In Deep: and other stories [Paperback]

Simon Sheppard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

A new collection of intense erotic fiction for men from the talented author of Hotter Than Hell

Simon Sheppard is a sex advice columnist and erotic writer from San Francisco. He is co-editor of the notorious anthologies Rough Stuff and Roughed Up as well as the author of Hotter Than Hell and Kinkorama.

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About the Author

Simon Sheppard is a smart slut pornographer whose previous books include Kinkorama, Hotter Than Hell, and In Deep. He lives in San Francisco, where they do this sort of thing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555838049
• ISBN-13: 978-1555838041
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,904,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Super Sheppard, August 1, 2005

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Jeffrey Mann "Jeff Mann" (BLACKSBURG, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Deep: and other stories (Paperback)

Simon Sheppard's new collection of short fiction "In Deep" is further proof that Sheppard is one of the finest writers of erotica that the LGBT community has today. These stories are complex, arousing, poignant, and occasionally unforgettable. There is a delicious perversity to many of these tales that BDSM fans will surely savor. His historical novella about the San Francisco earthquake is fascinating....especially for cowboy enthusiasts like myself. The combination of eroticism and intelligence throughout the collection reminds me of other erotica greats like M. Christian, Patrick Califia, Greg Wharton, and Ian Philips.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars surprising, May 28, 2007

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A. Martinez "annejumps" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Deep: and other stories (Paperback)

Wry, funny, bittersweet, and literary. Sheppard makes use of different styles, time periods, places, and kinks to good effect.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Technically proficient but not much more, December 12, 2008

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camille (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Deep: and other stories (Paperback)

I was disappointed in this book of erotica, because frankly no story ever felt very erotic to me. The book felt as though it was the result of the author making a list of possible sexual situations and setting a deadline and as each piece was finished, checking off that item on a list.

Short stories are always difficult as they require the author to establish scene and characters very quickly as well as to equally quickly invest us emotionally in the characters and their relationship. The author fails to do that -- the writing feels continually detached from the characters and renders them two dimensional.

Failing that, the sex in an erotica book needs to be hot. Truthfully, I have read far hotter sex scenes for free on internet erotica sites.