Amazon.com Review
A collection of stories -- some straight, some gay, some funny, some very dark indeed -- by such erotic luminaries as
Cecilia Tan,
Susanna Moore, and
Robert Olen Butler. Tan's "Pearl Diver" is a short but stunning tale of autoerotica. Fans of pagers and cellular phones will enjoy Amelia Copeland's sly story, "His Little Plan Backfired."
David Shields plays merrily with a fetish in "Girls Who Wear Glasses."
Aaron Travis' "The Hit" is raw and violent. There's something for every taste here.
From Publishers Weekly
Bright has outdone herself in putting together the latest edition of this annual series. You won't find one dud in the two dozen stories she's chosen. As in previous years, she's plumbed all the available resources?magazines, books, journals?to showcase new writers as well as established ones. These intoxicating stories, so diverse in style and content, are as surprising as they are satisfying. For those who like it dangerously rough there is the erotic horror of Lucy Taylor's "Choke Hold" and the feral "The Hit" by Aaron Travis (aka Steven Saylor). On the literary side is Cecilia Tan's "Pearl Diver," a sensuous celebration of womanhood, and Bonny Finberg's "Light," whose infant narrator exudes a stunning erotic sensibility. The sweeping current of skin-tingling drama that barrels through this anthology is tempered by a healthy dose of playfulness and humor. Robert Olen Butler offers the unforgettable, "Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot." And hilarious stories like Lars Eighner's "The Trade," in which a gay man finds himself turning straight against his will, and Joel Dailey's "Progressive Lightning," whose narrator was born "with the largest phallus on record," will make you laugh until it hurts. This very literary, Epicurean collection is guaranteed to stimulate both hormones and funnybones.
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