Hotter Than Hell: and Other Stories (Paperback)

by Simon Sheppard (Author) "It's a good time to write about sex..." (more)
Key Phrases: piss slit, uncut dick, ball sac, Big Brother, Cousin Earl, Doctor Lao (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"Tales which are, as the title implies, hotter than most erotica found on this physical plane of existence." -- Oberon, www.bluefood.cc

"This is by far the very best erotic fiction collection to come out in years. Sheppard’s storytelling skills are unsurpassed" -- Marilyn Jaye Lewis, reviewer, Erotica Readers Association

"Top rating. These steamy stories arouse in the traditional sense, but go one step further, drawing the reader in completely." -- Unzipped Magazine, December 2001

A book for connoisseurs of man-to-man sex...bold and original...a hard workout for your favorite love muscle. -- Patrick Califia-Rice, author of No Mercy

Hotter Than Hell lives up to its name; Simon Sheppard sets the pages on fire. -- William Mann, author of The Men From the Boys

Simon Sheppard's stories have all the erotic heat required, but in addition, they're wildly inventive, unexpectedly funny, weird, and sad. -- Felice Picano, author of Onyx

Winner! Best Single-Author Collection of the Year Award -- Erotic Authors Association, November 2002

Product Description
Simon Sheppard challenges erotica to be all that it can be, exploring not just the physical act of sex but the emotional, psychological, and even spiritual components of sexuality. Get ready to be blown away as hard-as-nails hustlers, sweet Kansas boys, and everyone in between are swept away by need, frustration, lust, and, yeah, love, in intense, sometimes nasty couplings that excite and satisfy. Hotter Than Hell notches erotica up another level, stimulating both the mind and other, less cerebral body parts.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books; 1 edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555835961
• ISBN-13: 978-1555835965
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #402,505 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Filth, April 15, 2002

By	Nick Dunn (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

I read a whole lot of erotica, and Simon Sheppard's is some of the best I've found. It's brainy as well as very sexy, entertaining, and sometimes touching. His stories touch on everything from gay history to Hinduism, yet never lose their focus on queer desire. I first ran across his work in one year's Best Gay Erotica collection, and that story is in Hotter Than Hell, as well as pieces that have appeared in the Best American Erotica series.(He's in this year's editions of the "Best" books, too.)

Everyone's entitled to an opinion, of course, but I guess the bashing critic from Pennsylvania would rather be reading mindless stroke stories than genuinely excellent storytelling. Oh well--my judgements are shared by such topflight writer/editors as Felice Picano and Susie Bright, so I feel comfortable in saying that Sheppard writes great, sexy stuff, well worth a read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stronger Than Dirt, December 18, 2003

By	Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

How can something this dirty be so brainy? That is the gauntlet laid down by self professed "smut hound" Simon Sheppard in this collection of his own works. Don't be surprised if you remember reading a few of these in old and long lost magazines of yore, Mr. Sheppard has contributed to some of the best. That his stories were memorable enough to rekindle some of my archived and plastered over memories of late night solo reading is testament to how powerful many of these stories are.

Multilayered, multicultural and even multigenerational (the great "Queer Studies"), Mr. Sheppard will delight your private parts and your frontal lobes. This isn't just "Hotter Than Hell," it's cooler than (fill in adjective here).

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, August 31, 2001

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

I've had the privilege to work and perform with Simon Sheppard many times, and his short stories are unquestionably among the best erotica being written today. This book collects some of his strongest work -- it's truly amazing. Buy it.