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Cliterature, smut sluts, and other bookmarks. (The world’s out of balance. Help us tip the scales — and we’ll send you spicy bookmarks, free.)
Parneet Gosal
September 23, 2025
Last night marked the fall equinox — when the world pauses in perfect balance. A time to let go of what no longer serves us, and lean into what’s next.
And while we may have moved into fall, the romance world has never felt more imbalanced.
Radish is shutting down. Amazon and other retailers bury sexy, subversive stories where readers can’t find them. Social algorithms silence certain bodies, certain pleasures. Medium’s vague rules around “graphic” content have tanked authors’ earnings — all under policies that treat female and queer desire as something shameful.
So yeah, we made these bookmarks — to restore a little balance, and to make it easier to share the stories they’re trying to hide.
Want a set? Just help us spread the word.
Post about Theo Reads on your TikTok or IG, plug us in your newsletter/Facebook group/podcast, or simply text a link to your group chat. Then send us a screenshot at [email protected] or hit reply — and we’ll send you a set of bookmarks, free.
Because every time you share these stories, you're helping someone else remember:
Love is holy. Desire is sacred. And your body is not a problem to solve.
With love,
Parneet
Co-founder, Theo Reads
 Full-length eBook | Dangerous ground By M.R. Rutter (🌶️🌶️🌶️ Romantic Suspense) A sinkhole is the perfect place to hide a body. Or is it? While standing over the skeletons of young women discovered deep beneath the earth, Deputy Sheriff Ingrid Olaffsen knew she was facing the challenge of her career. One she thought she’d never see working in rural Minnesota. She was wrong. Soon there’s the disappearance of yet another girl and Ingrid realizes that she’s on the trail of a killer. One she has to stop, before the unthinkable happens. When Michael Wilson appears in Ingrid’s life and investigation, Ingrid is torn. She is attracted to the handsome, enigmatic former marine with sad eyes, a slow drawl and a killer smile. But she doesn’t fully trust his motives. |
 Novella | Shadow Boxing By Mark Koda (🌶️🌶️ Celebrity, Sports, Gay) My name is Billy Marks, and taking photos is my talent. Getting in over my head? That's a close second. I find this out the hard way the night I'm assigned to document the rise of upcoming boxing champion Ashton Hendricks: who, though an amazing fighter in his own right, is also breathtakingly gorgeous. But when I catch a once-in-a-lifetime image of Ashton winning his first major fight, I'll soon learn that I've captured more than just his photo. I've captured his attention as well. |
 Short Story | Tiny Humps a Stump By Richard Bacula (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Casual Hookup) A Backwoods Lothario named Tiny spies a sexy, naive young tree stump sitting quietly in a clearing. Will Tiny simply conquer her and coldly move on, or will she turn out to be the ultimate object of desire and capture his heart? Find out, in this riveting tale of forbidden love in the tradition of Romeo and Juliet! |
 Full-length eBook | Fast Freddie By Tori Lennox (🌶️ Regency Romance, Enemies to Lovers) Lady Fredericka “Fast Freddie” Tipping swore she’d never be taken in by the Duke of Albemarle’s charm again - especially after their sham engagement ended in gossip and heartbreak. But scandal has a way of following her, from whispered on-dits in London ballrooms to a certain determined duke who keeps appearing where she least expects him… and occasionally leaving her sleeves in tatters. From stolen glances amid the quadrille to breathless confrontations in shadowed gardens and locked libraries, Freddie and the “Dastardly Duke” spar, scheme, and defy the ton’s expectations - until love proves the most dangerous gamble of all. |
 Ongoing Series | The Baron: Part 1, Part 2 By Lily Jenkins (🌶️🌶️🌶️ Historical Romance) Lottie was sure her existence as a serving maid was invisible to the Baron. She was wrong... |
Halloween Stories:
 Short Story | The Beast By Cecilia Tan (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Shifters & Werewolves) In a world ravaged by famine, a young woman is offered to a sacred beast to sate its lust and end the land's suffering. Bound to an altar by a silent monk, she awaits the beast's approach, her body betraying her fear and desire... This story was featured in the VICE TV show Slutever, "Monster Fantasies," and was written on the train from Boston to New York for the filming of the episode. |
 Short Story | Lore By Gora Shade (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Fairy Tale, Erotic Horror) On a sultry Halloween night, Andre—charming, reckless, and ever the island playboy—sets his sights on Amber, a heartbroken dancer with a penchant for adventure. But when his plans for a steamy tryst in the ocean go awry, he’s left exposed—literally—only to be ensnared by a mesmerizing stranger with iridescent scales and a hunger that defies human logic. Seductive, eerie, and dripping with dark folklore, this tale twists island myths into a chilling reality where lust meets legend, and the ocean’s depths claim more than just secrets. One wrong move, and Andre will learn the hard way: some fairy tales bite back. |
 Short Story | A Hunter for Halloween By Samantha Sapphire (🌶️🌶️ Fated Mate, Aliens & Monsters) Keelie Lamont, a single Canadian woman, wins a Halloween cruise ticket and encounters a mysterious, tentacled man who changes her life forever. Keelie finds herself drawn into a world of myth and magic beneath the ocean’s surface, where she discovers her true destiny as the mate of the Leviathan king. This novella blends romance, fantasy, and a touch of horror, culminating in a thrilling underwater adventure. |
 Short Story | Corn Hold By Richard Bacula (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Erotic Fantasy) A lonely woman assumes that she'll be spending Halloween night alone, again. Instead, she finds herself in for the strangest, most erotic evening of her life. |
 Short Story | Belle and the Beasts By Lucy Felthouse (🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Erotic Fantasy) A lonely woman assumes that she'll be spending Halloween night alone, again. Instead, she finds herself in for the strangest, most erotic evening of her life. |