now her stepfather has a whole new life and family she only feels peripherally a part of. When her stepfather asks her to babysit for her younger stepsister, Darla takes the opportunity to ask her daddy to prove his love for her in a way so illicit and wicked it shocks them both—but leaves them craving more.
Selena Kitt Single
Short Story—Big Bang!
(approx 5,100 words)
Warning: This title contains shamelessly wicked displays of pseudo-incest between stepfather and stepdaughter so hot—careful!—it may just melt your Kindle!
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She piled her hair up on top of her head, admiring herself. The dress was too long and the front simply hung on her—her nascent breasts did nothing to fill it. When she turned, she giggled, seeing the crack of her butt appearing above the back of the dress. It shimmered deliciously when she moved.
She danced, sylphlike, her reedy arms stretched above her head, swaying willowy, back and forth, pursing her lips, widening her eyes at the mirror. Irene had hundreds of these dresses and she wore them out every weekend. Darla felt suddenly very jealous. Her daddy, who she now only saw a few times a month at the most, spent hours with the woman who filled these dresses. Who filled this dress.
What’s he ever given me? Darla fingered the heart-shaped locket she’d had since she was little, the one thing her adopted father had left behind. She sometimes imagined she had captured his real heart in it, keeping it like a secret from anyone else. Closing her eyes, she began to dance again, holding her father’s heart in her hand.
What would it be like, she wondered, to have a man hold you, press you against him, kiss you? She closed her eyes and imagined dancing with a boy—no, a man. She found it was her daddy she was imagining, his large, strong hands guiding her, his eyes bright and full of love as he looked down at her. She was so lost in the fantasy she could even smell his aftershave.
“Kiss me, Daddy,” she murmured, her eyes still closed, tilting her head up like she saw in all the movies.
“Darla.” The sound of her name made her whirl around and stumble over her discarded clothes. She landed bone-jarringly hard on her bottom and she whimpered, leaning back on her elbows. Her father stood in the doorway, his large frame filling it completely. She felt her whole body flush with embarrassment.
Oh no, oh god, this can’t be happening.
They didn’t say anything for a moment and Darla found herself trembling. He cleared his throat. “Why don’t you get your own clothes back on, sweetheart? I have to take you back to your mother’s tonight.”
She forgot what she was wearing, what she had been caught doing, she forgot everything at those words. “But… I thought I was going to stay here tonight, Daddy! You said…we were going to go to the movies tomorrow!” She struggled to contain her tears and lost, but at least she did it silently. She swallowed around the hard lump in her throat.
“I know, honey, but Irene isn’t feeling well. She’s downstairs lying on the couch. I’m glad she didn’t come up here first,” he chuckled. “I’ll make it up to you, angel. I promise.”
She nodded, looking down at his shoes, his dress shoes. They had gone to a play tonight. Taming of the Shrew. She didn’t want him to see that she was crying.
“I’ll get dressed,” she said, wanting him to go before she really started sobbing. “Be down in a minute.”
“Ok…and Darla, honey…don’t forget your panties.” He turned around, his voice sounding strained.
She snapped her slim thighs closed, her face burning. She had forgotten entirely that she wasn’t wearing any.
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Sibling Lust: In the Barn by Selena Kitt
Selena Kitt’s *Sibling Lust*—where naughty thoughts and wicked temptations bring the taboo sibling fantasy to life.
The temptations of the flesh prove too much for devoutly Amish Sarah, and to make matters worse, the devil has come in the form of her own adopted brother, Eli. When she discovers him doing something strangely exciting in the barn, Sarah can’t help letting her hair down, in more ways than one, and together the siblings give rise to a new definition of sin.
Selena Kitt Single
Short Story—Big Bang!
(approx 2,500 words)
Warning: This title contains shameless displays of pseudo-incest between stepsiblings so sinfully-hot it could send them to hell for eternity—but it would be worth it!
Excerpt:
“I saw you.” I admitted it, feeling the heat move into my cheeks. He flushed, too. “Eli, it was so wonderful!”
“Sarah, I’m sorry.” His eyes dropped to the hay. “It is a sin. I shouldn’t. I need to stop. I know you’ll have to tell Ma…or Da.”
“No.” I swallowed hard at the thought and cradled his hand against my cheek. “I don’t want to tell.”
“But…”
“Something that feels so good can’t be a sin,” I insisted, half sitting now, back on my elbows. “It can’t possibly. I just…I understand now. Why you keep doing it, how the whole world opens up for a moment and you feel like you’re dying, or flying. I felt like I could touch God himself.”
He was staring at me, wide-eyed. “How long were you watching?”
“I’ve watched lots of times.” I lifted my chin, defiant, in spite of my flushed cheeks. “I touch myself too.”
Eli gaped. “Where?”
I hesitated before slowly placing a hand between my legs, over my long skirts. “Here.”
Puzzled, he frowned. “But you don’t have…”
“I know.” I shrugged. “But it feels good, all the same.”
His eyes brightened, still focused between my legs. My hand still rested there. “Will you… show me?”
Stunned, I stared at him for a moment, unable to breathe. The sort of sin I’d committed so far was nothing compared to what he was asking. Only babies were allowed to be naked in front of others. I looked into his eyes, saw the eagerness, the hunger there, the longing I felt too, and slowly I started to lift my skirt. His gaze followed its path, up my knee-sock covered calves, and then my bare knees. He gasped when he saw those, his eyes following the path of my skirt up my bare thighs until I had it pulled up to my waist.
Then I pressed my hand between my legs, over the heated, damp mound there, and began to rub myself. He watched, fascinated, his breath coming almost as fast as mine.
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Sibling Lust: On the Bus by Selena Kitt
Selena Kitt’s *Sibling Lust*—where naughty thoughts and wicked temptations bring taboo fantasy to life.
Two stepsiblings on a cross-country trek to California find more stimulation than just the scenery! Emily is getting tired of listening to Danny practice trivia for his Jeopardy try-outs, and both of them are anxious about meeting Danny’s dad again after years of separation, but neither sibling could have predicted that a journey of forbidden sexual exploration would begin for them together on the bus.
Selena Kitt Single
Short Story—Big Bang!
(approx 3,500 words)
Warning: This title contains shameless displays of pseudo-incest between step-siblings so scandalously hot it could get them arrested for starting a fire on a crowded bus!
Excerpt:
“Emy…” It was a whisper, his pet name for her, leftover from when he couldn’t quite say his L’s.
In her sleep, she shifted, the Birkenstocks she had worn in honor of their California trip left somewhere on the floor, her long skirt riding up her thighs as she snuggled closer to him in the dark.
“Oh, god, Emy…” His breath in her ear made her shiver, and she came out of her dream in a haze, finding herself curled around her brother, her breasts pressed against his side, her thighs over his.
“Danny?” she whispered, realizing she was practically sitting in his lap. His hand was resting on her knee, his other arm holding her close. He didn’t answer her, and she gazed at his sleeping face, knowing he must be dreaming.
She kissed his cheek, smiling, wondering what he was dreaming about. His expression was almost pained in the dim light, and he whispered her name again, shifting and pressing his hips up in his sleep. That’s when she knew. He couldn’t hide anything in the sweats he had worn for the long trip. When she felt his erection against her bare thigh, she gasped softly, her eyes widening.
Emily flushed, moving slowly, trying to disentangle herself from him in the dark. He instinctively held onto her tighter, his hand sliding further up her leg, gripping her thigh. Her heart raced, and she didn’t want to admit it, but there was a slow heat growing between her legs where the edge of his hand was resting. His face was buried in her hair now, his breath hot against her ear, making that thick pulse between her thighs even more insistent.
“You’re so beautiful, Emy,” he whispered, his lips moving over her cheek, and now the hand between her legs moved too, fingers moving lightly over the damp crotch of her panties.
“Danny,” she whispered again, and for the second time today, words that should have been an admonishment came out as something else. It sounded like a plea. Oh my god, what is he doing?
She shifted, trying to get away or get closer, she wasn’t sure which, and he pulled her fully into his lap, settling her bottom against the saddle of his hips. She could feel his erection—my god, he felt huge, like steel heat against her behind. He cradled her like that, kissing her neck as his fingers edged aside the elastic edge of her panties.
“We… Danny, we…” Her whispered words were lost as his lips found hers. This was no brotherly kiss. His mouth was hot, slanting across hers, his tongue probing gently, like his fingers between her legs.
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Sibling Lust: In the Fold by Selena Kitt
Selena Kitt’s *Sibling Lust*—where naughty thoughts and wicked temptations bring the sibling taboo fantasy to life.
Stepsisters Rachel and Abby belong to a closed religious sect called The Hands of God. By day, they’re both innocent and pious, following Daddy Zeke’s orders—but by night, these two sensual, wanton sisters share the same bed, breaking their spiritual covenant but creating bonds stronger than any man or God could tear asunder.
Selena Kitt Single
Short Story—Big Bang!
(approx 3,500 words)
Warning: This title contains shameless displays of pseudo-incest between stepsisters so brimstone-hot it could send them to hell for eternity—but it would be worth it!
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Excerpt:
“I wanted to touch his hair,” I whispered and Abby giggled.
“I wanted to touch more than that,” she said, putting her hand on my hip and pulling my belly fully against hers.
“Abby!” I was aghast. “He’s our half-brother!” Although, technically by blood, he was really only mine. We never thought of each other as anything but sisters.
She giggled again. “Well, I didn’t know he was our brother when I was thinking about it.”
“Well… you’re my sister.” I could feel her breasts pressed against mine now, mirrors of my own, small and pointed and pink-tipped.
“That’s different,” she whispered, stroking my cheek, brushing my hair out of my eyes. It was only at night that we could let our hair free. We should have braided it, as neither of us had ever cut our hair and it hung past our bottoms. We often woke in a tangled blonde mess in the morning.
“Why?” I asked, feeling her thighs against mine, the familiar ache between my legs.
“We’re girls, silly.” She tilted my chin up and kissed me. She tasted like apples, clean and sweet and delicious. Her tongue found mine and I moaned softly, reaching between my legs and cupping my mound, as if I could stop the ache there, although really I had discovered only one thing that could.
Abby took my hand and placed it between her legs and I rubbed her through her long white nightgown, little electric jolts running through my body from every contact point with hers—her hand on my breast, her tongue and lips against mine, her other hand pulling my nightgown up and stroking my thigh.
She rolled on top of me then, straddling me and lifting her nightgown up over her head, tossing it to the floor. Her hands edged mine up too, the material rubbing across my nipples, making me shudder. Then her mouth was there, sucking and licking at them, and I could feel the heat of her wetness as she rocked her mound against mine. It was always such a delicious tease, her lips rubbing against mine like that. It made me moan and whimper.
“Shhhh,” Abby urged, kissing her way down my belly. “Don’t wake Daddy Zeke.”
“Ohhh!”My voice was barely a whisper as I spread my thighs for her, feeling her parting my lips with her fingers, her tongue searching and finding that tender, swollen bud at the top of my cleft.
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Girls Only: New Year’s Resolution by Selena Kitt
Selena Kitt’s *Girls Only*—where the girls get naughty together, but it feels oh, so good!
Tina’s New Year’s resolution brings out the explorer in her partner, Beth, and the two women go on a mission to find the perfect new toy for their sexual adventures.
Selena Kitt Single
Short Story—Big Bang!
(approx 3,500 words)
Warning: This title contains hot panty-melting girl-on-girl action!
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Excerpt:
“Like it?” Tina’s voice was husky as she met Beth’s eyes in the mirror. Beth just nodded, swallowing hard as Tina pulled her t-shirt off, so that she was completely naked except for the strap-on and mesh panties. “How about now?”
“Fuck, baby!” Beth breathed, her hand pressing between her legs over the crotch of her jeans.
“Yeah.” Tina’s hips swayed as she came forward, pressing the black cock to Beth’s lips. “I am… I’m gonna fuck you so good and hard…”
Beth groaned, licking and sucking the head of the dildo, her eyes on her girlfriend’s face.
Tina smiled. “Play with yourself, baby. I want to watch.”
Beth unsnapped and unzipped, wiggling her jeans and panties down her hips to her knees. Her pussy—just as smooth and soft as Tina’s; they shaved each other every other day—was soaking wet and her fingers sank easily into her flesh.
“Think this thing has batteries?” Tina mused, searching for and finding the “on” switch. The vibrating egg between her legs began to hum and she gasped, her eyes half-closing in pleasure. “Ohhh yes… batteries included… thank god!”
Beth groaned around the shaft of the dildo as Tina’s hips rocked, pressing the head of the cock deeper into her throat. Her clit was throbbing and she rubbed it in fast circles as Tina fucked her mouth.
“That feels so gooooood, baby,” Tina moaned, rolling her hips as she pressed forward. Beth knew that the vibrating egg was rubbing right against the blonde’s clit through the disposable panties, and that the harder she pressed, the better it felt. “God, I can’t wait to fuck you with this big cock…”
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WINNER(s) of the Kindle Fire Contest!
Posted on December 19, 2011
It’s time to announce the WINNER of my Kindle Fire Giveaway Contest!
First, let’s announce the FIVE lucky winners of “Letters to the Baumgartners”
Samantha Tayler
Stacey Price
Kelly Royston
Laura Parmentier
Janet Hagen
And then there are the FIVE lucky winners of “A Baumgartner Christmas”:
Jacki Chase
Teressa Oliver
Bill Pacheco
Marisela Bautista
Nikki McCarver
And the WINNER of the KINDLE FIRE is….
drumroll….
BETH MCNEILL!
Congratulations, Beth, and all the winners!
All winners should contact me at selenakittyn AT Yahoo Dot Com to claim their prizes!
Please claim your prize by midnight on December 30, 2011 or the offer will be void.
Thanks for participating in my giveaway – I love playing Santa! Ho-Ho-Ho! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
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WIN A KINDLE FIRE!
Posted on December 4, 2011
Happy Ho-Ho-Ho-lidays!
My heart grows at least two sizes during this season and I’m dying to play Santa and give lots of stuff away!
That’s right, Santa, I’ve been a very very naughty good girl this year, so won’t you pretty please with me sugar on top pleeeeeasse let me pass out the presents?
What do you have to do? It’s simple!
Fill out THIS FORM to ENTER the contest!
MANY ways to win! Do them ALL for MORE chances to win a KINDLE FIRE!
That’s right, you could win a brand new KINDLE FIRE in time for Christmas!
- Leave a REVIEW of my books on any site: counts for 10 entries PER review! (I have over sixty books available – you do the math!
- JOIN my newsletter: counts for 4 entries!
- JOIN my Selena Kitt Yahoo Group: counts for 4 entries!
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- Post on FACEBOOK about my new book, Letters to the Baumgartners: counts for 3 entries!
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If any of my books makes it into the top 1000 in the month of December, I will be giving away TWO Kindle Fires so SPREAD THE WORD and BUY Selena Kitt books for DOUBLE the chance to win a Kindle Fire!
(I’ll be checking my rankings, but if you see a book enter the top 1000, email me a screen capture at selenakittyn at yahoo.com!)
- ONE lucky winner will receive a Kindle Fire!
- IF criteria is met, a SECOND Kindle Fire will be given away!
- FIVE lucky winners will receive a free ebook copy of LETTERS TO THE BAUMGARTNERS
- FIVE lucky winners will receive a free ebook copy of my new release A BAUMGARTNER CHRISTMAS
- WINNERS will be announced on December 19, 2011 on my blog!
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Blog Hop CONTEST!
Posted on October 28, 2011
BLOG HOP CONTEST
One lucky winner in the Halloween Blog Hop will win a copy of HUNTING SEASON: A Love Horror Story by Blake Crouch and Selena Kitt.
This story is different from the usual Selena Kitt fare you’re used to, but if you’ve read and liked my erotic horror tales in SHIVERS, you’ll adore this wicked little horror tale.
It’s perfect for the season!
All you need to do to win a copy is leave a comment here and check back after midnight (the witching hour) on October 31 (Halloween of course!) to see who the lucky winner will be!
For the next stop on the hop, click on the Halloween icon!
HUNTING SEASON: A Love Horror Story by Blake Crouch and Selena Kitt
This 8,000 (approx) word collaboration by thriller/suspense/horror writer Blake Crouch and erotic romance author Selena Kitt includes bonus interview material with the authors about the upcoming sequel to the Konrath, Crouch, Strand and Wilson bestseller DRACULAS.
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He’s a butcher
She’s the trophy wife of a trophy hunter.
They used to be high school sweethearts, but that was two decades ago, and times have changed.
Meet Ariana Plano…40 years old, miserable, stuck in a loveless marriage to the worst mistake of her life.
Meet Ray Koski…40 years old, miserable, a lonely butcher who can do nothing but immerse himself in the drudgery of his work.
Once a week during hunting season, she brings her old teenage flame game meat for processing. They do not speak. They rarely make eye contact. Some histories are just too painful.
But this week will be different.
This week—a shocking encounter twenty-two years in the making—will change everything.
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Briar Rose (Modern Wicked Fairy Tale Series)
Posted on September 22, 2011
BRIAR ROSE (A Modern Wicked Fairy Tale)
by Selena Kitt
In this modern version of the fairy tale classic, although her dreams are filled with sensual imagery, and she’s often awakened with a throbbing sense of release, Rose has never had a sexual climax—at least, not while conscious. When she’s forced to confess her faked orgasms to her fiancé on the eve of their wedding, she finds herself alone, abandoned and suicidal—until her aunt gives her a business card with the name of a special clinic. Rose has undergone all sorts of physical and mental examinations in the past, but her aunt assures her that this place is “different.” Desperate for a solution, Rose decides to give it one last try, and finds that Dr. Matt, as he insists she call him, is indeed very different from any other person she’s ever met, and he’s determined to get to the bottom of her problem—one way or another.
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EXCERPT:
“Rose?” He put down his baggage, she could hear it clatter and thud on the floor. She knew he was probably carrying the portable massage table he had brought the other night and a bag she knew was full of scented oils. She felt more than heard him approach, and she knew exactly how she looked, because there was a mirror on the ceiling and she had seen herself, long blonde hair spread out like a golden field of wheat beneath her shoulders, lips red and swollen and aching to be kissed, the pink nubs of her nipples hard with excitement.
“Oh god,” he whispered and she felt his weight shifting the bed, his knee pushing down on the mattress. “You’re so fucking beautiful.”
She couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. His hand moved through her hair, his fingers trailing over her cheek. She felt the heat of his breath on her shoulder, felt the press of his lips against her collarbone, her throat. A soft moan caught in her throat, her eyelids fluttering, her stomach tight with anticipation. Please, oh Matt, please, please…
And then he was kissing her, his mouth soft and open, exploring hers. This time she did moan, meeting his growing urgency, her limbs tingling with feeling as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him fully onto the bed. She gasped when he pressed the full weight of his clothed body against hers, feeling the bite of his belt buckle against her navel. Thank god, Matt had given up his white coats for these meetings, coming in jeans and a button-down shirt.
“Oh Matt, please,” she whispered, giving voice to her pleas. “I want you so much. I can’t stand it. Please, please, please…” She punctuated each please with a kiss along his throat, her hands already working the buttons of his shirt.
“How did you get in here?” he asked again as she peeled off his shirt, delighting in the sight and feel of his bare skin.
“Magic,” she whispered, giggling, working on his belt—and he let her. He let her! Not only that, he helped, unzipping his jeans and sliding them down his slim hips. The feel of his cock against her hip—already so hard for her—was all the reassurance she needed. “I want you, Matt. Every bit of you.”
He groaned when her hand reached into the flap of his boxers to caress his growing length, dropping his forehead and resting it against her shoulder, letting her touch him. She was already so wet, so ready. She’d skipped dinner and had been here for hours, waiting, anticipating his arrival.
“I want your hands, your mouth, your cock.” She slipped her tongue along the shell of his ear, feeling him shiver.
Matt cleared his throat, looking at her. “Well, I guess the communication lesson was effective.”
“Yes,” she agreed, slipping her hand lower, cupping his balls. “I know exactly what I want.”
“Then tell me.” His eyes were bright, his mouth curled into a soft smile.
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House of Shelves
Posted on July 7, 2011
“House of Shelves” – This innovative “shelf pod” house can hold 10 TONS of books!
Floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall shelving… just for a book collection.
Someone needs to buy this gentleman an ereader.
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