Erotic Fiction, the Furry Fandom, and You: An Essay

[kmhirosaki]

I wrote my very first erotic furry story in October 2001. I had moved to Japan less than two weeks prior and I’d just gotten my paws on the new laptop that would serve as my only real link to the outside world for the remainder of my time living there. My cable company hadn’t turned the Internet on yet, but I wanted to play with my computer, so I

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[ferdiaferlin]

Although I enjoyed furry art, I avoided reading erotic furry fiction for some time simply because I had the perception that it would just be about sex, with no real plot or character development, just as enough to tie several bits to tie several sexual scenes together.

A friend of mine had a copy of Kyell's Volle, and because of my friend's praise, I read the cover description and then the first chapter, and eventually the whole book. What I really enjpyed about it (and kept meaning to tell Kyell in a fan-boyish email) is how the sexual scenes seemed to be well integrated in to the plot and in fact did help with character development. It seemed rather than sex scenes hung loosely together that the sex scenes that were present helped flesh out an already well-developed character and plot.

Personally I do not read furry fiction for sex, but for a good story. As a result I had been shying away from erotic fiction. Now that I am open to the idea of erotic books, I have an even more stories available to me, and in many cases, the fact that there is sex referenced or spelt out simply adds another dimension to the characters.

I think there is still part of me that is somewhat hesitant and would prefer to read an author's non-erotic work before trying an erotic story (especially an explicit story), but I feel a bit more the way I do with trying a new mystery author or sci-fi/fantasy author--there is certainly the risk of getting the occasional story I dislike, but the joy of finding a gem far outweighs it.