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Remember how we couldn't shut up about how much fun Monsterotica Book Con 2025 was? Well, Keri Boberry took it a step further and wrote a damn BOOK set there! Well, not THERE there, but...oh, just read it, okay! Join us this week for The Reader and the Wolf ; It's a sweet slice-of-life inspired by one of our community's most beloved events, and there's even a friend of the show who is a character...

For our season four opener, we are finally taking on a long-requested book:  Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta. Listeners have wanted to hear Katie lay this one on Maxx, and needless to say, he was not ready. Book Description Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parents' basement. When a lifeli...

We have a VERY special surprise for our listeners this week! During our hiatus, we had the opportunity to chat with actor/author Lauren Carter Reilly, aka Glamour Possum! She is the creator of the popular Sunday O'Rorden character on TikTok, and now Sunday is getting the literary treatment with All We Have Is Money ! We also talked about her previous novels, how she made the jump from the stage to...

Season four is here! After a longer-than-anticipated hiatus, Katie and Maxx are back! Tune in to hear what's been going on during hiatus, where we'll be appearing this year, and some new projects in the works! Oh, and we have thoughts on Emerald Fennell's adaptation of  Wuthering Heights ! So...What Are You Into? Katie:  The Wandering Village and "Miyazaki" by Paris Paloma Maxx: "Fabienk" by Angin...

After a much-needed hiatus, Katie and Maxx are back with their holiday episode! Yes, we know that the holidays are technically behind us, but that doesn't mean that we can't keep celebrating! Join us as Katie and Maxx marvel at  My Boyfriend Has a Christmas Train Peen (and Other Holiday Classics) by Smutco Industries' favorite mad genius, Holly Wilde! Book Description When Fa-La-La brings the WTF,...

"Ghostlight Fall" rolls on, and we're stoked to feature an author new to the show: Elsie LePlant! We've never covered her work before, but we'll never forget our first encounter with her! Give us a listen as Katie recaps  Defined and Defiled . You may  think you love books, but not like this tome's FMC loves them! Book Description Shirley would do anything for her students. Even flirt her way into...

Week two of Ghostlight Fall features two books from show favorite Nicole Parker! We  kind of knew what we were in for with Nicole, but in classic Nicole fashion, she still found ways to surprise us! Give us a listen as Katie blasts through  The Totally Typical Tale of Mappy McMapface and  Hello, Nurse , Nicole's contribution to the Ghostlight Falls series . Book Descriptions Mappy McMapface takes...

On the one hand, this week's episode is a few days late. On the  other hand, for the month of November, Cheap Smut is going weekly again as we celebrate the release of Ghostlight Falls , a 13-book series co-created by some of our favorite authors: Dakota Cockaday, Nicole Parker, Thea Masen, G.M. Fairy, Sabrina Cross, Sylvia Morrow, Luna Cantrip, Clover Holloway, Elsie LePlant, Kenzie James, and La...

On this week's episode, Maxx mentioned that he would be making his return to stand-up comedy. Like any good comic, he recorded the seven-minute performance, and now he would like to share it with all of you! Prior to the set, Katie and Maxx talk briefly about Maxx's history with stand-up comedy, his inspirations, and his plans going forward. (Audio recorded 13 October 2025 at Crunchie's in East La...

It's a race against the clock this week, as Katie and Maxx barrel through  The Flower Queen by Phenix Lynn, each with a heroic amount of edibles (consumed right before Maxx hit "Record") slowly kicking in. Whether they won or lost depends on how you feel about a married couple giddily recounting a smutty Thumbelina retelling! Book Description Leena is a day away from marrying her best friend, King...

A while back, Katie put the word out on Bluesky asking for book recs, and AS Adams said, "Hey, check  this shit out!" and suggested their book " MILF: A Holiday Romance ." We are grateful for their boldness, as this episode was a sexy and hilarious blast from start to finish! Book Description After six months of late night feedings, dirty diapers, and a baby who’d rather be held than sleep in his...

A certain neurodivergent producer/husband has an affinity for truth in advertising, so it should come as no surprise that Katie had a blast telling Maxx all about  My Billionaire Boss Is A Vampire by Kate McDarris. All that was missing in the title was a "But" and then a comically long list of things they wanted to do to their boss. (Producer's note: Oh, just you wait...) Book Description "My boss...

Katie opted to keep things light and the stakes low this week, and you won't hear Maxx complaining! Join us this week for Ready For Her Alien Husband by Marian Pattechat and snuggle up with the cozy, "slice of life" vibes! Book Description Trixie’s dream has come true: she has been identified as the fated mate of a Gaenthian. He’s handsome, buff, winged, and horned. It’s just what she’s been fanta...

To Maxx's delight, the darkness of Sinful Signings is behind us ( Producer's Note: LOVE YOU, SINFUL BESTIES!!! ), and now things can get back to normal, with "normal" meaning "the weird and goofy stuff," and few do weird and goofy like Bjorn Wilde! This week, Katie covers books 1-5 of Bjorn's stepparent taboo series, Taking The Step , and we lose our collective minds at the notion of an 18-year-ol...

Producer's Note: we understand that this isn't a normal episode, and that you may not be interested in hearing us talk about Sinful Signings again . If you would like to hear about the giveaway, jump ahead to the 24:50 mark. No book this week as we're blasting this one out far and wide for patrons and main liners alike! This week we're recapping Sinful Signings 2025, looking ahead to BOTH Sinful S...

Producer's Note: given the difficult nature of capturing live sound, this episode's volume levels are going to be higher than what you are used to. For our first Sinful Signings in 2024, we interviewed New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver and had no idea how we could top that. Well, thanks to the amazing Sinful Signings team (thank you, Autumn, Desi, and David!), we were able to top it...

Our last pre- Sinful Signings episode is here and it is a WILD one! This week, Katie and Carl are joined by fellow Sinful Signings attendees Kelly and Branden of Blush Podcast , and they were game for Only Her by N. Slater. After the traumas inflicted upon Carl by last week's book ( Producer's note: Still love you, Burd! ), Katie felt like something sweet and sapphic was in order! Book Description...

We are SO. CLOSE. To Sinful Signings 2025 (July 19-20 in Roanoke, Virginia), and the dark parade of attending authors covered on our show marches on with The Three Ring Scavenger by S. A. Burd. Katie has longed to cover one of of Burd's books on the show, and the wait paid off big time, as it led her to this bonkers tale of demons, gods, and vampires getting up to no good. Book Description A vampi...

This week, Katie caught Carl slipping and forgetting what Sinful Signings is all about. (Spoiler: the dark stuff.) Luckily, Katie read Their Goddess by Sabrina G. this week, and that was all the reminding that Carl needed! Tune in and you'll almost literally HEAR a man get whiplash from the tone shift! Book Description   Ethan and Syrus met online. Their true identities hidden behind a mask, but t...

We know that Sinful Signings celebrates the darker side of the romance world, but sometimes you gotta lighten up and let a little sunshine in! That's exactly what we're doing this week with Concussion Protocol by Sinful Signings attending author Rebecca Rathe! Join us for this breezy and sexy tale of a hot nurse and his hunky, rugby-playing patient! Book Description A sweet and spicy short story b...

Sinful Signings 2025 is on the horizon (July 19th-20th in Roanoke, Virginia), so things are getting dark here at Smutco Industries! We're kicking off our coverage of the dark romance genre with a book that came highly recommended by patron/dear friend Katie Hurd; Draga & the Savage: Dragobete by Jenny Allen. The spice may be on the low end, but the passion is INTENSE! Book Descirption Luminita...

This week, Katie and Carl continue to gush about their time at Monsterotica Book Con, including how delighted they were to meet B.C. King and Phantom Dame, co-creators of Cold Nights In A Warm Cave , the book we are covering this week. Join us and marvel at how quickly this book goes from sweet to silly to spicy in the blink of an eye! Producer's Note: there is a tone at the 29:55 mark to indicate...

Katie Mizell and her husband Maxx Joy are Smutco Industries. Together, they create Cheap Smut, a podcast for people who would never let anyone see their Kindle library. Each week, Katie explains the plot of a cheap, smutty book ($4.99 or less) to her husband Maxx, who has little to no idea what the book is about. ★ Support this podcast ★

When we debuted Cheap Smut in February of 2023, there was no way we could have imagined that we would make it to one hundred episodes. And yet, not only did we make it to one hundred episodes, the stars aligned and we ended up recording it in Baltimore because we were influencer guests at the first-ever Monsterotica Book Con . In celebration of our centennial episode, we're honoring the works of D...

Things are hectic at Smutco Industries as we prepare for Monsterotica Book Con , so this week we're letting off some steam and revisiting our beloved New York Nighthawks! Join us as Katie quarterbacks us through Spread Offense by Fiona Davenport, and find out if our running back of an MMC fumbles his dream girl! Book Description Gage Ledger didn’t know Rory Abernathy beyond her online gamer tag, b...