Hey, sorry I’m a little late in getting my newsletter out, but I’m at the tail end of Antonapalooza, otherwise known as my birthday. And it’s a big one. The zeros and the fives can all be important milestones, but nothing compares to 18, 40 and 65. Guess which one I just passed.
There are changes coming (sadly, retirement from my day job is not yet one of them — soon, maybe).
Medium was a great platform for me when I started publishing there at the beginning of 2024. I got noticed by the wonderful JK Mill, who encouraged me to write for Exceptional Erotica. And they have been incredibly supportive. But…
Medium as a platform has not been so supportive, at least in the past 12 months or so. For a number of reasons, I have been contemplating taking my writing elsewhere (I’m already reposting most of my Medium stuff on Literotica 2–3 weeks after initial publication).
Today I found out that Exceptional Erotica is going on an indefinite hiatus starting in November, which will likely hasten my decision to either try out Ghost or Beehiiv or some other platform, or focus on Literotica, or possibly both. I’ll keep you posted! In the meantime, shout-out to JK and Celia McKinley for being so damned awesome!
What I Wrote In September
On Medium, I finished the “Descent” arc of “Devil Inside”. Sir is in Charlotte doing some research on how to rid himself of his demon rider, while enriching himself at the expense of some of the city’s bankers. He runs into a real estate agent whose aura is blacker than his, even though she doesn’t have a demon inside of her. He has clearly gotten a taste for meddling in other peoples’ lives, and boy does he meddle in hers and her family’s!
https://medium.com/@antonjpierce/list/devil-inside-c7382b7e4873
Also on Medium, there’s a very, very hot three-parter called “Belonging” that was a response to a back-to-college prompt from Exceptional Erotica. Olivia was wild in undergrad but she’s not getting any action at the small private school she’s doing her graduate work in. Until a mysterious and kinky encounter in a classroom building restroom after hours sets her off on a very hot adventure! You can also find this one on Literotica under my “flipnmelonfarmer” handle.
https://medium.com/exceptional-erotica/belonging-pt-1-31ea083405c3
What I Read In September
I always talk about the fiction I’m reading, but I want to highlight some of the non-fiction I’ve been enjoying on Medium the past few months.
We’ve known for decades that people can be anyone they want to be on the Interwebs. That hot twenty-something fitness instructor you’re trading messages with could be a fifty-year-old man in Bulgaria. We all hope that we’re discerning enough that we can tell the genuine from the artificial, and maybe we’re mostly correct, but you never really know.
I hope like hell that LibrariAnna is real. She ought to be. She is a self-described “bisexual, polyamorous, neurodivergent librarian & married mom of 4” and reading her posts on Medium about coming out as bisexual, she and her husband’s forays into ENM, and the sheer joy she finds in the connections they’ve found with another couple just make me so damn happy. She’s a hell of a writer with a hell of a story and she’s well worth a read.
One of my other favorite non-fic reads is Sam & Kate on Medium, a couple in their fifties navigating ENM and a hotwife dynamic in a much different setting than Anna’s. Sam’s writing is honest, open, and very matter-of-fact. I love that he and Kate have had their bumps and their stumbles (and they’re willing to share them with us) but they’re absolutely in each other’s corner and, as with Anna, they have a family that accepts them for who they are. We really can’t ask for much more than that. I could easily see sitting down with Sam and talking about life and music, and I’d even forego the beer since he’s sober. Check ’em out!
https://medium.com/@Sam.Kate.enm
Next Month
I submitted another three-part arc of “Devil Inside” that should be published on Exceptional Erotica on Medium before they go on hiatus at the end of October. It’s hotter and kinkier than anything I’ve written before. I’m working on a final arc, but it will probably be added as final chapters as I turn the whole thing into a novel over the next few months.
I’ve already published another “Bear and Cat” three-parter on Medium this month, this one focused on Barry’s brother, Adam. It’s hot and sweet and a little kinky — more age gap goodness! I’ll likely post it on Literotica before the end of October.
https://medium.com/exceptional-erotica/danielle-a-bear-and-cat-tale-pt-1-1fa544c655c1
There’s also a two-part continuation of the story of Lauren the erotica writer and her husband Mark. “Know More Of What You Write” is the most hot-wife-ish story I’ve written to date. Lauren is determined to experience more (not only in pursuit of her writing) and she’s dragging a semi-reluctant Mark along with her.
https://medium.com/exceptional-erotica/know-more-of-what-you-write-pt-1-94cd31688c9d
I’m also working on collecting a bunch of my shorter stuff into a single volume to sell on Amazon (and remember that I’ve got four novels already out there on the ‘zon!)
Look, it’s crazy out there. Things are weird and they’re only going to get weirder. While you still have access to this stuff, read as much as you can. Buy books — Amazon can pull back ebooks but they can’t do that with paperbacks! You can find mine at Anton J Pierce on Kindle.
And be good to each other!
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