I have to second Monsieur De Sade... hopefully these are fantasies, and they will remain so, but if executed properly they could be shaped into an intriguing story. But the line is very thin. For example, the novel I am currently writing uses pears in a few instances, and I have to admit they were tricky. Once you go down this road, you almost inevitably fall towards snuff. This is a path I chose to try, this once, and I may yet revise it. Nonetheless, I tried to keep the gore to a minimum. When you write about really violent tortures, I think it's possible to make them hot without going overboard. The key is to stop at a reasonable point when giving details. Maybe I'm way off-base here, but I believe what turns people on about these scenarios is not the prospect of actually performing the acts, but more of the perceived power of controlling the victim and elliciting a very strong fear response. I think, for some, this is an even bigger trip than sex. Of course, the flip-side to this is that --- to people who are NOT bent this way --- these acts may perpetuate and encourage violence in the more unstable, and yes, to the untrained eye, it does gives BDSM a very bad rap. I think we should all respect each other's kinks, but I agree there is a line in the sands of taste, and when it's crossed sometimes good erotic fiction can become really tasteless slash.