Substacks recommended by Rowan Thornwell | Pleasure Index ~ Gay Erotic Fiction

Recommended by Rowan Thornwell

Flesh Margins offers essays and confessions about sex, desire, shame, and the body, written with honesty and heat.

Erotic, character-driven fiction about men. Glory holes, straight guys experimenting, cruising, bad decisions, and dirtier mistakes. If that sounds like home, pull up a stall.

The ManKind

By theManKind

Mankind explores the beauty of men through the lens of desire, intimacy, and self-expression. It’s a tribute to gay identity, sexuality, and the art of being fully human and living fully alive.

The Art of Erotic Writing

By T. Grant Wilder

"The Art of Writing Fiction" and "The Art of Erotic Writing," Where Rowan Thornwell & T. Grant Wilder unite structure and passion—craft and desire as one art.

Hunter - Adventures in Gay Domination

By Hunter Hilton and Zac Baker (Zayq)

Hunter Hilton is a really, really nice man. And a really, really bad boy. Which side of him do you see? Which side of him do you need? The new publication 'Hunter - Adventures in Gay Domination' is the home of his steamy gay stories 🏳️‍🌈🔥

Queer Critique

By Rowan Thornwell and Zac Baker

Queer criticism, reviews of inspiring gay fiction, the queer eye that guides readers to the best gay work on Substack. From Zac Baker and Rowan Thornwell.

Josiah B Vale

Author of unapologetically spicy gay fiction. From jocks to witch hunters, I’ll keep you begging for more.

Private Writings of Men

By Grant Wilder

Private Writings of Men The heart of Grant Wilder’s world — six hidden Rooms, each a different angle on men’s forbidden desires.

The House of Thorne

By R. Adrian Thorne

The House of Thorne is a curated collection of queer fiction where bisexual men come of age, come undone, and sometimes come back for more.😈

Coach Kevin Martin

Hey, I'm Coach Kevin. I help gay men shaped by Christianity release sexual shame and reclaim a healthy relationship with pleasure. 18+

Not only is he absolutely gorgeous, but he’s also incredibly attuned to the nuances of body image, sexuality, and healing. Kevin’s writing is tender, grounded, and radically affirming. Especially for queer men navigating hookup culture, self-worth, and desire.

- Rowan Thornwell

Alex Robertson

Hi All Alex here, I'm a writer from Melbourne, Australia, I write gay erotica, delving into raw, unfiltered human emotions, themes include Cheating & Infidelity, Cuckold Fantasies, Taboo Relationships and BDSM.

The Gay Erotic

My name is Zack and I write hot erotic gay stories. My stories celebrate men, men who like men, and all the things that men who like men do with men. From fantasies to kinks to hookups, my stories will thrill you. Always NSFW and 18+.

Brandon Ellrich is So Gay

I create content that makes people happy, or gay, or maybe both. I try to cut through the noise of politics to bring you something that causes a smile or a laugh.

666 ~ The Mafia's Gay Underbelly

By Zac & Rowan ~ 666

Rowan Thornwell and Zac Baker present a serial built for witness, heat, and consequence. Recovered footage feel, delivered as chapters, interviews, ledgers, stories and artefacts.

Hourly ~ Rent Boy Confessions

By Jax Vega

Jax Vega speaks the rent boy life as it is, filthy, funny, and unfiltered.

Pleasure Trove ~ Erotic Fiction & Confessions

By Candy Pleasure ~The Pleasure Trove ~

Where Candy Pleasure & Rowan Thornwell hide their filthy treasures ~ serials, musings, and tethered fiction of straight desire.

The Pleasure Trove is like opening a junk drawer you definitely shouldn’t... Stuffed with smut, secrets, and stories that stick to your fingers. Go on, dig in, you know you want to.

- Rowan Thornwell

TheLazyPornographer

Jaxen Poe

Here resides Dad's Diary, Park Ranger and other mysteriously arousing stories.

Substance ~ Serialised Fiction

By Rowan

Stories of survival and reckoning, tracing a line from the queer realism of 1973 to the domed future of Arrow-Far.

An epic coming of age saga.

- Rowan Thornwell

The Pit ~ Dick Jokes & Poor Life Decisions

By Rowan

A chaotic pit of dick jokes, filth, and poor decisions. Abandon hope, bring lube.

TTQ | The Triangle’s Quadrature

By LePoint G

A French gay literary serial where silence burns louder than words, and desire redraws the geometry of love. Weekly serial with exclusive prologues, hors-séries & prayer pictures.

Dr Jacob Lukes: Fitness & Desires

By Jac Lukes Fitness and Desires

ER resident aspiring to specialize as a trauma surgeon. Currently working to pay off student loans. I’m feeling adventurous but too cautious for OnlyFans, so I share my stories here. Some images are of me, but I also use AI images to tell my stories.

Str8 No Chaser®

By Kelvin Blunt

Str8 No Chaser® exists to uncover cultural narratives around masculinity, erotic labor, and the often contradictory ways we construct identity, sexuality, and masculinity.

From The Desk of Daniel Steel 🏳️‍🌈

By Daniel Steel

Conjurer of the best in gay erotic storytelling.

The Art of Writing Fiction

By T. Grant Wilder

"The Art of Writing Fiction" and "The Art of Erotic Writing," Where Rowan Thornwell & T. Grant Wilder unite structure and passion... craft and desire as one art.

Guya: A Queer Fantasy World

By Zayq (Zac Baker) 🌈🍆

'Guya: A Queer Fantasy World'. For all of you that like a little gay heat in your fantasy fiction. Read the stories, enjoy the world-building, admire the hunks. By Zayq.

The Gay Romantic

By The Gay Erotic

Hot gay romantic stories about men loving men

Hot Gay Erotic Stories

By Gavin E. Black

Read the hottest Gay Erotic Stories!

Caleb Reed

Fiction, essays, and reflections on queer life and Southern memory. Start with the novel Line & Verse. (a serialized 1990s college novel).

Cock A Doodle

Exploring the myths and meaning of the phallus- featuring daily doodles that celebrate the penis in all its cultural, emotional, and symbolic glory.