Erotica Obscura

02 Chapter 1: Letter & The Early Life of LucilleBuy the Restored Edition of The Convent School from Black Fern at ⁠⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠!This episode introduces Lucille before the convent walls ever close around her. The author and narrator introduces herself in a short letter to her cousin. We, then, witness her education in shame, obedience, and dangerous curiosity. Under the dark-eyed Miss Birch and a father who insists on “proper correction,” Lucille’s first punishments awaken sensations she cannot yet name—setting the stage for a life in which punishment and pleasure will never again be easily untangled.Listen, and hear the first stripes.

"I am Erotica Obscura" An introduction to the podcast, the voices, and the secret life of eroticism. Learn more about the books that inspire the podcast at Erosetti Press.Erotica Obscura invites you into a universe where voice and word entwine, where seduction, obsession, and fetish unravel through stories of pleasure. Produced by Dante Remy and Black Fern, an imprint of Erosetti Press, the podcast performs both contemporary and classic erotic literature, bringing them to life in sound. Each episode features immersive performances by the podcast team and the authors themselves, with commentary, reviews, and reflections from the Erotica Obscura Blog. Created for the sapiosexual listener, it is a haunting, literary journey into the secret life of eroticism.

Join host Zhanna Z and special guests on the Erotica Obscura Blog podcast—a lush, provocative journey into the sensual, shadowy, and subversive world of erotic literature and art. From forbidden 19th-century novels and gothic vampire confessions to modern erotica, visual seduction, and philosophical reflections on desire, each episode reveals what lies just beneath the surface of the written word. You’ll hear intimate readings, whispered monologues, literary analysis, and bold conversations that explore everything from dominance and submission to historical scandal and feminist pleasure. Featuring curated reviews and recommendations from Black Fern, Erosetti Press, and beyond, Erotica Obscura—streaming directly from the blog at danteremy.com.Settle in. Breathe deep. And let the obscura unfold.

Learn more at apolloniasaintclair.com⁠⁠. Buy and read Bloodlust and The Mysteries, written by Dante Remy and illustrated by Apollonia Saintclair at ⁠⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠⁠. Follow the author at ⁠⁠danteremy.com.In this intimate, fireside episode of Erotica Obscura, host Zhanna Zee welcomes special guest Dante Remy to her cabin deep in the woods—for tea, ink, and a whispered conversation about the mysterious, magnificent artist known as Apollonia Saintclair.Together, they explore what it means to call her “the writer who draws.” Saintclair’s illustrations are not decoration—they are literature rendered in shadow, stories compressed into flesh, gaze, and gesture. Each drawing invites you to narrate, implicates you in its ambiguity, and refuses to resolve. Her anonymity is not a veil to be lifted, but the very condition of her art.Zhanna and Dante move through several unforgettable images—from the wounded lioness to the kneeling reader by candlelight—drawing out how Saintclair’s work lives in the liminal: between ecstasy and estrangement, parody and prayer, climax and collapse. They reflect on themes of erotic tension, ritual, voyeurism, absurdity, surrender, and sacred obscenity. And with the arrival of Project M, her new image-text series, they glimpse something even more explosive: a graphic novel as scripture, composed from the body itself.Step into the threshold. Let the ink draw you in.Read the full article on the Erotica Obscura Blog at danteremy.com. Lear more about ⁠⁠apolloniasaintclair.com⁠⁠. Explore The Mysteries and Bloodlust, illustrated by Apollonia Saintclair, now available in large-format Collector’s Editions from erosettipress.com

Enjoy a vampiric Erotica Obscura Blog preview of "Bloodlust: A Letter to My Victims" voiced by special guest Daniella O. Join host Zhanna Z as she discusses the story by Dante Remy and illustrated by Apollonia Saintclair.Learn more about the book on Amazon and Erosetti Press.

Buy and read Bloodlust, illustrated by Apollonia Saintclair, on ⁠Amazon⁠ and at ⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠. Follow the author at ⁠danteremy.com⁠ and artist at apolloniasaintclair.com.Join host Zhanna Z and special guest voice Daniella O, reading Bloodlust: A Letter to My Victims by Dante Remy, in this special Halloween episode of the Erotica Obscura podcast. Discovered in the ruins of Old Town Bratislava, the anonymous manuscript tells the story of a centuries-old vampire who savors not only blood, but the orgasmic ecstasy bound within it. Erotic, gothic, and intoxicating, this tale blurs the line between pleasure and death, seduction and surrender.With Daniella O’s haunting narration, Bloodlust becomes a confession of desire where every sigh, every drop, is vintage. This episode draws you into themes of hunger, surrender, and the intoxicating bond between predator and prey. Read the full article behind this episode at ⁠danteremy.com⁠, and find Bloodlust in print at ⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠ and other online bookstores. Subscribe to the podcast!Press play and stay haunted, hungry, and just a little undone.

Buy the erotic illustrated Carmilla at Erosetti Press and the illustrated pocket book edition on Amazon, worldwide!Step into the candlelit crypt of forbidden desire with host Zhanna Zee as Erotica Obscura resurrects one of the most sensual and subversive vampire tales ever written—Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Before Dracula, there was Carmilla—a story of sapphic longing, blood-soaked intimacy, and erotic horror so potent it still seduces readers 150 years later. In this lushly narrated episode, Zhanna delves deep into the dark psyche of this gothic masterpiece—exploring the symbolism of blood as menstruation, loss of virginity, and transformation; the legacy of Carmilla as both monster and lover; and the forbidden, fatal tenderness between predator and prey.With insights from Freud, Foucault, and Butler, this isn’t just a book discussion—it’s a rich, intoxicating journey into the shadows where desire and death entwine. Zhanna also confesses her own obsession with the erotic Black Fern Restored Edition—a sensually illustrated volume that reclaims Carmilla as the erotic, psychological ritual it was always meant to be. Whether you're drawn by gothic lore, vampire history, or simply the lure of a kiss that lingers within the erotic imagination, this episode will haunt you in the best possible way.And yes, Carmilla is now available in audio on the podcast too...if you dare.Buy the erotic illustrated Carmilla at ⁠Erosetti Press⁠ and the illustrated pocket book edition on ⁠Amazon⁠, worldwide!

Buy and listen to the book on Amazon and at ErosettiPress.com. Follow the author at mysexlifewithlola.com.Join host Zhanna Z and special guest voice Margaret D, reading the chapter “The House Call” from The Slut Life, Volume 6: Match, Cinder, Spark by the elusive and wickedly observant H.H., in this provocative episode of the Erotica Obscura Blog podcast. Known for blending philosophy with kink, H.H. chronicles his real-life entanglements with Lola Down—a nymphomaniac, exhibitionist, and self-proclaimed high priestess of carnal ritual. Denied for days by her lover, Lola books a sensual massage that quickly turns into something far more primal, voyeuristic, and true.With Margaret D’s voice breathing life into every moan and murmur, this episode explores themes of denial, desire, domination, and surrender in their most intimate forms. Read the full article behind this episode at danteremy.com, and find The Slut Life in print at erosettipress.com, Amazon, and other online bookstores. Subscribe to stay aroused, inspired, and just a little undone.Press play and let the obscura unfold.

Buy Gods and Monsters, the art book by Bear X at ⁠Erosetti Press⁠!Host Zhanna Zee is joined by special guest Lucia R for a deep and provocative look at Gods and Monsters by Bear X—a stark, mesmerizing collection of fetish illustrations where mythology and horror entwine with desire. This is not an art book that asks to be admired. It asks to be surrendered to.Together, Zhanna and Lucia explore the themes that pulse through Bear X’s ink-drenched world: sacred violence, ecstatic bondage, transformation, and the monstrous feminine. These are images that echo ancient rites—the taking of the virgin, the gaze of the beast, the silence before surrender. The erotic in Gods and Monsters is not about dominance or display—it is about crossing a threshold into something sacred and profane.Step into the shadows. Open the book. Let it mark you.Buy Gods and Monsters, the art book by Bear X at ⁠⁠Erosetti Press⁠⁠!

00 The Convent School - Introduction & Foreword: Between Power and SubmissionBuy the Restored Edition of The Convent School from Black Fern at ErosettiPress.com and Amazon!Note: This episode contains spoilers! In this opening episode, Dante Remy welcomes listeners into the shadowed world of The Convent School; or, Early Experiences of a Young Flagellant. He traces how this once-clandestine 1898 novel slipped through fin-de-siècle London under a false name, quietly shaping a whole strand of flagellation and BDSM literature. Here, discipline, devotion, and desire are revealed as inseparable forces—framed not only as scandalous pleasure, but as a deep psycho-sexual study of power, the forbidden, and the allure of punishment.Listen, and feel the sting of the rod.

01 Prologue by Rosa Belinda Coote, 1825Buy the Restored Edition of The Convent School from Black Fern at ⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠ and ⁠Amazon⁠!In this short prologue, the author under the pseudonym Rosa Belinda Coote describes the circumstances in which the manuscript of the book is written.Listen, and begin the story in pleasure and pain.

Buy the restored classic with erotic illustrations on ⁠Amazon⁠ and ⁠ErosettiPress.comComing to Erotica Obscura, the complete novella "The Convent School!" This scandalous 1898 Victorian erotic classic is still as as bold and unforgiving today. Listen to it in chapter installments.

Join host Drasa V. as she performs the gothic vampire classic Carmilla! Explore the books ⁠The Illustrated Erotic Edition⁠ and the ⁠Illustrated Pocketbook Edition⁠ of Carmilla at ⁠Erosetti Press⁠, Amazon, and all major online bookstores worldwide! Explore the companion novel ⁠Carmilla, My Love: The Vampire Speaks ⁠by Dante Remy, available at all bookstores.

Join host Drasa V. as she performs the gothic vampire classic Carmilla—see contents below! Explore the books The Illustrated Erotic Edition and the Illustrated Pocketbook Edition of Carmilla at Erosetti Press, Amazon, and all major online bookstores worldwide! Explore the companion novel Carmilla, My Love: The Vampire Speaks by Dante Remy, available at all bookstores.Since its publication in 1872, Carmilla has enthralled Victorian and contemporary audiences for its genre-setting eroticism and sapphic themes, influencing all later vampire tales, including Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Listen to the complete story, brought to you by Black Fern and produced by Dante Remy.

Join host Drasa V. as she performs the gothic vampire classic Carmilla—see contents below! Explore the books ⁠The Illustrated Erotic Edition⁠ and the ⁠Illustrated Pocketbook Edition⁠ of Carmilla at ⁠Erosetti Press⁠, Amazon, and all major online bookstores worldwide! Explore the companion novel ⁠Carmilla, My Love: The Vampire Speaks ⁠by Dante Remy, available at all bookstores.Since its publication in 1872, Carmilla has enthralled Victorian and contemporary audiences for its genre-setting eroticism and sapphic themes, influencing all later vampire tales, including Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Listen to the complete story, brought to you by Black Fern and produced by Dante Remy.CONTENTSCarmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872Black Fern (2025) | Produced by Dante Remy | Voiced by Drasa V.00:00:00 Whispered between Women: Commentary by Dante Remy00:08:18 Prologue00:10:18 Chapter 1. An Early Fright00:23:20 Chapter 2 A Guest00:42:53 Chapter 3 We Compare Notes01:01:20 Chapter 4 Her Habits—A Saunter01:27:41 Chapter 5 A Wonderful Likeness01:38:03 Chapter 6 A Very Strange Agony 01:49:20 Chapter 7 Descending02:03:55 Chapter 8 Search02:13:32 Chapter 9 The Doctor02:26:56 Chapter 10 Bereaved02:35:12 Chapter 11 The Story02:47:03 Chapter 12 A Petition02:59:00 Chapter 13 The Woodman03:12:01 Chapter 14 The Meeting03:24:29 Chapter 15 Ordeal and Execution03:34:12 Chapter 16 Conclusion03:44:40 Total Running Time

Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!Preview: Under the hush of candlelight, two breaths find rhythm — one living, one longing. In Carmilla, My Love, ache becomes a kind of prayer, and blood the answer it calls forth. Their mouths do not yet meet, but the nearness hums with fever — the soft surrender before the wound. This is the moment where devotion and desire become indistinguishable, where the touch of a vampire feels like mercy. In Laura’s trembling pulse, Carmilla hears the oldest confession: that love, when spoken in the language of flesh, must also taste of blood. A whisper between life and eternity — darkly tender, sapphic, and sublime.Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on Amazon and at ErosettiPress.com!Foreword — “The Vampire Silenced No More”In this haunting invocation, Dante Remy breathes life back into the silenced heart of the vampire. Carmilla, My Love begins not as a horror story, but as an act of resurrection — the reclaiming of a woman’s voice that was long buried beneath male fear and moralism. The foreword frames Carmilla not as predator, but as poet, martyr, and lover.Here, the vampire speaks her own truth at last: that what she shared with Laura was neither sin nor sickness, but a love so luminous it terrified the world. It is the beginning of a beautiful undoing — a gothic awakening steeped in candlelight, confession, and blood remembered as tenderness.Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠Amazon⁠ and at ⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠!

Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠Amazon⁠ and at ⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠!Prologue & Chapter 1 "The Girl in the Oak Room"A letter, found in a forgotten monastery archive, opens with a refusal to repent. Carmilla writes from eternity’s edge, her tone velvet and defiant, confessing that what she and Laura shared transcended both flesh and salvation. Her words are drenched in hunger and reverence — a testimony of the damned who loved too deeply to die.The prologue sets the tone for everything that follows: a chronicle of seduction and sorrow, of two souls caught between devotion and decay. As Carmilla’s voice rises from the grave, the listener feels the first stirrings of her shadow — intimate, ancient, and inescapably near.Chapter I — The Girl in the Oak RoomBy candlelight and centuries of waiting, Carmilla returns to the oak room of her dreams — where her beloved sleeps beneath gauze and moonlight. The scent of life draws her closer, but something in Laura’s face stops her hand: recognition, or perhaps remembrance.In this first encounter, the haunting begins as an act of devotion. The feeding is deferred, the hunger sanctified. The oak room becomes both altar and bedchamber, where a ghost learns again the language of yearning and restraint.Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠Amazon⁠ and at ⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠!

Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠Amazon⁠ and at ⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠!Chapter II — Arrival Under MoonlightA staged carriage crash, a scream in the night — and fate opens its door. Carmilla is carried into Laura’s world under the silver gaze of the moon. Two girls meet by accident, yet their eyes betray an older knowing, as if love itself had orchestrated the deception.What follows is a study in tension and disguise: the brush of fingertips, the glimmer of skin through silk, the unspoken communion of two hearts already lost. The erotic undercurrent hums beneath every gesture, every shared breath — a melody of recognition too dangerous to name.Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠Amazon⁠ and at ⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠!

Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠ and at ⁠⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠⁠!Chapter III — The Dream We SharedLaura dreams again — the same shadowed woman bending to kiss her throat. When she speaks of it, Carmilla listens in silence, knowing the dream is her doing. Yet as their intimacy deepens, the line between dream and waking begins to blur.This episode becomes a nocturne of desire. The dream is both visitation and vow, as if love itself takes form through sleep. When Laura wakes trembling, Carmilla’s eyes already mirror her fear… and her longing.Buy the new print book and ebook Carmilla, My Love worldwide on ⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠ and at ⁠⁠ErosettiPress.com⁠⁠!