Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism

Philip Miller and Molley Devon

An unabashedly cheerful, unpretentious and thoroughly comprehensive how-to manual as well as demystification of SM sexuality. “While we welcome the growing acceptance of SM in society, trendiness has its inherent perils and is one of the reasons that we felt our book was needed. Misinformation is being circulated as novice players teach other novices practices they have gleaned from fiction… We want those interested in sadomasochism or any of its subsets including dominance and submission, bondage and discipline, spanking, erotic humiliation, role-play and others to understand the importance of having access to the SM community. We discuss safety issues, ideas for scenes, recognizing good and bad attitudes, finding playmates, knowing the difference between fantasy and reality and learning that techniques are means not ends.”
Chapters include: “Learning the Body You Want to Bludgeon,” “Non-Government Sanctioned Sex and Torture,” “Steering Your Love-Boat Into the Rapids,” “Conditioning—3 Ways to Skinner a Pussy,” “Straight Facts and Bent Phalluses,” “Bondage Techniques (Breast Bondage, Oriental Rope Dress, Plastic Wrap Bondage, Hoods and Sensory Deprivation, Spandex, etc.),” “Reading the Submissive’s Butt After a Scene,” “Orchestrating Your Percussion,” “When the Inner Child Deserves a Spanking,” “Experiencing Pain as Pleasure,” “Mindfuck, Not Mental Rape,” “Furnishing Your Dungeon,” and much more.

Publisher: Mystic Rose
Paperback: 277 pages
Illustrated