• What is pulp erotica?
• What is pulp fiction?
• What is exploitation fiction?
• Do "exploitation" stories exploit women?
• Caution: Is pulp racist and sexist?
• Can I get the complete stories behind the excerpts?
• Are the cover art images scans of real novels and magazines?
• Where can I see real examples of pulp and exploitation art?
• What does "femmes fatale" mean?
• Okay, now what does "film noir" mean?
• What do the "Mf, fam, nc, bond" codes mean?
• Can I submit a story?
• Can I post your stories on a news group or on another website or otherwise publish them?
• How did you create those cool covers?
• Who or what is Punchinello?
• How can I create my own adult website?
• History of the Pulp Erotica website

What is pulp erotica?

Pulp Erotica builds on a long tradition of mixing sex and violence with other taboos. This site offers sex stories and faux cover art inspired by pulp fiction of the 1930s and 40s and exploitation fiction of the 1950s and 60s. In their day, these genres offered titillating art and great stories that nevertheless never quite followed thru on the sex they implied on their covers.

The stories in this site are sexually explicit and not meant for readers under the legal age of sexual consentin their areas. It is the reader's responsibility to determine the legality of erotic fiction in his or her area. And if you just don't like dirty words, take a walk.

All sex partners in the stories presented here are at least 16 years old. All models are at least 18 years old. Illegal acts depicted here, such as rape, murder, and drug use, are not condoned by the editor in real life.

What is pulp fiction?

Pulp fiction was popular in the 1930s and 40s. It offered stories of sex and violence, crime and intrigue, often set in exotic locales and featuring near-superhuman heroes and villains. Pulp fiction gave rise to both exploitation fiction and comic books and influenced early cinema. It continues to be an influence, with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films being new versions of pulp stories and other films that directly remade pulp heroes like The Phantom, The Saint, Zorro, and The Shadow.

Visit Pulp Worldfor a complete history of the pulps.

In this site, most of the categories are types of pulp fiction: Crimes of Passion, Pussies in Peril, Science Friction, Fantasy Friction, Femmes Fatale, Wild Westerns, and Horrors in Heat.

What is exploitation fiction?

Exploitation novels and magazines grew out of pulp fiction. They were popular "trash fiction" in the 1950s and 60s, when genuine, sexually explicit material could be seized as obscene, particularly if it went by US mail. The novels exploited sex, drugs, and violence, especially promiscuity and lesbianism, but rarely delivered the kind of salacious detail their cover art implied. They were often repackaged under new titles with different cover art, to resell to the unsuspecting public looking for cheap thrills.

Exploitation fiction led to sexploitation cinema, typified by Russ Meyer films like Lorna, Mondo Topless, and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, which exploited sex and violence without really showing much of it. This in turn led to modern porn films as well as to blaxploitation cinema, such as Blackula, Foxy Brown, and Shaft. These finally led to Quentin Tarantino films like Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, and of course Pulp Fiction, which puts us back where we started.

In this site, the Troubled Teens, Kinky Kicks, and Desire in Uniform categories represent the exploitation genre, with a little crossover into some of the others.

Caution: Do "exploitation" stories exploit women? Is pulp racist and sexist?

In word: yes. Stories from the 30s and 40s reflected the writers' attitudes toward foreigners and blacks just as works from any other time period do. In the 30s and 40s, Asians were inscrutable; blacks were musical but lazy; Irishmen were belligerent drunks; Poles were stupid; Swedes were naive; and natives of any stripe were savages. On top of it all, they were all filthy and stupid; and they deserved the rough treatment they were given.

Furthermore, stories from the 50s and 60s dropped the gentlemanly pretense of earlier times and exploited the sexual side of women for all it was worth. Women were no longer just foolish, obedient, chaste, and nurturing. Many were scheming, money-grubbing, sex-mad man-eaters. And it wasn't only women. Teenagers were starting to assert themselves, and so got labeled wild, rebellious, violent, and sex-obsessed.

Today, we can appreciate such characterizations as quaint relics of their time. Of course black people are no different from white people in the same culture. Of course Asians seem mysterious if you've never bothered to study their culture or history. Of course women are nurturing and scheming (and so are men).

But, geez, isn't it fun to indulge in a little fantasy now and then about "filthy savages" ravishing "pure maidens"? And if someone isn't scheming about something, there would be no conflict to drive the story; if it was always a white guy from New Jersey, that wouldn't be much of an adventure.

Stories at this site aren't real pulp and exploitation; they're written today, with today's perspective, but it wouldn't be fun if we held back much. Who would want to read a story like the one at right?

So the stories in this site play it straight. You're not going to find political correctness at a site called "Pulp Erotica." It's a dirty, nasty world and we're wallowing in it.

Can I get the complete stories behind the excerpts?

Sorry. The excerpts are just fun tidbits to enhance the "covers." Think of them as flash fiction. If there were complete stories for them, I would post the complete stories. Pulp Erotica is a totally free site. Now and then, I complete the story for a piece of existing cover art and publish it in place of the excerpt, so look for these.

Are the cover art images scans of real novels and magazines?

No. I've produced some pieces of pulp and exploitation art that are inspired by the real thing but which are strictly phony. These use real pictures created by other artists and photographers to create a mockup of cover art that might have been, but which are often much more...um...explicit than the real thing ever was. Enjoy!

Where can I see real examples of pulp and exploitation art?

Check out the links page: Likely Suspects!

What does "femmes fatale" mean?

"Femmes fatale" is the plural of "femme fatale," which is French for "deadly woman." In an era and genre where women were usually portrayed as damsels in distress, this is a term used to describe a woman who is just as dangerous as any man, common to film noir as well as pulp fiction.

Okay, now what does "film noir" mean?

"Film noir" is French for "dark film," a style of cinema that arose in Europe in the 1920s and 30s that used low-key, dramatic lighting (to keep costs low) compared to Hollywood film-making. The films became known for their dark themes of isolation, fatalism, cynicism, shame, and violence.

Soon, the term "noir" began to be applied to other art forms such as fiction that dealt with the same themes, especially the detective fiction of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. These authors invented some of the characters made famous by Humphrey Bogart and George Raft in films like The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, and They Drive by Night.

Pulp art often imitated the dramatic lighting effects of film noir. A band of light across a character's eyes, a killer's shadow on the wall, a face lit from below, the shadow of prison bars on the floor, etc. became trademarks of both genres.

What do the "Mf, fam, nc, bond" codes mean?

The story codes are pretty much standard Internet sex story codes. The "MmFf" codes indicate adult or teen males or females, and the other codes are specific elements that might turn you on or off, which helps you decide whether or not to read the story. The first M or F indicates the dominant partner in the scene. A single M or F indicates masturbation.

Specifically, "Mf, fam, nc, bond" would mean "adult male engages a teen female who is a family member in nonconsensual sex in a story involving bondage." That could mean Uncle Gus beats and ties up Tiffany, then rapes her violently (not a story likely to be found on this site) or Carl catches stepdaughter Betty stuck in a window trying to sneak out after curfew and raises her skirt to tease her naughty pussy to an orgasm she's too ashamed to admit she wants badly.

Can I submit a story?

Yes! I'm focusing my time on other hobbies lately, so I'm not looking to add more material to the site. You can still check out the submission guidelines.

Can I post your stories on a news group or on another website or otherwise publish them?

Yes! As long as you include a link to Pulp Erotica (http://www.pulperotica.com) and as long as it's free for readers, you can post the stories wherever you want. If you post a story to a website, please send a note to the author.

Contact the author for permission to publish for profit.

How did you create those cool covers?

Some great fonts are available for free from Type Oasis. The main ones from there that we use are (these link to Pulp Erotica pages where they are used): Fedora, Espionage, and Speakeasy. We also used fonts called Startling, Chiller, Jokerman, and a great 60s-look one called Lydian.

I like JASC Paint Shop Pro. It has great tools for adding text to images and manipulating them and doesn't cost an arm and a leg like Adobe Photoshop. Actual covers from the pulp and exploitation genres didn't have particularly fancy title work, but did have terrific art that made them famous. Sadly, I can't reproduce the art, but I can emulate it.

All of the images I use come straight off the Web from sources like Most Erotic Teens and DOMAI. I try to credit the source or model when I know them. If you own the rights to an image I've used here, feel free to ask for a link, credit, or removal of the pic.

Who or what is Punchinello?

Punchinello is both the creator and primary contributor of Pulp Erotica. The name comes from a character of traditional (16th century) Italian comedic theater (commedia del arte) who was usually depicted as an aged or hunchback clown with a hooked nose and a nasty, prankish disposition. He was a kind of likable troublemaker, always stirring the pot for his own amusement.

Later, the character was transported to England (and reinterpreted) as Mr. Punch of Punch and Judy puppet theater. Punch was a really nasty fellow who mistreated or murdered everyone he came across. Medieval audiences thought it was hilarious.

In the mid-19th century, Punchinello was used as the name of an American humor magazine (not to be confused with the older, English humor magazine Punch).

How can I create my own adult website?

A lot of Web hosts won't allow adult content (they can be bandwidth hogs and legal hassles). I registered this domain and hosted this site originally with Extreme Hosting, but in May 2006 switched to Go Daddy because Extreme Hosting was very unreliable and, eventually, way stingier than Go Daddy with traffic allowances. You'll need a Web design tool, such as Macromedia Dreamweaver or HotMetal Pro. Oh, and some dirty pictures or something.

History of the Pulp Erotica website

I keep a detailed history of the site for reference.