When she accepted Henry Carpenter’s proposal, Kate knew she was taking a man who would look to his vessel and the sea first. Perhaps in time she would regret it—would come to wish she desired someone capable of loving any human thing. Someone like Carpenter’s First Lieutenant, an older man with a gentle, weathered face, […]
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“Driftwood” in In Starlight & Shadow
Excerpt At first, the carving looked like a circle; then Mirin made out the entwining limbs, the heads bowed to meet each other, their features only suggestions. The sculpture of an embrace depicted the action more than the actors. It gave the impression not of stillness, but endurance; the lovers weren’t frozen but had found […]
Continue Reading....“What He Brought Home” in Union
You couldn’t always control what would mark you, what could change you forever. But sometimes you were lucky enough to see it coming and say yes. Kanovan returns from his interplanetary trips with an array of toys and tools to create sensations, sometimes extreme. As much as Mirin loves the kink, loves to leave a […]
Continue Reading....“The Summer After” in Seattle Erotic Art Festival Literary Art Anthology 2018
Excerpt: Maybe he wanted me or maybe he just wanted another human being to feel good with. Maybe he was desperate, and that was his reason for going upstairs with me. And if so, that was fine. He had plenty of reason to be desperate, far more than I did. We didn’t need more noble […]
Continue Reading....Kinky, Queer Love
In these four dialogues, sometimes sweet, sometimes sexy, sometimes both, lovers explore gender, dominance and submission, arousal, and their interests in kink gear, kneeling, and penetration. May readers find them thought-provoking, heartwarming, and hot in other ways too. Several characters, like the author of this collection, are nonbinary. All royalties will be donated to Trans […]
Continue Reading....“Magpie” in The Big Book of Quickies
Excerpt: When he reaches between her thighs, she feels his bracelets sliding, scratching, rasping, rolling. Earrings glint when his shaggy black hair falls in his face, and her own hands ache to push it back. Not that she can reach so high right now. Earlier this afternoon, when he brought his head down and . […]
Continue Reading....A Spell of Passion or Fear
Find A Spell of Passion or Fear: Bookshop.org paperbackAmazon Paperback & Ebook Smashwords ebook Books2Read ebook options About the book Once, Ariston was a Guardian of the Kalliopolis, the perfect city designed by the Philosophers—Philosophers who, in their wisdom, replaced the imperfect human Guardians of Ariston’s generation with warrior machines. Phaleas Peneste, a poor farmer’s orphan […]
Continue Reading....“Fearless” in Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Vol 3
[T]he real gems in this anthology are those that eschew the usual pert, young, able-bodied subjects of erotic fantasy in favor of more thoughtful, relatable portrayals, and are all the sexier for it. Of particular note are Scout Rhodes’s “Morning Fog,” which features sleepy early-morning sex between women over 60; T.C. Mill’s “Fearless,” which touchingly […]
Continue Reading....“The Passion of Her Sleep” in Uchronia: An Anthology of Alternate Histories & Alternate Worlds
A woman encounters an ethereal beauty at a peculiar gala in this Poe-inspired love story—erotic, eerie, and Gothically romantic… Excerpt Madeline grips Ashtophet’s hand and aches like she is torn in two where she stands. But in the ache, she feels ready. Almost. She knows what she desires, knows that it is not forbidden. The […]
Continue Reading....Lady Crayl femdom historical romance stories
“Hot and sweet erotica with enough character to make you fall in love with the people and not just the sexy, sexy stuff they’re doing together.” –Goodreads reviewer Meeni Levi When Lady Elise Caryl takes an enemy castle, she recognizes the defending commander: Adam Tynae, the knight she loved and lost long ago. Determined that […]
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