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Hapax Legomenon

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Hapax Legomenon (a pseudonym) edits the Existential Smut series. He lives in the southern part of the USA. He began writing erotic stories after graduate school in the 1990s. He wrote all the stories for Volume 1 and Volume 2.

You can read the author's blog on his website which contains occasionally book reviews of books in the artsy erotica category.

Q:HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STORIES IN THE EXISTENTIAL SMUT COLLECTIONS?

A: It varies. Several stories are comic or fun. Most are psychological and contemplative. The language can be sexually explicit, polite but never demeaning, laced with metaphor and wit. Many focus on private erotic feelings and the struggle to understand them. Most are told from the perspective of a young single male seek
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“It is much easier," I observed, "to love you than to love a short story."

"That's what you think," she said, tossing a pillow at me.”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 1: Youthful Indiscretions

“Lighten up," I said. "It's only fu**ing; it's a mind game we play to avoid metaphysical questions. The problem of 'too much recreational fu**ing' doesn't even rank in the top ten threats to human civilization. Innovations follow a pattern; first, they delight, then they terrify. Eventually people adapt (with rules and safeguards), until eventually our lives become just as boring as before. Perhaps sexual stimulants will increase our interest in cosmetics or physical fitness or avatar sex; perhaps everyone will abandon their physical bodies and do their fu**ing in cyberspace. Will we be happier or more miserable? I haven't a clue. My guess is that the general state of happiness will not be any better or worse.”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 2: Shameful Attractions

“Pleasure should be simple, blunt and surprising. (final line from "Pleasure Manifesto")”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 1: Youthful Indiscretions

“College is a time to love and hurt and play.”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 1: Youthful Indiscretions

“Pleasure should be simple, blunt and surprising. (final line from "Pleasure Manifesto")”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 1: Youthful Indiscretions

“Literature is always trying to hoodwink readers about something … and occasionally succeeding. Didn't Elizabeth Hardwick say that the greatest American female novelist was Henry James?"

"Ms. Hardwick could be such a prick sometimes," Lisa said, half-mockingly.”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 1: Youthful Indiscretions

“It is much easier," I observed, "to love you than to love a short story."

"That's what you think," she said, tossing a pillow at me.”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 1: Youthful Indiscretions

“Lighten up," I said. "It's only fu**ing; it's a mind game we play to avoid metaphysical questions. The problem of 'too much recreational fu**ing' doesn't even rank in the top ten threats to human civilization. Innovations follow a pattern; first, they delight, then they terrify. Eventually people adapt (with rules and safeguards), until eventually our lives become just as boring as before. Perhaps sexual stimulants will increase our interest in cosmetics or physical fitness or avatar sex; perhaps everyone will abandon their physical bodies and do their fu**ing in cyberspace. Will we be happier or more miserable? I haven't a clue. My guess is that the general state of happiness will not be any better or worse.”
Hapax Legomenon, Existential Smut 2: Shameful Attractions

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