I’ve been reading spicy shorts for years, and the free scene can feel a bit wild. A lot of sites are either full of ads or have really basic stuff. For short, quick reads, I often check Medium—some writers post there, and the quality is surprisingly decent if you find the right tags. It’s not exclusively erotica, so you have to dig, but I’ve found some gems that focus on tension and atmosphere rather than just the physical stuff.
Another place is the subreddit r/eroticauthors, but not for the stories themselves. The wiki there has a huge list of sites where you can read free work, often from authors promoting their longer stuff. It’s a good starting point. Honestly, most dedicated free erotica sites like Literotica feel outdated to me—the formatting is terrible on mobile, and a lot of the writing is from 20 years ago. But if you’re desperate and just want something fast, it does the job.
Lately, I’ve been liking the sample chapters on Smashwords. You can filter for free short stories, and the previews are often the entire short. The quality is more consistent because it’s from self-published authors trying to build an audience. Found a few authors that way whose longer books I actually bought.