Barbara Cardy founded and edited erotic imprints In The Buff and The Hot Spot. To date she has edited 25 erotic anthologies. She lives with her husband, children and a host of animals in a cosy cottage in the lush English countryside.
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THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF
Lesbian
Erotica
Edited and with an Introduction
by Barbara Cardy
Collection and editorial material © Barbara Cardy 2007
First published in the United States in 2007
by Carroll & Graf Publishers
This edition published in 2008 by Running Press Book Publishers
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Contents
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
Barbara Cardy
A TASTE FOR PAIN
Sarah Veitch
TYNESIDE LADIES’ NIGHT
Charlotte Matthews
TAKING STOCK
Susan Wallace
“PLEASE”
Linda Suzuki
SWEET REVENGE
Rebecca Henderson
LITTLE WOMEN
Rosemary Williams
EXOTIC MUSIC
Teresa Noelle Roberts
THE LAY OF THE GRECIAN URN
Roxy Katt
OWN GAOL
Vav Garnek
NEIGHBOURS
Marie Gordon
RUTH, ROSES AND REVOLVERS
Lori Selke
FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN
Antonia Nardellini
NOSEDIVE
Jennifer J. Sowle
A TO Z
Kristina Wright
WOMEN AT WORK
Lynn Lake
DIFFERENT TAKES ON A SHOP ASSISTANT’S UNIFORM
Kay Jaybee
ANOTHER FLEETING NIGHT
R. Greco
LOVE IS BLIND
Alex Woolgrave and Jules Jones
PEERING THROUGH THE CRACK
Eva Hore
SHINY THINGS
Elizabeth Cage
VAVOOM
Jay Lawrence
FLIGHT RISK
Carmel Lockyer
BRINGING BACK THE LIGHT
Sophie Mouette
THE INSTRUCTRESS
Nicky B.
FIRST TIME PLAY
Vicky Aston
THE ESCAPE
Helen Darvin
THERAPY
Helen Stevens
QUEEN HIGH FLUSH
Pam Graham
CONFESSIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT
by L. C. Jordan
HAIL WARNING
Jean Roberta
GUNMETAL
Roxy Katt
FUNNY HOW THINGS TURN OUT
Mandy Scott
SHOCK TREATMENT
H. L. Berry
GONE FISHIN’
Chrissie Bentley
A TWO-WAY STREET
Marie Gordon
INSIDE
Cheryl Moch
THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
Alice Blue
THE ART
Lisette Ashton
IN THE PINK
Kristina Wright
WUTHERING
L. S. Bell
AND THEN SHE KISSED ME
Rita Winchester
BUTTERFLIES AND STINGS
Angela Steele
TESS OF THE SUBURB’S BILLS
H. L. Berry
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Nicky B.
CAR BOMB
Maggie Kinsella
EROTIC FANTASY
Susan Wallace
MY ROOM WITH A VIEW
Janey Maurice
NINA, MY LOVE
Tamara
A FEAST OF COUSINS
Beth Bernobich
SEXUAL HEALING
Helen Highwater
THE GODDESS WITHIN
Catherine Lundoff
HANGING IN SUSPENSE
Shaunda Randleman
IF THE SHOE FITS
Susan Wallace
NEW BEGINNING
Melissa Fawcett
THE COLLEGE GRIND
Courtney Bee
Acknowledgments
A TASTE FOR PAIN © 2007 by Sarah Veitch. A shorter version appeared in her collection Different Strokes (Nexus 1995, reprinted 2000). Reprinted by permission of the author.
TYNESIDE LADIES’ NIGHT © 2006 by Charlotte Matthews. First appeared in The Hot Spot 4. Reprinted by permission of the author.
TAKING STOCK © 2007 by Susan Wallace. Printed by permission of the author.
“PLEASE” © 2007 by Linda Suzuki. Printed by permission of the author.
SWEET REVENGE © 2007 by Rececca Henderson. Printed by permission of the author.
LITTLE WOMEN © 2007 by Rosemary Williams. Printed by permission of the author.
EXOTIC MUSIC © 2004 by Teresa Noelle Roberts. First appeared on SatinSlippers.com Printed by permission of the author.
THE LAY OF THE GRECIAN URN © 2004 by Roxy Katt. First appeared in The Hot Spot 2. Reprinted by permission of the author.
OWN GAOL © 2004 by Vav Garnek. First appeared in The Hot Spot 1 under a different title. Reprinted by permission of the author.
NEIGHBOURS © 2006 by Marie Gordon. Printed by permission of the author.
RUTH, ROSES AND REVOLVERS © 2001 by Lori Selke. First appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2002. Reprinted by permission of the author.
FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN © 2007 by Antonia Nardellini. Printed by permission of the author.
NOSE DIVE © 2007 by Jennifer J. Sowle. Printed by permission of the author.
A TO Z © 2002 by Kristina Wright. First appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2002. Reprinted by permission of the author.
WOMEN AT WORK © 2006 by Lynn Lake. First appeared on ruthiesclub.com Printed by permission of the author.
DIFFERENT TAKES ON A SHOP ASSISTANT’S UNIFORM © 2007 by Kay Jaybee. Printed by permission of the author.
LOVE IS BLIND © 2004 by Alex Woolgrave and Jules Jones. Reprinted by permission of the author.
PEERING THROUGH THE CRACK © 2004 by Eva Hore. First appeared in The Mammoth Book of Women’s Erotic Fantasies 2004 under a different title. Reprinted by permission of the author.
SHINY THINGS © 2007 by Elizabeth Cage. Printed by permission of the author.
VAVOOM © 2004 by Jay Lawrence. First appeared in In The Buff 19. Reprinted by permission of the author.
FLIGHT RISK © 2006 by Carmel Lockyer. First appeared on RuthiesClub.com Printed by permission of the author.
BRINGING BACK THE LIGHT © 2006 by Sophie Mouette. First appeared at FishNetMag.com Printed by permission of the author.
THE INSTRUCTRESS © 2006 by Nicky B. Printed by permission of the author.
FIRST TIME PLAY © 2007 by Vicky Aston. Printed by permission of the author.
THE ESCAPE © 2007 by Helen Darvin. Printed by permission of the author.
THERAPY © 2007 by Helen Stevens. Printed by permission of the author.
QUEEN HIGH FLUSH © 2007 by Pam Graham. Printed by permission of the author.
CONFESSIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT © 2005 by L. C. Jordan. Printed by permission of the author.
HAIL WARNING © 2001 by Jean Roberta. First appeared on SuspectThoughts.com Printed by permission of the author.
GUNMETAL © 2002 by Roxy Katt. Printed by permission of the author
FUNNY HOW THINGS TURN OUT © 2007 by Mandy Scott. Printed by permission of the author.
SHOCK TREATMENT © 2006 by H. L. Berry. Printed by permission of the author.
GONE FISHIN’ © 2007 by Chrissie Bentley. Printed by permission of the author.
A TWO-WAY STREET © 2006 by Marie Gordon. Printed by permission of the author.
INSIDE © 2007 by Cheryl Moch. Printed by permission of the author.
THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN © 2002 by Alice Blue. First appeared in Speaking Parts (Alyson Books) under pseudonym. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE ART © 2007 by Lisette Ashton. Printed by permission of the author.
IN THE PINK © 2004 by Kristina Wright. First appeared in Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.
WUTHERING © 2007 by L. S. Bell. Printed by permission of the author.
AND THEN SHE KISSED ME © 2007 by Rita Winchester. Printed by permission of the author.
BUTTERFLIES AND STINGS © 2007 by Angela Steele. Printed by permission of the author.
TESS OF THE SUBURB’S BILLS © 2007 by H. L. Berry. The character “Nightgirl” first appeared on RuthiesClub.com Printed by permission of the author.
OPPOSITES ATTRACT © 2005 by Nicky B. Printed by permission of the author.
CAR BOMB © 2007 by Maggie Kinsella. Printed by permission of the author.
EROTIC FANTASY © 2007 by Susan Wallace. Printed by permission of the author.
MY ROOM WITH A VIEW © 2007 by Janey Maurice. Printed by permission of the author.
NINA, MY LOVE © 2007 by Tamara. Printed by permission of the author.
A FEAST OF COUSINS © 2006 by Beth Bernobich. First appeared on helixsf.com Printed by permission of the author.
SEXUAL HEALING © 2007 by Helen Highwater. Printed by permission of the author.
THE GODDESS WITHIN 2007 by Catherine Lundoff. Printed by permission of the author.
HANGING IN SUSPENSE © 2007 by Shaunda Randleman. Printed by permission of the author.
IF THE SHOE FITS © 2007 by Susan Wallace. Printed by permission of the author.
NEW BEGINNING © 2006 by Melissa Fawcett. Printed by permission of the author.
THE COLLEGE GRIND © 2007 by Courtney Bee. First appeared on phaze.com Printed by permission of the author
Introduction
Barbara Cardy
Not one for long-winded intros as I know you want to get on with reading the book . . . It has been a great privilege to put this collection of stories together. To sum it up, this book is a sizzling collection of compulsively readable sexy short stories with a lesbian theme. A book that will appeal not only to the lesbian community, but also to straight women and men – think “Girl on Girl” meets Bridget Jones!
The exceptionally high quality writers have their characters involved in all manner of sticky situations and the plots throughout are absolutely superb and original – aspects very often neglected within the field of erotica.
Frequently humorous, sometimes deeply touching, but always highly erotic! So let me now pass the pleasure over to you.
(“Google” your favourite writers to find more of their stories in other books and on various websites too.)
A Taste for Pain
Sarah Veitch
Aha! Kay Reid sat up straighter in her chair as she heard the floorboards on the stairway creaking. Someone was obviously sneaking downstairs. Experience told her they’d be making their surreptitious way towards the kitchen, a kitchen which was out of bounds to everyone except the chef. For days now he’d been complaining that food was going missing. She’d been right to stay awake and on guard.
Leisurely, Kay stretched out her tennis-toned arms then tiptoed towards her bedroom door, the mirror showing her five-foot-eight frame in her favourite khaki shirt and matching army surplus trousers. Heart starting to beat harder, she flexed her firm, right spanking palm. As owner of Trim Camp, she’d found that keeping discipline sometimes involved more than an inspirational lecture. A sly slap to the back of some eighteen-year-old’s thighs was usually enough to take the overeater’s mind away from pasta. A shaming spank to a jean-clad rump usually shocked a young woman into more sensible snacking, the option being going to college in the Fall still looking fat.
Kay was there to see that they got slim. That’s why they’d enrolled at Trim Camp, paid thousands of dollars to live on this campus near Los Angeles. Kay talked to them, watched over them and weighed them, was the British slimming leader who’d gotten first class results here in the States.
And would continue to do so. Kicking open the kitchen door and turning on the light in one co-ordinated move, she inhaled hard and got ready to shout at her failing teenage slimmer. Felt her mouth slacken as she saw who the culprit was. “Lynette!” Lynette, a fellow Brit, was her recently-appointed Junior Diet Lecturer. She’d already ticked the girl off for weighing more than she should have on Weigh-In Day.
Kay stared at her trainee, who stood clutching three thick slices of imported Scottish cheddar, meant to be doled out in small squares to successful slimmers. The large multi-grain loaf, pound of butter and jar of pickles on the kitchen worktop told of her plans.
“Sorry – sudden snack attack,” she muttered, reddening.
“According to the chef, you’ve been having them every night.”
“I’ve . . .” The girl rubbed one bare foot behind an equally bare suntanned leg. Her thigh-length nightie rose at the awkward movement, showing the lower half of her chubby buttocks. “Well, the dinners have been small recently.”
“And I’ve told you to make a second trip to the Salad Bar,” Kay reminded her. “What am I always telling the girls? Choose fibre over fat.”
“Sorry, Miss Reid. I am – really.” The girl turned to put the dairy products away.
“No – leave them out. I want you to look at them while you’re being punished.” She let the younger woman dwell for long seconds on the humiliating words. They reverberated around her own head, giving her an unmistakable frisson. This would be the first time she’d disciplined a staff member aged twenty-two . . .
She stared at the blonde girl’s slightly rounded tummy and made her voice especially hard. “What happens if you get plump?”
The younger woman swallowed. “I . . . get sent home, Miss.”
“So perhaps you should think about packing?” That image should make her think twice.
“But I don’t want to go home!”
“Then what do you think we should do with you?”
“You could . . .” The girl played convulsively with her long hair, winding it around her right hand in nervous tendrils. “I won’t do it again.”
“But stealing and stealth still deserve chastisement.”
“I know.” The diet lecturer dipped her head.
“What you need is a good spanking,” Kay added. She held her breath, watched the hot shame redden the girl’s face and neck and stay there. Young women who were completely uninterested in punishment or in femme2femme always told her to go to hell or threatened to take her to a tribunal at this stage. But Lynette merely stood there, blushing, waiting for further instruction. It was time to go for it.