Ok, Ok, it's only a short story in an anthology but still it's a first for me.
Here be the scoop. Back in January Carol Queen sent out a call for 1000 word erotic stories for a sequel to the "5 Minute Erotica" anthology.
A friend of mine got one of those e-mails and passed it on to me.

Ms. Queen was looking for what would sell; mostly straight, lightly kinky, hetro erotica of about 1000 words or a five minute read. It sounded a bit like the "Short Take" thread. I stitched together an appropriate story, ran it by Dragon's Muse for obvious blunders, and sent it off with an introduction by mid February.

I heard it was accepted in May and a contract was signed with Running Press (who's publishing the anthology) in Sept. Today I got the Check. a onetime payment of $70.00 not that much but a resume builder when you're trying to sell another manuscript.


The book titled "More 5 Minute Erotica will be published in December if all goes well but at this point I need only cash my check and wish them well.

I put little black squiggles on paper.... Mum would be so proud.

Mad Lews