From anon584c@nyx.net Sat Apr 14 19:10:19 2001
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:57:27 -0700
From: Uther Pendragon <anon584c@nyx.net>
To: story-submit@asstr.org
Cc: NiteSweats@aol.com
Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d
Subject: Story Codes for Readers
Version 4.0 -- April, 2001
What are all of those funny letters after the titles of stories?
And what do they mean?
They are story codes, and they give you a brief glimpse at what
sort of story it is. Note that many authors *only* use the sex
and age descriptions. If the story code includes more than that,
it is *likely* that anything to which you might object (or which
you might particularly want) that is listed below is mentioned in
the story code. It is not *certain*.
* NOTE: If you have written a story, this is not your FAQ. Look
* up the story-code FAQ for authors.
* http://www.nyx.net/~anon584c/code/scfa.txt
The code serves both as an advertisement and as a warning label.
If you want stories about women being forced into sex, look for
(nc) or (rape). If you would rather not read that sort of story,
avoid ones with those labels. Generally, unless you have pretty
catholic tastes, know the author from previous stories, or have
read a review, it's wiser to avoid unlabeled stories. For that
matter, most unlabeled posts (on a.s.s -- a.s.s.moderated is
different) are spam rather than stories.
For the last four years, there has been an attempt among writers
to agree on rules for the codes. That way, you would know what
the funny letters mean and that the story doesn't have any
surprise squicks for you. The attempt has not been very
successful. This is a report on what has been used, including
some codes which are contrary to the agreed rules. The list here
is also in the order which a reader is likely to need them,
a short description of the very commonest set, and then the rest
in alphabetical order.
These codes break down into two or three categories.
"caution" Something in the story might offend (or even
sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.
SEX & AGE:
"M,m,b" are all males.
"b" is always a young boy, should be up to 12.
"F,f,g" are all females.
"g" is a young girl, should be up to 12.
"M,F" *should* be adults, 18 and older.
"m,f" *should* be teens, 13 - 17.
They aren't always, because posters are careless (or
clueless). Also, in the bondage/dominance community, "M" is
a male dominant, "m" is a male submissive, etc.
MF is adult heterosexual sex
ff is teen lesbian sex
MMM/f means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
etc.
M+F Means several men and one woman
MF+ Means one man and several women
The presence or absence of "/" doesn't mean much except on
dominance stories. In those stories the one(s) to the left of
the slash are dominating those to the right of the slash.
- = -
STYLE:
All of these might be capitalized. Usually no difference.
1st First time, defloration or male first time.
anal Anal sex.
BBW "Big Beautiful Women," Appreciation of fat women.
bd means bondage (and discipline)
beast Bestiality, sex with animals (should be "best").
best Bestiality, sex with animals.
BF Black Female (in an interracial story).
bi Bisexuality of one or more characters.
bibl Bible. Has a religious theme.
BM Black Male (in an interracial story).
bondage means bondage (should be bd)
breast Abnormally large breasts
caution Something in the story might offend (or even
sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.
cbt Cock and ball torture.
CD Cross dressing (should be tv).
Celeb The story is about a celebrity.
cheat Married people having sex outside of the marriage,
cheating on their partner, as distinct from swinging.
coll College-theme
cons or con The sex is consensual. This should mean that
*ALL* the sex is consensual, but some authors use
"cons nc" to mean that only some is.
copr* Coprophilia (Fun with feces)
dom refers to dominance and submission, should be ds.
dream Sexual activity during a dream, (daydream or sleep.)
ds or d/s dominance and submission.
enem Enemas
exhib Exhibitionism.
fat Involves fat people
Fdom, or femdom a dominant female
feet Foot or shoe fetish-story
fist Fisting, insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina.
furry Animals with human characteristics. Werewolf or Mickey
Mouse.
giant Abnormally large (tall) persons
goth Gothic (dark) setting
hair Hair fetish
hirs Hirsute - natural unshaved genitals and/or armpits
hist Has a historical theme
hs High School-theme
humor Humor. Funny
inc Incest.
inf Infantilism
interr Interracial.
job Place-of-work theme
lac Milk, not from a cow.
magic Magic, or ghouls, or that sort of background.
mast Masturbation, should be _-solo.
mc "mind-control" a big subgenre.
Mdom a dominant male.
nc is non-consensual. This is rape in law, but the style
may be different.
nec Necrophilia. Sex with a dead person
oral Oral-genital contact
ped Ages 12 and below. Should be Mg or something similar.
pett Heavy petting
preg Either impregnation or sex with a pregnant woman.
Preteen Ages 12 and below. Should be Mg or something simmilar.
rape is rape.
real Supposedly true
reluc Woman says no, but loves it when she is raped.
rom is romantic, which should always be consensual but some
writers use it very strangely.
sad Sadism. For "just" inflicting pain.
safe Safe sex
scat Scatology: Involving feces.
ScFi Science fiction setting. Please note spelling.
size Overdeveloped body-parts
slash Homosexual intercourse in an imitation of Star Trek
slow Once marked a part of a multi-part story which did not invollve
intercourse. Misused so much that it is virtually
meaningless now.
sm Sadomasochism
snuff Killing which is supposed to arouse you.
_-solo Masturbation, as in F-solo = masturbation by an adult woman.
span Spanking, mild sm.
stroke The author intended it simply to arouse.
teen Teenagers. Should be "mf" or something similar.
tg Trans-gender, men being changed into women (or vice
versa).
tort Torture.
toys Generally, adult toys
tv Transvestite: men dressing as women.
va Verbal abuse. (Abusive and "dirty" language)
veg Vegetable. Sex with food.
viol Violence, not necessarily connected to the sex.
virg Virgin (should be 1st).
voy Voyeur, peeking.
wife Wife *watching*; consensual cuckoldry.
WF White Female (in an interracial story).
WM White Male (in an interracial story).
ws Water sports. Pissing.
yng Participants are young. (Should be the specified ages
above).
zoo Zoophilia, sex with animals
Nothing forces writers to use these codes, and many make up
their own. But these are a start. There is a list of
recommendations for authors being published concurrently on
alt.sex.stories.d and permanently at:
http://www.nyx.net/~anon584c/code/scfa.txt
These codes should, but might not, be included within
( parentheses ).
- = -
Codes outside the parenthesis might be the story codes. Or they
might mean something different.
e.g.
"nnd" Is not a code. It is Roller's ongoing series about
"naughty, naked dreamgirls." Take the word "girls"
seriously.
"REP" or "rep" is a repost.
"RP" or "rp" is a repost.
"REV" or "rev" is a revision. This is a story which has been
changed, usually in the quality of the writing,
usually by the author.
"TV" *sometimes* means Television instead of transvestite.
"ST-TNG" Star-Trek, the next generation. If you have to ask,
you don't want to read it.
ALSO:
{ASS} or {ASSM} at the beginning of a post almost always
means that it is a real story, rather than spam.
{Smith} identifies the author of the story. All of these
are real stories.
[3/7] means that it is the third chapter of seven. Some
posters use [1/1] irrationally when it is really part of a
multipart story. [3/?] means that the author hasn't written any
more yet, but might some day. [0/5] means that it is an
introduction, either description of the story to come or a non-
sexual part which leads into the sexual part of the story.
More on what should, but might not, be included in the subject
line at:
/~ASSFAQs/sslfaq.html
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