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In Deep: and other stories

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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.

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

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.