BDSM Essays, Rants, and Pontifications Caning and Spanking Stories copyright 1994-2003 by OldTom, all rights reserved. Many Essays Added April 2003!

Everything included in this section is used with the author's permission.

• His pet's description of visiting The Leather Rose Social Club

• "my first year" by huny (huny@unforgettable.com) - huny reflects on her first year of being collared to her master.

• Thoughts on using uppercase/lowercase writing to indicate Dominant vs. Submissive - by Old Tom and His pet.

• Scene Report - First time in Japanese Rope Bondage - by His pet

• Thoughts on the submissive's pleasure in sexual servitude - by Shunyata

• Essays and scene reports by Midnight Writer and his slave Babalon

  • In these two essays, Midnight Writer explains how he trained Babalon to cum on command:

    1. Personality Modification: Technique #1, verbal self-programming

    2. Personality Modification: Technique #2, Pavlovian Key conditioning

  • Scene reports by Babalon

    1. Reindeer Munch, or Flogging to Infinity

    2. The vanillas just wouldn't understand...

    3. Fantasies Come True - letter to a friend describing a scene

• Bookbabe and the Cane - First time caning report - by Michele (bookbabe@bigfoot.com)

• His pet's thoughts on Why i should or should not do things that my Master asks

• Subspace: The World Within introduces the following essay series. Added April 2003

  1. Forced to Feel Domme LadyHeart's Subspace, within a "pure" consensual S/M scene.

  2. Special Party Edition The story behind the story. Jojasa set something in motion years ago, to suddenly come to fruition last weekend.

  3. The Stroke Must be delivered before an audience. It's that dramatic.

  4. Self-directed Caning Jojasa shows how it's done.

  5. If Wishes Were Horses / Stand By Me, by Seri. Seri looks within herself to discover the essence of Submission.

  6. A Whirl of Words, by Seri. Preparing for her caning

  7. With One Stroke, by Seri. Here is the most brilliant portrayal I have ever encountered, of discovering Subspace.

  8. Out Here on my Own, by Seri. Another side of D/s

  9. The Cane of Curiosity, by LadieJJ. LadieJJ's discoveries from a prior party

  10. Offsite link: Waiting Games, by Seri. She learns that subspace really has few limits.

  11. Offsite link: Kell Fire's Korner Click on the lower left bay window of the house, to go to The Cane. The poem describes the headspace quite well, and was indeed published in the Black Rose catalog. The photo is from a little "demo" we did for people the year before. To the best of my recollection, only the cane was used in the scene leading to the photo.

• Canes in Public Yes, people will sit on your toys! Added April 2003

• Teaching the Cane I extracted this essay from a series of posts I made on a private message board. It's a bit choppy due to responding to specific questions, but remains quite readable. Added April 2003

• Changing Pain Threshholds I extracted this essay from a series of posts I made on a private message board. It's a bit choppy due to responding to specific questions, but remains quite readable. Added April 2003

• The Crop Added April 2003

• Holding Position I extracted this essay from a series of posts I made on a private message board. It's a bit choppy due to responding to specific questions, but remains quite readable. Added April 2003

• Public Play in front of an audience. Added April 2003

• The Sit Down Caning Advanced caning technique, part one of two. Added April 2003

• Advanced Caning Technique Part two of two. Added April 2003

• Ropecraft as an Art Form This essay is the result of beginning to take my own craft to the next level. Includes a ropecraft links section. Added April 12, 2003

• The Power of Silence, by Seri. Nonverbal communication is essential for any scene involving deep tripping through subspace. Seri has a particular advantage in gaining this skill. Added April 13, 2003

• Earth and Water; or, Caning to Tranquility Added April 13, 2003

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