Existential Smut

Version History for Volume 1

Existential Smut 1: Youthful Indiscretions was first published in March 2023. Here is information about copyright and credits.

The latest version of this ebook is Version 1.05. It has been based on an epub version which was validated with epubcheck 5.0.0.

Ebooks in the Existential Smut series are published by Ripe Mango Take Two Press, an imprint of adults-only fiction titles from Personville Press. For editorial inquiries, contact series editor Hapax Legomenon. To report technical problems about this ebook or website, contact Personville Press editor Robert Nagle.

Earlier versions of many stories appeared on the web during the 2000s and early 2010s. The “best” (and canonical) version appears inside the latest version of the ebook. The version history should mention whenever an individual story has been modified.

Guide to Ebook Version History

  • * means that the change is extremely minor and unlikely to be noticed by most readers.
  • ** means that change might be noticeable, especially to readers of certain devices or reading applications.
  • A means that new content has been added, but it is unlikely to be noticeable or interesting to most readers
  • AA means that new content has been added and that this addition might be of interest to people reading it.

Version 1.0.5 April 22, 2023.

  • A Added a long note about Michael Perkins’ Secret Record to the Vassi essay. Also removed incorrect reference to Tackling the Team.
  • * Discontinued the A/B version differentiation.

Version 1.0.4a & 1.0.4b April 8, 2023.

  • AA Changes to the “Erotic Comedies” section of Vassi essay. Added extra spacing to the end of the Vassi essay. Corrected the gender of a pronoun for “Sexy Impersonations” Interlude.

Version 1.0.3a & 1.0.3b March 16, 2023.

  • A Added “Thank you for reading box” at the end of Vassi essay.

Version 1.0.2a & 1.0.2b March 14, 2023.

  • A Stylistic adjustments to the Vassi essay. Added TOC to Vassi essay. Included one more quote and renamed a heading.

Version 1.0.1a March 12, 2023. Vendor edition provided directly to ebook distributors.

  • AA Major changes and additions to the Vassi article. Also, added Vassi book cover graphics.
  • ** Because there are so many ways in which this ebook can be distributed, the publisher is making two versions (“A” and “B”) of the same ebook file optimized for different reading systems. Except for minor formatting optimizations relevant to your reading system, these versions are identical in every possible way.

Version 1.0.0 March 10, 2023. Vendor edition provided directly to ebook distributors.

  • Tested on most major ebook platforms. See the publisher website for more details or to report a technical problem.

Version 0.9.9 ARC 1. December 24, 2022 (Pre-release for advance readers and reviewers)

  • This pre-release version is editorially complete and in final form except for the essay on Marco Vassi. The Marco Vassi essay will appear in the final published ebook.

0.0.0 (Webfiction). Earlier versions of these stories were published on ripemangotake.com with the title “99 Erotic Notions”. (and mirrored on ASSTR). They were removed from the website in 2021.