Come get spicy with us (for free)!

Swoon Bookstore is a queer-owned and ran bookstore that operates with intent; our intent is to provide community and to hold space in a way that exceeds a mainstream bookstore. We delight in working with smaller, indie authors and providing unexpected experiences along the way. We are audacious dreamers with a belief in uplifting and supporting others.

We are stoked to help host Spicy Showcase, a free reading by the latest cohort to finish up their six-week adventure with "Writing Spicy" - a community-styled writing group which is facilitated by Sinclair Sexsmith. Help give our creatives some support and love by joining us online and make your brunch super sexy without having to leave the house.

About Sinclair Sexsmith

SINCLAIR SEXSMITH (they/them) is an award-winning queer trans masc writer focusing on queer culture, trauma, dominance, submission, spiritual kink, and transgender and nonbinary issues. Sinclair’s creative nonfiction and queer erotica writings are widely published online and in more than thirty anthologies, including eight volumes of Best Lesbian Erotica series. They are the editor of Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Best Lesbian Erotica 2012, Erotix: Literary Journal of Somatics, and Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica. Their short story collection, Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica, was a 2015 finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Sinclair writes at sugarbutch.net since 2006, recognized numerous places as one of the top sex blogs. They have been teaching about erotic writing, the power of queer narratives, somatic arts, and many sex and kink techniques since 2002. Sinclair is an international leather titleholder and an avid creative journaler, and lives on unceded Duwamish land.

About Writing Spicy

Open to everyone, you don't need to be a published author to get some good stuff from joining this class! With Sinclair Sexsmith guiding you, you'll deep dive into the craft of writing dirty stories. You'll look deeply at the parts of an erotic story: the opening paragraphs, the first consent moment, the climax (orgasmic or not), and finally the ending - and hopefully fostering community with your peers along the way!