My book is on PostSecret and Amazon's most gifted erotica book list!

The good news keeps pouring in for the best book I've ever edited, The Big Book of Orgasms: 69 Sexy Stories! I've been honored and thrilled that the book is making such a connection with readers and am looking forward to our January 3rd reading at The Museum of Sex as part of Between the Covers. I got an email last night that someone took the book's postcard, wrote some kickass news on it, and sent it to PostSecret! I hope that all erotica writers can do what they love for a living, and that all my The Big Book of Orgasms contributors have smashing success in their writing careers. Thank you, fairy book mother or father, for helping this little book reach a whole new audience. You made my weekend!



I also saw that The Big Book of Orgasms is the 26th most gifted erotica book on Amazon, right behind mega blockbuster Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James. Go us!



Speaking of Amazon, here's what some reviewers are saying, such as DeDe Deylnn, who you can read more of on her blog:

So many steamy scenes happen and this book has opened up my perspective on new places, scenarios, and perspectives on having a good orgasm. There are plenty of queer stories, by queer writer, included in this book that would make anyone very happy. Two of my favorites: a story about two men at a construction site and the other a dominate woman and a man playing with power, control, and orgasm denial. It's so hot. I totally suggest you check this book out.

And Alex:

Another great thing about this compilation is that the stories, while short, are long enough to get both the mind and the juices flowing. Explicit enough to intrigue and leave you wanting more without being blatant and overbearing. These stories are involved enough to spark discussion and desire.

One of my favorites is "Under the table," by Elizabeth Caldwell, which creates the setting for a hot fantasy about getting hot and bothered in a restaurant but leaves enough of the picture left for me to finish the scene on my own. Another is "The Massage," by Lady Cheeky, which gets a bit detailed as the author goes from anticipation to post-orgasm jelly... there are very few things, in this world, as great as either giving, or receiving, that kind of whole body, orgasm.

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November 11, 2010

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While I'd love to post all the covers here, you can visit Cleis Press directly and look at all my pretty covers. For now, I'll list and link to each title that's currently out from them, in alphabetical order, that I've edited or co-edited. In case you were wondering, Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica (click to watch the book trailer and read more) is my bestselling Cleis Press title. Many more are on the way; my current calls for submission are listed here (and the one for Best Bondage Erotica 2012 is here, on my personal site ASAP).

Best Bondage Erotica 2011

Best Sex Writing 2008

Best Sex Writing 2009 (IPPY Gold Winner for Sexuality/Relationships)

Best Sex Writing 2010 (IPPY Gold Winner for Sexuality/Relationships)

Bottoms Up

Caught Looking

Crossdressing

Let me interject that Crossdressing, with a foreword by Veronica Vera, is one of my favorites, in part because I wasn't sure how I would approach the topic as an editor, in part because it's so much more than you might expect. A few reviews below, and you can read more at the official site.

"The perverts in Crossdressing bring fascinating sexual fluidity to their kink." —Books to Watch Out For

"With a good-natured, light-hearted approach and plenty of steamy erotic action, Crossdressing celebrates the sexual thrill of gender play while having plenty of erotic fun." —Eros Zine

"This is one short story collection which doesn't need to be dressed up as anything other than a really hot read." —Forum UK

Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories (IPPY Gold Winner for Erotica)

Fast Girls

He's on Top

Hide & Seek (newly reissued with new cover and foreword by The Burlesque Handbook author Jo Weldon!)

The Mile High Club

Orgasmic

Passion

Peep Show

Please, Ma'am

Please, Sir

Rubber Sex

She's on Top

Smooth

Spanked

Tasting Her: Oral Sex Stories (IPPY Gold Winner for Erotica) click here to read my introduction

Tasting Him: Oral Sex Stories (IPPY Gold Winner for Erotica) click here to read my introduction which references the blowjob-aversion in The Atlantic Monthly and more

Yes, Ma'am

Yes, Sir