Best Erotic Story Titles

[Kumquatqueen]

I figure it's impossible to be too obvious for a porn story, but a bit of wordplay or surprise is good. If the content isn't obvious from the title then the tagline should make clear what to expect, especially if it's not straightforwardly what that category's readers go for.

I recall being surprised noone had used the title 'Turkish Delight' - turned out a few have but not in the GM section. Combined with a tagline 'Two men fuck other men in Istanbul; Turkish baths get steamy.' that worked very well.

'Wheelchair Bound?' is about bondage and one character admitting she needs a wheelchair and getting freedom by using it, or as the tagline says, 'Women find chronic illness interferes with kinky sex', cluing BDSM readers in that here be lesbian sex as well as wheelchairs and filth.

For stories which don't really fit categories it can be really hard. I've started doing more intros and warnings at the start of such stories, but sometimes it's probably best if people only click if they think first. Like "Chaperoning Matthew", may or may not trigger curiosity; tagline "Four bisexuals get very drunk". If you don't read between the lines and guess multiple men and women will have some sort of sex together, with some hurdle relating to 'Matthew', you probably wouldn't enjoy it.

'Educating Laura' is a pretty boring title but works for chapters with a wide variety of content. Though "I Say Ass, You Say Arse" is a better series name - for stories where an American fucks British women in each chapter (first few in Anal).

I have a draft incest story with no title so far. Maybe "Fucking Chris", tagline "Dad's cockups result in me cheering up my brother with sex".? Or own the trope and call it "Only One Bed. Oh Brother!"?

 

[TheRedChamber]

Not a fan of modern Simpsons and haven't actually seen the episode in question, but apparently last season they had an episode called

'From Beer to Paternity'

which is the sort of next level word play I feel ashamed I didn't come up with myself. (and it kind of works as a Lit title as well)

 

[NotWise]

I'm terrible at titles and probably worse at short descriptions. I figure my best erotic title is Sex Under Studio Lights. My best title and description combination may be My Sister's Wedding with the description "Old traditions, broken vows, and dirty little thrills."

 

[lovecraft68]

My first ever contest entry was in Winter 2011 a foot fetish story "Under The Mistle-Toe"
The Tag "Jake finds his sole mate for Christmas"

There's also the classy and classic how to "How to write incest like a mother fucker"

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Readers seem to like my story titles: Breeding Bull, Hot Fun with a Stranger and of course, My First Taste of Pussy. At least they know what to expect with titles like these.

 

[vanmyers86]

My most-read stories all have memorable titles. I had the title for A Costume Built for Two, a play on the old song "A Bicycle Built for Two," before I ever plotted the story. Every Christmas Needs a Virgin had a different title until one of the characters blurted out that line, which made me laugh and immediately change the story's name. And The Unbucket List is an unexpected take on a common phrase, which I think helped it get noticed in the contest it won.
I appreciate titles with wordplay - that'll pique my interest quicker than just about anything.
Interesting thread, SimonDoom!

 

[RejectReality]

I really thought I had something with that title suggestion. Guess not. LOL

I'll toss it into my title archive. I might be able to do something with it at some point.

 

[AWhoopsieDaisy]

Fell For The Curve Ball

I mean it sounds clever but I have no idea what it means

 

[RejectReality]

I mean it sounds clever but I have no idea what it means

Baseball reference to highlight that element. A curve ball is a pitch that doesn't end up where it seems to be going at first, which I thought was a nice metaphor for the American culture discovery. It's possible with it being GM that ball could be a useful double entendre. And depending upon the nature of the relationship, fell could have meaning as well.

If it didn't sing to you right off, it's a swing and a miss. ( To stay on theme ) Working from only the synopsis, it felt right, but you have the whole story in your head, so you know way better when something fits.

 

[yowser]

Good titles are indeed an art form. I flatter myself on wordplay in titles (Super Thighs Me, Stroke of Fortune, Frig Newton, A Victorian Interlewd, Bound to Know) but that notion is most likely delusional. Clear, simple but provocative is likely a more winning formula.

 

[jehoram]

Of my stories, my favorite is "Bigfoot and the Wood Nymph"

https://www.literotica.com/s/bigfoot-and-the-wood-nymph

There are a lot of great titles out there, but one that caught my eye was Fervid's "Lifeguard at the Reflecting Pool." It's a pretty good story, too.

https://www.literotica.com/s/lifeguard-at-the-reflecting-pool