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"Ghostlight Fall" rolls on, and we're stoked to feature an author new to the show: Elsie LePlant! We've never covered her work before, but we'll never forget our first encounter with her! Give us a listen as Katie recaps Defined and Defiled. You may think you love books, but not like this tome's FMC loves them!Book DescriptionShirley would do anything for her students. Even flirt her way into the closed off basement of her school.But her students might not be the only ones learning a thing or two when she finds a sentient Dictionary that can re-define what love means to her.Triggers, Tropes, and TitillationsTriggers: serial workplace harassment, that one guy you avoid at work events, magic, accidental use of magic, non-consensual transfiguration, mild body horror, 90’s references and excessive puns.Tropes: F/M cis/het romance between a human woman and a man who has been turned into a magic book, age gap (both are over 25,) supernatural small town, secrets, lies, and creepy janitors.Titillations: unique anatomy, sex with a sentient object, sex in a public place, sex in a car, oral sex, vaginal sex, double penetration, his tongue is the ribbon bookmark.So...What Are You Into?Katie: Minecraft ARGsMaxx: Mystery Science Theater 3000Elsie's InstagramOur LinktreeMusic: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy ★ Support this podcast ★

Week two of Ghostlight Fall features two books from show favorite Nicole Parker! We kind of knew what we were in for with Nicole, but in classic Nicole fashion, she still found ways to surprise us! Give us a listen as Katie blasts through The Totally Typical Tale of Mappy McMapface and Hello, Nurse, Nicole's contribution to the Ghostlight Falls series.Book DescriptionsMappy McMapface takes pride in being Ghostlight Falls’ very own himbo. Who needs brains with wings like those?Carter regrets giving Mappy the spotlight. His bitterness and quest for revenge may lead to a not so happy ending for everyone.But Mappy is hiding a secret. A secret so secret he doesn’t even know about it. Once the truth is revealed, will the town still love their adorable himbo? Will Mappy be able to keep the love of his life, Miguel? Or will his life go off course?Growing up in Ghostlight Falls, Rebecca has seen her fair share of the unusual, but when she runs into three mysterious creatures hiding from their past, her curiosity leads her down a path she never expects.Will their dark history get in the way of a bright future, or can Rebecca help Blabbo, Absurdo, and Angelina find a way to be free from Dr. Sinister forever?Triple T'sMapfaceTRIGGERS: attempted murder, bad science, car accidents, attempted drowning (not detailed,) memory loss and blackouts, alcohol use, history of bullying, needles, drugging, kidnapping, and forced shifting.TROPES: M/M Cis/homosexual romance ft bat-winged himbo and an almost totally normal human man.TITILLATIONS: oral sex, anal sex, flavored cum, masturbation, weird dick, wing play.Hello, NurseTRIGGERS: evil scientist, abused lab experiments, kidnapping, violence, ritual magic.TROPES: FFMM cis/queer erotic short story, 3 non-human partners and 1 (mostly) human nurse, Animaniacs coded.TITILLATIONS: all group sex all the time! Oral, vaginal, and anal sex, double penetration, triple penetration, face sitting, knots, mating bites.So...What Are You Into?Katie: Rust Valley RestorersMaxx: Silent Hill 2 RemakeAuthor's WebsiteOur LinktreeMusic: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy ★ Support this podcast ★

On the one hand, this week's episode is a few days late. On the other hand, for the month of November, Cheap Smut is going weekly again as we celebrate the release of Ghostlight Falls, a 13-book series co-created by some of our favorite authors: Dakota Cockaday, Nicole Parker, Thea Masen, G.M. Fairy, Sabrina Cross, Sylvia Morrow, Luna Cantrip, Clover Holloway, Elsie LePlant, Kenzie James, and Latrexa Nova. All month, we're covering books from the interconnected world of Ghostlight Falls, a creepy town in the Pacific Northwest that isn't too creepy to keep the citizens from getting horny! To prove our point, we're kicking things off with Close Encounters of the Ghostlight Falls Kind by Dakota Cockaday, and as always, she doesn't let us down!Close Encounters of the Ghostlight Falls Kind is a standalone prequel novella that follows our journalist FMC as she seeks to uncover the mystery of the Wonder Hole.Triple T'sTRIGGERS: brief moments of panic and general tomfoolery.TROPES: F/M cis/het erotic short story, alien romance, insta-lust, fated mates?TITILLATIONS: a whole lotta tentacles.So...What Are You Into?Katie: Law and Order: SVU Maxx: Matt Baume on YouTubeOur LinktreeMusic: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy ★ Support this podcast ★

On this week's episode, Maxx mentioned that he would be making his return to stand-up comedy. Like any good comic, he recorded the seven-minute performance, and now he would like to share it with all of you! Prior to the set, Katie and Maxx talk briefly about Maxx's history with stand-up comedy, his inspirations, and his plans going forward.(Audio recorded 13 October 2025 at Crunchie's in East Lansing, Michigan.)Music: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy ★ Support this podcast ★

It's a race against the clock this week, as Katie and Maxx barrel through The Flower Queen by Phenix Lynn, each with a heroic amount of edibles (consumed right before Maxx hit "Record") slowly kicking in. Whether they won or lost depends on how you feel about a married couple giddily recounting a smutty Thumbelina retelling!Book DescriptionLeena is a day away from marrying her best friend, King Obe. When she is kidnapped the night before the wedding, she must face her fears and remember the survival skills she learned as a child to survive. Will she get back to the castle and her beloved king?Obe, Flower King of the Seelie Court, is about to marry his truest love, Leena. But when she is kidnapped, a beautiful courtier from the Unseelie Court, at the castle for the wedding, comforts and befriends him. Will he fall for her in Leena’s absence?Sparrow is home from a trip to the human realm, for the wedding of his two childhood friends. But he is secretly in love with one of them. Will he make his feelings known?Triple T'sTriggers: kidnapping, imprisonment, violence, blood, gore & bones, torture & murder, drugging, on-page panic attacks, sexual harrasment of the main character(s), survival in harsh environments, gruesome injury of a main character, no musical numbers.Tropes: FMM Cis/Queer romance, Thumbelina retelling, fae/shifting/magic, survival story, idiots-in-love, nursing the injured.Titillations: reference to kink and play (not depicted on page,) explicit on-page sex including oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex, and double vaginal penetration, MM, FM, and FMM. So...What Are You Into?Katie: Greenleaf Classics Books Digital Cover Archive (NSFW and lacks content warnings; some images may be disturbing)Maxx: Sloppy Second SalesBONUS LINK: Big Box CollectionAuthor's WebsiteOur LinktreeMusic: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy ★ Support this podcast ★