Existential Smut

Version History for Volume 1 & 2

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

The latest version of Volume 1 is Version 1.0.8. It has been based on an epub version which was validated with epubcheck 5.1.0. (More)

Existential Smut 2: Shameful Attractions was first published in December 2024. Here is information about copyright and credits.

The latest version of Volume 2 is Version 1.0.0. It has been based on an epub version which was validated with epubcheck 5.1.0. (More)

Generally, (with one important exception), anywhere you bought the cloud-based ebook will have the latest ebook version. You can always obtain a DRM-free copy of the latest version from this page.

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 on this page. The version history listed below 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 History of Volume 1

Version 1.10 August 8, 2025

  • *Corrected 2 minor typos.
  • *Added extra information about the ebook’s website.

Version 1.0.9 January 7, 2025

  • *Corrected 3 very minor typos. Also renamed a character in Teenage Girl Masturbating – Multiorgasmic. (The original name coincided with a living actor).

Version 1.0.8 December 18, 2024

  • ** Improved layout for images. Added 1 image to “Pleasure Manifesto” chapter.

Version 1.0.7 October 7, 2024

  • * Fixed 2 random typos. Made extremely minor adjustments to Volume 2 preview.

Version 1.0.6 May 1, 2024

  • AA Made major corrections to the “Marco Vassi: Biography” section of the Vassi essay. Added references to the 2023 interview with David Steinberg.
  • A Updated dates on the “Lusty Bibliophile” page and provided a link to the “How to Be Offensive” essay (which is about Amazon’s decision to block this ebook from its store).
  • Fixed minor punctuation issues and a missing reference in the Credits section. Added two extra words to the “Interlude If it’s not important … Why?”
  • Updated book catalog listing.

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.

Version History for Volume 2

Version 1.0.1 August 5, 2025.

  • Note about the Amazon version. In the past, posting even trivial revisions for Existential Smut has caused problems with Amazon. Several times, updating the content has caused Amazon to mistakenly remove the ebook from their stores and in one case resulted in the publisher’s entire account being deactivated. My best guess is that Amazon uses automated tools to check if erotically-themed ebooks violate their content standards, and that these automated tools are failing to evaluate my ebooks correctly and fairly. Unfortunately when this happens, Amazon’s appeal process is slow, opaque and inconsistent. For this reason, I will not be updating this ebook on Amazon (although I will update the ebooks to everywhere else).
  • * In the story “Initiations,” added a missing word.
  • * In the essay, “Notes on Cafe Flesh,” added a web link to the 2025 review I wrote about the 2025 restoration of Cafe Flesh. (It is also found on the Ripe Mango Take Two Press website.)
  • * In the “About this Project,” updated the information about Lusty Bibliophile Book Reports and its Lusty Bibliophile Annual Ebook list. This information is also found on the website.

Version 1.0.0 Dec 16, 2024.

  • Initial release for commercial ebook distributors.