New on The Masque

Picture Challenge #5 by raven, Jane Harris, raven, Tamin Rated: 2 - Provocative [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: Pic Challenge #5. Photo: "what title do you see" by ~raphaelclass
Categories: The Library > Story Orgy Chapters: 3 http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1436&warning=6

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Mom's Second Man by Rajah Dodger Rated: 3 - Risqué [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: Bobby's mother remarries, but why is he jealous?
Categories: The Library > Consenting Partners Content Notes: Exhibitionism, Incest, Masturbation, Ménage à trois, MILFGenres: General, Menage a troisChapters: 1Completed: Yes http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1435&warning=3

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This Fall by Hai Ning Rated: 1 - Conservative [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: autumn paths curve, as I curve on them.
Categories: The Bedroom > Poetry > The Ecstasy Genres: PoetryCompleted: Yeshttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1434

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How to Spot a Dominant at Ten Paces by Sensuous Sadie Rated: 2 - Provocative [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: Yes, he looks exactly like the Dominant of my dreams. Confident, assertive, mysterious, but is he?Categories: The Attic > Essays
Content Notes: BDSM, Dominance/submissionGenres: Essay/How-toChapters: 1Completed: Yeshttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1432

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More than eye Candy by xpurrteez Rated: 4 - Wanton [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: A young woman seduces an older man.
Categories: The Bedroom > Stories Content Notes: Older, PWP – Plot, what plot?, Romance, Sugardaddy, Virginity/First timeGenres: RomanceChapters: 1 Completed: Yeshttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1431&warning=4

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Scamp's Lady by Bleu Mushroom Rated: 2 - Provocative [Reviews - 3] New!

Summary: When you're a Colonial rebel, even going to the market place can be dangerous. Detained by the British, Deborah Morgan's healing skills bring her to the attention of Col. Kit Marshall. He wants those skills almost as much as he wants Deborah. She fights him almost as much as she fights her growing feelings for him. A murder that both of them feel compelled to solve complicates their private war, set against the historical events of the Revolutionary War in the South. Scamp's Lady finds that, even with peace, jealousy and greed provoke battles that could cost her her life.
Categories: The Bedroom > Stories Content Notes: Action/Adventure, Drama, RomanceGenres: Historical, RomanceChapters: 24Completed: Nohttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1369

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His shirt by rangergirl Rated: 3 - Risqué [Reviews - 1] New!

Summary: His bed, his shirt, his woman.
Categories: The Attic > The Gentleman Dominant > Stories Content Notes: BDSMGenres: BDSMSeries: NoneChapters: 1 Table of ContentsCompleted: Yes http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1430

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Life interrupted by Clvfan Rated: 4 - Wanton [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: Chad and Jill are happily married but are separated by the war in Iraq. Both are highly sexed people. How will they cope with this problem
Categories: The Library > Consenting Partners Content Notes: Cuckold, Exhibitionism, Group, Infidelity, MILF, OlderGenres: Menage a trois, WifeslutChapters: 8Completed: Nohttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1320

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Aladdin and the Magic Lamp by Clvfan Rated: 4 - Wanton [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: An adult version of Disney's Aladdin. Contains the sex that Disney couldn't put in the kids movie, also extends beyond the marriage of Jasmine and Aladdin. Lets just say the Genie gets lucky.
Categories: The Conservatory > Stories > Animated Movies Content Notes: Alternate Universe/Reality, Drama, Fantasy, Group, Humor/Parody, Multiple partners, SwingingGenres: Sci-Fi/FantasyChapters: 4 Completed: Nohttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1358

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Randy Rachel: Cockhunter by Mag58 Rated: 3 - Risqué [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: A married woman goes looking for fresh cock on a Friday night.
Categories: The Library > More than a Couple Content Notes: Heterosexual, Multiple partnersGenres: WifeslutChapters: 1 Completed: Yeshttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1429

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Julie and the Office Bull by Mag58 Rated: 4 - Wanton [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: A married woman finally succumbs to a colleagues sexual overtures
Categories: The Library > Consenting Partners Content Notes: CompleteGenres: Porn Without Plot, WifeslutChapters: 1Completed: Nohttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1428

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Be Careful What You Wish For by mjbarbag Rated: 4 - Wanton [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: Rob and Susan plan a anniversary weekend away. RolePlay, Fun in the bath and in the great outdoors, and male domination.
Categories: The Bedroom > Stories Content Notes: Bondage, Dominance/submission, Exhibitionism, Fantasy, Heterosexual, SpankingGenres: GeneralChapters: 6 Completed: Yeshttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1426

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A Holiday Tale by mjbarbag Rated: 3 - Risqué [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: The holiday season has total stressed Helen. But, Gil devised a way to let her relax.
Categories: The Bedroom > Stories Content Notes: Handjob/Fingering, Heterosexual, Masturbation, RomanceGenres: GeneralChapters: 3 Completed: Yes http://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1423

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Amber's Enchantment by dweaver999 Rated: 4 - Wanton [Reviews - 3] New!

Summary: Amber is a slave of House Grantlo, on the world of Destran. Taken from her own world, one located in another dimension, she was brought to Destran to be trained to be one of the premier sex slaves in the world. Having accepted her fate, in fact, reveling in it, her training continues. But all is not well on Destran. As the world enters the infamous burning times, political tensions are heating up to rival those of the surface of the world itself. The Wizard's Guild has long known a secret, a secret that it's used to increase its power and wealth at the expense of the other political factions. Amber soon finds herself drawn into the midst of the upcoming political turmoil when all she wishes is to be the best slave she can be. While she desperately wants to be a good slave, as these troubles enter her life, she finds it harder and harder to not take sides. For unlike all other slaves on Destran, Amber remembers her past, and the injustices that people can do to one another...
Categories: The Bedroom > Stories, The Attic > Due, The Library > Another Reality Content Notes: Alternate Universe/Reality, Anal sex, Anthropomorphic/Furry, BDSM, Bisexuality, Bondage, Dominance/submission, DP, Drama, Exhibitionism, Fantasy, Female/Female - Yuri, Group, Heterosexual, Interracial, Masturbation, Ménage à trois, Multiple partners, Oral sex, S&M, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Sexual toys, Spanking, Xenophilia (Sex with Aliens)Genres: Sci-Fi/FantasyChapters: 6 Completed: Nohttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1317

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Promises by Saguaro Rated: 3 - Risqué [Reviews - 0] New!

Summary: Charlene gets more than she bargained for from her former mentor
Categories: The Attic > The Gentleman Dominant > Stories Content Notes: SpankingGenres: BDSMChapters: 4Completed: Yeshttp://www.themasque.net/efiction/viewstory.php?sid=1421


Also, there are two new photos of Sensual Sadie in the Gallery. Both are beautifully lit, with gorgeous settings and props. Sadie herself is the model.

anti-spam, The Masque's birthday

I've added two more measures to the anti-spam campaign on The WIKTT Archives gallery - another Captcha and an email-completion part of gallery registration. It's already cut down on about 90% of the WIKTT gallery spam (but hopefully not new fans of the artwork posted.) All this means is that new users to The WIKTT Archives gallery will need to fill in another Captcha box and check their email for a link to validate that it exists and complete registration. This is a fairly normal thing for many websites, so I don't think it'll be a huge hassle for people that really do want to see the gorgeous work posted.

If it works as well as I hope it will, I'll implement it on TheMasque's erotica side as well, though I'm having far fewer issues with it. I'm bugged that we're having to irritate real people with these measures so I'm trying to make it effect the fewest users as possible. Thanks for your patience!

Also, this month, The Masque celebrated it's 10th year online! It's been such a journey from the first days of doing everything by hand and literally making masks for each section. If you're interested in how it used to look, oh so long ago, check out http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://themasque.net It was really different, with fancy colors and little rooms and a LOT more masks. Though it had the same look, the story sorting structure changed twice as it grew - can you spot the differences in those old files? (you may even see a few old fic gems in there that have disappeared off of the newer websites, if you look hard).

On the other hand, have you seen the new artwork and stories on both sides of the site? There's some wonderful new stuff to take a peek at!

~BG

combatting gallery spam

We're trying something new to combat the utterly ridiculous amount of spam in the galleries. I've implemented two systems to filter the spammers in the gallery. I'm moderating all comments so that artists don't get hassled any more by junk emails and signed up for a filtering program. I'll only be moderating comments until I get the filtering program all trained up and every legitimate comment will be sent through as long as it's not an ad for games, shoes, designer clothing, random quotations of Dickens, or in Chinese. I check comments every day so will absolutely approve new, legitimate comments same day they are left.

I'm still deleting about 75 fake usernames and 100-ish spam reviews per day of spammers and am working on new ways of stopping them from even registering. It may mean jumping through a few more hoops for real users, but I'll let you know how it's going as we move forward in the battle.

We're also working on getting the little program back to have the "Most Recent" gallery uploads shown on the front pages again. I don't know about you all, but I'm really missing seeing those!
Have you been to the site recently? There's so much that's new on both sides that you should come on over for a peek! (Hint: check out the artwork and leave some non-spammy comments!)

Thanks so much for your patience while we work on making the site even better.

Cis - Benevolent Goddess
http://www.themasque.net