The Masque :: An Erotic Renaissance

Room Descriptions

Rooms / Categories on the website:

The Bedroom: heterosexual couples only with no BDSM or D/s involved.
   Stories
   Poetry:
      The Ecstasy: joyful poetry concerning a heterosexual couples.
      The Agony: painful poetry concerning a heterosexual couples
      The Exploration: discovering self

The Salon: gay and lesbian couples only with no BDSM involved.
   Uomini Stories - stories about male/male relationships
   Poetry:
      The Ecstasy: joyful poetry concerning a gay couple
      The Agony: painful poetry concerning a gay couple
      The Exploration: discovering self

   Donne Stories - stories about female/female relationships
   Poetry:
      The Ecstasy: joyful poetry concerning a lesbian couple
      The Agony: painful poetry concerning a lesbian couple
      The Exploration: discovering self

The Library: a collection of "other" material:
   More than Human: Paranormal, alien, and mythical creature fantasies
   More than a Couple: swinging, swapping, threesomes and groups
   Consenting Partners: singles or partners playing with others and consenting cuckolds.
   Interwoven Threads: Serial novels, multiple partners/multiple plots
   Another Reality: Time warp, sci-fi, alternate world stories
   Illusions: Surprising twists, includes transgender stories
   Sensual Machines: Tools and toys, rather than flesh
   Solo Adventures: One person, playing alone
   Story Orgy: The Ballroom's weekly round robin story collection.
   Poetry: non-romantic or any category mentioned herein

The Attic: All BDSM and D/s stories, essays and expressions. Uomini refers to a male Dominant, Donne refers to a female Dominant.

   Uomini Stories: Stories involving a Male Dominant
   Uomini Poetry:
      The Ecstasy: joyful poetry concerning a male Dominant
      The Agony: painful poetry concerning a male Dominant

   Donne Stories: Stories involving a female Dominant
   Donne Poetry:
      The Ecstasy: joyful poetry concerning a female Dominant
      The Agony: painful poetry concerning a female Dominant

Essays: Non-romantic or instructional articles and essays on all matters BDSM or D/s, both online and off.

   Of Submission:
      Service: Text-based descriptions of a submissive's service to a Dominant (may be from a Ballroom contest)
      Ceremony: Descriptions of collaring ceremonies, online and off
      Dance: Text-based descriptions of a submissive dance for a Dominant (may be from a Ballroom contest)
      Scenes: Text-based descriptions of BDSM sessions/scenes (may be from a Ballroom contest)

The Conservatory: All FanFiction. Disclaimers are required for all fan-fiction. Please send a letter to TheMasque if you need another fandom to archive your stories.

   Stories: select the fandom/universe for your story.
   Real Person Fantasies: all stories involving a real celebrity who is not in character
   All poetry is collected in the Poetry subcategory.
   There is a link to The WIKTT Archives here. All stories must be uploaded on The WIKTT Archive database (the green pages). Catagories are described below.

The Kitchens: A collection of food and drink recipes.

   From the Kitchens: all food
      Antipasti: Hors d'œuvre and appetizers
      Primi Piatti: First course
      Secondi Piatti: Second course
      Contorni: Vegetables
      Formaggi: Cheese dishes
      Dolce: Desserts

From the Bar: Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, listed by the main alcohol listed

The WIKTT Archive - This section is a separate archive linked through the Conservatory. It contains it's own database and stories must be added in that database. You must register separately for The WIKTT Archives. The Archive is sorted by genre as it is exclusively a Harry Potter Fanfiction archive.

Angst
Drama
Drabbles / Ficlets - Story stories
Fluff - Sweetly Romantic
Friendship - HTG/SS Friendship only. No romance
General - Anything that doesn't fit somewhere else
Humour
Plot? What Plot? - Porn without Plot
Romance
Song Fic / Poetry - Poetry and stories based on songs
Challenges - Responses from writing challenges posted on WIKTT, TM, and other sites
SSHG Exchange - Stories written exclusively for the HGSS Exchange. Only HGSS Exchange Admins may add stories here.

Auxiliary Volumes - Non-HG/SS Stories
   The Compendium - Non-Ship stories
         Femmeslash - Lesbian Stories
         Slash - Gay Stories
         General - All others
   The Potions Book - Snape/OFC Stories
   The Black Book - Featuring Sirius Black
         Slash - Gay stories
         Het - Stories with ladies

The Foyer - faq - Contact Us

The Masque complies with US Federal Code 2257, and all authors and models are over the age of 18. For more information, click here to send us an email

All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners and corporate affiliates. Any original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from any work on this website. No copyright infringement is intended. All stories, poetry, drawings, digital art and photographs are owned and copyrighted by the submitting authors and artists and may not be reproduced without the express permission of the creator.

All graphics, code, and site text are completely owned by The Masque and may not be reproduced. (c)2000, 2001, 2007, 2014-2018 TheMasque.net and affiliate network sites, with the following exceptions: The Masque runs on eFiction, SMF and Coppermine, with extensive modification gathered around the web. The Masque logo art is by artist C. Walton. Background and side bar graphics by J. Kiss and C. Walton. WIKTT Book by Jodel. The WIKTT Archives theme from a story by Quillusion. Garden Roses by Lady Alina. Current design, archive modification and skin created by Chris McCulloch.