How
‘Alice in Wonderland’ inspired my erotic novel
There are certain books that are so iconic
they provide inspiration for other writers and artists. Lewis Caroll’s classics, ‘Alice in
Wonderland’ and ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’, are two such books and I
drew on them as the inspiration for my own bdsm/fetish reinvention of them in
‘Adventures in Fetishland’.
The ‘Alice’ books provide great material for
a bdsm re-working. For starters, they
are one of those rare works where the characters are so well recognised that
your readers will understand the references. They have become ingrained in our
collective consciousness, not just through Lewis Caroll’s original stories and
Sir John Tenniel’s iconic illustrations but also through numerous film and
television re-interpretations. Who
hasn’t heard of Alice, the White Rabbit or the Red Queen?
Although conceived as children’s books they
have a dark underbelly to them, which many artists and illustrators have drawn
out, and this lends itself to the creation of an alternative bdsm/fetish
world. Many of the characters have a
nightmarish quality about them and this was an atmosphere I wanted to capture
in my book.
In my version Alice becomes the main
character, Kim, who is rescued from the massage parlour where she works and
brought to serve the Red Queen in the fetish fantasyland she has created. In the books Alice shows various responses to
the ‘Wonderland’ world she finds herself in; alternately confused,
argumentative or bemused within her new surroundings as she attempts to make
sense of them. I have attempted to
capture some of that range of qualities in Kim.
She faces a series of trials and challenges in which she is tested by
the Red Queen.
These involve exposure to different BDSM or fetish scenes, many
of which are pretty dark and intense. Having said that, these are balanced against
other scenes that draw on the humour in the original Alice stories in which Kim
can recognise the absurdity of some of the situations she finds herself
in. I’ve tried to work in some of the
reactions Alice has so there are times when Kim is defiant, wilful, playful or
just plain confused as she tries to make sense of this strange new fetish
fantasy world she becomes part of.
The Red Queen is a red and black PVC clad
dominatrix who rules over Nemesisland, a fetish fantasy world of her own
creation appearing throughout the book in numerous guises and costumes. The developing relationship between Kim and
The Red Queen and her journey into submission forms the heart of the narrative
of the story. In this case the portrayal
of the Red Queen and the illustrations of her in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ didn’t
really help. This definitely wasn’t how
I wanted my Red Queen to look! However,
there were traces of her unpredictability and flashes of temper that I could,
and did, use. In the case of my Red
Queen I’ve put together elements of a flesh and blood dominatrix, a classic
story book character, images from a graphic story, a stunning outfit by a
designer of fetish clothing and some of my own imagination to bring her to life
and onto the written page.
The story also draws inspiration from other
characters in the ‘Alice’ books. The Red
Queen has The Duchess as her transvestite lady-in-waiting and companion. The Cheshire Cat becomes the black cat, who
acts as a guide to Kim through the strange world she finds herself in and also relates
the back-story that explains why she has been selected and brought to serve The
Red Queen. Of course there had to be a
tea party, so the ‘Fetish’ Hatter, hare and dormouse all make an appearance in
a fetish tea party with some comic fun involving ‘tea’ and cup-cakes! The White Rabbit, Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
the Caterpillar, the Walrus and the Carpenter and the Lion and the Unicorn all also
make an appearance in the book.
Like Alice, in this version of the tale, Kim also
has a lot of adventures but of a bdsm and fetish kind. The book contains scenes of bondage, cock and
ball torture, nipple torture, corporal punishment, electrical play, hot wax
play, medical play, food play, breathe play, strap-on play and cling film
mummification, so there are some quite descriptive BDSM scenes in there. Kim becomes a willing and enthusiastic
partner as the Red Queen torments her into submission. But Kim is somebody
special to the Red Queen and there is a much deeper purpose behind her being
brought to serve her.
Extract
from book
The metal tips of her stiletto shoes clicked
against the black and white chequer board floor tiles; each step instinctively,
without thought or effort, alternating between black and white. As she made her stately progress across the
tiled floor she mused on the aptness of the symbolism that reflected the
extremities of the world she inhabited and held sway over: darkness and light,
cruelty and kindness, pain and pleasure, humiliation and reward. She commanded
over her domain like a chess master playing a twisted and beautifully imagined
chess game in which she, the Red Queen with a black heart, orchestrated
proceedings and her slaves were pawns.
She stood before her gothic mirror and admired her image reflected
within its black cast iron frame. The
Queen of Hearts was ready.
“How do I look Duchess?” she asked, turning
to her transvestite companion and lady in waiting.
“I’m speechless, madam, really I am. You look absolutely stunning, a true fetish
red queen,” she answered.
She examined her image in the mirror
carefully appraising every detail of her dress and make-up to ensure it met her
exacting standards. She held her body
upright and smoothed the shiny metallic red pvc panel of the ankle-length
skirt, straightened her ruby encrusted tiara and made a final adjustment to the
black heart-shaped choker around her neck. Yes, she thought, she looked
perfect.
She turned and stepped off the black and
white floor tiles taking a few steps to face one of the male slaves who served
in her realm. His wrists were secured
with leather cuffs, which had a rope attached to them and threaded through a
metal ring fixed into the ceiling pulled tight so that his arms were stretched
out. His ankles were similarly bound in
leather cuffs and secured to rings set in the floor, his legs stretched just
wide enough to cause discomfort but for the soles of his feet to lie flat on
the black carpeted floor.
Hanging from him his balls was a large cast
iron ball weight forged into the letter ‘N’.
‘N’ for Nemesis, the Queen of Hearts smiled to herself, the name taken
from the Greek goddess of fate and retribution and one of the personas she
adopted in the fetish fantasy realm she had created and ruled over. She lifted the weight up and traced her
finger along the letter and then let it drop heavily. The blindfolded man gasped as the velocity of
the falling weight stretched his balls.
The Red Queen merely laughed sadistically at his predicament. She gestured to the Duchess who, silently and
secretly, stood behind her helpless victim and lifted the blindfold from his
eyes to reveal the vision of his mistress transformed into the Queen of Hearts.
The cruel piercing blue eyes, framed in ruby
streaked ebony hair, met her victim’s as the blindfold was removed permitting
him to feast his eyes on her. He gasped
and then moaned in homage at the formidable and ravishing presence before him.
She stood there, her heaving cleavage held tight in a shiny electric red pvc
bodice festooned with black hearts and framed with a ruff in gold. This is the part I love, she mused. The look in their eyes when she reveals
herself; that look of mesmerised devotion mixed with fear, fear of the unknown,
fear of the seductive torment they know she is capable of inflicting on
them.
“So, are you ready to submit to the Queen of
Hearts?”
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Butterfly-o-Meter Books
Adventures in Fetishland
By Slave Nano
Genre: BDSM/Fetish
Publisher: Xcite Books
ISBN: 9781908766755
Number of pages: 258
Word Count: 72,000
Book Description
In this bdsm re-invention of the Alice stories Kim’s life takes an unexpected twist when she is taken from the massage parlour she works in to a fetish fantasy world ruled over by the Red Queen, a powerful dominatrix. There, an intense psychological drama is played out between the two women as Kim enters a journey into submission. The Red Queen assumes different characters who torment Kim in a series of trials ranging from the funny and strange to the sadistic and erotic. Kim is lured deeper into this world by hints the Red Queen knows something about her past. Why has she been chosen to serve this powerful female? Why is the Red Queen so interested in her? When Kim finally finds out the truth, it is shocking and bizarre.
Author Bio:
Slave Nano writes stories drawing on the themes of female supremacy, goddess worship, bondage, domination and submission, sado-masochism and fetish, frequently in fantasy, paranormal or historical settings.
His work usually has dominant female characters and submissive males. His stories explore the tensions between dominant and submissive and the boundaries between pain and pleasure, physical and mental bondage and retribution and reward.
Slave Nano lives in Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. He works full time and juggles his writing with this. His work has been published by Xcite Books and House of Erotica. Adventures in Fetishland is his first full length erotic novel.
