Best Erotic Story Titles

[SimonDoom]

I was inspired to start this thread by the thread I just saw by 46n2 about a proposed story titled "Make Me Fuckin Waffles Bitch--A Love Story," which is so ridiculous it made me laugh out loud.

So my question is, What's your favorite erotic story title?

I have a fondness for story titles that are outrageous and over the top. My own most absurd title to date, I think, is "Mom, You're a Hucow." I came up with the title first. The story followed. It can be a fun way of doing things.

Titles can be good without being absurd or silly, of course. A great example, in my opinion, is Paco Fear's "Words on Skin," because it's intriguing and mysterious, and you have to read the story to the end to understand exactly what the title is all about. To me, it's one of the must-read stories at Literotica, and it's a great title.

 

[Dingo_Triplesix]

Thanks for starting this interesting thread.

I think titles are more important than it seems, otherwise the gaping differences in views between similarly structured stories are not explainable.

My thoughts about good (in the sense of reader attracting) titles, based on my experience so far:

- They should transport a promise of entertainment.
- They should give a hint about what to expect, but not reveal all.
- They should be rather positive and happy than dark and menacing.
- Title and subtitle can be viewed as one container for info.

Aspects which I am not sure about or which do not influence response:

- Length of the title
- POV ("He fucks his mother" vs. "I will fuck you, Mom" etc.)

Love
Dingo

 

[TadOverdon]

I was inspired to start this thread by the thread I just saw by 46n2 about a proposed story titled "Make Me Fuckin Waffles Bitch--A Love Story," which is so ridiculous it made me laugh out loud.

And I just clicked my way in here prepared to nominate "Make Me Fuckin Waffles Bitch--A Love Story" as Best Title. LOL

 

[SyleusSnow]

Not as good as the waffles title, but my most outrageous title (and story) was the thrilling Halloween tale Kyle the Weremoose Gets Lucky

 

[TxRad]

My story with the most views and votes has a simple title, "Bound."

For most stories, I have the title before the first words hit the paper, uh, screen.

 

[Lifestyle66]

... My thoughts about good (in the sense of reader attracting) titles, based on my experience so far:

- They should transport a promise of entertainment.
- They should give a hint about what to expect, but not reveal all.
- They should be rather positive and happy than dark and menacing.
- Title and subtitle can be viewed as one container for info.

...

Add to the list: If it's an erotic story, the title or subtitle should include a blatant statement about sex.

 

[TadOverdon]

A humor writer some years ago attempted to demonstrate the difference between a good title for a horror novel and a great title for a horror novel.

Good title:

Buckets of Blood


Great title:

Buckets of Blood by Stephen King.

 

[SimonDoom]

A humor writer some years ago attempted to demonstrate the difference between a good title for a horror novel and a great title for a horror novel.

Good title:

Buckets of Blood


Great title:

Buckets of Blood by Stephen King.

That's what I'm talking about. Truth in advertising.

It's why "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is such a great movie title. It's a purely descriptive title, but it's also nutty and enticing. It forces a double take -- what? If you are a horror fan, of course you are going to want to see that movie.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I often struggle with titles, perhaps because I don't think about them until the story is finished. The one time I had the title before writing the story is also my best: "The Cunt of Monte Cristo."

 

[Bazzle]

Think some times one word titles give it a little mystery.

But I guess if you want the whole plot line in a title, then those described above are fairly useful.

B

 

[TadOverdon]

That's what I'm talking about. Truth in advertising.

It's why "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is such a great movie title. It's a purely descriptive title, but it's also nutty and enticing. It forces a double take -- what? If you are a horror fan, of course you are going to want to see that movie.

Yeah, title like that posed a Chandler Bing question: "Could we go any more over the top?"

 

[shakna]

My most read stories, by far, have very bland and uninteresting titles and descriptions. Bordering on the generic.

"Care Package" - Little sister takes care of her brother.

"Gifted" - A little sister has a present for her brother. (In fact for this one, there were six other stories with the exact same name first...)

Whereas those with titles that are more intriguing, to me, don't tend to get as much exposure. Possibly because they don't turn up as much via search or tags, or can't as easily pull in readers looking for something of a particular trope or something:

"Cocktails, Heels & Desperate" and "Natural Twenty".

All four of those examples are from the same categories, and don't have a huge amount of age differences, so the differences in reading numbers shouldn't be too biased. Yet, the former generic ones have between two to three times the number of reads.

It's curious, but suggests to me that perhaps erotica titles may actually find creativity works against them, longer term. (Probably similar drawcards as other titles when you're in a new queue, but maintaining a draw longer term may be harder.)

 

[SyleusSnow]

I find this fascinating, but I suck at titles, both picking ones I like from others and coming up with them for my stories.

I will say that I'm more likely to be discouraged from reading a story with a bait-sounding or overly descriptive title than one with a vague title.

That's interesting, Erozetta. I agree. And now that I think about it, I avoid stories with lurid, low-brow titles and descriptions. The stories themselves also tend to be lurid and low-brow. Mostly I use tag search to find stories, though that's far from reliable either and I bet I miss a lot of good ones.

I suck at titles too. Sometimes it takes longer to come up with a title and description than write the story (not really... I take forever to write anything).

Usually I wind up with a short, almost poetic title then try to stuff description into the tag line. To date I think the title and description that's worked out best in terms of "does what it says on the tin" while also being a little lyrical and attracting readers has been:

The Waif and The Wall - She's tiny. He's huge. It would never work.

 

[yowser]

Great question, and a good title is the first element of attracting readers.

My uneven learning curve:

Names don't do much, there needs to be more going on. (Even cute ones, maybe especially cute ones - I thought 'Frig Newton' would be super, but this remained an unrecognised jewel for most readers.)

Short is good, especially if it provokes interest or makes someone wonder what is up. Better ones in my catalog are 'Bound to Know' - obviously a bdsm piece, 'First Lick' and the odd 'Rakshasa Rutting' in Non Human (okay, 'Rutting' I get, but what's a rakshasa?)

 

[Laurel]

This one always gives me a chuckle.

 

[PoisonPen33]

I truly believe that if I named my Christmas story anything other than "I Touch My Elf" it would have gotten lost in the shuffle.

Sometimes, as Laurel posted, a solid pun works.

 

[RejectReality]

Top 5 most viewed:

Holly Jolley Christmas I/T | Sister's bi roomie needs some Xmas cock... And so does Sis. ( 2017 )

Obviously, it's the description and not the title there. My preference is actually to go creative/cheeky with the title and much more blatant with the description. There are few places where those two aren't displayed together.

Rim Fire Anal | Breaking the bro-code with best friend's little sister. (2019 )

Again, triggering with "little sister" in the description while the title itself doesn't say much. This one has been decently ranked on the toplist for a long time, and had a month being featured on the front page due to winning the monthly contest, which accounts for some of the hits. It only has about half the votes of #1 and #3, but it's newer than both.

Peppermint Patty I/T | Sis craves peppermint and brother craves sis. ( 2011 )

:: Shrug :: It's I/T. Same pattern I tend to go for with the title/description combo. This one was written specifically to garner large numbers, along with its companion piece by Les.

Recycled Mature | Daughter dumps boyfriend, but Mom's into recycling. ( 2010 )

Triggering with Mom and Daughter in the description. This category is actually my bread n' butter in this name, which is why it's capable of outperforming some of my I/T works. I think this may be the first one that Laurel changed from EC to Mature, demonstrating to me the draw of that category, which I was ignoring prior to this one gathering 1k votes in 24 hours.

Boned Mature | Hot Mom's witch costume gets her a bone for her cauldron. ( 2011 )

Triggering with Mom, and going cheeky in the description as well.

As Les, I only have 2 above 200 k, because my bread & butter is really Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

Mom's Stocking Stuffer IT | Mom's stockings inspire son's Christmas stuffing. ( 2011 )

Going hard with Mom & Son and playing with words. The companion piece for Peppermint Patty. Both were written primarily with maximizing engagement in mind.

Mom's Second Chance IT | Mom's fun in sun turns to son's fun in Mom. ( 2012 )

Ditto for Stocking Stuffer, other than this one arising from a story premise rather than originating from a goal of maximizing engagement.

The remainder of the top 5 are LW, Anal, Incest.

That being said, some of my favorite titles aren't on this list.

To Catch a Merchant Princess: One of my favorite stories overall. The title follows the form of a Feist title.

A Sale of Two Titties: Blatantly lifted from Monty Python, and closest to big numbers because it's Mature as RR.

Missionary Impossible: Just fun.

At lest 2 of my favorite titles haven't even released yet. They're still in progress.

 

[jsmiam]

I am probably an overpunner, but there hasn’t been too much punishment for it. (I’ll stop now. Maybe.)

My favorite of my titles (not here any more from the period where I left lit in a huff due to an abuse of power situation by another boards mod) was, (not incest, just hot moms), “Hot dogs, hot Sun, hot moms, hot fun.“ If I remember correctly the “mom” in the title did get it extra views.

I also have “Dinah might with a laser beam,” but nobody’s said anything about the word play there. Also 2 or 3 movie line plays on words in it. Hey, *I* was highly amused.

 

[LexxRuthless]

The only time an anonymous comment actually got me to write something gave rise to: The Hypnotist - A Fucked-Up Sequel. I wasn't actually going to write the damned thing, but after I bounced that story idea off of two other authors, they both basically dared me to. It will never be among my most-viewed or highest-rated stories, but the title alone makes me grin.

 

[AWhoopsieDaisy]

I either hit the title perfectly or make a title that's complete garbage.



Identity Crisis a Spider-Man fanfiction in which Eddie Brock grapples with his sexuality in a very mid life crisis esq fashion. The story is also a farce of secret identity as the Symbiote, Eddie, Peter, Venom and Spider-Man all have very different dynamics with eachother despite only being three people.

The individual chapter titles on Identity Crisis are also fun. "In The Closet" is a gay panic but also they make out in a supply closet. Meanwhile "Save A Prayer" is a reference to the Duran Duran song.

And then I have my other works are not so good on titles. "Love In The Name Of Power" is just a king marrying to gain power and falling in love for real anyway despite his constant bitching and moaning about the prospect of having to be near another living person. I don't feel the same sort of click that I get from my other titles. Most of my titles outside of Literotica have titles on par with "Identity Crisis". Like they always have a double meaning.

Right now Im struggling to come up with a title for a baseball story about a gay japanese batter with an obsession with American culture, making it to the big league and finding out America isn't all its cracked up to be and is only progressive when compared to Japan.

I'm stuck between

"Home Run" for the baseball sex metaphor

And

"Baseball And The Death Of The American Dream" which while fitting might be an intimidating title for a website primarily interested in porn

 

[yowser]

I either hit the title perfectly or make a title that's complete garbage.



Identity Crisis a Spider-Man fanfiction in which Eddie Brock grapples with his sexuality in a very mid life crisis esq fashion. The story is also a farce of secret identity as the Symbiote, Eddie, Peter, Venom and Spider-Man all have very different dynamics with eachother despite only being three people.

The individual chapter titles on Identity Crisis are also fun. "In The Closet" is a gay panic but also they make out in a supply closet. Meanwhile "Save A Prayer" is a reference to the Duran Duran song.

And then I have my other works are not so good on titles. "Love In The Name Of Power" is just a king marrying to gain power and falling in love for real anyway despite his constant bitching and moaning about the prospect of having to be near another living person. I don't feel the same sort of click that I get from my other titles. Most of my titles outside of Literotica have titles on par with "Identity Crisis". Like they always have a double meaning.

Right now Im struggling to come up with a title for a baseball story about a gay japanese batter with an obsession with American culture, making it to the big league and finding out America isn't all its cracked up to be and is only progressive when compared to Japan.

I'm stuck between

"Home Run" for the baseball sex metaphor

And

"Baseball And The Death Of The American Dream" which while fitting might be an intimidating title for a website primarily interested in porn

What about 'Japanese American Hits'? Or 'American Strikeouts'? Lots of room for double (or triple) entendres. Sacrifice bunts, double plays, all that even before getting to the 'infield fly rule'.

 

[RejectReality]

Right now Im struggling to come up with a title for a baseball story about a gay japanese batter with an obsession with American culture, making it to the big league and finding out America isn't all its cracked up to be and is only progressive when compared to Japan.

I'm stuck between

"Home Run" for the baseball sex metaphor

And

"Baseball And The Death Of The American Dream" which while fitting might be an intimidating title for a website primarily interested in porn

Fell For The Curve Ball.

 

[Voboy]

I'm not great at titles. When I write commercially, I usually let the publisher pick the title. But sometimes I come up with winners: I think my favorite is "The Norwegian Made Me Do It," which I think provides a spark of "what-the-fuckness" that might lead some readers to click on it out of curiosity.

It's got decent views, but nothing over the top.

 

[Omenainen]

My favorite of mine is “Pussyberry Smoothie.”

 

[MelissaBaby]

I'm terrible at titles, but I thought The Blowjob at the End of the World was pretty good.