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Cori Catchthorne

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They/them, middle-aged queer. Writing erotic soft sci-fi stories with romance, kink, and polyamory. 18+. https://www.coricatchthorne.com/ https://www.tumblr.com/blog/coricatchthorne https://archiveofourown.org/series/4668373

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · Aug 31

New act, new 📌! My serial, Europa University: Admissions, follows a group of queers (and the occasional digital entity) through romantic/sexy/kinky/polyamorous entanglements and adventures at/around university on an icy moon with a mysterious subsurface ocean (18+). www.coricatchthorne.com 🧵

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Home of Europa University: Admissions, an erotic scifi serial featuring a queer cast exploring kink and polyamory from Jupiter-lit streets amid glassy spires to subsurface ocean depths. 18+.

www.coricatchthorne.com

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 30m

Yayyy it is the season of Treats full of Tricks and I am excited to add this to the feast platter! :D

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 36m

This all sounds great! I was about to ask for a link when I realized you'd already included one in the post and anyway BOOKMARKED

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 41m

I can also just shriek into your comment box on AO3 periodically if you prefer 💜

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 41m

I would beg politely to differ, I read the first one and legit loved it! Really genuinely funny AND sexy! (Datusha bickering AND Ashrah learning new things about herself and fantasizing/reminiscing about Nitara kicking ass?YES!!!) Would it be ok with you if I yell about them in the tag as I read?

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

I can never resist Oliver Cromwell hate 😌

Reposted by Cori Catchthorne

Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 4h

I have one instance of today's word. From Sable on the day of Oliver Cromwell's posthumous execution. #WIPSnips

“Right mad you are if you think I’ll lend you a broadside on that day, of all days. No! No persuasion, no prize have you or any other man to offer,” she cried, eyes afire, “that could tempt me from my chance to see that butcher thrown down the pit to the burning depths of Hell!”

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

Charlie gets it 💜
You must live to deliver us the bük Aud!!! (Also for a million other good reasons)

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

Look kink and spice are easy to conflate but I'm firmly in the camp that they are two complementary but different things! I'm so excited to catch up on what you've been cooking, I'm sorry I missed it initially!

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

#IndieKinktober for anyone else on the tag who was hyped about #Kinktober Ashrah 🤩 I heckin' almost missed it but now I have FOUND IT

Also L O L "go back to the sword if it bothers you" 🤣🤣🤣

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 8d

All right, I'll post the link for #ChroniclesOfTheRealms: #Kinktober edition in case anyone wants to read about Ashrah doing things other than fighting and being insufferable.

archiveofourown.org/works/714937...

She closed the book and put it on the nightstand.

“Ah, cursed Hells, tell me you’re not going to do what I think you’re going to do.”

She glared at the astral presence. “No chains bind you to the Material Plane. Go back to the sword if it bothers you.”

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

HNGGGG

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 7d

#LesficFri "Tempt"

I don't have the word itself (could probably add it somewhere in there, though), but these vibes are... tempting. From my second Kinktober story, currently revising it.

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #MileenaSuêòng #QueerWriters

Heart beating fast, Mileena watched as Tanya stepped out of her shoes and sashayed to the lake, dropping pieces of clothing on the way. Roots along her back and legs stretched, relieved to be free of the fabric’s pressure. Mileena’s mouth watered, a craving thrumming inside her, one she had long learnt to repress: the desire for the hunt.

Tanya dipped a toe into the lake, a root near her shoulder squirming in reaction, then half-turned her head. “You coming?” Not waiting for a reply, she jumped in.

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

LESBIANS HERE!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 4d

#MarketingMonday
Been busy this week rejigging the website so that you can now buy direct!

Visit marinestjean.ca and follow the links.
#lesbianromance #sapphicromance #butchfemme #indiebooks #lgbtqbooks #booksky🌈📚💙

Marine St Jean

Books about women who love women by a woman who loves women

marinestjean.ca

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

OH GODSDAMN IT 😭 I realized yesterday that at least one person's posts weren't showing in the tag for me and went 🤔 "I assumed Marine got busy but I'ma go read through her recent stuff in case because that'll be great anyway." And heckin' LO, this is afflicting you too?? nooo! #IndieKinktober

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

A lovely display of how sensitive, incremental negotiation and establishing consent can take the form of mutually delightful flirtation! And once again Walker shows how embracing a bit of kink can afford a power and control that enables deep, sexy intimacy in a safe container!
#IndieKinktober

Walker Harris @walkerharris.net · 1d

#Kinktober Day 8: Webcam

Jumping back in time, here is Katie & Kyle having their first intimate time together over a video call (Katie still struggles with physical contact). They are, of course, sweet & nervous goofs.

Ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/72137716 (4k words)
#PhlQueens #IndieKinktober

Screenshot of a work-in-progress manuscript.

Her eyes close slightly, and her smile becomes wicked. I notice her hand trembles slightly. She's nervous but pushing through it.
"And while I pleasured myself during that photoshoot, I imagined you watching... and enjoying it so much you pleasured yourself... both of us watching each other."
"That sounds very nice." My breath is getting heavier and I lick my lips. I'm really tempted to just lightly rub the outside of my jeans a little. But I doubt I could stop at just a little like that.
I am so turned on and so comfortable around her that I'm losing my inhibitions. Plus she asked me to help her stretch her limits, become more comfortable with increasing intimacy. But I don’t want to push too far, too hard. I hope I won’t regret this but I say it anyway. "Maybe sometime, if you want, you wouldn't have to imagine me watching. All you have to do is ask."
"I am asking now."

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

AGREED with all this! I adore that aspect of this work, it's such a potent and liberating possibility for those yearning to connect but needing space and time in their present moment.

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 3h

A scary sexy "nightmare" of things that go CHOMP in the dark! More cool biomagitech! Big lady growl and bite 😳 physiological bondage! And, spoilers, the beautiful kink tradition of a bottom gallantly endeavoring to top another bottom 🥹 (this is secretly so sweet and cute y'all)
#IndieKinktober

GenderUnknown's Battlenouns 🔜 MFF @aldehydebackhand.bsky.social · 2d

#Kinktober #IndieKinktober 7

Minutes to spare but it's on time! Once again featuring @expensivewiggle.bsky.social

AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/716891...
FA: archiveofourown.org/works/716891...

🏷️ #furry #lesbian #sleep_paralysis #fear #biting #scratching #blood #vore #roleplay

Something scratches against the wall from outside, making Mischief’s fur bristle. She sits upright… or tries to, only to realize she cannot. Even her breathing is slow and subdued. She screws her eyes shut in a moment of realization. It’s sleep paralysis, isn’t it? Or at least a dream about it. She can’t move, and something raking its huge claws against the cabin is about to haul itself through that window.

“This won’t be very fun if you guess everything in advance,” something growls into her ear.

Mischief’s eyes dart to the opposite corner of her field of vision. There is nothing there. She wants to call out, but even if she can summon the courage, her body still refuses.

“Up here.”

On the wall above her, in defiance of gravity, pink and green claws streak the wallpaper, flexing on enormous paws attached to something hiding in the shadows outside the already meager dawn light. Three eyes open wide, luminous neon spirals beaming down at her.

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 4h

... Why are the last several posts of at least one rad participant who is USING THE TAG not showing up when I look at #IndieKinktober posts??? I hate that. Let me see the beautiful kinkposting, thou benighted application!! 😤 any insights welcome 🫠

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 4h

...I apparently didn't post my reply to this?? BUT, as a connoisseur of dub- and various other *-cons in erotic fiction, I'm intrigued and hope we might see more of Amélie and her journey to maybe getting what she wants in less questionable ways (while making interesting bad choices along the way~)

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 12h

It's literally been my pleasure, and thank YOU for bringing such enthusiasm (and such killer ideas!!!)

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 13h

You have been KILLING IT in every piece I've read, breaks are good! And that gives any of us lagging (whyyyy is work busy NOW 😭 I JUST WANT TO READ AND WRITE KINKY SHIT) a moment to catch back up 😅

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 14h

A preview from Act 2, Chapter 5.EX, a bonus extra credit ultra horny chapter and the other ‘side’ of Kinktober Day 1! Lightly edited to focus in more on the porn and trimming some plot/character stuff that ties into surrounding scenes/arcs.

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 14h

#IndieKinktober 9: Today’s prompt: Tentacles! In which Bel takes off the edge to some highly customized VR porn of a flower-witch ravishing a trespassing mushroom-squire.
AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/716181...
Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/coricatchtho...
#Kinktober #Kinktober2025 #EuropaUniAdmissions

Screenshotted text: Flushing at the vines’ continued teasing, Chant ventured through looping, branching paths, drawn deep into the maze. They emerged into a circular space encompassing a large bank of elegantly-shaped blooms: long green stems crowned with an elegant flare of white, softly ruffled petals, glowing around a thick purple stamen.

Looking around nervously, Chanterelle pulled a small golden blade from their belt and cut one of the blossoms, which kicked loose a dusting of sparkling purple pollen. As they tucked the flower down into the center of their breastplate, Chant inhaled.

Motes vanished into their nose and mouth.

Chant paused. Hesitated. Turned back towards the bank of flowers, bowing to smell them more deeply. On their shuddering exhale, their breath sparkled, tiny motes of gold and, occasionally, red.

Iris’s face appeared in the hedge behind them, just in time to breathe in the glittering cloud of Chant’s exhalation.

Her lips drew back into a hungry, lustful smile. She reached out, drawing the nail of one elegant green finger down the back of their neck.

Chant jolted, squeaked, and turned to run.

But the maze no longer let them pass easily. Vines caught on armor and stroked along limbs. They struggled, gasping with effort and sensation, and managed to break free. Gathering themself, Chant lept forward—and two thick tendrils snatched their ankles, catching them midair and toppling them face-first onto a cushion of waiting vines.

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 1d

I know the feeling well! I feel it for my own work too 😅 but you're writing and seeking feedback and putting stuff out there despite the intense vulnerability that requires and those are some of the hardest and scariest steps along the way!

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoyed the undercurrent of longing and loneliness that Amélie clearly doesn't want to acknowledge within herself as she's warmed by Lena's touch and excitement, feeding the classic vampire tragedy of "they'd likely have freely consented if you'd given them the opportunity, you bloodthirsty dork"

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Mmm sapphic vampire/extremely enthusiastic (if not fully informed) victim, a seasonally appropriate delight! Watching Amélie be ruled by one appetite after another—guided in large part by Lena's eager responses —while insisting to herself that she's in control is VERY hot! Plus: bossy lady vampire 🥴

Jared, goring (people with my horns) 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @jaredgoring.com · 2d

#Kinktober #IndieKinktober #NSFW

Today's (outdoor sex) is an excerpt from a vampire AU! From an entirely AU piece of fanfic I wrote years back.

As there is a vampire, there is blood - think of them as smoke and fire - but not too much I think.

Read more free here! jaredgoring.com/kinktober-da...

Screenshot of text:
"“Whatever you want, Mistress,” Lena murmured swiftly, heatedly, intensely as she stared in awe at the beauty a few scant inches away from her face, holding the torn rag firmly against the side of her neck.

“Yes,” Amélie moaned, gripping at Lena’s shoulders as she leaned her head back to face up to the moon and the sky, “yes, what ever I want, that is right…”

The night filled with more sounds of ecstasy and lust as Amélie’s mouth pulled starkly open in the moonlight, the taste of blood still tangy on her lips and tongue as warm fingers plunged into her and she ground forward against a hot palm. She could feel Lena’s heartbeat, still, picking up again."

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Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 1d

I would happily absolve you of any and all stress about reading pace! I'm still behind on reading other folks' posts too (as my timing on this demonstrates 😅) and like Jared said too, the stories will still be there 💜