~Mentacle

Okay, it seems enough people are interested in making cannibal love - themed stories. I'm the most disorganized, ignorant would-be editor on earth, though, so I can only come with a rough plan for now. Tell you what: give me a rough idea of who wants to pitch in. Then I can go to a publisher and say, "Here's who I've got for the book, is this something you'd be interested in?" A very rough pitch (please keep ratings to R (no graphic depictions of sexual penetration!).

Of course we wouldn't formally pitch it until the actual book is finished, but at least we'd know which publishers to approach. Then we can come up with a due date. Of course, I don't guarantee a publisher or up front pay. For now, it's purely for the fun of it.

So, what I'd like to see from now to June 1, is a short (100-200 word) synopsis of your story, roughly how many pages it might take, and of course links to your official websites or emails. Feel free to leave it in the comments to this post, or email it to me at tintinp(at)gmail.com . Also, feel free to announce this to anyone else who might be interested in contributing!

All forms of desire are game (except pedophilia): gay, lesbian, straight, red velvet cake, etc., as well as all genres. Prose, poetry, illustration, and comics are acceptable. However, stories must explore both love/ desire and cannibalism in some form:

Cannibalism-
whether metaphorical, literal, poetic, emotional.

It's often said that when you love someone, you want to devour them, or incorporate them into yourself. Or maybe it's the opposite- you feel that love is devouring you- that you're being absorbed into someone else's identity.

From antiquity, elements of this taboo can be found in many cultures: Redemption via the consumption of divine flesh . Jupiter eating his children. The Papua tribesmen who eat their enemies to acquire their powers, or eat their ancestors as a sign of devotion (for the opposite, see Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club.

Then there are literal cannibals- serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is the most immediate to mind- who derive sexual thrills from consuming the flesh of their object of desire.

What kind of cannibal are you?