Strange Bedfellows [Paperback]

Debra Hyde (Author), Dominic Santi (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 2000

Politics makes Strange Bedfellows in this sizzling book of erotic political fiction. If you want sexy intrigue, wicked plots (sometimes sweet ones, too), and the potential for scandals galore, join us between the covers. There's something and someone for everybody.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Editors Dominic Santi (co-editor with mjc of Y2Kinky) and Debra Hyde (Pursed Lips) have compiled a second book by this pansexual, explicit, and highly irreverent writing co-op. Authors include erotica regulars Simon Sheppard (co-editor with M. Christian of Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power), Kate Dominic, Michael Stamp, Veronica Kelly, and Shelley Marcus, as well as Santi and Hyde and relative newcomers Rob Byrnes (Upper West Side Story), Piper Fahrney, Isambard, and Matt Merrit. The authors' works have previously appeared in dozens of anthologies as diverse as Best American Erotica, Best Women's Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Bisexual Erotica, and The Mammoth Book of Historical Erotica, as well as a wide variety of magazines and other venues in both print and electronic media

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp; 1 edition (October 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073883890X
• ISBN-13: 978-0738838908
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,583,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Concept! Great Writing!, March 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Strange Bedfellows (Paperback)

"Strange Bedfellows" follows a concept that seems to be ripped from the headlines: politics mixed with sex. But you can bet that things were never this hot between Bill and Monica!

The authors serve up every variety of erotic writing - straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual - which keeps things interesting. The quality of the writing is consistently excellent; this is not just naughty scribbling, this is literature by real writers! My favorites: Rob Byrnes's "Media Relations," in which a right-wing senator's hypocrisy is hilariously exposed; and Michael Stamp's "Shake Your Money-Maker."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I know these people...., October 20, 2000

By 

Margaret J. Campbell (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Bedfellows (Paperback)

As the manager of the much mourned and missed erotic writing workshop where this book had its genesis, I can promise that something in this book will appeal to you.

The idea behind the book was a writing exercise spawned by our reading of the Starr Report, and our knowledge of other political sex scandals. The more the workshop members invented new political sexual scandals, the better the idea of creating a book from them became.

The book covers pretty much all orientations, and all kinks (and yes, vanilla is considered a kink). Some of the stories are wishful thinking, and some seem to be roman a clefs on current politicians. Gay or straight, leather or velvet, Republican or Democrat, this book has something for you.

And I am honored to leave this as a memorial for the writers' workshop.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection and not exactly what you might think, February 20, 2002

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strange Bedfellows (Paperback)

Hyde contributes two stories and Santi contributes one piece to this collection of thirteen erotic tales that touch on politics in some way. The first half of the collection contains the best pieces of the entire collection with Hyde's contributions being among the very best. All orientations and roles are explored to some extent though the gay politican and the sex for votes ideas are the most common. Not all the stories look at politicans however or look at voters and politicans -- sometimes the politicans are together and sometimes it is only political views and platforms that are touched upon. This collection is a fun read if you don't take it too seriously but you may not want to give it to a very sexually conservative friend.