The Adult Story Hub

Yes, it is entirely free to use this site as either a visitor or registered user; you can use the site as often as you like and read as many of the stories posted on here as you like; the authors who publish their content on here have agreed to allow us to make it available to you grats. However, we are sure they enjoy positive feedback so we encourage site users to let the authors know how they are doing by rating their stories and/or leaving comments.

If you are an unregistered user, we create a cookie (stored on your computer) that records that you have seen and agreed to the warning you got when you first visited the site. This is used simply to prevent us from showing the same warning next time the same browser is used to visit us and contains nothing at all that identifies you. Should you delete your cookies (to find out how to do this, search for 'deleting cookies in [the name of your browser]' on any popular search engine) then you will see the warning screen again next time you visit our site. While you are using the site, our servers store some functional data - the last-used search settings and the like - simply so we can make the site easier to use. There is nothing personal about you in this data: no name, email address or anything that could identify you as a person and the entire record 'block' is deleted when you end your browsing with us - it is only ever stored in memory, never to disk.
If you become a registered user, we need to keep a copy of the email address you use as your login, along with any name you decide to use if you want to publish stories. If you do decide to become an author then it is also possible to create a short biography and state a general location - both are optional - which are used to display a publicly visible profile page. We rely on Google Analytics tracking cookies to monitor site statistics like page popularity, how people find us and so on and advertisers will place cookies to measure their ad. performance. We do not transfer any personally identifiable information about you to these services, nor do make data available (without consent) to any third-party unless directed to by law or a recognised legal court.

Stories are published by a signed-up user (we do not allow anonymous uploads) and a condition of uploading is that the user is required to confirm that they hold - or act in the interests of the author to hold - the rights to allow the material to be stored on this site and retrieved by third parties. Of course, when a reasonable complaint is brought to our attention, we will share it with the individual as quickly as possible in order that they can act on it accordingly. To assist with this, each story has a link that allows a registered user to file a report to the site's management body.

We cannot moderate content based on the country you are in. The site is hosted in Canada and so, logically, we abide by their laws. If this contradicts what you are allowed to read in your particular region or under the guidance of your faith, etc. then we can only suggest you stay away from such content.

Each story can be given a rating from zero to five, based on how well it was written, how it flows and so on. Ratings should not reflect the writer's choice of topic: it is understood that someone reading a story in the (for example) BDSM category will be comfortable with material that explores BDSM and shouldn't mark a story down just because someone got tied up!
For each story, the average of their ratings is then displayed in the search results and might help someone who's browsing through the lists to see which story others seem to think of as a good example of the genre.
Only registered users can rank stories - if we allowed anonymous users to rate stories it would be far, far too easy for someone - using the site as a guest - to furiously click away at a story and deliberately bias its score.

If you are a random site visitor, we do not store any personal data about you at all (see above). Registered users have to provide an email address so, were a hacker to gain access to our systems, that information could theoretically be at risk - although we imagine most users who choose to register with us use a 'spare' email address rather than the one they use for work, friends or family. Passwords are strongly encrypted to guard against their abuse - although we would encourage all Internet users to have unique passwords for each and every site they register with: you wouldn't use one key to unlock your home, your car and your bank account so don't do it online either!

A registered user can create an author profile and then rate stories, leave publically-visible comments on existing stories - and, of course, they can publish their own creations. Registering also opens the contact form that allows an individual to contact the site.
Follow the Login/Register link at the top of any page and fill in the form. We will need a valid email address (we will need to send a validation code to it to complete the sign-up process) and - if you want to comment on stories or upload your own - a writer name. There's also space to add a short description and a rough location but neither are obligatory. Submitted stories, their tags and category/genre are then validated by a 'super user' - although we do need to point out that it is not the responsibility of these people to validate the uploader's claim to represent the copyright holder or correct errors in their texts: a validator is there to help ensure uploads follow general guidelines and are not simply disguised adverts or promotional material.

Ranks are a way of giving users an at-a-glance check on other site users. For example, adding useful comment to stories, publishing their own content, etc. will grant a greater rank than someone who simply reads other peoples content. Rank cannot be bought, sold or exchanged; they are designated by the system and certain functions will only be assigned to a user once a particular rank has been obtained. New users are assigned the rank of 'site virgin' and it goes from there.

Sadly, no: We all have bills to pay and we need to feed the donkey that makes our electricity! We solve this by allowing advertisers to show an advert or two. Of course, we try to keep these sensible but the only way we could avoid adverts entirely would be to make this a subscription service. This causes a number of rather large problems, both for us and for users: Charging a fee would seriously reduce the number of registrations, meaning content creation would drop off and the site would become less attractive for anyone new - and most folks simply don't want subscriptions to these kinds of things showing up on their credit card statements. From our side, the need to store and manipulate credit card details would add significant complexity.

The editor window accepts plain text (most people paste their story in from their word processor) and converts the content to a web-standard format so it is compatible with every device that can display web pages. We do not accept bullet-points, tables, embedded pictures or links to external web sites because these offer little to enhance a readers experience. Bold text, italics and single or double-quotes and underlines are all excepted, of course, and used to good effect can make a story more readable. Use a single return between paragraphs and a single space between sentences; that way, we can deal with reformatting the story so it best fits each readers' screen!

In a word, no, there's no hard limit. However, just as with a printed book, we suggest stories are easier to read if they are broken into chapters and pages. A story printed onto one continuous sheet would get difficult to physically handle and, while a web page doesn't suffer from this problem, people generally don't want to be scrolling too much. Most authors tend to start a new page when the story runs to more than 50-70,000 characters (50-70kb of ASCII text). Obviously, it makes little sense to start a new page if the story only needs another 100-odd words to finish so some judgement is required! There's a character counter on the story-writing page to help authors keep an eye on things.
If you are writing an epic then chapters really help: they are a great way to separate sub-plots or different themes - and, unlike continuation pages, chapters have their own tags (so they can show up in topic searches). It's not uncommon to find stories that have multiple chapters, each containing one or more pages. Just like a book, come to think of it!

Do please let us know about it! If you're a registered user, there's a link to the contact form in the footer of every page - and we will have a look into it as soon as we can. The more specific you make the description, the better (what browser/platform or device type you are using, steps to replicate the problem and so on). If you have found a spilling mustake [yes, those ones were deliberate!] then be kind enough to let us know the page it's on so we can fix it. This doesn't apply to story content though: while we will attempt to automatically fix basics like too many line breaks, we simply cannot edit each and every submission for grammar and spelling! On a related note: authors generally write in their native version of English and we do not expect American-only spelling. For example, 'color' and 'colour' should be read as one and the same. Bear in mind that - for some writers at least - English may be a secondary language: before moaning about their syntax, ask yourself quite how well you'd write a complaint if you had to do it in their native Shona or Finnish!

Given the varied nature of the stories on this site, it is entirely understandable that a user might encounter a story they find is not to their taste. At the risk of repeating what you agreed to when you first visited this site, you accepted that you were aware of the nature of this site and agreed that such material would not pervert or disturb you. Our advice should you find something not to your taste is simply to move on: go back to the search page and select something more in keeping with your preference.

This is a site designed to list and serve up stories. Hosting videos - especially adult themed content - would reclassify this service and it's not what we are about at all. Plus, people using devices like mobile phones really don't have much screen space so we try to use it as wisely as possible.

The fastest and best way to contact us is to use the contact link that is available in the footer. Register as a user (a process that confirms your email address is valid and able to accept replies - you don't need to become an author) and then use the links as required. While registration goes a long way to establish you as a real entity and not a spammer or 'bot, leaving a phone number and/or company details in the body text of your message would be an exceptionally good idea.

While a registered user can leave comments on a story, these are publically-visible and show as being sent from their author name rather than their email address (and inserting an address into a comment is forbidden and can lead to a posting-ban). This protects everyone's identity and prevents email harvesting bots from collecting meaningful user-data. Beyond the validation process, there is no facility for anyone to directly message an author; even within the validation stages, there are no assurances the same validator will deal with the same author.

Registering on the site requires confirmation by email and is thus is a strong indicator that any communications are sent by a legitimate source. Accordingly, this gives us high confidence that any replies will be addressed correctly. This also reduces the volume of 'spam' we would otherwise get, allowing us to focus more effectively on the messages that raise legitimate concerns or pose questions that need to be addressed.