Erotika: Bedtime Stories (Paperback)

~ Gwen Masters (Author), Sebastian Wallace (Author), Teri Varner (Author)

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Product Description

Erotika:Bedtime Stories is the first anthology from Sensorotika Press, and it is a work of short fiction painted in lush erotic strokes. Like a musical interlude, each story weaves its own rhythm into a final, beautiful symphony. Enticing and frisky, these stories range from the adventurous to the deeply sensual, including the lilting "Ghosts of Virginia" from Gwen Masters, where love is lost but passion found, "Let It Snow", a story of the heat of winter lust, "Willpower on the Water", a story of restraint and satisfying release, and "The Fruits of Mark's Confession", a tale only told among two close friends. These short stories will be sure to engage, arouse and raise your expectations of erotic fiction.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Sensorotika Press (May 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977769437
• ISBN-13: 978-0977769438
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,365,151 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Technically well-constructed, but lacking passion, April 9, 2008

By	H. Grove "owling6683" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Many of the stories in Erotika made me shrug. I need to feel a spark of genuine passion and character chemistry in a story in order to enjoy the heat of it. Unfortunately too many of these tidbits felt clinically constructed to fulfill one niche or another. I felt as though I was checking stories off of a list as I went: this is the foot fetish story; this is the exhibitionism story... I'm sure there are readers who will enjoy such an approach to an erotica anthology, but it doesn't really appeal to me.

Luckily the anthology was rescued by a handful of stories that did contain that passionate spark. In particular some of the later stories in the book jumped out at me, such as Gwen Masters's 'Ghosts of Virginia' and 'Dry Tinder' (both as much about emotion as they are about sex), Ralph Greco, Jr.'s 'The Fruits of Mark's Confession' (involving an unusual emotional and sexual triangle), and Cullen Dorn's 'The Professor' (an unusual and vaguely mythical story).

As an aside for those readers who care about such things, the book could also have used another round of editing. If you don't tend to notice minor misspellings, misplaced apostrophes, and the like, don't worry about it. If you're the kind of book perfectionist who's driven nuts by that kind of stuff, some of the stories in here definitely fare better than others.

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasing Shorts, March 29, 2008

By	Jammer (Virginia) - See all my reviews

I found the stories to be well paced and enjoyable. They offer a wide variation of styles and scenarios. I was taken in by the tales woven by P T Cielo.