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Subject: {ASSM} {FAQ} Story Codes for Readers
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Version 4.0 -- December, 2000

What are all of those funny letters after the titles of stories?  
And what do they mean?

They are story codes, and they give you a brief glimpse at what 
sort of story it is.  Note that many authors *only* use the sex 
and age descriptions.  If the story code includes more than that, 
it is *likely* that anything to which you might object (or which 
you might particularly want) that is listed below is mentioned in 
the story code.  It is not *certain*.

* NOTE:  If you have written a story, this is not your FAQ.  Look 
* up the story-code FAQ for authors.
* http://www.nyx.net/~anon584c/code/scfa.txt

The code serves both as an advertisement and as a warning label.  
If you want stories about women being forced into sex, look for 
"nc" or "rape."  If you would rather not read that sort of story, 
avoid ones with those labels.  Generally, unless you have pretty 
catholic tastes, know the author from previous stories, or have 
read a review, it's wiser to avoid unlabeled stories.  For that 
matter, most unlabeled posts (on a.s.s -- a.s.s.moderated is 
different) are spam rather than stories.

For the last four years, there has been an attempt among writers 
to agree on rules for the codes.  That way, you would know what 
the funny letters mean and that the story doesn't have any 
surprise squicks for you.  The attempt has not been very 
successful.  This is a report on what has been used, including 
some codes which are contrary to the agreed rules.  The list here 
is also in the order which a reader is likely to need them, 
a short description of the very commonest set, and then the rest 
in alphabetical order.

These codes break down into two or three categories.

"caution"      Something in the story might offend (or even 
sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.

                                SEX & AGE:

"M,m,b" are all males.  
"b" is always a young boy, should be up to 12. 

"F,f,g" are all females.  
"g" is a young girl, should be up to 12.

"M,F" *should* be adults, 18 and older.
"m,f" *should* be teens, 13 - 17.

     They aren't always, because posters are careless (or 
     clueless).  Also, in the bondage/dominance community, "M" is 
     a male dominant, "m" is a male submissive, etc.

MF        is adult heterosexual sex
ff        is teen lesbian sex
MMM/f     means adult men gang-banging a teenaged girl
          etc.
M+F       Means several men and one woman
MF+       Means one man and several women
     The presence or absence of "/" doesn't mean much except on 
dominance stories.  In those stories the one(s) to the left of 
the slash are dominating those to the right of the slash.

                              - = - 

                             STYLE:

All of these might be capitalized.  Usually no difference.

1st       First time, defloration or male first time.
anal      Anal sex.
BBW       "Big Beautiful Women," Appreciation of fat women.
bd        means bondage (and discipline)
beast     Bestiality, sex with animals (should be "best").
best      Bestiality, sex with animals.
BF        Black Female (in an interracial story).
bi        Bisexuality of one or more characters.
bibl      Bible. Has a religious theme.
BM        Black Male (in an interracial story).
bondage   means bondage (should be bd)
breast    Abnormally large breasts
caution   Something in the story might offend (or even 
          sicken) you, but the author isn't telling you what.
cbt       Cock and ball torture.
CD        Cross dressing (should be tv).
Celeb     The story is about a celebrity.
cheat     Married people having sex outside of the marriage, 
          cheating on their partner, as distinct from swinging.
coll      College-theme
cons or con    The sex is consensual.  This should mean that 
               *ALL* the sex is consensual, but some authors use 
               "cons nc" to mean that only some is.
copr*     Coprophilia (Fun with feces)
dom       refers to dominance and submission, should be ds.
dream     Sexual activity during a dream, (daydream or sleep.)
ds or d/s      dominance and submission.
enem      Enemas
exhib     Exhibitionism.
fat       Involves fat people
Fdom, or femdom     a dominant female
feet      Foot or shoe fetish-story
fist      Fisting, insertion of the entire hand into anus or vagina. 
furry     Animals with human characteristics.  Werewolf or Mickey 
               Mouse.
giant     Abnormally large (tall) persons
goth      Gothic (dark) setting
hair      Hair fetish
hirs      Hirsute - natural unshaved genitals and/or armpits
hist      Has a historical theme
hs        High School-theme
humor     Humor. Funny
inc       Incest.
inf       Infantilism
interr    Interracial.
job       Place-of-work theme
lac       Milk, not from a cow.
magic     Magic, or ghouls, or that sort of background.
mc        "mind-control" a big subgenre.
Mdom      a dominant male.
nc        is non-consensual.  This is rape in law, but the style 
          may be different.
nec       Necrophilia. Sex with a dead person
oral      Oral sex
ped       Ages 12 and below.  Should be Mg or something similar.
pett      Heavy petting
preg      Either impregnation or sex with a pregnant woman.
Preteen   Ages 12 and below
rape      is rape.
real      Supposedly true
reluc     Woman says no, but loves it when she is raped.
rom       is romantic, which should always be consensual but some 
               writers use it very strangely.
sad       Sadism.  For "just" inflicting pain. 
safe      Safe sex 
scat      Scatology: Involving feces.
ScFi      Science fiction setting.  Please note spelling.
size      Overdeveloped body-parts
slash     Homosexual intercourse in an imitation of Star Trek
slow      The first part contains no sex, later parts do.
sm        Sadomasochism
snuff     Killing which is supposed to arouse you.
_-solo    Masturbation, as in F-solo = masturbation by an adult woman.
span      Spanking, mild sm.
stroke    The author intended it simply to arouse.
teen      Teenagers.  Should be "mf" or something similar.
tg        Trans-gender, men being changed into women (or vice 
               versa).
tort      Torture.
toys      Generally, adult toys
tv        Transvestite:  men dressing as women.
va        Verbal abuse. (Abusive and "dirty" language)
veg       Vegetable. Sex with food. 
viol      Violence, not necessarily connected to the sex.
virg      Virgin (should be 1st).
voy       Voyeur,  peeking.
wife      Wife *watching*; consensual cuckoldry.
WF        White Female (in an interracial story).
WM        White Male (in an interracial story).
ws        Water sports.  Pissing.
yng       Participants are young.  (Should be the specified ages 
               above).
zoo       Zoophilia, sex with animals


     Nothing forces writers to use these codes, and many make up 
their own.  But these are a start.  There is a list of 
recommendations for authors being published concurrently on 
alt.sex.stories.d and permanently at: 
http://www.nyx.net/~anon584c/code/scfa.txt

These codes should, but might not, be included within 
( parentheses ).

                              - = - 

Codes outside the parenthesis might be the story codes.  Or they 
might mean something different.
e.g.

"nnd"     Is not a code.  It is Roller's ongoing series about
          "naughty, naked dreamgirls."  Take the word "girls" 
          seriously.
"REP" or "rep" is a repost.
"RP" or "rp" is a repost.
"REV" or "rev" is a revision.  This is a story which has been 
               changed, usually in the quality of the writing, 
               usually by the author.
"TV"      *sometimes* means Television instead of transvestite.
"ST-TNG"  Star-Trek, the next generation.  If you have to ask, 
          you don't want to read it.

ALSO:
     {ASS} or {ASSM} at the beginning of a post almost always 
          means that it is a real story, rather than spam.
     {Smith} identifies the author of the story.  All of these 
          are real stories.
     [3/7] means that it is the third chapter of seven.  Some 
posters use [1/1] irrationally when it is really part of a 
multipart story.  [3/?] means that the author hasn't written any 
more yet, but might some day.  [0/5] means that it is an 
introduction, either description of the story to come or a non-
sexual part which leads into the sexual part of the story.

More on what should, but might not, be included in the subject 
line at:
            http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/ASSFAQs/www/sslfaq.html


                                   - = - 

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