Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses [Paperback]

Thomas S. Roche (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

From the darkened city streets where crime crosses desire comes the third volume in Thomas Roche's acclaimed Noirotica anthology series. Prowling the red-light corners at the intersection of the mystery and erotica genres, Noirotica stories are the naughty bits Spillane and Thompson left out, the streetlight vision of modern crime-noir with all its raw eroticism unsullied and the soft-focus replaced by glaring realism. This is the city where fallen angels in red silk prowl with shivs in their garter belts and .38s gripped in black-lace gloves, where private eyes park their Packards on the wrong side of the tracks.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Delivers scene after scene of breathtaking violence and sex. A must-read for any sex and crime aficionado." -- Cara Bruce, Venus or Vixen

"Noirotica 3 rings twice and delivers better than the postman ever did. It's gritty, perverse stuff ... I love it." -- Heather Corinna, Scarlet Letters

"Tougher and meaner than a Drano milkshake, this book is our reviewer's favorite new pick ... genre-defining." -- Good Vibrations catalog

N3 is great, great, great! -- Susie Bright, Susiebright.com's Favorites

They're dark and overflowing with passion, yet told in a style that locks you into their world... --y

From the Publisher

Thomas S. Roche is a freelance journalist, fiction writer, spoken-word performer, and editor. In addition to the Noirotica series, he has co-edited anthologies with Michael Rowe (Sons of Darkness, and Brothers of the Night, both Cleis Press), and with Nancy Kilpatrick (In the Shadow of the Gargoyle, and Graven Images, both Ace Books). His own short stories have appeared in many anthologies, including the Best American Erotica series and the Mammoth Book of Erotica series. Some of his short stories were collected in Fragrant Sorrows (the Orphanage, 1994) and Dark Matter (RhinocEROS Books, 1997).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Black Books; 1st Black Books ed edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892723034
• ISBN-13: 978-1892723031
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,413,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thomas S. Roche's debut novel is The Panama Laugh, a science fiction zombie apocalypse about viral media, military contracting, and LOLZ. It releases September 6, 2011 from Night Shade Books. He has been a blogger, short story writer, editor, marketing executive, and web reporter for more than a decade, having written regularly for Techyum.com, TinyNibbles.com, Night-Bazaar.com, Gothic.net, GettingIt.com, WriteSex.net, GoodVibes.com, 13thStreet.com and many other websites. He is a community sex educator in San Francisco with San Francisco Sex Information, a nonprofit educational organization.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crime stories that leave in all the dirty parts, November 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (Paperback)

This is one of the best anthologies of any kind of fiction that I've ever read. It's an incredible blending of my favorite kind of writing, crime fiction, with erotic fiction. Many of the stories are perverse and shocking, but there's also a lot of dark romance mixed in with the crime thriller plots. And they're all excellent stories -- I liked every story in this book except maybe one or two. Anyone who likes mysteries and erotica should buy this book!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark and Sexy..., February 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (Paperback)

Thomas Roche has gathered some of today's best erotic writers in this collection of fiercely written, highly polished stories for the lover of the noir genre. Where Chandler, Hammett, Esteleman, McBain, and other crime writers leave off, these authors begin. Not afraid to push boundaries -- or even to break them -- the stories cross the police barrier of sweet arousal into the realm of dark, hot, sex.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Depends entirely on what you want and like., October 31, 2003

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (Paperback)

If you enjoy the detective ("noir") genre, and want some erotica that fits that category, AND if you find the kind of VERY harsh, dark sexuality that seems to fit that genre erotic, then you will probably enjoy this book tremendously. The writing is mostly very good, and the stories seem to be a good batch of examples of the genre.

I've never really been a fan of "noir" fiction; I own a copy of the video of "The Maltese Falcon", and consider it money well-spent, but it isn't a genre that I go out of my way looking for. And much of the sado-masochistic, pain-as-pleasure, dark-side-of-the-id sex that is the mainstay of most of these stories makes me wince and wilt, rather than get aroused. So most of these stories didn't do much for me; "Private Dick", by Sukie de la Croix, a spoof of the genre in which the title character was, and indeed almost every male character in the story were, stereotypical flaming queers, was hysterically funny. "A Walk In The Rain On The Wild Side", by O'Neil De Noux, was easily the most erotic story in the book, at least to my taste. Unfortunately, it was also the most sloppily written. "The Gyrl With No Name" (Kate Bornstein), "Phantom Lover" (Maxim Jakubowski), and "Inside The Works" (Tom Piccirilli) were painfully edgy, but fascinating for all of that. Most of the others just didn't make much of an impression on me, although "Faithful" by Michael Thomas Ford had an interesting plot-twist that I just didn't see coming, and so was memorable for that reason if no other.

If, like me, you're tempted to pick this book up simply out of curiosity, and not because your tastes actually run to this sort of thing, I would advise against it. But if you actually are drawn to this book because this sort of thing is of interest to you, it won't be easy to find a better-executed example of what this book provides.