T.C. Mill’s “Phone Call, 3 AM” is incredible. Second person stories can be quite moving in erotica, done night, and Mill hits all the right notes in this eloquent, searing story.
The stand-out story for me was Phone Call, Three AM by T.C. Mill. As a reader, I was immersed in a deep pool of melancholy, vulnerability, and truly primal sexiness that delicately skipped back and forth over the line between sex and death. This story isn’t just oozy, languid erotica, it’s also great literature, like a pinhole camera projecting a scene on a fluid, shifting surface. Mill is brave with negative space and asking questions, rather than answering them, and that uncertainty organically heightens the tension and desire.
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Excerpt
I know, of course, that it isn’t good news. Not at this hour.
I’m aware of this fact at the same time I’m aware of how your body stands silhouetted against the light. The long shirt you love sleeping in clings to your shoulders and chest, then flows down. The cotton is so old it’s almost transparent, and I make out the shadow of your waist, watching it thicken as you take a deep breath and slowly exhale.
I like the shape of your body, and I like the way you carry it—something I’ve never said aloud, unsure how the compliment would feel to you. It’s not about your leg, although it’s not despite it either. You habitually lean to the left and your mouth curves up on the same side as if ready to smile, almost always, though it isn’t now. And then there’s the way your shoulders relax and flow with your breathing, and a subtle tilt of your hips. You take on a posture sometimes that I can only think of as “ripe.” An erotic thought. I’m thinking it now, thinking you look ripe, even as I watch you shake your hair from your shoulders and sigh…
You give no sign of how heavy you might feel inside , if the wet-clay grip of grief has taken your throat and lungs, if ice has formed in a layer above your frightened bones. Or if the friction of our bodies shakes off anything that might hamper you.
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Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 gives us fierce female passion, timeless love, and lustful encounters that are guaranteed to fill you with utter delight. A celebration of women’s inherent sexiness, this anthology highlights tales of bold, incredible women who seek intimacy in their own way, from outright declarations to coy, playful, and arousing gameplay. There’s something for everyone is this collection of intelligent and provocative erotica.
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