Victorian Swoon & Erotica

Do you long for sustained, bewildering, climatic romance that keeps you chained
to your chaise lounge? Oooh, pass the chocolates please.

What is Victorian Swoon? Immensely popular during the era, it provided an
imaginative escape for working class readers (and secret lady readers) into the
fantasia of unlikely romance with mysterious gentlemen. Known in England as
penny romance, and in US as dime store fiction, it continued throughout the
decades, revamping itself into higher forms of sophistication. Often distained,
paperback romance is still a jackpot winner for authors, though today's heroes
are unlikely to ravish us in the parlour. (sigh!)

What is Victorian Erotica? Read by connoisseurs of theatrical seduction, 19th
century erotica plays heartily on teasings and temptations, and includes all
preferred forms of stimulation. The ladies are plump and lustrous, with every
fold of the flesh being a delight. Gentlemen most often recline in luxurious
settings, savouring imported brandy and cigars, while the show proceeds in a
flurry of femininity. As a variation, couples live out rhapsodic episodes from the
privacy of their boudoir.

In both Swoon and Erotica, the essentials of a story are important, as the writer
cannot rely on modern explicit language and fast sex to satisfy readers who are
reaching into the unrestrained subconscious. The flames of passion tend to
intensify. Mystery, thriller, fantasy and even horror can be spooned into the plot.
Swoon is pure era romance with extended preludes and interludes.

Nothing needs to be socially correct in Victorian writing, as characters are freely
allowed to perform as themselves. They may be scoundrels, but they are not
required to reform at the end of the chapter. Submissive females do not
automatically rise up to give us a perfect ending. Poverty is not always rewarded.
Rich, lewd lords are just that. Whatever occurred in natural, daily life will happen
again with no softening or reason.

The first 10 issues of my Victorian Swoon (flash fiction) collection:
1.Discovered!
2.The Allusions Of Belle
3.Brutal Love
4.A Lamp For The Grocer's Boy
5.Fondly, I remember
6.Wretched Days At Sea Rogue Cottage
7.See You Next Summer
8.Follies Of Ruin
9.He Cut My Soul
10.Millie's Lies

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Miss Peach's Parlour (Victorian Erotica) available soon in pdf format.