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Debra Hyde isn’t likely to stray too far from sex writing; it took her too
long to find it in the first place. But she's fast making up for
lost time. Today, you can find Hyde’s fiction in any number of
erotica anthologies and at an increasing number of webzines. Just as notable, she documents sexuality news at her weblog,
Pursed Lips and tracks her leather and literary life in her diary, From the Margins. Here at Scarlet Letters, she plans to continue her One Nightstand
books column, write a cycle of Connecticut S/M stories, compile
bibliographies of as many antiquarian erotica publishers as possible,
and compose an occasional reflective piece of memoir. |
On the surface, life for Debra consists of a conventional, nuclear
family (replete with the trepidation of raising teenagers) and
much writing solitude. But the recent body invasion of a tattooed
vine across her lower back commemorates another facet of her life:
her S/M relationship of five years with her Master. Together,
they plan to add to the design in the coming years.
And now that hot flashes are upon her, Debra’s most interested
in examining the life cycle and breadth of human sexuality. How
she’ll do that in her short fiction and nonfiction writing and find time to write the two novels that swirl around in her head,
she doesn’t know. Stick around and watch her juggle it all. |
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09.30.03: short fiction
Under the Frog Bridge |
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| Like that other word my grandmother would use, liebeskind. But that word had dark beginnings. "Nothing good will come
of this," she had hissed to my mother when first she held me,
before she welcomed me into the family with her kisses and her
cooing. Liebeskind -- me, the child tainted by an accident and abandonment, cherished
despite the shame. As the cock shuddered within me, I choked on
my shame, knowing that that man’s orgasm had fulfilled my grandmother's
old world prediction. |
05.05.03: AiR craft series
Cha0s and Creativity |
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| Writing is a greedy creature. It sucks you into its demands and
then insists on your complete attention and dedication. It’s
egocentric. Just like children. When mine were little, I almost
completely abandoned writing. I tried writing short observational
essays -- what would now be labeled creative nonfiction -- but
no sooner would I draft something and the muse would hammer me
for line edits, than my toddler son would take his toy hammer
to my foot and demand equal time. |
08.01.02: short fiction
On Hallowed Ground |
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| Mark's idea came to him during one day during a boring jack-off.
In a brief mental epiphany -- the best of which always happened
when it involved his dick -- the word sex lead to hooker, which
led to Thomas Hooker. That was followed by the vision of Ramona's
face, followed by his familiarity with her tight ass, followed
by a quick tension, a long release, and a thick glob of cum which
oozed onto his belly. |
02.19.02: literary commentary
New Tricks |
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| Ashamed of his penis size, a Japanese businessman hid behind a
prosthetic dick during a call girl encounter. But the lovemaking's
awkward and unsatisfactory, and when the call girl finds the cause
of all the fumbling, she counsels the man about sexual honesty.
Then she puts her mouth where his money is and genuinely cockworships
him into erotic exhaustion. The author was the famed happy hooker,
Xaviera Hollander, and I never forgot that story. |
10.18.01: literary commentary
Parallel Thrills |
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| Reading erotica and collecting erotica have a lot in common. Both
are prurient attractions. They appeal to my favorite obsessive
lusts - one for sex and the other for books. And both can get
you labeled with the suffix mania (as in nympho- and biblio-)
if you're not careful. |
Debra in the archives: |
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| Summer - Fall 2001, Spring 2001, Winter 2000, Fall 2000, Summer
2000 |
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12.07.06: Scarlet Letters -- in case it isn't glaringly obvious -- is currently
on an extended hiatus. The web has changed, we've changed, and
we're trying to figure out how we both fit together now, which isn't a process we want to rush.
In the meantime, by all means, enjoy our years of past content,
all of which still remain in the public and subscription areas.
If you're looking for more current SL-related content, you can
have check out upcoming books from editor Heather Corinna and previous co-editor Hanne Blank, check out Heather's current sexuality sites, or explore sites through the femmerotic network. We hope to be back with you soon, as fresh, challenging and
unexpected as ever.
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