IN MEDIAS RES: you In The Midst of Things

IN MEDIAS RES puts YOU ‘In the Midst of Things.’ It’s a collection of erotic stories unlike any other. Curated by Rose Caraway, host of the Kiss Me Quick’s Erotica Podcast, you will connect with desire and fantasy in a whole new way through tales told in the second-person perspective. Partake in every moment as YOU are cast as the main character in each of these stories.

FEATURING STORIES WRITTEN BY:

Award-winning author Rachel Kramer Bussel
Malin James
Sonni de Soto
Jade A. Waters
Tamsin Flowers
Rose Caraway

and
Janine Ashbless

1. BASIC TRAINING:
The phone rings, and you know by the sound that it’s your Dom. He wants you, his prized submissive, available tomorrow. He’s sending his limo to pick you up early to bring you to his luxurious estate. His plans? A challenge—featuring you, five strangers, and the fulfillment of your fantasies. You will be graded on your performance.

RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL is a New Jersey-based author, editor, blogger, and event organizer. She writes widely about sex, dating, books, pop culture, feminism, and body image. Rachel conducts reading and erotic writing workshops worldwide, and has presented, spoken, and taught at conferences including Dark Odyssey, Erotic Authors Association, Sex 2.0, and SXSW. For five years, she hosted In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series in New York City, which featured 300 readers. Rachel holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and women’s studies from the University of California at Berkeley.


2. THE CLASSICAL TRAINING OF A MODERN YOUNG MAN:
Dr. Bixby-Charles is a goddess of a woman who outclasses you in every way. She’s been your tutor since Freshman year. Over these last four years, she’s given you an appreciation for the arts, culture, and Jazz—not to mention countless secret erotic fantasies. But now, you’re graduating, and it’s time to say good-bye to the boy you were and hello to the man you want to become.

MALIN JAMES learned about sex from books. It was awhile before experience caught up. By the time it had, gothic romances had given way to more explicit erotic works—deeply personal narratives that knowingly walked the line between the mundane and profane. They were her first introduction to the relationship between sexuality and the psyche—between sex and the self—and that’s the relationship she keeps coming back to again and again in her work. 


3. POS:
You and your husband have learned a lot about one another, playing out sex scenes at home. You’ve tackled some pretty tricky topics and dealt with intense emotions along the way, which has allowed trust and adventure to blossom in your relationship; it’s become your cornerstone—your foundation. Now, you’ve invited a long-time friend to play out a particularly vicious scene with you. Can you three handle it?

SONNI DE SOTO is a Minnesotan kinkster of color who’s been on the odd end of open relationships before. She’s learned that, more often, damaging scars come from the end of a sentence, not the end of a whip. So be kind because, while relationships of all kinds are difficult, for the right people, she’s learned they can be worth the effort too. An escape artist at heart, de Soto enjoys consuming stories of all kinds and cosplaying the fictional loves of her life.


4. UNDER THE LANDSLIDE:
He’s at your doorstep, and he’s not supposed to be. What you both feel is very real, and it impels you to come together again and again. It’s a tangled mess—obsession, moral conflict, knowing there’s no future with him. But, hard as you try, there’s just no getting around the undeniable passion you both feel. Last time was supposed to be the last time.

JADE A. WATERS has always had a terrible habit of liking literary trouble. It started with sneaking dirty books under the covers to read by flashlight when she was young. Her fondness for things that made others blush continued to unfurl, and by the time she picked up Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin, she realized her next step was writing erotica.


5. ODONTE:
Kit McIntyre is the best Shakespearean actor of his generation, and he’s your husband. He commands the stage with every performance while you, his biggest cheerleader, stay in the dressing room with Odonte, a handsome, worldly man…and your best friend. Odonte has many stories to tell, in particular, a provocative tale about your illustrious husband.

TAMSIN FLOWERS writes light-hearted erotica, often with a twist in the tail and a sense of fun. While she figures out whose leg belongs in which BDSM story, she may throw in a few sexy zombies and superheroes too!


6. DOVE SONG:
It’s 1880. Your Mistress has been dead a year. It’s fallen to you to run Wineman House, and it’s “redeemed whores” with an iron fist, just as you vowed. Guests are to arrive soon—their bids have been placed. You know that promise means denying your pleasures and predilections, as well as losing the girls you’ve grown to care for—especially Mae, your feisty, freckled love, and Martha, your devoted housemaid who wants nothing more than to bask in your carnal eminence. And then there’s Samuel Fairaway, the mansion’s renowned gunslinger, whom you’ve shared a particular brand of violence with, in private sessions.

Wineman House’s loathsome handyman, Ben, has been slingin’ back whiskey all morning, and he wants to be sure you will keep your promise.

ROSE CARAWAY freely celebrates all things erotica with her wonderful Lurid Listeners and is fondly known as “The Sexy Librarian” who scours the globe searching for more sexy stories for her fans, which includes inviting many of today’s most influential erotica authors to guest write for The Kiss Me Quick’s Erotica Podcast. She also believes that Brazilian Jujitsu is the best form of foreplay.


7. YAN, TAN, TETHERA, METHERA:
Papa Xanto is the biggest, dirtiest, most formidable troll down in the warren, and you, his most revered human ‘yow.’ You have been just as dedicated to your intense breeding-tutelage as Pappa has been. Your nestmates are jealous of your many silver piercings, bracelets, chains, and rings, but you are most proud of your girthy, carved ivory tail-plug—having trained so hard to be able to take something the size of an adult troll’s pizzle. Today, Papa Xanto is taking you to the tup-fair to find you a suitable human sire. More than anything, you want to bring your Papa offspring and honor.

JANINE ASHBLESS lives with an ill-defined number of men and dogs in the North of England, The Land That Summer Forgot. She enjoys tabletop-and live-roleplaying, and travelling anywhere less wet. She writes mostly about magic, life-and-death situations, and fallen angels with big cocks and problematic attitudes.

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