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We're going through a bit of a "second summer" this week at Smutco Industries, so it is the perfect time for a book about a hot alien plant-man! Join us for Rooting For Kiran by Meghan Monarch and watch as our MCs get to it faster than one of those time-lapse plant-growing videos!

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Book Description

She wasn't looking for anyone, but he's always been looking for her...

Rooting for Kiran Formula:

One hot alien male with a plant meant to attract his fated mate

PLUS

One single, hyper-independent human female who’s not looking for anyone

EQUALS

A mate-cute, a one-night stand, and a surprise chance at love.

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Rooting for Kiran is the first book in the Mate-Cute Series. With low stakes, out-of-this-world spice, and a dash of humor, this adult alien romance is perfect for those looking for a flutter-worthy love story where finding your fated alien mate is only a happenstance greenhouse visit away.

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The Mate-Cute Series is a series of interconnected, standalone novellas. They can be read in any order.
***Ratings and content information for all of Meghan's works can be found on author's website.***

Triple T's (Triggers, Tropes, and Titllations)

TRIGGERS: Aliens, mild body horror (alien transformation,) a root situation that might upset certain readers, profanity, mention of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, FMC is hyper-independent to the point of annoyance.

TROPES: F/M Cis/Het alien romance ft a curvy human FMC and a plant-based alien MMC, Mars Needs Mates (with a twist,) fated mates, holiday romance (Valentine's Day,) a third act "WTF??"

TITILLATIONS: Graphic sex, casual sex, one night stand, oral sex, vaginal sex, mutual masturbation, unique anatomy, penis plant.

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: Trash Goblin

Maxx: Deadball TTRPG

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Music: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy

Another week, another massive upheaval in the Smutco Industries household (not to mention Maxx's allergies...sorry for the coughing), but we're soldiering on! We're revisiting a favorite author of ours (Petra Palerno) for another one of her delightfully unhinged monsterfucker tales; this time, it's Abducted by Moonlight, the perfect confluence of werewolves, aliens, and Omega vibes!

This episode marks the introduction of chapters (hopefully...let me know if they don't work), because we spend 20 minutes spilling tea and giving life updates at the top of the show, but if that's not your vibe, skip right ahead to where we start the recap!

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Book Description

A werewolf stalks his newly found human mate in the forest when a UFO abducts them both. What happens when the alien tries to stake a claim on her as well?

Abducted by Moonlight is part of the smutty novella collection, Petra Palerno’s Filthy Shorts, that feature otherworldly love interests.

In this edition you’ll find alien & monster romance, size difference, why choose, group scenes, abduction, FMM, sword crossing, and a plus-sized FMC.

Triple T's (Triggers, Tropes, and Titllations)

TRIGGERS: Abandonment, alien abduction, confinement, fighting, heights, hiking, survival and outdoor urination, kidnapping, knives & daggers, space travel, sequences of body horror/werewolf transformation.

TROPES: FMM Cis-het romance ft fat woman, a werewolf, and an alien warrior, alien abduction, fated mates but there’s more this time, fully-shifted werewolf, Liam Neeson’s worst nightmare. (How many times can one poor bitch get taken?)

TITILLATIONS: Explicit sexual contact, mutual masturbation, oral, vaginal, anal, and group sex sequences, knotting, primal chasing, aphrodisiac mushroom spores, unique anatomy, virgin MMC.

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: Boyfriend Dungeon

Maxx:Vivisectionary by Kate Lacour

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We have a very special episode for everyone this week, because LAST weekend, Katie and Maxx hung out in Portland, Oregon and did a live episode at Romancing Portland 2026! They were joined by authors Emily Rath (Pucking Around), S.A. MacLean (Beasts of the Void duology), and honorary Smutco Industries Intern, Lauren Devora (who is not only an author, but a co-host of the In Our Ears podcast, a show about the world of audio erotica).

No book descriptions or Triple T's for this one, because Katie presented a Funbag of three short stories, but with a twist: one of the books is made up by Katie, and our guests have to guess which one that is. As such, we also aren't posting the book information in the show notes, so YOU can play along as well! Katie mentions the titles at the end, so you'll be able to track them down!

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This week, Katie and Maxx overcome some technical difficulties to deliver a sweet tale of sapphic love, and this book was worth the (second) effort! Join us for This One Time at Band Camp by B.L. Brown, and you'll also get a Crown and Quill recap, a Romancing Portland sneak peek, and a glimpse at our plans for 2027!

(Jump ahead to 28:51 if you want to skip the recap/preview portion...we won't be offended, we promise!)

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Book Description

For weeks, Mac has snuck away from Elkwater Music Camp to practice her instrument in the privacy of the woods. And for weeks, she has been haunted by a mysterious creature lurking just out of sight.

No more than a glimpse of soft ears or long, graceful limbs. There, and gone again.

Now, on the last night of camp, Mac has one last chance to catch her monster, and she’s pulling out every trick in the book to ensure she does.

Welcome to CAMP CRYPTID and the short that started it all.

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: Young adult romance (both MCs are approximately 18), discussion of sex acts between minors (MC flashback), mild parental disappointment, the Careless Whisper saxaphone riff, brief and unsubstantiated emotional panic.

TROPES: F/NB Sapphic romance ft a human woman and a gender ambiguous faun with a feminine sex presentation. Insta-lust. “I’ll come back for you.”

TITILLATIONS: Explicit, sapphic sex. Manual stimulation, oral sex, nipple play, ear play. Unique anatomy (mild). Bleating. 

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: The Cleveland Museum of Art

Maxx: The Day the Earth Blew Up

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Music: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy

When we covered Eden Crowe's Bowling With Bigfoot way back on episode 87, Maxx told a story of his youthful, small-town hijinks. Edwn was so tickled that she wrote an ENTIRE BOOK about the hilarious tale!

Okay...she briefly mentions it in Mingling With Mothman, her latest adorable slice-of-small-town-life tale in her Monsters of Mistwood series. It is still very cool, and the book is another Eden Crowe banger!

Meet Katie at Crown & Quill August 29th in Jamestown, North Carolina!

Meet Katie and Maxx at Romancing Portland September 11th-13th in Portland, Oregon!

Book Description

There are a million reasons why Mayor Clay Carlile should never fall for his gorgeous and curvy new social media intern, but the biggest reason of all might just be her father. In nearly twenty years of political tenure, he’s been Clay’s only opponent, and his distaste for all of the monsters who call Mistwood, WV, home is more than well known. Not to mention, a scathing letter he sent to the tabloids trying to out Clay as the state’s most notorious cryptid has an uncomfortable amount of eyes focusing on this mothy mayoral candidate just in time for election season. But how is Clay supposed to resist a woman who shines so bright?

Ava Pratt is nothing like the man who raised her, and she’s lived her life abroad proving just that. Despite it all, she can’t help but believe there’s still some good left in her father and is determined to help him see reason. She hasn’t been back to Mistwood in two decades, but when a job posting from her hometown slides into her inbox, it seems like the perfect political strategy to take the temporary office position playing intern to her father’s biggest enemy, if only to help them both understand one another better. But the last thing Ava expects is to find herself falling for her new boss.

A work trip goes awry when a sudden snow storm leaves the pair stranded at a no-tell motel. This single-bed-situation seems prime for media scandal, but when Clay reveals more than just his true form, the two must face the forbidden nature of their budding romance and decide whether it’s best to stay hidden, waiting in the wings, or find a way to face the public - and Ava’s father. Can the pair sort through all the legends and lore to learn that seeing is believing? And will their love find a way to show others the light?

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: Family estrangement, bigotry and racism, family member diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, verbal abuse and hate speech, implied sexual-assault of a friend (mention,) feelings of loneliness and otherness, fictional death related to a real event.

TROPES: F/M Cis/Het romance featuring a human woman and The Mothman. Age gap (she’s in her 30s, he’s at least 100 he thinks). Small town romance, supernatural small town, forbidden romance, trapped by the elements, only one bed, monstrous monster.

TITILLATIONS: “graphic, consensual (and highly detailed) fornicatin’ between Mothman and his lady - some rather interesting use of moth parts, such as a proboscis and claspers.” Unique anatomy, literal panty eating, monstrous sex.

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: "Downfall" by Noah Kahan

Maxx: Alexis Dahl on YouTube

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Music: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy

If you like your murderers to be hot and principled but still a bit awkward, then have we got the book for you! Join us this week as Katie shares Meat Cute by Millie St. Graves!

Book Description

Dean Campbell is reformed.

He hasn’t killed anyone in years.

He keeps his head down, drinks his coffee black, and follows the rules. The Butcher of Black Lake is old news, and Dean plans to keep it that way.

Then June Whitmore moves to town.

June is a librarian with a sharp eye, a bad past, and zero tolerance for dangerous men. She wants quiet. Safety. A fresh start. Falling for the town’s most unsettlingly polite man was not part of the plan.

When June’s abusive ex resurfaces, Dean knows exactly how to handle it.
June knows exactly what kind of man she’s sleeping with.

The only question left is how far they’re willing to go for each other.

Darkly funny, sexy, and unapologetically morally gray, MEAT CUTE is a slow-burn romance with sharp dialogue, high tension, and a hero who’s trying very hard not to relapse.

Triggers, Tropes, and Titillations

TRIGGERS: mentions of domestic violence (off page), mentions of divorce, mentions of child abuse (off page, discussed in detail), stalking and social manipulation (of a secondary character,) on-page murder (of a secondary character,) discussion of past murders in detail, guns, gun violence & threats of same between main characters, shitty ex-husbands named Paul.

TROPES: F/M Cis/Het contemporary dark romance. “Reformed” serial killer & curvy librarian, small town, slice of life, love after divorce, revenge & closure.

TITILLATIONS: graphic sex, vaginal sex, oral sex, just…good sex.

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: They Will Kill You

Maxx: The Odyssey

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We here at Smutco Industries are unabashed lovers of sentient object smut, so we were thrilled to dive into Scrub Me, Daddy by April Showers! It's a filthy tale about a sentient sponge who'll do anything to make you clean! (After making you FILTHY, of course!)

Book Description

My entire life is a mess.

My ex cheated. My job sucks. And my apartment smells like old takeout and despair.

Enter: a 3 A.M. infomercial promising the Scrubbie Dubbie will change my life.
Desperate and half-delirious, I order it.

The next day, a sponge arrives—hot pink, dual-textured, and paired with a cleaning liquid that smells suspiciously like seduction. Then things get... weird. And wet.

One steamy scrub-down later, I slip, hit my head, and wake up to a six-foot-something alien Adonis with abs for days and an obsession with cleaning. And with me.

He’s strong, sudsy, and ready to polish more than just my floors.

He came to tidy my apartment—and he just might stay to deep-clean my soul.

Content Considerations: Scrub Me, Daddy is an erotic sentient object romance that includes a sponge and a human woman. It’s a sweet and spicy story, all in good fun.

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: shitty ex-boyfriends named Aaron, late night infomercial purchases, alien invasion, truly unfortunate wardrobe choices, mild sequences of physical violence, crimes against Katie’s semantic comfort.

TROPES: F/M Cis Heterosexual romance, sentient object romance (a sponge,) alien romance (an alien sponge,) slice of life, insta-something-or-other.

TITLLATIONS: explicit sex, oral sex, vaginal sex, ass play, incredibly effective aphrodisiacs, masturbation with an inanimate object, sex in public, pegging (epilogue).

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: The Angel Hare

Maxx: Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator

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Scrubbie Dubbie Infomercial performed (as it appears in Scrub Me, Daddy) by Charlie Joy
Written by April Showers
Music: "Nostalgia" by Makaih Beats
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Theme: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy

Remember how we couldn't shut up about how much fun Monsterotica Book Con 2025 was? Well, Keri Boberry took it a step further and wrote a damn BOOK set there! Well, not THERE there, but...oh, just read it, okay! Join us this week for The Reader and the Wolf; It's a sweet slice-of-life inspired by one of our community's most beloved events, and there's even a friend of the show who is a character in the book!

Book Description

Iris came to Baltimore to attend the most anticipated event in the bookish community. In a room with talent artists, authors, and like-minded fans, she couldn't imagine being anywhere else.

Declan hated being stuck indoors filling in for his cousin on the Supernatural Council. He would rather be anywhere but in this hotel. But when a surprising run-in occurs in the gender neutral restrooms adjacent to the convention space, they both discover that there's more than meets the eye.

The Reader and the Wolf is a M/F paranormal/monster romance in a contemporary setting where magic is real and supernatural creatures hide in plain sight. It features a human/non-human romantic pairing and multiple open door scenes.

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: Magic, meddling faeries, feral monster-fucker energy.

TROPES: M/F Cis/Het Shifter romance, cozy romance, wolf shifter and human scent match, mistaken identity, meddling faery, real-life meta-narrative, slow burn (for 96 pages).

TITILLATIONS: Explicit sex scenes, oral sex, vaginal sex, knotting, mention of toys (no use on-page).

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: Nutty Buddies

Maxx: France Inter Paris Radio

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For our season four opener, we are finally taking on a long-requested book: Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta. Listeners have wanted to hear Katie lay this one on Maxx, and needless to say, he was not ready.

Book Description

Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parents' basement. When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in neighboring Cambric Creek, she has no choice but to grab at it with both hands.

Morning Glory Farm offers full-time hours, full benefits, and generous pay with no experience needed . . . there's only one catch. The clientele is Grade A certified prime beef, with the manly, meaty endowments to match. Hands-on work with minotaurs isn't something Violet ever considered as a career option, but she's determined to turn the opportunity into a reversal of fortune.

When a stern, deep-voiced client begins to specially request her for his sessions at the farm, maintaining her professionalism and keeping him out of her dreams is easier said than done. Violet is resolved to make a dent in her student loans and afford name-brand orange juice, and a one-sided crush on an out-of-her-league minotaur is not a part of her plan—unless her feelings aren't so one-sided after all.

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: capitalism, xenophobia (by species), medical setting, collection and sale of bodily fluids, mentions of divorce (MMC), brief mention of blood drinking (vampiric side character,) graphic sexual contact in a professional setting.

TROPES: F/M Cis/Het romance ft Human FMC and Minotaur MMC, slice of life, work romance (in a fucked up kinda way,) idiots to lovers?

TITILLATIONS: extreme size difference, not a weird dick just…a lot of dick, manual stimulation, machine assisted stimulation, lube play, fluid play. FLUIDS (I can't stress this enough). ‘Breeding stocks’ and ‘good little cow’.

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: Backrooms

Maxx: Severeance

BONUS CLIPS: Severance, S1E7, "Music and Dance Experience" and S2 finale scene, "Choreography and Merriment."

(Clips are spoiler-free, but do contain context clues to the nature of the relationships between characters.)

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Music: "Storyime" by Maxx Joy

We have a VERY special surprise for our listeners this week! During our hiatus, we had the opportunity to chat with actor/author Lauren Carter Reilly, aka Glamour Possum! She is the creator of the popular Sunday O'Rorden character on TikTok, and now Sunday is getting the literary treatment with All We Have Is Money! We also talked about her previous novels, how she made the jump from the stage to the page, and how she relishes being able to tell her stories across a variety of mediums.

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Music: "Storytime" by Maxx Joy