“…It was the noise that woke her. Not the insects or pinging, but a sound that was utterly out of place in the environment–the stuttered rip of a zipper. She opened her eyes to see him looking at her again but, this time, he didn’t look away. His face was unreadable as she watched him push a hand inside his open jeans, free a semi-erect cock, and begin slowly and casually to stroke it…”

This is a reading of chapter one of the novel The Waiting Room, now available at Republica Press as an e-book, or downloadable from Amazon.com in a Kindle Version.

Photo: Lilya Corneli

This week, it’s not a story I offer you, but a discussion on writing about taboo subjects and erotica’s future as a genre.

This podcast is a response to The Good Parts Podcast, Episode 14. The Good Parts is a podcast produced by three excellent erotica writers: Helen E. Madden, Nobilis Reed & Ann Regentin

I encourage you to download and listen to their podcast before you listen to mine, as I respond to points they make in their discussion. You can find this podcast at http://thegoodparts.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=576529

I hope I don’t have to underscore that the opinions in my podcast are mine, and therefore only opinion, and quite probably terminally flawed.

On January 2nd, 2009, Jeremy Sykes stepped into the crowded elevator that took him to his office on the 44th floor. The passengers were bundled up against the winter cold. Some looked tanned from recent winter holidays in warmer climes, but all exuded that air of barely contained ill temper that inevitably haunts everyone who has had a Christmas break…

The Virtue of Patience is short erotic story about a chance encounter in an office tower’s elevator. This story is read by Nobilis, of Nobilis Erotica