Frequently Asked Questions
about
ABBREVIATED STORY CODES IN A.S.S.
Version 4.0 -- May, 2001
What are all of those funny letters after the titles of stories?
And what do they mean?
They are story content codes. They try to describe the genre of
the story, whether it is the type of story some readers might
want to download, whether it is the type of story some readers
might want to avoid.
* NOTE: If you have written a story, this is not your FAQ. Look
* up the story-code FAQ for authors.
* http://www.asstr.org/~Uther_Pendragon/code/scfa.txt
These codes break down into two or three categories.
"caution" Something in the story might offend (or even
sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.
SEX & AGE:
"M,m,b" are all males.
"b" is always a young boy, should be up to 12.
"F,f,g" are all females.
"g" is a young girl, should be up to 12.
"M,F" *should* be adults, 18 and older.
"m,f" *should* be teens, 13 - 17.
"t" Teenage male (used in gay stories).
They aren't always, because posters are careless (or
clueless). Also, in the bondage/dominance community, "M" is
sometimes a male dominant, "m" is a male submissive, etc.
MF is adult heterosexual sex
ff is teen lesbian sex
MMM~f means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
MMM/f sometimes means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
etc.
M+F Means several men and one woman
MF+ Means one man and several women
If the story is coded interr, meaning "Interracial," The
characters might be listed as BF Wm etc. The preceding letters
mean Black or White.
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STYLE:
All of these might be capitalized. Usually no difference.
1st First time, deflowering or male first time.
anal Anal sex.
bd means bondage (and discipline)
beast Bestiality, sex with animals.[Should be "best"]
best Bestiality, sex with animals.
bi Bisexuality of one or more characters.
blackmail Sex through threat of exposure
bondage means bondage (should be bd)
caution Something in the story might offend (or even
sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.
cbt Cock and ball torture.
cheat Married people having sex outside of the marriage,
cheating on their partner, as distinct from swinging.
cons [or con] The sex is consensual. This should mean that
*ALL* the sex is consensual, but some authors use
"cons nc" to mean that only some is.
copr Coprophilia (Fun with feces)
dom refers to dominance and submission, should be ds.
ds [or d/s] dominance and submission.
exhib Exhibitionism.
enem Enemas
Fdom, [or femdom] a dominant female
fist Fisting, insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina.
furry Animals with human characteristics. Werewolf or Mickey
Mouse.
goth Gothic (dark) setting
inc Incest.
interr Interracial.
lac Milk, not from a cow.
magic Magic, or ghouls, or that sort of background.
mc "mind-control" a big subgenre.
Mdom a dominant male.
nc is non-consensual. This is rape in law, but the style
may be different.
nec Necrophilia. Sex with a dead person
oral Oral-genital contact
ped Ages 12 and below.
preg Either impregnation or sex with a pregnant woman.
Preteen Ages 12 and below. Should be Mg or something similar.
rape Violent rape.
reluc Woman says no, but loves it when she is raped.
rom is romantic, which should always be consensual but some
writers use it very strangely.
sad Sadism. For "just" inflicting pain.
safe Safe sex
scat Scatology: Involving feces.
ScFi Science fiction setting. Please note spelling.
slash Homosexual intercourse in an imitation of Star Trek
sm Sadomasochism -- inflicting pain for the pleasure of
both.
snuff Killing which is supposed to arouse you.
_-solo Masturbation, as in F-solo = masturbation by an adult woman.
spank [or span] Spanking, mild sm.
teen Teenagers. Should be mf or something similar.
tg Trans-gender, men being changed into women (or vice
versa).
tort Torture.
toys Vibrators or other adult toys
veg Vegetable. Sex with food.
viol Violence, not necessarily connected to the sex.
voy Voyeur, peeking.
wife Wife *watching*; consensual cuckoldry.
ws Water sports. Pissing.
zoo Zoophilia, caring sex with animals
Nothing forces writers to use these codes, there are others
and many authors make up their own. But these are a start.
More nearly comprehensive lists may be found at:
The alphabetical list of all story codes.
and
The list of all story codes by type of story.
Also, there are a variety of life-style groups whose stories
spill over into alt.sex.stories and alt.sex.stories.moderated.
We've attempted to give a short description of what you'll see in
these stories, but we don't capture the subtleties, much less the
points under dispute within the groups themselves.
There is a list of recommendations for authors being published
concurrently on alt.sex.stories.d and permanently at:
The story code for authors.
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These codes should, but might not, be included within
( parentheses ).
More of what should be, but might not be, on the subject line
at:
The ASSM subject line FAQ
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