What is a Clandestine Classic Anyway?
I’m here at the lovely Ella Jade’s Blog today
to discuss my latest release, The Legend
of Sleepy Hollow. Now obviously, I didn’t write the original, it was the
highly entertaining and somewhat flippant Washington Irving who created the
tale of the Headless Horseman. When Total E-Bound Publishing first announced
last year that they were starting a line called Clandestine Classics, I was
intrigued. I’d heard of the horror reboots of classics, such as Pride &
Prejudice and Zombies, but classics with sex in them? Sign me up!
I wasn’t sure how we were supposed to present
our classic, and I was further interested once I discovered that the intent was
to stay completely true to the original words that the author wrote. While we
are certainly adding to the story by giving it an erotic retelling, we had to
work within the parameters of what the author wrote – no words could be
changed. So in my imagining of Sleepy Hollow, there are two lovers, a bit of
BDSM, and Ichabod is quite endowed. Plus the horseman makes more than one visit
to Sleepy Hollow. I hope you enjoy this MMF romp, and I’ve included an excerpt
to give you a taste that includes both Irving’s and my prose:
Excerpt from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
By Washington Irving &
Morticia Knight
True to his word, Ichabod swived the lass
until just before the telling of the dawn, leaving her sore and well-used, and
with the knowledge in one night of all of the skills of Aphrodite. He escorted
her safely back to her parents’ home, and bade her a brief farewell, planning
to state his suit to her father very soon. But first he must send word to
Jonathan, for he knew his lover was nearing the end of his studies, and surely
the joyful news of his female find would entice Jonathan to their side
forthwith.
Wending his way down the path to the most recent dwelling where he was
making his home, he pondered all they had discussed throughout the previous
eve. Although still confident in his success against his rival, he was a
prudent man, and shied from declaring definitive conclusions when there were
still matters to be finalised. For whilst some may profess to know the perfect
way that a woman’s heart is secured, I profess not to know how women’s hearts
are wooed and won.
To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Some seem
to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access, while others have a
thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. It is a
great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof of
generalship to maintain possession of the latter, for man must battle for his
fortress at every door and window. He who wins a thousand common hearts is
therefore entitled to some renown, but he who keeps undisputed sway over the
heart of a coquette is indeed a hero. Certain it is, this was not the case with
the redoubtable Brom Bones, and from the moment Ichabod Crane made his
advances, the interests of the former evidently declined, his horse was no
longer seen tied to the palings on Sunday nights, and a deadly feud gradually
arose between him and the preceptor of Sleepy Hollow.
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Morticia Knight Author Bio
Erotic Romance author Morticia Knight enjoys a good saucy tale, whether it
is contemporary, paranormal, historical, ménage, M/M or BDSM - she loves it
all! One of her passions is bringing people's fantasies to life on the page,
because life is too short for even one boring moment. Her stories are volcanic
in heat, deep in emotion, and sprinkled with doses of humor.
When not indulging in her passion for books, she loves the outdoors, film
and music. Once upon a time she was the singer in an indie rock band that
toured the West Coast and charted on U.S. college radio. She currently resides
on the northern coast of Oregon, where the constant rain and fog remind her of
visits to her family in England and Scotland when she was a child.
Morticia has a three-book series called Uniform
Encounters set in the Southwest that features those yummy men in uniform
coming out in 2013, and is currently working on both a Steampunk horror ménage,
and a Sci-fi ménage.
Find her here:
Twitter:
@morticiaknight
Total E-Bound Author
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