Winger – Hotwife meets Swinger fiction

Many years back, I remember working with a beta reader who accused me of writing “winger” stories rather than hotwife stories. At the time, it was meant to be a disparagement. I wasn’t staying in my lane. I wasn’t hitting the beats that a “true” hotwife author hit. As many long-time readers know, I write these stories for myself first, exploring my own fantasies and turn-ons, so I never took the criticisms to heart and changed my ways.

Now, though, as I put out Bull’s Eye and its significantly more genre-bending/challenging story arc, it occurs to me that maybe the “winger” label is worth exploring a bit more—that maybe I’m not alone in enjoying the hybrid. So I put together a quick article here.

What is winger fiction?

Not a great name (but hey, I didn’t exactly pick it), but essentially it’s the intersection of “hotwife” fiction and “swinger” fiction. The way I’ve been writing it, at its heart, the action is driven by a husband’s desire to watch his wife with other men (aka “hotwife”) but along the way, he’s not a mere bystander in the action.

There may be another couple involved in the scene that he gets to play with. There may be a hot friend. Hell, the book may actually be mostly a group sex/swinger book with serious wife-watching elements. The key, though, is that it’s not your typical wife-sleeps-with-other-men-the-end story.

Some examples?

I’ve got a few of my own, of course. More than a few, actually, and I probably missed some on that list. The quintessential ones are probably books like All In or Cool With Her. At their heart, these are swinger stories, where couples get together and wild things happen. Ben Boswell’s Summer Swing is another good example of these approach (and I highly recommended read). Max Sebastian’s Anarchy of the Heart (coincidentally the book that turned me onto his work) is another example.

But the winger-themes do thread through many of my other books. Ben and I wrote the Parallel Lines books, which are explicitly about the husband and wife taking on different lovers. Book three of Training to Love It hits on aspects of a more open lifestyle, and Max Callahan, from the Forbidden series, was never a full-on hotwife husband.

Why do I like “winger” stories?

My fantasies tend to fall on the “hotwife” end of the hotwife-cuckold spectrum. I’m drawn less to the humiliation and the power games, and more towards the shared experience that can come from a husband watching his wife do naughty things. There’s room in there for more than just the one-sided fun.

Also, I think that when the husband gets in on the action, it’s easier to write a more balanced relationship. I realize that this is the deep fear of a woman when her husband admits to having a hotwife fantasy—”you just want me to sleep with other men so you can sleep with other women”—but I don’t think that winger stories are quite so transactional. The husband still desires, above all else, to watch his wife. But if things get crazy, he can get crazy, too.

So that’s “winger” fiction. Terrible name, but it does have a place. How about you all? Read any good books that would fit this hybrid genre? Let me know in the comments below!

New books section

In case you haven’t noticed, I’m reworking this site. One of the big changes I’ve had to make is to build out my book catalog again. Most of the books are now up if you head over to kennywriter.com/books.

I also organized them a little on that page, breaking it up by collaborations and anthologies.

What I haven’t done is add much in the way of taxonomy (tags, categories, etc.). I’ve done a few, like “Kindle Unlimited” and “Collaborations” but nothing else. So my question to you is whether that’s something that you’d find useful? And if so, what kinds of things would you like to know about my books?

Bull’s Eye, Book 2, now available!

The second book in the Bull’s Eye series is now available. If you haven’t read the first, Discovering the Hotwife Fantasy, you should. It’s only $0.99 and is available at all of your major online bookstores (Apple books is coming soon).

Here’s the blurb for the second book, Exploring the Hotwife Fantasy.

Hotwives. They’re not just women in open relationships. They’re not just women who cheat on their husbands. And they’re certainly not just myths.

Now that Paul Sharpe has discovered them, it’s time to explore, and Eleanor Heller is the perfect first-time hotwife to do it with. Beneath her cultured, proper exterior hides a wild side ready for Paul to unleash. Does she have a limit? Are there any lines that they will not cross?

Find out in book two of Kenny Wright’s Bull’s Eye series.

New release: Bull’s Eye 1

At long, long last and over a year’s hiatus from the publishing world, I’m back with a new book… new series, in fact. I’ve teased about it a few times here on this blog, but now it’s real:

Bull’s Eye, Book 1, only $0.99

I’m trying something new with this series. Not only is it a different perspective on the hotwife genre (written from the other man’s perspective in a hotwife relationship), but I’m also releasing the first of this five-book series for only $0.99. It’s not as long as the others, but introduces all the main players of the whole series and hopefully gives you a taste for what’s to come.

Check it out on Amazon and Smashwords. Other retailers coming soon.

(And pardon the site. I’m trying to update it because it feels pretty rickety and dated, but I haven’t had a whole lot of time to sit down and focus on it.)

More updates later, and more frequently. Promise!