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- ↑ Ste Curran: Books at Amazon.com
- 1 2 Phil Elliott (12 May 2008). "Curran Affairs". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ↑ Andrew Orlowski (5 April 2005). "No 'Toothing' please, we're British". The Register. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
Alas, Curran then had his work cut out. 'I had to write Penthouse-letters-page style sexual adventure stories for a full page article and interview in The Telegraph.'
- ↑ Chris Kelly (7 May 2004). "Biting into the new sex text craze". BBC News Online, Bristol. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ↑ Daniel Terdiman (22 March 2004). "Brits Going at It Tooth and Nail". Wired. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ↑ Ste Curran. "Consumer Writes FAQ".
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