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Existential Smut 2: Shameful Attractions
"The stories and essays contained within may tickle the libido at times, but it’s the mind they spike. "
Volume 2 contains stories, essays, memoirs and dialogues about art, imagination & the erotic life. In this Scheherazadian story cycle, a young man writes a series of erotic tales, and his bookish friend Lisa offers light-hearted critiques of them. Some stories feel like erotic meditations or random erotic moments in a young man's life. Others start with far-fetched (but deliciously erotic) premises and explore them in realistic ways. Other stories show characters haunted by erotic obsessions or searching for beauty in unlikely places.
Stories in Volume 2 are somewhat darker & more intense than those in Volume 1. A woman is brought to a Barcelona hotel with the opportunity to act out an erotic fantasy. A middle-aged man remembers past encounters with women which almost led to seduction. A husband and wife pick imaginary lovers at an outdoor festival. A brainy student and her boyfriend go to a party and learn about the sex lives of their friends. A man searches for erotic companionship in a virtual world called Supersex 3000. A man has the opportunity to seduce a mysterious woman, but can never know what she actually looks like.
As a bonus, this ebook contains sexy illustrations and 2 erotic essays ("Notes on Cafe Flesh" and "Important Questions about Erotica"). Hapax Legomenon is a pseudonym for a U.S. author who has been publishing artsy erotica for several decades.
Jane’s Guide said that “these stories will be most popular with those who enjoy literary titillation served up with intellectual debate.” Another reviewer described the story collection as "exquisite, thoughtful vignettes that individually by turns inspire reflection, evoke startled recognition and collectively offer considerable insight into the tragicomedy that is the constant human search for connection."
Volume 2 contains stories, essays, memoirs and dialogues about art, imagination & the erotic life. In this Scheherazadian story cycle, a young man writes a series of erotic tales, and his bookish friend Lisa offers light-hearted critiques of them. Some stories feel like erotic meditations or random erotic moments in a young man's life. Others start with far-fetched (but deliciously erotic) premises and explore them in realistic ways. Other stories show characters haunted by erotic obsessions or searching for beauty in unlikely places.
Stories in Volume 2 are somewhat darker & more intense than those in Volume 1. A woman is brought to a Barcelona hotel with the opportunity to act out an erotic fantasy. A middle-aged man remembers past encounters with women which almost led to seduction. A husband and wife pick imaginary lovers at an outdoor festival. A brainy student and her boyfriend go to a party and learn about the sex lives of their friends. A man searches for erotic companionship in a virtual world called Supersex 3000. A man has the opportunity to seduce a mysterious woman, but can never know what she actually looks like.
As a bonus, this ebook contains sexy illustrations and 2 erotic essays ("Notes on Cafe Flesh" and "Important Questions about Erotica"). Hapax Legomenon is a pseudonym for a U.S. author who has been publishing artsy erotica for several decades.
Jane’s Guide said that “these stories will be most popular with those who enjoy literary titillation served up with intellectual debate.” Another reviewer described the story collection as "exquisite, thoughtful vignettes that individually by turns inspire reflection, evoke startled recognition and collectively offer considerable insight into the tragicomedy that is the constant human search for connection."
453 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 20, 2024
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About the author
Hapax Legomenon
2 booksHapax Legomenon (a pseudonym) edits the Existential Smut series. He lives in the southern part of the USA. He began writing erotic stories after graduate school in the 1990s. He wrote all the stories for Volume 1 and Volume 2.
You can read the author's blog on his website which contains occasionally book reviews of books in the artsy erotica category.
Q:HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STORIES IN THE EXISTENTIAL SMUT COLLECTIONS?
A: It varies. Several stories are comic or fun. Most are psychological and contemplative. The language can be sexually explicit, polite but never demeaning, laced with metaphor and wit. Many focus on private erotic feelings and the struggle to understand them. Most are told from the perspective of a young single male seeking love and exploring erotic desire. No violence, occasionally kinky, but mostly about heterosexual couples and how relationships wither or flourish. Although most stories are realistic, some are far-fetched and fantastic. Finally, the stories (and the overall story frame) are bookish and literary and raise questions about the nature of erotic fiction.
You can read the author's blog on his website which contains occasionally book reviews of books in the artsy erotica category.
Q:HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STORIES IN THE EXISTENTIAL SMUT COLLECTIONS?
A: It varies. Several stories are comic or fun. Most are psychological and contemplative. The language can be sexually explicit, polite but never demeaning, laced with metaphor and wit. Many focus on private erotic feelings and the struggle to understand them. Most are told from the perspective of a young single male seeking love and exploring erotic desire. No violence, occasionally kinky, but mostly about heterosexual couples and how relationships wither or flourish. Although most stories are realistic, some are far-fetched and fantastic. Finally, the stories (and the overall story frame) are bookish and literary and raise questions about the nature of erotic fiction.
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