F Is for Fetish (Erotic Alphabet) [Paperback]

Alison Tyler (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Erotic Alphabet | Publication Date: July 24, 2007

The feeling of being zipped up tight in a leather jacket, the flood of desire unleashed by the glimpse of perfectly shaped feet caressed by high heeled shoes. Here are twelve tantalizing stories that capture the erotic power of fetishes. In “Knuckling Under” a woman longs for the strong, thick fingers of her bike mechanic as she watches them glide over gears and spokes. And in “Fishnets” the narrator explains his particular fetish, “I can always tell when a woman really cares about her fishnets, when she’s the type who shakes them out before holding open the hole and sliding her foot into it, aware of every nuance of sensuality involved.”

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I began to lust for each fetish soon after opening Alison Tyler's recent book F is for Fetish. A bike mechanic's smudged, strong hands, golden showers from a goddess in a clawfoot bathtub, and decadently soiled maribou slippers -- each of these quickly drew me in. Each story in this collection features a distinct moment where the plot falls away and the story is devoted to its fetish object, specifying its particular hotness and how it makes the narrator feel -- one young man tastes his Mistress's toes through her musky fishnets with adoration and lust; a hungry boot slut inhales the whiff of acrid boot polish melting in the hot sun as she kneels to polish a series of military boots. The stories were very hot for that very intensity, that rareness." -- T.R. Moss-alt.com

"F is for Fetish is another perfect addition to a highly collectible set of anthologies. Whether you're reading this book because you're looking for fiction about your favourite fetish, or because you're researching the possibilities of adopting a new one: F is for Fetish contains some of the best erotic fiction from today's top erotic authors"--Ashley Lister -- Erotica Readers & Writers Association--October 2007

"In F Is For Fetish, once again Alison Tyler wows us with some wonderful tales, ranging from the hilarious to the downright bizarre, which will no doubt get your juices flowing...Be it feet, shoes, hands, hair or bicycles, whatever shakes your fetish, this book is bound to get you in the mood." -- Forum UK--July

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (July 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573442844
• ISBN-13: 978-1573442848
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,730,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice mix of fetish fun, July 14, 2008

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Aruhn Littlejohn (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: F Is for Fetish (Erotic Alphabet) (Paperback)

"F is for Fetish" has a nice variety of fetishes. With such a wide variety I expected to not be into some, but I was also hoping that some of my favorite themes would make it into the book. I was happy to find that many of my favorites were included (Exhibitionism, spanking, hands, peeing, shoes, feet, tickling, fishnets) and that I even enjoyed fetishes I never thought much about (Pantyhose, toys, female submission, knife play). There are only two stories I didn't like as much. They have themes I usually like (Boots and hair), but the stories themselves didn't do it for me.

I recommend this book even if you aren't into all of the fetishes. You may find something new.

3.0 out of 5 stars Entry-Level Fetish, December 29, 2011

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Sir Charles Panther "Life is hard. It's hard... (Alexandria, Virginny, USandA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: F Is for Fetish (Erotic Alphabet) (Paperback)

"An object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion."

"An object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression."

You've got 14 stories in this petite (5" x 7") book's 132 pages. The fetishes presented are: fingers; hair, specifically long, coiffed hair, then let down; lesbian pantyhose; panties/spanking; boots and dom-sub shoe-shining; golden showers; tickling; butch-fem dom-sub role-play; high-heels; vibrators; dom-sub sensory deprivation/isolation; feet; fishnet stockings, and; exhibitionism/voyeurism.

There were a few stories that didn't seem to strike the right fetish chord; they seemed more like realized fantasies. The very butch/very fem story of two women acting out an Internet-agreed hook-up was one. It was the same for the sensory deprivation story, about a successful longtime dom-sub relationship and the first time experiencing the longed-for activity. The exhibitionism/voyeurism story closing the book also wasn't fetishy, as a young bride discovers within her the thrill of getting it on with another watching. I guess you could call this a fetish aborning, but it just seems more like healthy sexual adventure leading to healthy sexual awakening. These stories weren't bad, mind you, but just didn't seem to fit with the book's theme.

Now, the one about the shoes was fetish all the way, with the guy deeply anthropomorphizing the nasty, naughty marabou mules, calling them "insolent," and then treating the shoes accordingly. It was the same with the foot-fetish story, the level of obsessive, very long-considered and highly attentive descriptions of toes and crevices and arches, etc. Now that's someone who is really into feet, that much was clear.

Overall, though, these didn't really do it for me. The first one, about a woman turned on by and sucking the greasy fingers of a bicycle mechanic was a poor choice for an opener, and left a bad taste, literally. The vibrator story was interesting, but the female protagonist was thoroughly unlikable, in the end deserving a life of solitary fulfillment with her two best battery-powered friends, rather than a man who was likable, as well as appropriately endowed. The fishnet stockings story was pretty hot, and surprisingly realistic. The golden showers story, while not my bag, was well presented, and I thought did a very good job of slowly bringing him and her together in an eventually mutually enjoyed thrill, getting well past the inherent (and sadly usually self-imposed) stigma in getting off on such a thing, to the "aquatic bliss of the flow," "nature's sweet, gorgeous cascade."

Bottom line: As fetish goes, it's relatively tame. There are no plushies, no balloonies, no adult babies, no scat, etc. This is entry-level fetish, quick and safe and easily accessible stories of the moderately varied.

And I do very much like the look of the cover girl.