A kinky historical piece inspired by two philosophers: first, Peter Abelard – most famous for his castration – really did write about monk bondage and oral fingering in Eden as examples in his ethical ponderings. Then the title and setting evolved as a tribute to Rosseau, who was pretty kinky in his own right. Here’s […]
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“With Wan’dring Steps and Slow” in Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 10
Excerpt: He folded it aside, out of the flames’ reach, and joined her close to them. The apron of woven vines around his waist shifted. She looked at it, around it, at what she knew she shouldn’t look at but wanted to see. Nakedness…it did not feel like a name he had made, though he […]
Continue Reading....Soft, Sharp, and Tender
This omnibus of three erotic short story collections offers sensual explorations of ghosts, gender, Shakespeare, femdom, bondage, stretch marks, perfume, and much, much more. If You Were My Lover This collection includes pairings (and threesomes!) of several genders, along with stories where you can choose how to interpret a character’s gender, plus a story whose […]
Continue Reading....If You Were My Lover: Stories for Lovers of Literary Erotica
Twelve tales to tantalize and satisfy. This collection includes several gender pairings (and threesomes!), along with stories where you can choose how to interpret a character’s gender, plus a story whose narrator is deciding how to interpret their own gender. Historical, literary, and speculative short stories explore scent and sensation, language and bodies, religion, philosophy, […]
Continue Reading....Two short stories for free online reading
As my first week (er, honestly, nearer to my first 3 days) of government-encouraged isolation comes to an end, my heart is lighted by the latest issue of Cliterature Journal and a piece of mine appearing in The Erotic Review. Both are free to read. Cliterature’s GOD/DESS issue includes an excerpt from my story “Annunciation,” about gender, […]
Continue Reading....Poem in Cliterature Journal
In an exciting slip into a new genre, I have a poem, “Stiff-Necked in Respect Life Month,” out in Cliterature’s latest issue–Birth Control. As you might expect from the title, it’s about a struggle with Catholicism on many fronts (and was actually written in October). It is, for now, the final home of a first line […]
Continue Reading....“Annunciation”
Mofo publishing’s latest anthology of literary erotica, Sacrilege, comes out August 17th. This week I’m sharing excerpts from both my stories in it. “Annunciation” is a Marian devotion, a confession, a denunciation, and a love story about growing up queer in the Catholic Church. Annunciation Gabriel The Nativity is the third Joyful Mystery. My first crush was […]
Continue Reading....“Deliver Us”
Mofo publishing’s latest anthology of literary erotica, Sacrilege, comes out August 17th. This week I’m sharing excerpts from both my stories in it. “Deliver Us” is a lighthearted and angry look at the kind of sex that will get you sent to hell. Namely, exorcism roleplay, with bondage, warming oils, and getting almost too deeply into character– […]
Continue Reading....Upcoming stories
My cup overfloweth. Contracts are signed, edits are underway, and I just discovered that I’ll be sharing the tables of contents in two upcoming anthologies with some very excellent people. Your cup might overflow as well, dear reader, because in each of these anthologies I have two stories. In MoFo’s third anthology, Religion (originally Sacrilege), my stories are […]
Continue Reading....A Last Touch of Grace
“Maybe I am wrong,” Iphigenia said. “And if so, I’m sorry to trouble you. I don’t think I’m wrong, but I truly don’t want to—to make things worse for you. If I’m opening a wound that’s healed, tell me. If it’s not still raw and bleeding, then I know I ought to let it be.” […]
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