🌶️The last (of three) of my poems published by Carmine Pen Press.🌶️ carminepen.com/sin-eater-by... Special thanks to @carminepenpress.bsky.social #poetrysky #poetry #poem #erotica #spicy

Important distinction, for whoever needs to hear it today: A rejection of your story is not a rejection of you as a writer!

it’s hard to talk with a ring gag in your mouth... Read all of "sin eater" by @realmaxmagenta.bsky.social at carminepen.com/sin-eater-by-max-magenta/ #Poetry

Want free books? Grab these ARCs in exchange for honest reviews, including our own Between the Stacks: Stories of Lusty Librarians, Amorous Authors, and Bawdy Bookstores. Erotic Romance: booksirens.com/bundle/eroti... Steamy Romance: booksirens.com/bundle/steam... #FreeBooks #ARCs

#PoetryThursday Today's poem is by Brian Sheffield. Brian Sheffield is a Pushcart Prize nominated performance poet and stage actor based out of the Central Coast of California. He is a co-founder of Mad Gleam Press and an editor with Moon Riot Press. carminepen.com/the-morning-... #Poetry

We adore this poem by David Whyte. onbeing.org/poetry/every... #Poetry

Happy #PoetryThursday! This week's poem is from Ennis Rook Bashe. carminepen.com/the-summoner... #Poetry #IndiePress

If you’ve been waiting for a non-Amazon way to pick up this here book that I’m part of, now’s the time! Remember, everyone needs to own at least one physical book on hand to seductively pass to a handsome stranger with a hand-written proposition tucked inside.

You can now buy #BetweenTheStacks on bookshop.org and support your local book shops! bookshop.org/beta-search?...

What's nice about writing so many romance and erotica characters who are in various ways disabled is how many lovely messages i get from other disabled people saying how exciting and fun it is to see people like us portrayed as desirous and desired, something other than burdens or lessons for others

Stream and Blood was a great panel on sex in horror and dark fantasy. Tomorrow I'll post some of the books the panelists recommended. #SeattleWorldCon2025 #WorldCon #WorldCon2025 #WorldConSeattle

Being "wholesome" and "non-problematic" and "vanilla" won't save your ass if you're a smut artist. We're all going to be affected, so stand up for your peers even if you don't like their themes because censorship is going to kill art and then ourselves. -A "wholesome, non-problematic" smut artist

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Free story by @ceciliatan.com? Don't mind if I do. #SeattleWorldCon2025 #WorldCon #WorldCon2025 #WorldConSeattle

They were gone within minutes.

Left a couple copies of #BetweenTheStacks in the Freebies Lounge. Anyone at #SeattleWorldCon2025 need something spicy to read? #WorldCon #WorldCon2025

🌶️🌶️🌶️The second (of three) of my work published by Carmine Pen Press.🌶️🌶️🌶️ Fair warning: This one is very spicy. carminepen.com/hunger-games... Special thanks to @carminepenpress.bsky.social #poetrysky #poetry #poem #erotica #spicy #adultsonly

George R.R. Martin walks to the front of the room during a panel. John Scalzi: Excuse me, are you lost? #AGenreInConversationWithItself #SeattleWorldCon2025 #WorldCon

In the fifth book, Anita Blake discovers sex like no one had ever had it before. [email protected] #SeattleWorldCon2025 #WorldCon #UrbanFantasy

During good times, people read dark books, and during hard times they read light books. What might that say about the current rise of the romance genre? -@VanHoang (paraphrase) #BranchesFromAFantasticalTree #WorldConSeattle2025 #WorldCon2025

Elisabeth Dove, reporting live from #WorldConSeattle2025. #WorldCon #WorldCon2025

#PoetryThursday Read "hunger games", an erotic poem by @realmaxmagenta.bsky.social, at carminepen.com/hunger-games... #Poetry #MaxMagenta #EroticPoetry #IndiePublishing

Who's going to WorldCon?

Today we bring you a story in verse about ancient Pompei: "Vesuvius" by Michael Perret. This sensual poem about a Roman woman and a slave asks, "Can you love if you're not free?" Read the whole poem at carminepen.com/vesuvius-by-... #Poetry #StoriesInVerse #MichaelPerret #IndiePublishing

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Benefits of paperback smut: * can’t be arbitrarily deleted by censorious digital overlords * great segue to flirting if you want to not so subtly encourage cute strangers to ask you what you’re reading * if you meet me in person & ask me to sign it I’ll die and go straight to heaven

Out now in paperback! #BetweenTheStacks is seven erotic stories about lusty librarians, amorous authors, and bawdy bookstores. 20% of proceeds benefit EveryLibrary, an organization which supports libraries and fights book bans. carminepen.com/books/ #Erotica #IndiePublishing #Smut

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You don’t need to be a lobbyist to make a difference, just a constituent who cares about libraries. That's why we built this August 2025 Congressional Recess Engagement Guide to help you get involved. www.everylibrary.org/advocatesaug... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Do you love the feel of a book in your hands, flipping the pages, that new-book smell? The paperback of #BetweenTheStacks is out tomorrow, August 5th! And the best part? 20% of proceeds go to EveryLibrary. carminepen.com/books/ #Erotica #Smut #SmuttyReads #IndiePublishing

i will always side with sex workers and smut creators and you should too. kill the puritanical pearl-clutching brainworm raising a stink about respectability and optics. it is a backdoor fascists will use to sneak their way into your sympathies. porn is good, sex is normal, kink is human. grow up.

Did you know that about 24 percent of Americans living in rural communities still don't have access to reliable high-speed internet? Rural libraries offer supports.

Did you know your library can provide access to resources and support for veterans?

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Well said!!

if your use of paypal is primarily as a customer or otherwise are NOT somebody that makes a living off adult work, you are the best people to pressure paypal! there is a risk of retaliation for adult creators, but if you don't have that risk, please call!

Wish you could act out your favorite steamy scene? Try "By the Book" by Day S. Grant, one of seven bookish erotica in BETWEEN THE STACKS. 20% of proceeds benefit EveryLibrary. carminepen.com/books/ #Erotica #BetweenTheStacks #SteamyRomance #ParanormalErotica

Do you need a strong orc girlfriend to loosen your buttons? Try "Cross-Species Flirting for Beginners" by Gemma Moon, one of seven bookish erotica in BETWEEN THE STACKS. 20% of proceeds benefit EveryLibrary. carminepen.com/books/ #FFErotica #LesbianErotica #UrbanFantasy

Like, follow, and share if you love libraries! Take action to support libraries at action.everylibrary.org

Currently considering building a personality test for authors based off of what font they choose to write in.

From wins in Connecticut, Virginia, and Delaware to new threats in New Hampshire, Texas, Iowa, and Florida, EveryLibrary’s 2025 Legislative Report details the policy fights shaping the future of libraries. bit.ly/44PArZ3

"Golden Retriever in the streets, Rottweiler in the sheets." Looking for the perfect book boyfriend? Try "The Romance Section" by @abossauthor.bsky.social, one of 7 bookish erotica in #BetweenTheStacks. 20% of proceeds benefit EveryLibrary. carminepen.com/books/ #Erotica #SteamyRomance #BookSky

🌶️ I wrote a somewhat spicy thing 🌶️ It was published by the Carmine Pen Press, and is featured on their website today: carminepen.com/das-ostersch... Special thanks to Elisabeth @carminepenpress.bsky.social #Writing #WriterCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Poem #poetrysky #poetry #poetrynews

We are excited to share an original poem with you today. "das Osterschwein" by @realmaxmagenta.bsky.social . carminepen.com/das-ostersch... #Poetry #PoetryThursday #MaxMagenta

Meet the author! The butt, the bum, the behind, the derriere. Cheeky Boutée likes to write about enthusiastic women and their tushies. When’s she’s not imagining ways for fictional women to get it in the backdoor, she collects statement earrings and drinks sidecars. carminepen.com/books/

If you want to write a book: WRITE IT. Write it messy. Write it bad. Write it out of order. You can edit anything you write, but you can't edit a blank page. You've got to write. www.lianabrooks.com/... #AmWriting #Romancelandia #LianaEdits 📚

Heyyyyy, it’s book day, which means I finally got to curl up on the sofa & read everyone else’s stories. Been dying to see what everybody else did with the prompt for this anthology.

Now available! Between the Stacks is 7 steamy stories of lusty librarians, amorous authors, and bawdy bookstores--erotica for book lovers about book lovers. 20% of proceeds benefit EveryLibrary, an organization that fights book bans and makes sure libraries get the funding they need.

Nobody is “forcing” you to check out books you don’t want to read at a library. But people are forcing libraries to keep you from checking out books.

if the furrys are not out in full force for the seattle show i am going to be very upset