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Monday, July 02, 2007

Hide and Seek erotica anthology intro and new MySpace page



My September anthology (or I should possibly say one of my September anthologies, since Sex and Candy: Sugar Erotica will hopefully be out in September or October!) Hide and Seek: Erotic Stories, which I co-edited with Alison Tyler, now has its own MySpace page. Please add it! I will be posting excerpts and having contests there later on (I should also say that this book contains one of my hottest ever stories...under a pseudonym) but for now, here's the table of contents and my introduction:

Introduction: Watch and Learn by Alison Tyler
Introduction: Showing Off in Style by Rachel Kramer Bussel
Counting the Days by Saskia Walker
Red Light, Green Light by Shanna Germain
The Corners of My Eyes by Stan Kent
Interview with a Porn Star by Radclyffe
Operator 84 by Thomas S. Roche
Glint by Portia Da Costa
The Craziest Thing by Gwen Masters
For All the World to See by Matt Conklin
The Astronomer by L.A. Mistral
Visual Memory by Teresa Noelle Roberts
A Girl, Two Guys, and a Sex Toy by Kristina Wright
Operatic Ecstasy by Erica DeQuaya
Behind the Wheel by L. Elise Bland
She Grinds Her Own Coffee by Cheri Magid
Peeping Tom, Dick, and Harriet by Michelle Houston
Undoing the Laces by Andrea Dale
Cruising by Lee Carney
Roof Flashing by Debra Hyde
Watching by Dante Davidson
Not a Voyeur by Alison Tyler
Like This by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Introduction: Showing Off in Style

Compared to all the other sexual acts one could engage in, voyeurism and exhibitionism may seem a bit passive. Watching, spying, ogling. Teasing, flaunting, putting oneself on display. But the characters in Hide & Seek push the envelope by finding new and inventive ways to spy and be spied on, letting us know just how active, enthusiastic, and passionate they have to be to get what they want the most.

From windows to rooftops to webcams, these naughty boys and girls take pleasure wherever they can find it. That might be in the backseat of a cab, knowing the driver's clocking every move, or putting on a live vibrator sex show for one's husband. They might be going about their workday, only to find that a stranger has a little show-and-tell, of the adult variety, in mind.

I tend to think that all writers are exhibitionists of some sort, begging readers to feast their eyes on our most salacious output. We want people to watch us get naked as we explore our deepest fantasies, the kinds that make us blush and squirm and shift in our seats. We want to offer up a piece of ourselves to you, letting you look to your heart's content. But we writers are also voyeurs, constantly absorbing everything around us, our eyes zooming in on the pertinent details, the little moments that make sex all the hotter for their simplicity. We notice the details, and we want you to know that we're watching your every move. Don't think that sigh or ankle crossing or primping or cleavage or erection has gone unnoticed; we're watching, and we like what we see.

In many of these stories, characters are made to wait, wish, and fantasize. There's no telling just when your favoring Peeping Tom will return to rake his eyes all over your body and make you feel naked even when you're not. There's no telling when she'll bring home a plaything and offer him to you for the price of a sex show. There's no telling when you'll find yourself in public, in flagrante, being seen—and savored. The opportunities for quality viewing or flaunting of the sexual sort can't be called up as easily as pay-per-view. You have to strike while the iron is hot, or keep your eyes peeled for the hottie who can't wait to strip down just for you. It's this search for the perfect partner to complement their kink that makes so many of these stories soar. Without an accomplice, they're just putting on a solo performance, but having a pair (or more) of eyes trained on you while you get off can bring out the inner porn star in all of us.

So instead of passivity, maybe what the successful voyeur and exhibitionist need is cunning, timing, talent. Yes, it's a skill you can be good at, knowing when to push your lover to give you more and when to back off. Knowing when it's okay to forget about the opera on stage and create your own right there in your seat. Knowing when that blow job she's about to give you is just too picture-perfect not to capture on film. Knowing when to stay put and pass on a threesome in favor of seeing her writhing in the arms of another man. All these tricks of the trade and more are revealed in this steamy collection of stories where anything can happen.

And if you want to test your own talent for showing off, don't just hide this book at home tucked away under the covers. Go ahead, I dare you, read it at the park, on the subway, on an airplane. Read it where you know people will be watching. Or read it in a corner of a busy room where you can raise your head between stories and train your eyes on the person you most desire. Maybe you'll discover you're a natural.

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