Switching Hands by Alaine Hood

When Melanie Paxton takes over as manager of a vintage clothing shop in a small, New England Town, she makes the bold decision to add a selection of sex toys and fetish merchandise to her inventory. Sales skyrocket, and so does Melanie's popularity, as she teases sexy secrets out of the town's residents. It seems she can do no wrong until she enters into an unorthodox domestic partnership with her former college professor and his wife - both spanking fans.

Then the gossip starts - about Mel's wild past and her particular experimental brand of sexuality. However she finds and unlikely and very hunky ally called Nathan who works in the history museum next door. The course is set for a curious alliance - the sassy sexpert and the antiquities scholar. (Click here for more)

Interview with "A Dirty Shame" director

John Waters' new comedic sex movie, A DIRTY SHAME, was slapped with an NC-17 rating, in the aftermath of the infamous Janet Jackson "boob incident" and simultaneous conservatism spreading like wildfires in America. The Catholic News Service criticized the movie for "almost non-stop rough, crude and profane language, full frontal nudity, sexual imagery, obscene gestures, scatological humor, casual portrayal and descriptions of deviant sexual practices, a glorification of freewheeling sex and some sacrilegious imagery."

While such a critique may seem like an artistic death sentence to many film-makers, Waters was thrilled by the rave review. He is probably having it framed and mounted on his living room wall, as we speak.(Click here for more)

Black Rose - Specialist gothic clothing store

Huge Selection of Gothic Alternative and Fetish Fashions, at very reasonable prices. Well known brand made with quality and care. They are a specialist gothic clothing store, selling goth, punk, fetish, rockabilly and alternative clothing worldwide, from Camden Market in London.

They have over 2100 garments, accessories and cosmetics available on their web site, and a further 800+ items of jewellery. They have an even greater selection of items in their store, including Lip Service, Phaze, Omen and Ultratex brands.(Click here for more)

Friday the 13th - A night of Dance Macabre

Friday the 13th - A night of Dance Macabre with STG, Cinema Strange & The Sixth Chamber.

Music: Deathrock/GothicIndustrial/Darkwave
Where/when: Friday, May 13, 2005, The Derby, Los Angeles
Musical guests: STG / Cinema Strange / The Sixth Chamber PLUS a special performance by Kitty Diggins! (Click here for more)

Gaynors Goodies - Bondage Equipment & Fetish Clothing

Gaynors Goodies - Your one stop shop for adult sex toys, lingerie and much more - thousands of products in stock to choose from

UK gothic Fetish / fantasy / Gothic clothing site as well as lots of toys and acessories. Discreet fast shipping, orders over £25 are delivered free within the uk. Most items are in stock so you can expect your items fast which makes a pleasant change from the 3-6 weeks you can normally expect to wait.

Also worth a look their new PVC range now comes in sizes up to uk 26, along with a strong gothic collection.In summary great prices for those must have staple fetish clothing items.(Click here for more)

Safer SM Education Project (A part of the talking sex project)

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29 Ways to Write Great Erotica

Erotica authors "how-to" guide

Erotica author and owner of Custom Erotica Source has written an easy-to-read guide on the basics of writing erotica. Comprehensive and concise, for novices and professionals alike. Erotica author and owner of Custom Erotica Source, Sage Vivant, has just published a writing guide for aspiring writers in the genre. "Erotica is such a strange beast," Vivant says. "If it's only about sex, it's horribly dull, yet if there isn't enough sex, readers will feel cheated. This guide helps you know how much is enough."

The guide, a concise but thorough 33-page PDF available only through Custom Erotica Source, includes everything from plot development to anatomy lessons. New writers won't be intimidated by its easy-to-read style, and professional writers will appreciate its candid approach to often tricky subject matter. (Click here for more)

Pucker Up! - German Xploration Part 2

Fetish Event Review by Tristan Taormino - Village Voice

Does sex have a universal language? Does it everywhere embody the same strange combination of sacredness and shame as it does in America? Does it wield the same power throughout the world? Does the way it's taught and learned transcend nationality, culture, and place?

One of the things that immediately intrigued me about the three-day conference was the producers' plan to offer classes on BDSM, sex, ritual, and spirituality. Very few events in the U.S. dare combine sex and spirit. Fewer invite folks from different sexual communities to come together. So this cross-pollination of people and ideas piqued my interest right away. (Click here for more)

Pucker Up! - German Xploration Part 1

Fetish Event Review by Tristan Taormino - Village Voice

No matter how hot the erotic, decadent atmosphere of the Kit Kat Klub, or how fabulous the Bob Fosse dance moves, I know it's a limited view. When well-known German choreographer Felix Ruckert invited me to Berlin, I was ready to pack my fishnets based solely on the city's allure; when he asked me to teach at a new event he had conceived, I was on the plane.

Xplore 04: Extreme Sensuality, Sensual Extremes (xplore04.de) was a weekend of classes on creative sexuality, spirituality, and BDSM. It's a combination rarely seen in the United States, where being into tantra and bondage tends to leave one with split loyalties: Community events are increasingly less inclusive and more niche-oriented. I wanted to see how they mixed things up in a city known for being artist-friendly, queer, and very progressive. (Click here for more)

Erotic Book Review - Five Minute Erotica

Edited by Carol Queen, Published by Running Press
Reviewed by Chantelle

These stories aim to appeal to heterosexual women's sense of erotic, but anyone who has paid one bit of attention knows how diverse female desires can be. This book is as diverse as I could make it, for as an editor I never know for sure what will spark the hottest fantasy, make a reader glow or dream.

And that's the idea: to get you dreaming; not only the dreams of the authors here, but your own. And if men like this book too - well, why wouldn't they? All this talk of Mars and Venus throws and eclipsing shadow of reality: often we share erotic moments and desires, inspirations quite happily. (Click here for more)