Kerry Howley reviews "Guidelines for Submission," the surprisingly consistent rules for most erotic publishing houses:
Though almost all of the authors of such erotica are women, every publisher feels the need to caution against conjoining weaponry with the female anatomy, and the drive to portray necrophilia in print is apparently strong enough that it need be everywhere banned. Then there are the exceptions, where good taste (whatever good taste might mean in the world of erotic e-publishing) pushes up against the reality of sales. The Wild Horse Press will bend the bestiality rule for werewolves, and will, should a story involve vampires and zombies, suspend the prohibition on necrophilia. Ellora’s Cave will accept bestiality in the case of shape-shifters, and, in fact, recently landed Tiger—a novel about a half-man, half-tiger who seduces a "small human female"—on the New York Times best-seller list.
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