Dirty Words: Provocative Erotica [Paperback]

M. Christian (Author), Patrick Califia-Rice (Introduction), M. Christian (Author), Patrick Califia-Rice (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2001

A wide-ranging collection of stories about sex and sexuality, some funny, some frightening, and some amazing. Dirty Words is an exploration of both the beautiful and the disturbing landscapes of desire, which will excite and challenge you, both as a reader and an erotic explorer.

M. Christian is the editor of Eros Ex Machina, Midsummer Night's Dreams, Guilty Pleasures, and (with Simon Sheppard) Rough Stuff. His work can be seen in Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Friction, The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica, and more than 100 other books and magazines.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Among the best-written and most original of gay erotica collections in the past five years, M. Christian's twisted exploration of queer lust is full of filthy surprises. No wonder that the introduction is by Patrick Califia-Rice, that connoisseur of minority taste and shredded taboos. In "Echoes," a young man finds that despite their apparent differences, all of his tricks end up reminding him of his true love, Red, whom he killed and buried in the wilderness. In "Blue Boy," a jaded aesthete wanders through a city in which a specially-bred underclass, known as "Blues" for their blue skin, serve as willing murder victims for a populace that, like the Romans, demands that its blood lust be satisfied on a daily basis. Yes, there's plenty of violence here, but the brief, happy tale of dog-and-master love, "Puppy," wins the laurel for goofy perversion. A brainy supplement to more standard fare that passes for erotica.--Regina Marler

Review

"...I can honestly say that this is some of the best writing, period, that I've perused in the last year....." -- Patrick Califia-Rice's, from the special introduction to the volume

"M. Christian's stories are the fairy tales whispered to one another by dark angels whose hearts and mouths are brimming with lust." -- Michael Thomas Ford, Lambda Literary Award winner and editor of Happily Ever After: Erotic Fairy Tales for Men and Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women

"M. Christina's fiction has a sexy logic all its own. He's inventive and he's irreverent." -- Cecilia Tan, author of Black Feathers

"Reading these tales is like climbing on for a sexual magic carpet ride through different times and places, diverse bodies, and infinite possibilities." -- Carol Queen, author of The Leatherdaddy & the Femme

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Product Details

• Paperback: 183 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books; 1st edition (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555835635
• ISBN-13: 978-1555835637
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,999,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Awesome, August 31, 2001

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Thomas S Roche (San Francisco CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Words: Provocative Erotica (Paperback)

I am hardly objective, because M. Christian is a close friend and I've worked with him many, many times. But I am not BSing you when I say that this is an amazing, beautiful book. I look forward to every new story I read by this author, and DIRTY WORDS collects some of his finest gay erotic stories. His writing is clever, dark, ecstatic, and as edgy as hell. He's absolutely one of the best.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Wild Ride!, May 8, 2001

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JamieJoy Gatto (New Orleans, Louisiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Words: Provocative Erotica (Paperback)

Even though I'm a woman, I must admit that boy-boy sex is my most favorite kink of all, so a collection of work written by my favorite author, in my favorite genre, ...has got to be right on up my list of good reading. How could it possibly go wrong? Quite frankly it doesn't. Truth is, it goes well beyond.

Wrapped up in all the dirty words M. Christian has decided to play with, he's added a great gob of beauty peppered with a heavy hand of subversive, even ugly, thoughts, ideas and images that will make you think, make you cringe, make you wonder if you really want to be in this place at all.

But, of course you do... as soon as the ride's begun, it's over. Like a roller coaster ride that causes the most gut wrenching nausea, it also creates the most euphoric rush of endorphins. Hang on and ride Dirty Words over and over again. I assure you a good time, a sexual rush, and a new twist after ever corner.

Even if gay male sex is not your favorite kink, surprise yourself by reading some excellent literature, and in the meantime, you might just find yourself hard, hot, wet and ready. Believe it or not, here you come!

~ Jamie Joy Gatto...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely naughty, Better than nice, November 24, 2001

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"nurseferatu" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Words: Provocative Erotica (Paperback)

Couldn't put it down... a VERY hot read and I highly recommend it.