Last updated: November 2025
Velvet Orchid Press publishes queer-centered romance and fantasy that often engages with complex, adult themes. This page is designed to help readers and players make informed choices about what they engage with, and to offer transparency about the kinds of topics that may appear in our work.
Important: The website velvetorchidpress.com does not host explicit sexual content. However, our books and games may contain mature themes, and future explicit game content for the Érōsikúsō setting will be hosted separately at erosikuso.com behind a paywall and its own terms.
General Themes Across Velvet Orchid Press
Across our fiction and game worlds, you may encounter some or all of the following themes:
- Queer and transgender identities (including trans women, trans men, nonbinary and gender-expansive characters)
- Romance and sexuality (including queer romance, kink, and adult relationships)
- Discrimination and marginalization (e.g., transphobia, homophobia, sexism, ableism), often portrayed critically
- Emotional trauma and healing (characters processing past harm, rejection, or abuse)
- Power dynamics (including consensual kink, D/s dynamics, and negotiation of boundaries)
- Substance use in nightlife or adult social settings (e.g., alcohol in clubs or bars)
We approach these topics with a focus on consent, autonomy, and respect for our characters and communities. However, they may still be triggering or uncomfortable for some readers.
She Came at the Glass Heel – Content Overview
She Came at the Glass Heel is a contemporary transgender romance series set in and around The Glass Heel, a fictional queer nightclub in Chicago. While the novellas themselves may include erotic content, this website only describes the series and links to external retailers.
Within the series, readers may encounter:
- Transgender and gender-expansive characters as romantic and sexual leads
- Transphobia and discrimination (referenced or depicted, often in backstory or conflict)
- Misgendering or deadnaming (usually framed as harmful and not endorsed)
- Sexual content and kink (consensual, negotiated, and character-driven)
- Nightclub and nightlife settings (including alcohol use, crowds, loud environments)
- Emotional vulnerability around gender, body image, and intimacy
Each novella may vary in intensity and specific triggers. When possible, we aim to provide more detailed content notes at the book level on retailer pages or in front matter.
Érōsikúsō – Future Content Overview
Érōsikúsō is an upcoming fantasy campaign setting and story universe. While velvetorchidpress.com will primarily host descriptive, non-explicit information about the setting and its related fantasy romance novels, explicit game content for Érōsikúsō will be hosted separately at erosikuso.com behind a paywall.
Across Érōsikúsō materials, you may encounter:
- Queer and transgender characters integrated throughout the setting
- Fantasy romance (including queer pairings and complex relationships)
- Power, desire, and consent as central themes in both narrative and game mechanics
- Violence and danger typical of fantasy adventure settings (e.g., combat, peril, injury)
- Religious or spiritual themes (fantasy deities, cults, rituals)
- Potential explicit sexual content and kink in the paywalled game materials on erosikuso.com
On this site (velvetorchidpress.com), Érōsikúsō will be discussed in broad, non-explicit terms. Detailed, explicit content and higher “heat levels” will be clearly labeled and hosted elsewhere.
How We Approach Content and Safety
Our work is guided by:
- Consent and care – We prioritize enthusiastic consent, negotiation, and boundaries in how relationships, kink, and power dynamics are portrayed.
- Respect for queer and trans communities – Harmful attitudes (such as transphobia or homophobia) may appear in stories, but they are not endorsed and are typically framed as part of the conflict, not the message.
- Transparency – We aim to provide clear content notes where possible, especially for works that include heavier themes or explicit material.
That said, everyone’s needs and triggers are different. If you are unsure whether a particular book or project is right for you, you are always welcome to reach out and ask for more detailed content information.
Questions or Requests for More Detail
If you have questions about the content of a specific book, series, or game project, or if you would like more detailed content notes before reading, please use our Contact page to get in touch.
We cannot guarantee that every work will be a good fit for every reader, but we are committed to being as transparent and respectful as possible so you can make informed choices about what you engage with.