something a little different: Victorian homoerotica

[missviolet]

Here's something a trifle different - some original Victorian-style homoerotic fiction. I have decided, after much pondering, that my conventional short stories are worth the investment in time, although pornography is more marketable (short stories have declined in popularity since the 1950s.) I may yet continue the adventures of these two 19th-

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[lookfar]

I say! These two fellows are quite the thing! Full of the sap of youth, what? What a pleasure to see two sodomites at home and comfortable. Thanks for giving us the opportunity.

[missviolet]

Thanks! I may yet continue their adventures - Jack will make an excellent pornographer, and Cedric's photographic illustrations will lend a bit of sass to their shared publishing venture. I hope to free Jack from a dull career as a clerk yet spare him the indignation of living off Cedric's money. If I ever self-publish pornography, it cannot be about Holmes and Watson because they are copyrighted, so I came up with these two, who are reminiscent of Holmes and Watson, although I set them in New York since I've never been to London. Thanks for reading and commenting! I'm dragging a few other stories out of the archives while the office is closed for the holiday break.

[lookfar]

But..but..Holmes and Watson are not copyrighted, are they? They are over 100 yrs old, and isn't that the limit of copyright? Otherwise, there wouldn't be The Seven-Percent Solution and Young Sherlock and all those other derivitives. If you contact K_Haldane, I think she might tell you that she is writing a piece of H/W pr0n for publication right now.

[missviolet]

They are trademarked characters, if no longer copyrighted, but they still need to be licensed. Anyway that's not to say you cannot publish Holmes porn, only that I dare not do so, at least, not for profit. There is a lot of (non-pornographic) Holmes pastiche in print and I doubt it's all licensed. I've also seen Holmes porn in printed fanzines but those are so small, they probably slip under the radar.

BTW if you're interested, here is a five-page description of the long, complicated history of the Conan Doyle Literary Estate, which describes all the in-fighting among his very few heirs: http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/TheEstate/index.htm

[guruburu]

What luck! I just happened to find this community and such a lovely story is here to welcome me. An excellent inspiration for my writing today; thank you :)

[guruburu]

Ha ha! By "community", of course, I diddn't mean your personal journal, but steampoof where I found the story. My apologies!

[missviolet]

No apologies necessary! I am co-maintainer of steampoof and it is a lot of fun. I'm glad you liked my story. Thanks for reading and leaving feedback :)

[anonymous]

Delightful. I just found your site today and will return, hoping for updates.

[missviolet]

Thanks! The erotic fan fiction's a little easier for me - developing original characters compelling enough for anyone to be interested in their sex lives is challenging, but I figure it's good to try now and again. I get so busy with school and other stuff, updates can be a tad slow but I do have a few fics simmering on the back burner.