I am a voracious bibliophile, primarily fiction these days. Sci-fi, fantasy, gothic, mystery, and romance are top of my list. If the story contains a fat heroine, all the better. So tell me…what’s your favorite genre? Author? Is there a particular trope you find more enjoyable than others?
My thing is fat fic—writer and reader of the genre. The reason i’m posting in this thread is that right now i’m immersed in reading others’ works in the genre, as part of voting for the
2022 Fishery Awards (a.k.a. The Fishies), and finding some amazing, deeply moving stories.
The evolution of this genre is profound.
1990s: Banging Rocks Together stage. Coherent sentences with passable spelling and grammar, and actually finished rather than started and abandoned?:
You’re a bleedin’ genius!
Now: Actual Literature. Below i will name a few things i’ve come across that i’ll put up against any professional writer/published books as peers. This is not “fap material”, or if there is even any of that aspect, it’s minor rather than the story being centered around it.
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Lady Luck by Marlow (
here on Dims)(
PDF on DeviantArt)
I never thought i’d see the day where there was an
actual Regency-era historic romance novel in fat fic. I’m not well-read in Regency novels, but both my mother and housemate/ex True Love BBW Siber Hussy read a lot of those in paperback and on Kindle, so sometimes i’d pick one up and read for awhile, so i do have a sense of what these are about. While right now this one is electronic and free, as far as i can tell it is in every way a peer to the popular titles for sale—at least.
Deeply researched, very well written. Drew me all the way in, moved me deeply. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It’s my first exposure to Marlow, but not my last. Marlow is currently releasing Planet XXL here, which i’ve not yet had a chance to get into.
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Meatier by ShrubberyLogistic (DeviantArt)
A short mind-twister which left me somewhat numb, in shock, and in tears. One of the most amazing things i’ve ever read written by anyone anywhere of any sort of fiction. I can’t write anything further without biasing you the (potential) reader, other than you’ll get the most out of this story giving it your full undivided attention. Sometimes what is not explicitly written conveys so much more than what is.
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Ameyalli by ophion8118 (DeviantArt)
Another milder mind-twister requiring the reader to pay attention, though not mild in terms of its set-in-future-and-past sci-fi aspect. This is another case where the less i write, the better will be your enjoyment/take-away.
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F*ck America by Dania201 (DeviantArt)
Please don’t let the title put you off. Compelling story from the perspective of a Jordanian female lead character’s experiences, comparing/contrasting nations and cultures and commenting on life in general anywhere.
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Pigverse Presents: Megababe by Katie-KTL-Lunalia (gallery/Issue [chapter] nav page on DeviantArt)
Here we get into more mainline fat fic. This piece stands out enough for me to recommend here in this post. The Pigverse is a shared story universe of fat superheroes, different stories and original characters created and written by different authors. Katie-KTL-Lunalia contributes The Extremely Radical, Totally Bodacious Megababe: a 50-year-old washed-up now-fat former superhero (barely) trying to make a comeback. Well written, well-developed characters, very funny.
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The Shapiro Files and most anything else by MrWrong1 (
Mal’s Maison: his own guide to all his released & available stories on DeviantArt)
This may be one of the few times an algorithm has done some good. Last spring, the DeviantArt home page recommended to me The Big Bunco: story #10 of the Shiva Shapiro hardboiled private investigator series. With total respect to all authors in fat lit, i’m personally soooooooooo tired of seeing nearly every story set in high school or college or just out of college, that as soon as i saw “Crashing into fifty years old” as the opening line of the short snippet with which DA teased me, i had to look closer. So glad i did!
Disclosure: MrWrong1 and i have become good online fat fic writer/FA friends.
Whether or not this was true, i’d still write here that he’s a top-notch writer, well worth checking out. His characters have depth and are well-developed (as characters, and for the women most often physically as well), and for the Shapiro series in particular, carried through the series and woven in and out. While each Shiva Shapiro story is self-contained and readable on its own, you’ll get much more out of them starting from the beginning and reading them linearly through in order.
If you want something stand-alone and shorter, two i’ve found (and i’ve yet to read everything) which are excellent:
Mind-Twister:
This Little
MrWrong1’s synopsis: 40-something literary editor Jeanne has an unfulfilling marriage and a secret feedee kink she tries to satisfy through online encounters. When she accepts an offer to take her desires offline she has a rather… transformative experience. (3 parts)
Humor:
The 2022 BBlympics
MrWrong1’s synopsis: The USA's greatest fatletes compete in McAllen, Texas, the country's fattest city.
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Last and likely least are my own stories. A few are here and/or on one or more of Curvage, Fantasy Feeder, and/or DeviantArt, but the only place with all of them is my personal homemade story site, jigglejunkie.com.
Stories home page. I’ll let that page and that site speak for itself. It’s relevant to this post because i am routinely reading my own stories, because writing and proofreading and continuity checking don’t happen by themselves.
Happy Reading!