Righteous:

Cheers for the reply, VLM Confused? Ermm...I was only responding to issues that had already been raised on this thread. 'Snuff' and 'Paedophilia' had already been linked here as controversial or 'squicky' story topics. In fact I already read another poster 'go from one point to another in one shot' and stick in 'scat' for good measure :

Quote VLMarquette:
'Snuff is one thing, but pedophile, is a whole different ball of wax. I list it right up there with scatology, which is gross, and wrong. Incest, I deal with in the books I write all the time, once again, dealing with vampire's it sort of comes with the territory, much like snuff'

Well good for you. But have you thought that some people might regard the stuff you write as 'gross'?? First you say your stories touch on snuff then you say they don't. Actually I love your 'Dark Love' series and I would still like to know what you think of Anne Rice's erotic snuff scenes...

The point I'm trying to make is what you think is 'gross and wrong' others might not. What you think is OK, others may consider 'gross'. Sex with a 14year-old is OK where you live and you admit writing stories about it but in large portions of the world it would be considered paedophilia. Get my drift?

I'm not being judgemental or attacking anyone - I'm just looking for answers in what seems a confused subject. Reason? I'm writing a couple of stories that involve 14-16 year-olds and I'm not sure whether to post them here.

Personal opinion; I think the message about not posting 'child porn' should be removed from the story submission page. Child porn involves actual abuse of a real person; not a story. The 'pedophile' story class should be scrapped and replaced with 'pre-teen'. Then we all know where we are.

Good luck.

T

PS, thanks for the kinda wonderful stream-of-consciousness cyber stuff, agp_millie