This page will link to all the Lusty Bibliophile Book Reports written by erotic author Hapax Legomenon. The first column is expected March 2025, and they should be published every three months or so.

If you wish, you can sign up for the Lusty Bibliophile Email Newsletter. This will include the latest Book Report and maybe some extra stuff (other essays, interviews, etc).

Background

A month before publication date of Existential Smut 1, I confess to having thought very little about how to promote the damn thing. Complicating everything is my desire to stay behind a pseudonym, making it hard to do interviews, book tours, etc. In a flash, I decided to commit to writing and posting a book report about erotic fiction old and new every 3 months for the next 10 years. These book reports won’t be too analytical or critical, just short breezy reports about sexy books old and new which I have been enjoying.

I hesitate to promote a series of writings that doesn’t yet exist. But almost 20 years ago (July 14, 2003 to be exact), I did essentially the same thing when I uploaded my first story to the Internet. Stay tuned!

Let me confess something. As much as I have enjoyed writing erotic fiction over the years, I am now eager not to write any more erotic fiction (Actually I have been eager to write non-smutty stuff).

But I am really eager to catch up on my smutty reading. Over the years, I have accumulated lots of fiction with erotic themes which I have been dying to read. Also, I’d like to read old and new examples of the genre and comment with the in-depth understanding of the mechanics and challenges of writing such stories.

Also, I would like to release a least one or two sequels to Existential Smut containing stories by other people. Of course, that means that I need to solicit submissions and learn about authors and then read them. Full speed ahead!

If you have recommendations for books or stories that wowwed you, feel free to contact me. I’m flexible about genres — poetry, sci fi, mysteries, LGBTQ, whatever. I can’t promise I’ll read every recommendation, but I’d appreciate the effort you took to tell me about it.

Finally, if you write stories, essays or memoirs with an erotic theme and think I should be reading your stuff, feel free to get in touch. Frankly, I have a gigantic backlog of reading material to catch up on, but I’d love the opportunity to showcase an unknown erotica writer for a future volume of Existential Smut.

Until that time, you can read my latest posts on social media about books and stuff.

Happy reading … Hapax