Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica [Paperback]

Rachel Kramer Bussel (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 28, 2008

Erotic spanking — whether giving or receiving — is one of the most exciting, arousing, and sensual experiences to enjoy. In this enticing collection, spanking enthusiast Rachel Kramer Bussel has assembled 22 tales of red-cheeked arousal. Whether being disciplined for naughtiness or simply because they crave the sting of a hand against flesh, the men and women in these stories revel in being bent over, paddled, punished, and possessed by their spankers. Those delivering the blows find extreme pleasure in pushing their bottoms’ buttons, making them — and the reader — tremble and quiver in anticipation as they await the next smack. Featuring stories by Alison Tyler, Sage Vivant, Stan Kent, Elizabeth Coldwell, Thomas Roche, and others, this sizzling collection offers tales so breathtakingly vivid that readers might find their own cheeks sore just from reading it.

Editorial Reviews

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Introduction: "A Fantastic Kind of Pain"

Just as I have a seemingly endless capacity to bare my ass and get it smacked soundly or make a squirming bottom hover on the edge of erotic oblivion with loud, ringing, stinging whack after whack, I don't think I'll ever get tired of reading stories about spanking. There was a time when I wasn't sure I could say that; after all, just how much is there to say about bending over and letting a firm hand connect with a pertly offered-up bottom? Or striking a pretty pair of buttcheeks so well the person beneath you moans in ecstatic agony? Well, as I've learned while editing this collection, there are an infinite number of ways to talk about the pleasures of getting spanked or spanking someone. While the actions may look alike, we all experience them differently and have different motives for indulging in this beloved kinky activity.

Me? I get off on just thinking about bending over for that special someone. Maybe I'm wearing panties, and only part of my bottom is visible. Maybe I'm not, and my spanker can see everything, including my wetness. I get wet at the mere idea of offering up my entire body to a lover to play with, tease, spank, and arouse. I've also had plenty of eager bottoms spread before me, offering asses that just begged to be spanked, whether they speak words to that effect or not. But for me, and for many others, spanking is about much more than just the physical. It's about what that sensation creates inside of us. Spanking breaks down our barriers in ways even sex sometimes doesn't; it stirs up emotions; it makes us whimper or cry, or be proud of just how much we can take. It's primal and powerful, not to mention incredibly popular. I was thrilled to see spanking make an appearance on Showtime's Californication, where the bratty, bossy bottom of a secretary demands that her boss spank her for any office infraction. "Hit Me Baby One More Time," indeed.

And those who bestow spankings, whether with hands, paddles, hairbrushes, or other devices, relish that power to bring pleasure and pain mixed together, to completely undo the person they are spanking with just a few (or possibly many) whacks.
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (July 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573443190
• ISBN-13: 978-1573443197
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spanked - hurts so good..., October 10, 2008

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Dina Zelyony (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica (Paperback)

Spanked is a compilation about the naughty, thrilling, blissful act of giving and receiving a paddling on the hind quarters. The stories are all so authentic in tone and delve so deep into the characters that one can't help but experience the anticipation, and release, along with them. Spanked allows an intimate peek into the pleasures of bottom-flogging from various perspectives, but all equally intense and riveting, whether bottoms and palms are covered in flour, enveloped by typewriter ribbon or simply tingling with desire. While different fantasies are described in these pages, they are all connected by a string of emotion, a factor vital to the act of spanking which elevates it from purely sexual to the fiercely personal and urgent need that it is. All the stories are smart, candid and provocative without being indulgent. Spanked is both an exploration of physical pleasure as well as the mysterious and exciting bonds that form between the participants of such a union.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give Spanked! A Chance!, February 13, 2009

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N. Kohler "RCBP Member" (OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica (Paperback)

If soundtrack albums help you discover new artists, then Rachel Kramer Bussel's newest foray into the anthology ring, Spanked! is the very thing that will make you want to pick up a riding crop (or your hand) and leaving a mark on someone special.

By picking through and giving us the very best (and I do mean the very BEST) stories that feature spanking (and other things, of course, but we're here for the spanking, aren't we?), Rachel Kramer Bussel has not only saved us time but she's weeded out the funny bits that we really didn't want to read anyway. Like the proverbial cream rising from the bucket, the stories in Spanked! are the crème of red cheeked erotica.

Sure, we've all got those kinks, dirty little secrets that we don't want people to know. But for those of you that think `spanking' is the most tame of kinks, I challenge you to read `Betty Crocker Gone Bad' a story that made me blush and want to bake at the same time!

Starting us of slowly with Rick Roberts' `Spanking You', Rachel Kramer Bussel brings us to all different levels of the spanking spectrum--all the way up to her own `The Depths of Despair'. I love to see anthology collectors do double duty and write a story for their collections, but rarely is it done so well. Kudos to her!

This book was very interesting and I liked reading it. The physical size of it is small enough to be tucked into a purse to be read at various locations, or even a backpack. And the stories themselves pack a lot of punch--they aren't empty. Pick this up, and I guarantee you'll be hooked.

This review was originally posted on August 1, 2008. Reposted Feb 13, 2009.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Sexy and Brainy, September 9, 2008

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Twanna A. Hines "funkybrownchick" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica (Paperback)

It would be easy to write a book about spanking that comes off "over the top" or simply paints the authors as hyped up freakshows with bizarre fetishes and/or unresolved childhood issues. "Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica" is a collection of diverse, interesting, funny and sexy pieces of erotica that provide readers' preying eyes a peak into the complex world of erotic spanking.