Showing posts with label Every Night Erotica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Every Night Erotica. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Coming Aboard - An Erotic Sci-Fi Story


 
Coming Aboard

Ashen White

 
Maryssa D’Equipe couldn’t believe her luck.  The scans of her Class 5 Deep Space Salvage-Recovery ship, The Myrmidon, had picked up the shadow of a floating starship hulk some 3 parsecs away, and she’d made a bee line for the meandering wreck, racing against any other wreckers who might spot the huge, dead metallic mass and beat her to it.
“Not likely, this far out,” she mused to herself.  “But better safe than sorry!”  Maryssa liked to hunt on the edge of known space, even though that always brought with it the risk of attack from some as yet unknown alien life form.  That just added to the thrill of the chase, and thrills of any kind were few and far between this far out.
“At least this will get me a few million credits – some of which I’ll take pleasure in wasting on a well-endowed stud or two on AC 6, or Earth, or somewhere where they don’t mind helping out a lonely space chick with her special needs.”  She mulled over the possibilities in her mind, feeling the usual stirrings – aches of need – in her loins.  “Soon, baby, soon,” she soothed herself.
 
The sleek lines of The Myrmidon pulled slowly alongside the gigantic piece of space junk, and Maryssa initiated a number of low-level scans.  She needed to determine for certain that there were no life forms on the wreck, or she wouldn’t be allowed to claim it as hers, never mind the difficulties and dangers involved in trying to take a ship from its rightful owners might pose.  Maryssa had never backed down from a fight in her life, but preferred to choose her battles wisely.
“OK, baby, show me what you got.”  The ship hummed as the scanners tracked the wreck from end to end, top to bottom, and side to side.  It was dead – totally lifeless.  No power, no life forms, no atmosphere, no nothing!  Just a lump of metal floating in space.  And now, it was hers.
Quickly she maneuvered The Myrmidon up to the starboard side of the hulk and latched on, pulling her ship close enough to maintain a permanent attachment to her prize.  The external access door from her ship extended a tube that stuck to the metallic side of the wreck, and then cut a circular hole through the vessel’s outer hull.  A few moments later, Maryssa entered the airlock chamber, clothed in a black space suit with a large glass bulb of a helmet, clutching her trusty laser-rifle, fully charged – just in case – and walked through the short tube, stopping at the wall of the alien ship.  Moving with feline grace and prowess, she passed into the darkness of the unmanned craft and started exploring.  Cautiously but swiftly she moved through corridor to corridor, and searched through room to room, but everything was dark and empty – just spaces floating in space.  Time passed swiftly and, as her oxygen supply started to run down, she entered the heart of the ship – a big, black void that her torches couldn’t penetrate.  Deeper and deeper she went into the room, dust stirring about her feet, as the first alarm sounded in her helmet, telling her she had only 15 minutes to get back to her ship before the oxygen ran out.
It was as she turned to leave that she first heard the noise.  She spun round, shining her torch into the darkness – but there was nothing there.  Then she heard it again, a high-pitched garbled sound.  But she didn’t hear it in her ears – it seemed to come from the middle of her head, feeling almost like a tickle in the middle of her brain.  Again she scanned the void with her torch, which, to her horror, suddenly died, leaving her in total darkness.  Instinctively she lifted her rifle, the tiny LED’s of its power pack glowing, sweat starting to trickle down her neck, down her sides, down the inside of her thighs, hot in the clinging material of the airtight spacesuit.  She took a step backwards, and the lights of the gun died, too, making it another useless piece of space junk.
Maryssa swallowed hard, a knot of fear growing in her belly.  The alarm in her helmet whined again, and she turned to run back to the safety of The Myrmidon, waiting patiently for her return.  But no matter how fast she ran, she wasn’t getting anywhere – she didn’t seem to be moving at all!  Gasping in the thinning atmosphere of her suit, she stopped and turned back to the void.
“What the hell are you?”  she shouted.  In answer she heard and felt the noise in her brain again – whines and clicks and whirs and buzzes.  Then, slowly but surely, the noises began to make words.
“Whuwhu…  Whawhuwhu…  What the…  What the hell are you?”  The voice was deep and sonorous, rumbling in her head.
“I asked first,” Maryssa replied defiantly.  The voice was silent.  Suddenly something – Maryssa couldn’t see what – attached itself to her helmet!  She swung her arms about, trying to fight it of, but couldn’t make contact with whatever it was that was touching her.  Panic started to rise in her, and she could feel a scream starting to emanate from deep within her chest – but then the voice spoke again, deep and soothing.
“We come in peace,” it intoned.  “We are human.”
“No, you’re not,” Maryssa said defiantly.  “I am human.  I don’t know what the fuck you are!”
“Hmm!  Clothing!  Strange!”  Maryssa felt herself lifted up and turned over and around, then realized that whatever it was was probing the suit, trying to find out how to take it off.
“No!” she screamed in futility.  “You can’t do that, I’ll die out there!”  She flailed her arms about, but whatever it was took no notice.  It turned her about a few more times, then, with an “Ah-ha!” in her head, it found the latch to the helmet, and, with a hiss of escaping air, tripped it, as Maryssa screamed.  Quickly, dizzyingly, she was spun about and about and around until she was totally naked, every piece of clothing removed with incredible rapidity, yet gently, so as not to hurt her.  It was then that she realized she was still breathing.  There was an atmosphere in the void that hadn’t been there before.  And the air about her was warm, too.  Instinctively, she dropped her hands to cover her exposed crotch, breathing in deeply, trying to reduce the panic and fear.
“Maryssa!”  The voice intoned in her head.  “Human.  Woman.  Earthling.”
“When you’re done with the categorization,” Maryssa said, “maybe we can talk about you, eh, buddy – whatever you are?”
In response, she felt something warm and soft moving across her body, probing again.  She tried to swat it away, but couldn’t catch or touch it.  She shivered as she felt it move over her shoulder, then slide down, warm and gentle, to come to a stop covering her right nipple.  She gasped in anger, then paused as she felt it moving, changing, transforming on her breast.  It finally became a human mouth, complete with lips, and teeth, and a hot, wet, prehensile tongue!  Then it started to suck her breast gently, circling her hardening nipple, stimulating her in spite of her fear.
“So that’s your game, is it,” she said, her body already starting to feel that familiar ache of emptiness, now coupled with the growing flutter of arousal.  She lifted her hand in a feeble attempt to push the mouth off her tingling nipple, but still couldn’t feel anything solid.
Then a second mouth settled on her left breast, warm and moist, nibbling and sucking gently, sending tremors of sexual tension radiating down to her aching yoni, stimulating it to warm wetness.  As if in response to her thought, she felt something warm settle on the small patch of pubic hair covering her mons.  She thought about trying to brush it off, but then thought “What the heck!  Might as well enjoy it while it lasts!”
As if sensing her resignation, the alien started growing warmer on her mons, then started to spread, slowly, inexorably, down toward her waiting, wanting cunt.  Instinctively, she parted her legs, and, with growing pleasure and anticipation, felt the warmth spread down.  She quivered as she felt it probing her yoni, teasing first one lip, then the other, vibrating them gently in warm moistness.  She sighed, and breathed in deeply as she felt her labia slowly part, and the warm, tingling moistness flood over the skin between.  Quivers ran through her body as a soft, velvet tongue covered her hard, throbbing clitoris, rubbing it gently, sending waves of sexual release blasting through her womb and out to her extremities, joining the rays of stimulation as the other two mouths continued to suck her hardened nipples with growing passion.  She felt herself laying back as the three tongues worked away at her sweetest spots, then shuddered with passion and sighed deeply as she felt the warmth moving down to her wet and waiting vagina.
“Oh, yes, baby, yes,” she sighed, as the heat spilled into her aching wetness, and smiled when she felt it start to harden and grow, getting longer and warmer and thicker as it entered deep into her.  She groaned deeply, her womb quivering as the hot and by now hard piece of the alien pulled slowly back out of her cunt, then pushed itself just a slowly back in.  Slowly, gently, on and on, the alien fucked her, itself thrumming, vibrating, adding to the almost unbearable stimulation of her sexual appetites.
“Only one left” she thought to herself as her body trembled uncontrollably, and, in response, she felt the warmth of the alien spread down and under, covering her anus.  It paused there, vibrating and moist, as if pondering what to do, then, slowly, oh, so slowly, it worked its way into her ass, getting as hard and big and wet as the alien cock that was fucking her cunt.  She jerked and groaned, her eyes wet with the unending stimulation of her erogenous zones, her breasts and clit becoming beacons of sexual light and power, her ass and cunt, fucked in unison, throbbing and contracting, exploding as orgasm after orgasm ripped through her and through her, again and again, each one longer and more mind-blowing than the last.  From a long, long distance, she could hear herself wailing in ecstasy as each wave crashed though her, and, at some point she wasn’t aware of, it occurred to her that the alien wouldn’t know when to stop, when she’d physically had as much as she could handle.  A flicker of fear knotted her stomach, but was quickly washed away as yet another orgasm cleared her mind.
Then she could see it – the stars surrounding them, the ship floating in space, the unending night of the boundless universe around them, The Myrmidon, slowly being absorbed by the so-called wreck.  As each orgasm ripped through her, another part of the ship came to life, the energy of her sexual power giving it heat, and light, and soul.
And still she came and came, beyond bearability, beyond her physical endurance, as the glistening Star Ship Maryssa sailed majestically through the heavens.

 
Copyright (c) 2011 by Ashen White

Monday, September 17, 2012

Every Night Erotica - Coins and Dice

Hi everyone!

I hope you all are having a steamy Sunday!  And now, here I am to heat things up even more!

At 9:00 PM PT - 12:00 Midnight EST, my hot BDSM short Coins and Dice #1 is being published by those wonderful folk at EveryNightErotica.comThis little story is based on an entertaining (and very satisfying!) BDSM game that my friends and I like to indulge in every now and then.  Please check it out and give me a little rating at the bottom of the story!
 
As promised in my blurb to the story, below are the rules to the game.  Nice and easy!
 
THE RULES FOR COINS AND DICE
There are 5 Rolls of the Dice and 2 Tosses of the Coins.
1) The first toss of the coin - Who will be the dominating partner
This is a best of three tosses!
 
Choose who will be Heads, and who Tails.  The coin is tossed three times, and the person who has the higher number will be the dominating partner for this game, and the other person the sub.
 
If there are more than two partners, the first pair plays best of three, the winner being a dom.  The loser plays with the next person, and the winner becomes a dom.  This repeats until the last couple play, the winner also becoming a dom.  There can be only one sub, everyone else is a dom.
 
As soon as the sub is decided she/he must immediately strip completely.  Subs are not allowed to wear clothes nor cover themselves with blankets/towels/etc unless given permission.
 
From this point on in the game, the sub is a spectator as the dom(s) complete(s) the additional dice rolls and coin tosses.
 
 
2) The first roll of the die - Activities
 
How many activities the dom must complete before the sub is allowed to come.
 
Kissing the mouth, kissing, sucking or tweaking nipples or testicles, and stimulating the clit or cock with fingers are not activities – they are foreplay.  Pretty much anything else designed to stimulate or punish the sub is an activity.
 
If there is more than one dom, the activities are shared between them – the sub is not subjected to more than 6 activities before being allowed to come.
 
3) Second roll of the die - Restraints

 
How severe the restraints on the sub will be:
 
1)  No restraints – but the dom decides whether the sub is allowed to touch the dom or not
2)  Gentle arm restraints – the sub never touches the dom
3)  Arms and legs restrained
4)  Arms and legs fully bound – dom decides on blindfold OR gag OR neither
5)  Sub fully bound at arms and legs, gagged and blindfolded, and tied down to a suitable surface
6)  Sub fully restrained at arms and legs, blindfold, and suspended if in the dungeon
 
4) Third roll of the die - Toys
How many additional toys the dom(s) can use.
 
Restraints decided in (3) above are not included in the toy count.  Similarly, if a strap-on is being used (see 5 below) it is not part of the toy count.  Anything else used is part of the toy count.  This includes:
 
·  Nipple/Testicle clamps (2 count as 1 toy).
·  Vibrators, dildos, etc – each counts as 1 toy.
·  Any kind of whip, flogger, paddle, etc.  Each counts as 1 toy.
·  Any additional restraint to those decided in (3) above – i.e. a gag or blindfold if not granted by
    the role of the die.  Each counts as 1 toy.
 

5) Fourth roll of the die - Strap-On
 
How big the strap-on will be:
 
1)  No strap-on
2)  6 inches long, narrow
3)  6 inches long, thick, and/or vibrating
4)  8 inches long, narrow
5)  8 inches long, thick, and/or vibrating
6)  10 inches long, thick, and/or vibrating
 
If the dom is a male, and does not want to use a strap on, he gets to choose TWO additional toys.
 
6) Second toss of the coin - Where the strap-on goes:
 
·  Heads – the vagina
·  Tails – the anus
 
A word of Caution to the Inexperienced: A 10 inch strap-on is best used for anal penetration for women, as the vagina can be seriously damaged during passionate sex with a 10 inch dildo!
 
If the sub is male, then a variation of where the strap-on goes can be invented.
7) Final roll of the die - Where the action will take place:
 
1)      Bedroom
2)      Bathroom
3)      Living room
4)      Dining room
5)      Dungeon (or equivalent)
6)      Garden
 
Notes:
 
Bathrooms can be problematical for restraint, so partners need to decide on alternative restraints – towels, bath full of hot or cold water, shower, etc.
 
Dining rooms are especially plentiful in various surfaces to restrain a sub to, and how.  Don’t just sit her on a chair, tie her to it, over the back, head down, leaving her ass to your tender ministrations!  And, remember, tables were designed for being eaten off of!
 
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From the last roll of the die, there is a fifteen minute period for the sub and the dom(s) to make their preparations.  Then – it’s down to business!
 
And there you have it - a whole lot of fun just waiting to be made!
 
I'd love to hear about your experiences if you play the game, and of any variations you dream up!  Just remember to be horny and imaginative!!  It's all about the fun!
 
And don't forget to read Coins and Dice #1 and Coins and Dice #2 on EveryNightErotica.com, and give me a rating and leave me a comment!
 
Until next time - stay Hot and Horny, y'all!
 
Ashen xxx

Saturday, September 1, 2012

WHAT A RUSH!!!

WHOOOO!

Just recovering from the rush of activity, and now basking in the rush of adrendalin, from getting my first collection of Erotica tales published for Kindle on Amazon Worldwide.
 
 
White's Nights #1 contains a collection of eight tales - 6 shorts from my Every Night Erotica stories collected together for the first time; a stand-alone tale from the "London Memoirs" thread of my Parallel Lives novel, AND a preview chapter from my up-coming novel - Discovering Jenna. Not a bad little haul for only $0.99 - Yes! 99 cents! - at Amazon.com!
 
I have to say, it's both a very exciting AND very frightening experience getting your first work published and out into the hands of the money-paying reader.  I've always gotten a rush from knowing people are reading my stories - but the next question is - will they be willing to pay for them?  I know White's Nights #1 is just a small collection of stories, but it's paving the way, and doing a PR job as it goes, for both of my up-coming works - The Queen of Storms and Discovering Jenna.
 
Of course, since the unbridled success of the 50 Shades series, every erotica author on the planet is praying that their's will be the next viral success, and, while I really believe that that is an improbability for White's Nights #1, I am really hoping that the foundations it lays will bear wonderful fruit for The Queen of Storms, but even more so for Discovering Jenna
 
Getting this far in the game has been an incredibly interesting experience, and I have encountered a lot of new friends along the way, so I feel now is a good time to mention just a few!  First of all, I'd like to thank Jennifer Case and all of the crew at Every Night Erotica, who took my little stories and shared them with the world.  Then I'd like to thank all of the crew of The Erotica Zone group of Facebook - Valerie Maarten, Shiralyn J Lee, Janine Ashbless, Scarlett Knight, Jennifer Labelle, and so on.  There are also the individuals I've met over the last two years - Kristal McKerrington, Jenna Jaxon, Patricia Green, Remittance Girl, Savannah Chase, Robbi Sommers Bryant, Giselle Renard, Rachel Kramer Bussel and Maxim Jakubowski, to name but a few.  I'd like to thank them all for their contributions to my growth as an Erotica writer.
 
Last, but by no means least, I'd like to thank my partners, M and E, who have been by my side, providing inspiration and support, and a few devious plot twists, all the way. I love you, ladies!
 
Now - let's celebrate White's Nights #1, and get the ball rolling in earnest for The Queen of Storms and Discovering Jenna.
 
And, as always, let's stay Hot and Horny out there, y'all!
 
Ashen
 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Horny Hump Day - March 16, 2012

Hello there, my dear Horny Humpers! It's that time of the week again, and we all need to have a great Horny Hump Day!!

This week, I've selected three salubrious and wonderfully raunchy sentences from my short story, Kismet, published on Every Night Erotica way back in July last year.  Here we find Farah, hot and horny after an evening at the Kismet night club, indulging in a well-deserved nibble!

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She sighed, almost sobbed, with pleasure, as her hand wrapped around his shaft and slowly pulled the skin back, revealing the delicate jewel beneath. She felt him quiver as she ran her tongue around the pulsing glans, tasting the salty tang of lubrication that tightened her throat and made her mouth water. Then – oh, glory – she filled her mouth with its yielding firmness, sucking it and rubbing it gently with her tongue, taking it slowly deeper and deeper with each movement of her head.

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I know one lucky couple that's having lots of fun! :)

If you liked that then read the full story here, and please rate my lil tale, and leave a comment, too!  And don't forget to check out the other Horny Hump Day blogposts below!

Until next week, stay HOT and HORNY, y'all!

Ashen


Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Horny Hump Day - April 4, 2012

Hello there, y'all, and welcome to the first Horny Hump Day of April!

Today I've selected three delectable sentences from Dining Out Tonight, one of my early stories published on Every Night Erotica.  This little episode finds a young barman bringing some sweet delight to a hot cougar of a barmaid, who has invited him back to her home for "a nightcap!"

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She sighed as he lowered her back onto the table, her thighs falling apart to expose her hot, wanton yoni to his impassioned gaze. She had a small, high Mound of Venus, covered in well-manicured, deep rust-red hair. The skin of her mons and outer labia was as pale as her legs, but tinged with pink at the edges, where her bright pink inner labia protruded, glistening with the glow of her arousal.

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Tell me that's not delicious!  If you like that, check out the full story at the link above, and don't forget to visit the rest of the Horny Hump Day blog sites listed below.

Let's all have a hot week until next week!

Ashen


Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Horny Hump Day - March 21, 2012

After all the wonderful comments from last week's little snippet, I have chosen to continue the girl-on-girl theme (now there's a surprise!) with three steamy sentences from my short story On Meeting Sarah Masters, which was posted on the Every Night Erotica website last year.  This is one is even hotter than last week's offering, and takes place on what was supposed to be a quiet lunchtime rendezvous!

Here, our nameless heroine, has commandeered the beautiful and delicious Sarah, the appointment of some non-entity from the I.T. department, and taken her back to her office, because she just cannot resist Sarah's wonderful charms.  The fun begins as soon as the office door is locked...

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Gathering my scattered wits, I ran my hands around her trim waist, pulling her blouse out of her skirt so that I could rake my fingers over her bare, silken skin. She writhed sensually as I stroked her sensitivity, her hands loosening the buttons of my blouse and lifting up my bra, letting my heavy breasts fall into her ravaging grasp. We moaned in unison as she pulled mercilessly at the hardened nubs of my nipples, tweaking them and twisting them, driving shards of electric energy radiating into the heart of my already sopping cunt.

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And that's just the start of what turns out to be a very special lunchtime for both of them - and for us erstwhile voyeurs! ;)

Looking forward to next week already, but, if you need more sultry snippets, simply follow the links below.  Until next week - have a wonderfully Horny Hump Day, and a very special weekend!

Ashen


Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Horny Hump Day - March 14, 2012

Hi there, y'all! I hope you have all had a wonderful week so far, so let's make it a little steamy!!!

My HHD post this week is taken from What Renzo Didn't See, which is the follow up to What Renzo Sees Next, both of which are published on Every Night Erotica.   In this little tale, Kelly and Shari have taken the action indoors, where poor ol' Renzo doesn't get to see the hot stuff they get up to!  At the point of this snippet, the two girls are taking a shower to clean off the sun tan lotion and rain from a sudden thunderstorm!  Kelly is narrating...

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She leant over and pulled me into the hot streams of water, turning me slowly round until I was soaked all over. Reaching out, she picked up a bottle of body wash and squirted a generous helping onto a scrunchy, then pulled me closer and started to slowly lather my shoulders and arms, gradually working round to my breasts, where she concentrated her activity for a few moments. Another squirt of bodywash, and she was soaping up my tattooed naval, then, kneeling down, she gently worked the scrunchy between my parted thighs, using her deft fingers to wash my labia and tingling clit, her touches sending shivers of arousal through my aching body.

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Oooh, baby!! Is that hot or what?!!  And there's always more hot snippets at Horny Hump Day, so come over and join us!

And let's all have a great, Horny Hump Day!

Ashen

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Horny Hump Day - March 7, 2012

Welcome to my HHD post for March 7, 2012.  My selection this week is from my short story Glass Floor Benefits, published on Every Night Erotica way back in June 2010!!  This is the story of Helen Coats, an up-and-coming account executive, and her seduction of the office rookie, who turns the tables (or desk!) on her and develops something special between them!  At this point of the tales, Sam has hidden himself under Helen's desk, and surprised her with his naughty intentions!

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She lay back in the chair, riding her ass forward on the seat, and he pulled her closer to him, rubbing the inside of her thighs with his warm, soft palms, stroking her up to the edge of her panties.  She moaned quietly as he ran a finger across the damp cotton covering her hot, wet pussy.  Then he slipped his hands up the inside of her skirt and slowly pulled her panties down, dropping them on the floor next to her discarded shoes.

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This is SO much fun. I hope you are enjoying these little snippets as much as I am - delecting a few choice sentences for your delectation!  Don't forget to check out the rest of the snippets at the Horny Hump Day website, and let's have fun!

Ashen

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Horny Hump Day - February 22, 2012

My little snippet last week sparked quite a bit of interest, especially in my close friend Kelly - and she is both very thrilled, and very turned on by the feedback! So here's three sentences from one of her earlier adventures - What Renzo Sees - as posted on the Every Night Erotica website.

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I stretch my long, slender arms languorously over my head, lifting up my small, pert breasts and tightening the muscles of my abdomen, aware that, through one tiny knothole in the otherwise unbreached fence, and through the one small gap between the Emerald Cedar trees that provide us with dense cover, Renzo, our small, elderly, Italian neighbour, is squinting against the brilliant rays of the Sun, his beady eye a dark spot in the pale wooden wall that shrouds us. He is unaware that we know he watches us through his secret little hole, or that, from time to time, the sultry Summer air carries the grunts of his heavy breathing across the lawn and into our secluded nest, but the knowledge of his stolen glances adds an air of rebellious naughtiness to our activities, daring us to act out scenes for his secret pleasure.


With a quick, deft movement, I remove the small, pink bikini top, letting the hot Summer breeze wash over my waiting nipples, that harden and rise at the wind’s caress, rippling down through the undulating fine pale hair of my flat, muscular abs.

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If you like that, you can read more snippets at the Horny Hump Day website, and more of Kelly's adventures at What Renzo Sees Next and What Renzo Didn't See. Don't forget to rate my stories, and please leave a comment or two, because I love feedback!

And - if you feel like writing your own erotic masterpieces, Every Night Erotica is always looking for new authors who would like to have their shorts showcased. A new, 2000 words or less, story is posted every night!

Ashen

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Before and After?

This one is dedicated to Tiffany Reisz (@tiffanyreisz) for the happy tweets and chats.  Good luck with the novel, honey, and, if you need any help - you know where to grab me! ;-)

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It's always a constant pleasure to me to see how many ways the female of our species is used (and frequently abused) in the artwork that makes up so many Tarot decks.  It's natural, of course, to recognise the beauty of our female form in so many homages, and it does appear with significant strength in many of the symbolic characters in Tarot - The Priestess, Strength, The Star, Justice, The World, etc - but the real challenge of the artist is to come up with a new, fresh visual interpretation that can portray to the reader an underlying message that can, subsequently, be used to invest and interpret a spread for a querant.

Regular visitors to my blog will be well aware of my love and fascination for the 10 of Swords from the Fenestra Tarot (see below), which is one of those powerful abuses that is visually and emotionally appealing, whether you are invested in the meaning of the card or not. Recently, I encountered the 8 of Swords from the Legacy of the Divine Tarot, and the striking resemblance to the Fenestra 10 of Swords struck me so much, it inspired me to write this blog entry.

The Legacy of the Divine card shows the lissome female form, barely clothed in a flimsy wrap, suspended in the giant web of some unseen creature, while the 8 swords of the card race from various angles to pierce her waiting, ensnared flesh.  Fortunately for her, she is blindfolded by the wrap, and thus not aware of the fate that  is rapidly approaching her.

The 8 of Swords is known in Tarot as the Card of the Captive, and, to some, is meant to portray the beautiful Andromeda, chained to the rock, an offering to the sea-monster Cetus, as a punishment for her mother, Cassiopeia, bragging about her own beauty.  A case of the Sins of the Mother, if ever there was one! 

The 8 of Swords symbolizes a crisis in the life of the Querant, although not a crisis that is without hope. Andromeda was rescued by the erstwhile Perseus, fresh from his victory over the hideous Medusa.

By the time we get to the 10 of Swords, however, all hope is lost! The 10 of Swords is by far the most final and fatal card in Tarot! While many gawk at the maleficence of Death, or the drastic might of The Tower, these merely symbolize great change or calamity. Not so the 10 of Swords. The card usually depicts a male figure whose back is pierced by the 10 swords, signifying a cruel death or finality from the ultimate betrayal.

In the Fenestra version of the card, Chatriya has replaced the male with another lissome female.  Again, she is semi-clothed by the flimsy wrap - this one more transparent than that of the 8 above, and also torn by the swords. The 10 swords pierce her body in cruel yet passionate thrusts, suspending her pale, prone form against the colourful yet barren landscape. This truly is the "After" version of the 8 of Swords above, and the two cards counterpoint each other with their symbolic beauty and grace.

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Two other cards from the Legacy of the Divine Tarot by Ciro Marchetti also struck me with a special appeal.  These are the Queen of Swords and the Queen of Coins, both of which are shown below.


The Queen of Swords is a powerful, dangerous beauty, whose cold gaze belies the passion in her soul. Her tanned skin and muscular form are designed to be appealing and mesmerizing in the same way a Cobra charms her prey. I have to say, I find her tattoos very appealing, too!


The Queen of Coins is also a very appealing beauty, although at a much more feminine level than her sister, the Queen of Swords. Unfortunately, the colour on this particular scan does not represent the true colours of the card itself, and the skin tone and eye and hair colours on the actual card remind me very, very much of the woman I used as the inspiration for my short story Dining Out Tonight, which appears on Every Night Erotica, and which is an extract from a much longer tale.

Take care, y'all, until next time!

Ashen