From a #1 Apple podcast host, Lambda Literary fellow, and dominatrix comes a sex-positive, judgment-free cultural deep-dive into the world of kink. When celebrated BDSM educator Tina Horn first launched Why Are People Into That?!, publications from Vice to Buzzfeed heralded it as one of the best sex podcasts around. Each episode centered around a different fetish or fantasy, thoughtfully examining why, exactly, different strokes work for different folks. From sex workers and scientists to artists and activists, Tinas wide range of guests helped educate fascinated listeners across the world on the wide spectrum of humanitys appetites. With her listeners growing more and more insatiable, she soon...
Learn the ropes of erotic writing from the renowned erotica maven herself, Rachel Kramer Bussel!Have you had intimate fantasies or simmering plotlines youve wanted to write but werent sure how or where to start? Let renowned erotica author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel show you how to turn those fragments into fully fleshed out erotic stories, novellas and novels. In this indispensable nonfiction craft guide, Bussel takes her 20+ years of experience in the genre and walks writers through the ins and outs of erotic writing. Whether you want to see your work on the shelves of bookstores, pen sexy...
Everything you wanted to know about kinky practices is covered in this highly entertaining and readable book. Known for her bold, witty prose on all matters related to the bedroom, Kate Sloan makes this an accessible subject for anyone curious about new ways to spice up their sex lives. Whether you are looking for ideas, clarification, or just an enjoyable read, there is plenty here to keep you intrigued. The text is accompanied by helpful tips and illustrations.
When Philippe Boxis uncoils his first ropes, the model has already begun to surrender to his creativity and her senses awaken. The smell and sound of the rope as it slips around her body, the feeling of rope over her skin - these sensations thrill her to the utmost. His fingers flutter around, the gestures soft - but the intention is firm. There seems to be nothing else around the couple; nothing but this nude, gorgeous woman - and this man who transforms her into a goddess. This easily carried manual gives access to the sensual rope techniques of Philippe Boxis...
Relive the sensuality, the romance, and the drama of Fifty Shades Freed - the love story that enthralled millions of readers around the world - through the thoughts, reflections, and dreams of Christian Grey. Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele have tied the knot - but marriage brings its own challenges. Though their passion burns hotter and deeper than ever, Ana's defiant spirit continues to stir Christian's darkest fears and tests his need for control. As old rivalries and resentments endanger them both, one misjudgment threatens to tear them apart.
Popular podcast host and personal finance expert Lindsay Goldwert explores what professional Dominatrixes can teach us about confidence, power, and happiness. Imagine, for a moment, a world where the usual power dynamic is turned on its head. Where women not only stop apologizing, but seize- and enjoy- control. This is the quickly mainstreaming world of BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism)- and it has a lot to teach women about empowerment, negotiation, open-mindedness, and more. Journalist Lindsay Goldwert, intrigued by the seismic cultural shift, traveled across the United States to meet the stars of the subculture, who spoke frankly with her about...
Whether readers are simply curious about submission or regularly revel in the delights of BDSM, these sixty-nine erotic short stories about submissives will turn readers on! From participating in a musical recital that takes a very kinky turn to making a grocery run while using sex toys to indulging in a risqu office encounter during working hours, these subs delight in obeying (or deliberately disobeying) their masters and mistresses in public and in private. They're rewarded and punished the most wicked of ways that will leave readers breathless. Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, with stories by Selena Kitt, Jade A. Waters, Dorothy Freed, and Sommer Marsden, among other talented writers, The Big Book...
Whether male or female, top or bottom, dominant or submissive, this pocket guide to bondage has the rope tying techniques needed for a wild and fun night. This quick and handy reference takes readers through the basics of BDSM, tying techniques, safety considerations, and an overview of kink culture. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographs, readers can use these restraints and ties with a partner tonight. Embrace your kinky side with the Bondage mini-book.
The Guide to Getting It On continues to earn its place as America's most up-to-date and informative book about sex. Written with the goal of offering updated and up to the minute information for today's young adults written specifically for them, this updated classic is a must have for any sexual information library or staff library! The 10th edition has taken the Guide To Getting It On with a new beast to slay- electronics. From the latest findings about female orgasms to an amazing chapter on consent, this book was written to help crush it in bed. This edition expands on how...
When entering into a D/s or M/s relationship, it is important to discuss goals, needs, desires and boundaries. The negotiation process is a great way to open up communication. Written by an attorney, this contract is ideal to negotiate/formalize a BDSM relationship, help partners talk about all the important aspects of the relationship, prior to play, and can be personalized to suit every unique arrangement. Make it as fun, hot, strict (even TPE) or as lenient as desired. Ideal for: All levels of BDSM Beginner kinksters subs/slaves in training Long-term partners Total Power Exchange (TPE) Male or Female Dominant/Master/Mistress male or...
How to be Knotty: The Essential Guide to Modern Rope Bondage is intended for those who have a little experience with rope bondage and want to learn more. Whether familiar with tying for years or curious to know more, Morpheouss easy-to-understand teaching style and phenomenal full-color photos will show readers exactly how to achieve over 20 ties in full step-by-step detail.Additional chapters cover safety, equipment, different schools of rope bondage and how to safely and sexily bring rope bondage into one's sex life. As always with Morpheous books, communication, fun, and safety are at the forefront of this fantastic rope...
Practiced since ancient times, Japanese rope bondage or Shibari, has become increasingly more popular around the world. This book shows partners how to tie each other as shown by mistress Miumi-U and her bondage partner.
Consensual adult spanking can be sexy or strict, giggly or grave, gentle enough to pinken the skin or intense enough to leave marks. It can involve infinite combinations of roles, implements and positions - enough to keep even the most avid spankophile busy for a lifetime.Janet W. Hardy (formerly "Lady Green") has been a spanker and spankee for more than a quarter century, with partners of all genders from all over the globe. Here, paired with famed spanking illustrator "Barb," she offers the how-to and why-to of spanking for anyone from the beginner looking to spice up their sex life...
Perfect for the bondage beginner or enthusiasts who wants more practice or new ideas, this book shows bondage ties for many purposes and effects. Whether top or bottom, dominant or submissive, male or female, this is an essential reference for the bondage enthusiast's bedside table. Lord Morpheous takes readers through the basics of BDSM, including the vocabulary, pop culture references, understanding types of participants, and the basics of kink culture. Then, quickly learn about both Eastern and Western styles of knot-tying, and receive step-by-step guidance and full color photos so tying knots becomes quick, easy, and fun. This handy guide to...
Not every woman likes to submit. An increasing number, in fact, like to be on top. And their partners love it! D.L. King, editor of 2013's award-winning Under Her Thumb, curates a singularly scintillating collection with The Big Book of Domination where only the bossiest of BDSM can be found. Filled with surprises, unexpected twists (yes, that kind, too!) this book of pleasure proves that when lust and desire take control, all bets are off. Take what you want, you won't regret it. Dominants and submissives are not so very different; they both crave that added something-that frisson of power,...
Submissive women have needs just like anybody else. But how can a woman get her needs met when she's relinquished her power to her dominant partner? At the heart of the book is an emotion the author has dubbed "Conquer Me" - which she defines as "the submissive's internal demand for a show of strength." Going one step further she explains this unique need and how a female submissive goes about getting this need met by her master. With warmth, wisdom and a down-to-earth approach, Conquer Me analyzes the realities of the dominant-submissive lifestyle and suggests ways in which both...
This beautiful and useful book teaches the reader to design and construct fetishwear, restraints, sensory deprivation devices, toys and whips, professionally elegant and customized to the maker's individual needs and desires. Each project includes a detailed pattern with complete instructions for tailoring it to fit the wearer's or user's physiology and fantasies. Featuring such never-beforeshown luxury items as full-body zentai (spandex catsuits), custom lace-up hoods, fully professional and properly weighted floggers and singletails, and various body harnesses for all genders, The Artisan's Guide will pay for itself hundreds of times over in the hands of a creative craftsperson.
Many, many people in this world have sexual interests or practices that are in some way unusual. These people may enjoy bondage or spanking, erotic role-playing, dressing in special clothes that turn them on, or a host of other activities that place them outside the sexual mainstream. Your mechanic might have an alternative sexuality, or you librarian, or your kids' teacher, or your boss...If someone you love has a sexual kink, or if you suspect that she may, and you want to know more about what that means to her and how you can deal with what it means to...
This entertaining, photo-illustrated book teaches 37 step-by-step fun and easy techniques for tying sensual and beautiful rope bondage. It's designed for fun, easy, hands-on practice with more than 750 photographs and explanatory captions for those wishing to explore the art of rope bondage.
Back on the Ropes is a photo-illustrated, step-by-step bondage manual that demonstrates 61 ties... and how to put them into action. In total, that's more than 70 techniques, including twenty-four more ties than Two Knotty Boys' first book, Showing You the Ropes. Back on the Ropes uses clear, concise captions written by JD and Dan (Two Knotty Boys) and nearly a thousand beautiful, full-color photographs shot by world-renown fetish photographer, Ken Marcus. It features beginning, intermediate and advanced knots, clever tricks, decorative applications, ties for extra exposure, harnesses and more. It even repeats core ties from Showing You the Ropes...
Other books explain how to give a spanking or tie a half-hitch, but this is the first book that explains kink culture the munches, parties, leather bars, conferences, workshops, fetish nights, exploratoriums and all the other gatherings that turn BDSM and leather from a bedroom predilection to a lifestyle and a community.
The brainchild of an experienced and wickedly creative dominant woman, The Mistress Manual gives the curious but shy woman the skills and encouragement needed to turn her male into an obedient, devoted, and happy helpmate!
For the woman who wants to take charge and the man who wants her to! This book is a friendly, supportive introduction to the world of female-dominant play: bondage, role-playing, sensation and more. It even includes a script for her first female-dominant scene!
The Loving Dominant offers the greatest breadth of subject of any basic BDSM guide available today, including some basic toy making patterns and an entire chapter on BDSM photography.
More than 25% of adults have experimented with tying their partners, or being tied, as part of consensual erotic play. Now for them and anyone else here's the first how-to book devoted entirely to consensual adult bondage.
Are you looking to explore the kinkier side of your sex life on the weekends? Maybe you want to move into a full time 24/7 D/s relationship with your Mistress? Do you spend your days dreaming of wilder sex but don't know how start? Whether you're just dipping your toes into kink for the first time or consider yourself more sadistic than de Sade himself, Morpheous shows you how to be bad, and how to do it right! From making balloon anal beads and using wrist shackles all the way vacuum beds and play piercing, How to Be Kinkier is...
In this collection of 69 short stories, submission takes many forms, from straining in bondage to taking a spanking, being put on display and put through one's paces and beyond. By turns bratty and worshipful, they'll go to great lengths to fulfill their naughtiest fantasies, and are rewarded splendidly by their masters and mistresses. The kinky men and women between these covers explore the erotic thrill of wearing, and exposing, a "Long Skirt," explore "Reverse Psychology" when it comes to pleasure and pain, learn things you won't find in the classroom with a "Naughty Prof," and uncover the hidden side...
This highly regarded, comprehensive, safety-oriented is an introduction to the exciting world of S/M -- bondage, giving and receiving pain, role playing, negotiating limits and needs. SM 101 has taught the fundamentals of safe, exciting SM to tens of thousands of people of all genders and orientations. This expanded edition contains many revisions and updates, including a brand-new chapter on starting and running SM organizations and events.
The ancient erotic art...updated and explained for western audiences! From ornately decorative to excruciatingly stringent, Japanese rope bondage is an art which has developed over centuries of martial and erotic practice. Now, accomplished Japanese-born educator and practitioner Midori shows step by step how to achieve beautiful and exciting Japanese bondage on a variety of genders and body types. Each chapter starts with a spectacular, tasteful full color photo of the finished bondage pose... then explains with text and line art how to place each rope and knot to achieve the final result.
