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Writing is a weapon aimed against the world. With The Sex Act stories, I decided to aim at sexuality. Because sexuality is more distorted than we will admit, I wrote these stories through the funhouse exaggeration of sexual obsession.

Although the stories below feature male characters with different names and faces, all are meant to chronicle the sexual odyssey of the same male. Think of it as the spirit of sexual distortion gliding urethrally through the stories fuck to fuck.

In the first, WHEN YOU SURFACED, the main character, Toby, is the one manipulated. Years later, in SEX ON SHEETS, our hero has learned to be the manipulator. By the time of BEATEN UP BY GIRLS, our aging rake is no longer certain who is manipulating whom. THE RAPE portrays total commitment to obsession, the manipulation of mindgames graduating to the manipulation of limbs, and includes as a bonus a speed bump for speed readers. The final story, DADDY'S GLAD HANDS, closes the circle the way all drawn circles close, with a return to the beginning.

WHEN YOU SURFACED was first published in Sign of the Times, Winter '86-'87. Although several magazines expressed enthusiasm about the story, only Sign of the Times had the courage to publish it, for which I am eternally grateful to editor-publisher Mark Souder.

SEX ON SHEETS was first published in Sign of the Times, Winter '87-'88, and anthologized in Sign of the Times' 10-Year Anthology Edition. Several paragraphs of the text of SEX ON SHEETS were edited-out for its publication in Sign of the Times. Those paragraphs are restored here.

TRUTH BE TOLD is scheduled to be published in 2002 in the British Magazine Egg Box.

BEATEN UP BY GIRLS, THE RAPE and DADDY'S GLAD HANDS remain unpublished as of this date.

All five stories below contain scenes of explicit sexuality, as well as ideas some might find disturbing. In addition, WHEN YOU SURFACED, THE RAPE and DADDY'S GLAD HANDS contain situations some might find offensive.

WHEN YOU SURFACED
SEX ON SHEETS
BEATEN UP BY GIRLS
THE RAPE
DADDY'S GLAD HANDS

THE SEX ACT is part of SENTENCE, a website devoted to the writings of Ralph Robert Moore. SENTENCE features a large number of stories, both published and unpublished, and excerpts from Ralph Robert Moore's novels. To search SENTENCE for related fiction that might appeal to you, please use the SENTENCE Search Engine. You can search by word or phrase. A complete list of the contents of this website is available at the SITE MAP. Much of the writing on SENTENCE is explicit, and may be disturbing or offensive to some people.

Critics' comments on The Sex Act:

"...short stories that explore the sexual journey of one man over time... There are many other offerings on this site that are not directly related to sexuality, but are well worth a read. I enjoyed the tone of the erotic text. The author has a unique voice that comes across as introspective and gritty. I wouldn't necessarily say that it is sex positive all the time, but whoever said fiction has to be?"

Celebration. Copyright © 1997 by Roger Svensson. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.