Title: A Night at the Lantern Bar
Founded
| Aspect | Details | |--------|---------| | | 1997, as a Usenet newsgroup archive that later migrated to a web‑based repository. | | Mission | To preserve, catalogue, and provide free access to erotic fiction contributed by independent writers. | | Content Scope | Includes a wide spectrum of sub‑genres (fantasy, BDSM, LGBTQ+, sci‑fi, historical, etc.) and varying degrees of explicitness, all submitted under the authors’ own discretion. | | Legal & Ethical Policies | Strictly excludes non‑consensual, bestial, or under‑age content; enforces a “no minors” rule and a policy against hate‑speech. | | Community | Operates largely as a volunteer‑run platform; contributors retain copyright while granting ASSTR a non‑exclusive distribution right. |
- "ASSTR" (Alt.Sex.Stories Text Repository) and a report about an author named Jack Woody?
- "assistant" or "asset" about Jack Woody?
- Something else?