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Season four is here! After a longer-than-anticipated hiatus, Katie and Maxx are back! Tune in to hear what's been going on during hiatus, where we'll be appearing this year, and some new projects in the works! Oh, and we have thoughts on Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights!

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: The Wandering Village and "Miyazaki" by Paris Paloma
Maxx: "Fabienk" by Angine de Poitrine

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After a much-needed hiatus, Katie and Maxx are back with their holiday episode! Yes, we know that the holidays are technically behind us, but that doesn't mean that we can't keep celebrating! Join us as Katie and Maxx marvel at My Boyfriend Has a Christmas Train Peen (and Other Holiday Classics) by Smutco Industries' favorite mad genius, Holly Wilde!

Book Description

When Fa-La-La brings the WTF, you know you’ve stumbled into a Holly Wilde Holiday!

If you’re craving a holiday read that’s completely unserious, Holly Wilde’s latest collection delivers! From a flirty red truck to a cursed candy cane crush, these four Christmas romances are silly, spicy, and totally bingeable.

Inside, you’ll find:

My Boyfriend Has a Christmas Train Peen

One woman discovers the true meaning of full steam ahead when her date reveals that he’s part man, part train. All aboard!

Yule Be Coming: The Christmas Truck Who’s DTF

The hot bartender is the only woman who’s ever truly revved his engine. Can the iconic red truck shoot his shot and finally win her over? Or will his fantasy girl remain exactly that…only in his dreams?

One Night Stand with the Candy Cane Man

Never read mysterious Christmas hexes out loud on a first date. It might turn the poor guy into a candy cane…and then there’ll be some very creative—and intensely personal—magic to turn him human again.

(And a fourth title that can't be shared here...for reasons.)

Four Holiday Tales of Sentient Object Shenanigans. It’s Holly. It’s Wilde. This Christmas—crank it all the way to climax.

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: Literally the loosest of all explanations, sentient objects, truly strange anatomy, accidental use of magic, accidental transfiguration, dubious consent, sexual injury, and truly advanced puns. 

TROPES: All short stories in this collection are F/M heterosexual erotica, holiday themes, flagrant misuse of the “it was only a dream” trope.

TITILLATIONS: His peen is a train, no for real. One guy is a truck, no really! Insertion of a foreign object/sentient object*, Oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex (fingers, objects) and one truly unfortunate money shot. 

* = DISCLAIMER: peppermint burns on contact with any mucosa membrane, sexual contact with peppermint should be avoided for your safety. 

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: The Incredible Dr. Pol

Maxx: Yakuza 0

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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 Description

Shirley 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 Titillations

Triggers: 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 ARGs
Maxx: Mystery Science Theater 3000

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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 Descriptions

Mappy 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's

Mapface

TRIGGERS: 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, Nurse

TRIGGERS: 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 Restorers

Maxx: Silent Hill 2 Remake

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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's

TRIGGERS: 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 YouTube

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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.)

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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 Description

Leena 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's

Triggers: 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 Sales

BONUS LINK: Big Box Collection

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A while back, Katie put the word out on Bluesky asking for book recs, and AS Adams said, "Hey, check this shit out!" and suggested their book "MILF: A Holiday Romance." We are grateful for their boldness, as this episode was a sexy and hilarious blast from start to finish!

Book Description

After six months of late night feedings, dirty diapers, and a baby who’d rather be held than sleep in his crib, Daphne and Cooper Jones need a break. So when he books a romantic stay-cation at a luxury hotel for Mother’s Day, Daphne is thrilled she gets to shower in peace and maybe read a book that doesn’t include barnyard animals.

But Cooper has one more than one surprise up his sleeve. He knows Daphne’s been harboring a secret fantasy and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make her dreams come true… with a little help from a friend.

One night doesn’t seem to be enough to quell their mutual desires. And as things left unsaid for years make their way to the surface the line between fantasy and reality starts to blur. But what if it doesn’t have to be over, what if this night is just the beginning?

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: reference to pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum depression, post-partum FMC, body image and shame, general angst and big feelings.

TROPES: FMM - Queer/cis menage romance ft an established couple and their third wheel, idiots-to-lovers, queer awakening, get your groove back, third-act-fuck-up.

TITILLATIONS: hotwifing, ménage á trois, oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex, double penetration, mild BDSM dynamics, snowballing, cum play, lactation.

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: Elsbeth
Carl: the music of The Dismemberment Plan

BONUS: Maxx onstage with The Dismemberment Plan, Chicago of 2011. (I show up at 1:48.)

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A certain neurodivergent producer/husband has an affinity for truth in advertising, so it should come as no surprise that Katie had a blast telling Maxx all about My Billionaire Boss Is A Vampire by Kate McDarris. All that was missing in the title was a "But" and then a comically long list of things they wanted to do to their boss.

(Producer's note: Oh, just you wait...)

Book Description

"My boss is worth $42 billion. I just found out he’s a vampire...
and I'm about to be his next snack."

Alice has been crushing on her billionaire boss and there are definite vibes between them. One night she discovers the shocking truth he's been keeping: he's a vampire, and dawn is quickly approaching. Steric warns he'll do wicked things to her if she invites him inside. The sun might set him on fire, but Alice is the one he burns for.
He's standing in her doorway right now and she has a choice to make.
Does Alice have what it takes to survive a whole day alone with her billionaire vampire boss?

Triple T's (taken from Kate's own content page): 69, alcohol consumption, alpha male, anal, assault , bathtub sex, being watched during intercourse, billionaire, biting/teeth/fangs, blood/drinking, bondage/restraint, "break up to save her," control/loss of control, demon, desperation, dirty talk, fingering/fisting, gender fluidity, "good girl/good vampire,” gore/decapitation, guns/gunfire/shooting, hand necklace/choking, hurt/comfort, kidnapping, lingerie/panties, magic, marathon/multiple orgasm, masturbation, ménage/MFM, “Mine/Yours,” murder, office romance, oral, orgasm denial, ownership/claiming/marking, outercourse pleasure, oral while standing up, power play, spanking/whipping, strong female, rimming, rough sex, tails, vampire, and violence.

(Producer's note: ...told you.)

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: Quiet days thanks to our kids being in school.
Carl: Tampopo

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Katie opted to keep things light and the stakes low this week, and you won't hear Maxx complaining! Join us this week for Ready For Her Alien Husband by Marian Pattechat and snuggle up with the cozy, "slice of life" vibes!

Book Description

Trixie’s dream has come true: she has been identified as the fated mate of a Gaenthian. He’s handsome, buff, winged, and horned. It’s just what she’s been fantasizing about ever since his warrior race came to Earth’s assistance two years ago. The trip to her new home on a space station can’t end soon enough; she’s more than ready to meet her alien husband. Sure, some things give her cause for concern, like their significant size difference. But everything should end with a HEA. Her massive collection of sci-fi romance novels says so.

Vrixiel can’t wait to hold his Goddess-chosen female in his arms. The petite Terran with hair as pink as his home planet’s sky is all he could wish for, judging by the holographic file he has on Lady Trixie. He has no doubt she will be impressed with his many medals and the home he has furnished for her. However, will that be enough when his hard-kept secret comes to light? Or will she put an end to their marriage before it has even begun?

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: mentions of chronic pain and physical limitations, male body insecurity, heteronormative and socially conservative alien society.

TROPES: F/M cis/het alien romance, human FMC & alien MMC, AI assisted fated mates, cool sci-fi escapism, slice of horny life, size difference (with a twist).

TITILLATIONS: horn play, cunnilingus, pierced MMC, he went to sex school.

So..What Are You Into?

Katie: Lost Feather by Merri Bright
Maxx: Flint Local 432

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