Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex [Paperback]

Alison Tyler (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2008

For those who like their erotica in a pinch, Frenzy offers a charming, romantic, and sexy collection of super-short stories. From a naughty tease in an apartment window to a breathless clothes-in-a-heap romp to a candy store tryst, these spicy, dab-will-do-ya stories give readers a quick and steamy thrill that leaves them aching for more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press; FICTE edition (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157344331X
• ISBN-13: 978-1573443319
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Mouthful, December 20, 2008

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L. Frijole "garbonzo" (Portland, Or) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex (Paperback)

In the "Food World" there is the concept of an amuse-bousche...the perfect mouthful. It is specially designed by the chef to show off his or her greatest talent, as well as leave the taster begging for more. The collection, Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex, accomplishes exactly the same response in an almost identical manner.

Allison Tyler has collected 60 short stories (no longer than 750 words) about hot encounters to fit all tastes. While no single story is enough to completely satisfy you, each one offers an explosive glimpse in to a world you want to re-visit time and time again.

What is especially remarkable is that with 60 stories, there is very little repetition. Each story maintains a unique flavor and impression in your brain. This is the perfect book to read in bed with your lover. You can reach over and say, "Oh, Honey. You have to try this!"

I cannot recommend this book enough!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go!, June 16, 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: Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex (Paperback)

"Frenzy" to me is that state where rationality is gone; you're acting on impulse and/or instinct, reacting to things rather than anticipating. Your senses are overwhelmed and your cognitive ability has been compromised to the point that you are not in control of what you're doing; you are purely in the moment, and are not necessarily yourself.

So, does this book get us in that realm of sexual frenzy, where nothing but the boink matters, where there is no before and no after, just the sweaty, engorged now? Alison Tyler's intro essentially equates frenzy to the quickie, but expands to a pretty good definition of losing oneself in "the hot liquid silver of a sexual strobe light." I like that imagery a lot, and it explains albeit metaphorically a great deal about sexual frenzy.

You get 60 stories packed into 209 pages. For the erotica bean-counters out there, that's 3.5 pages per story. Things move out very quickly here, and are over just as fast. No time for contemplation, no time for thoughts of consequence. The premise going into every single one of these stories is that you, Dear Reader, are already just as fully aroused as the story's characters. There is no time for seduction or foreplay, no time to build because it's on now, so you'd better keep up, because it's going to be over and done very soon.

There's lots of boy-girl, more than enough girl-girl, and some boy-boy. Plenty of multiple-boy and multiple-girl. Lots of BDSM and power-transfer. And some fun little vignettes that take these standards a bit further afield, like some gentlemen musing on the immense power of delicate female underclothing. The mix is good, and although this collection is packed with stories, there is little repetition.

The vocabulary is unflinching and direct, with no euphemism. Some of the stories push the envelope, like the one about the mourning man who has made plans to join his lady soon, or the Xan West fantasy on delivering unapologetic and unflinching brutality upon a teasing chicken. Strong stuff, most assuredly an adult read throughout.

Props to Janine Ashbless for writing "creamy voluptuous secrecy."

Bottom line: It comes on fast and hard, and is done quickly. As long as you understand this going in, and you're ready for it, this book will be just what you've been looking for.

25 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect title for this book..., January 8, 2009

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Jason Frost "RubiconReader" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex (Paperback)

Everyone knows that having a "quickie" is a great way to keep the passion alive in a relationship and it can be even more fun with a stranger in a completely unexpected place. This book is like a virtual quickie in every sense of the word. Short stories are great for a quick read before you go to bed to have a little fun but these are super-super short stories that will give you a quick "pick me up" while you're at a red light or in line at the drive-thru. They are that short. More importantly they are THAT good!

You should NOT read this book as a book. This is nothing but pure, unadulterated, freaky, sensual, in your face, in your body, animalistic, wanton, Roman-type carnality sex. You buy this book for two reasons and two reason only... to get turned on and to turn on! Get this book at your local bookstore, call your honey, read one of these stories (again, they are super-short so it's perfect), go home to find them waiting for you, call in "sick" the next day because you'll be too tired from the previous night.

Reading a sexual story can be a great aphrodisiac and this book is a great start.