MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI is a London-based novelist and editor. He was born in the UK and educated in France. Following a career in book publishing, he opened the world-famous Murder One bookshop in 1988 and has since combined running it with his writing and editing career. He has edited a series of 12 bestselling erotic anthologies and two books of erotic photography as well as many acclaimed crime collections. His novels include It’s You That I Want To Kiss, Because She Thought She Loved Me and On Tenderness Express, all three recently collected and reprinted in the USA as Skin In Darkness. Other books include Life In The World of Women, The State of Montana, Kiss Me Sadly and Confessions Of A Romantic Pornographer. In 2006 he published a major erotic novel which he directed and on which 15 of the top erotic writers in the world have collaborated, America Casanova and his collected erotic short stories as Fools For Lust. He is a winner of the Anthony and the Karel Awards, a frequent TV and radio broadcaster, crime columnist for the Guardian newspaper and Literary Director of London’s Crime Scene Festival.
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THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF
Best
New Erotica
Volume 7
Edited and with an Introduction by Maxim Jakubowski
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First published in the UK by Robinson,
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Collection and editorial material copyright © Maxim Jakubowski, 2007
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Contents
Acknowledgments & Copyright
Maxim Jakubowski
INTRODUCTION
Tara Alton
THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF MY LIBIDO
Florence Dugas
THE PROTOCOL OF LA FÈRE
Mike Kimera
HAND-JOBS
Alana Noel Voth
ATTEMPT TO RISE
Maxim Jakubowski
BY THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Alison Tyler
DON’T LOOK BACK
Marilyn Jaye Lewis
AFTER HOURS
Matt Thorne
FIVE TIMES
Rose B. Thorny
MAESTRO
Tsaurah Litzky
SERENDIPITY
Ashley Lister
THE GOOD PLACE
Kim Wright
DANGEROUS GAMES WITH COMPETENT PEOPLE
Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia
THE PENIS OF MY BELOVED
Shanna Germain
CHERRY BOTTOM
Jeremy Edwards
MINDY’S PHEROMONES
Kevin Mullins & Marcelle Perks
UNDERNEATH
Robert Buckley
THE COURTYARD
Cameo Sunset Brown
GRAVE CIRCUMSTANCE
Gwen Masters
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Thomas S. Roche
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Kristina Lloyd
NOTHING BUT THIS
M. Christian
BETTY CAME
Nikki Magennis
UNDERCOVER
Barry Baldwin
BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY
Debra Hyde
TIGHT SPOTS
Julie Saget
THE MAN FROM ALBUQUERQUE
Claude Lalumière
THE FOUR ELEMENTS
Tara Alton
BETHANY BAREFOOT
Kristina Wright
THE STARS FELL DOWN
Mitzi Szereto
IT’S ALL RIGHT, MA (I’M ONLY BLEEDING)
O’Neil De Noux
KISSABLE CLEAVAGE
Saskia Walker
WATCHING LOIS PERFORM
Jacqueline Applebee
BACK BY THE WEEKEND
Susannah Indigo
STUCK INSIDE THE UH-OHS WITH THE RED STATE BLUES AGAIN
Rachel Kramer Bussel
SHARING THE PERFECT COCK
W. S. Cross
MAKING DO
Elspeth Potter
POPPET
Donna George Store
y
JUST WORDS
Lisabet Sarai
POKER NIGHT
Sophie Mouette
ALL ABOUT THE RATINGS
Andrea Miller
THE MAGICIAN
Susan DiPlacido
COYOTE BLUES
Holly Phillips
VIRGIN OF THE SANDS
Sage Vivant
BLUES IN THE NIGHT
Don Rasner
THE WEDDING DRESS
J. D. Munro
ABSTINENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW
Acknowledgments and Copyright
The Dire Consequences Of My Libido © 2006 by Tara Alton. First published in SLIPTONGUE.COM. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Protocol Of la Fère © 2006 by Florence Dugas (translation by Paul Buck and Catherine Petit). First published in OOH LA LA, edited by Maxim Jakubowski & Franck Spengler. Reprinted by permission of Editions Blanche, Paris.
Hand-Jobs © 2006 by Mike Kimera. First published in EROTICA READERS & WRITERS ASSOCIATION. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Attempt to Rise © 2006 by Alana Noel Voth. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
By The Spy Who Loved Me © 2007 by Maxim Jakubowski. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
After Hours © 2006 by Marilyn Jaye Lewis. First published in NAUGHTY SPANKING STORIES FROM A TO Z, vol 2, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Five Times © 2006 by Matt Thorne. First published in SUCCOUR. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Maestro © 2006 by Rose B. Thorny. First published in EROTICA READERS & WRITERS ASSOCIATION. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Serendipity © 2006 by Tsaurah Litzky. First published in DARE. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Good Place © 2006 by Ashley Lister. First published in DYING FOR IT, edited by Mitzi Szereto. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Dangerous Games With Competent People © 2006 by Kim Wright. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Penis of my Beloved © 2006 by lan Watson & Roberto Quaglia. First published in LUST FOR LIFE, edited by Claude Lalumière & Elise Moser. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Cherry Bottom © 2006 by Shanna Germain. First published in LUSCIOUS, edited by Alison Tyler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Mindy’s Pheromones © 2006 by Jeremy Edwards. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Underneath © 2006 by Kevin Mullins & Marcelle Perks. First published in DYING FOR IT, edited by Mitzi Szereto. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Courtyard © 2006 by Robert Buckley. First published in EROTICA READERS & WRITERS ASSOCIATION. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Grave Circumstance © 2006 by Cameo Sunset Brown. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
In the Middle Of Nowhere © 2006 by Gwen Masters. First published in RUTHIE’S CLUB. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Disciplinary Action © 2006 by Thomas S. Roche. First published in NAUGHTY SPANKING STORIES FROM A TO Z, VOL 2, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Nothing But This © 2006 by Kristina Lloyd. First published in WICKED WORDS: SEX AND SHOPPING. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Betty Came © 2006 by M. Christian. First published in SEX IN THE SYSTEM, edited by Cecilia Tan. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Undercover © 2006 by Nikki Magennis. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Girls and Boys Come Out To Play © 2006 by Barry Baldwin. First published in SLIPTONGUE.COM. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Tight Spots © 2006 by Debra Hyde. First published in CAUGHT LOOKING, edited by Alison Tyler & Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Man From Albuquerque © 2006 by Julie Saget (translation by Paul Buck and Catherine Petit). First published in OOH LA LA, edited by Maxim Jakubowski & Franck Spengler. Reprinted by permission Editions Blanche, Paris.
The Four Elements © 2006 by Claude Lalumière. First published in REFLECTIONS EDGE. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Bethany Barefoot © 2006 by Tara Alton. First published in SLIPTONGUE.COM. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Stars Fell Down © 2006 by Kristina Wright. First published in CAUGHT LOOKING, edited by Alison Tyler & Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
It’s All Right, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) © 2006 by Mitzi Szereto. First published in DYING FOR IT, edited by Mitzi Szereto. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Kissable Cleavage © 2006 by O’Neil De Noux. First published in NEW ORLEANS CONFIDENTIAL. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Watching Lois Perform © 2006 by Saskia Walker. First published in SLAVE TO LOVE, edited by Alison Tyler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Back By The Weekend © 2006 by Jacqueline Applebee. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Stuck Inside the Uh-Ohs With The Red State Blues Again © 2006 by Susannah Indigo. First published in SEX AND LAUGHTER. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Sharing The Perfect Cock © 2006 by Rachel Kramer Bussel. First published in CAUGHT LOOKING, edited by Alison Tyler & Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Making Do © 2006 by W. S. Cross. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Poppet © 2006 by Elspeth Potter. First published in SEX IN THE SYSTEM, edited by Cecilia Tan. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Just Words © 2006 by Donna George Storey. First published in BEST WOMEN’S EROTICA 2007, edited by Violet Blue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Poker Night © 2006 by Lisabet Sarai. First published in WHIPPED, edited by Carol Queen. Reprinted by permission of the author.
All About The Ratings © 2006 by Sophie Mouette. First published in WICKED WORDS: SEX IN THE KITCHEN. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Magician © 2006 by Andrea Miller. First published in GOOD VIBES. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Coyote Blues © 2006 by Susan DiPlacido. First published in RUTHIE’S CLUB. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Virgin Of The Sands © 2006 by Holly Phillips. First published in LUST FOR LIFE, edited by Claude Lalumiere & Elise Moser. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Blues In The Night © 2006 by Sage Vivant. First published in THE MILF ANTHOLOGY, edited by Cecilia Tan & Lori Perkins. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Wedding Dress © 2006 by Don Rasner. First published in CLEAN SHEETS. All attempts to reach the author have failed and he is requested to contact us.
Abstinence Makes The Heart Grow © 2006 by J. D. Munro. First published in THE MEAN. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Introduction
Maxim Jakubowski
Is there any evidence of a seven-year itch? Or should we even be mentioning itches when it comes to a collection of sexual stories? I just ask as this is already the seventh volume of the Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica. How time flies.
Technically speaking, it’s actually the twelfth volume, as the initial five collections I assembled came with individual titles (in succession, The Mammoth Book of Erotica, International Erotica, New Erotica, Historical Erotica and Short Historical Novels) before we moved to a common title and settled on a successful formula whereby I hunted down the best stories published in print and online during the preceding twelve calendar months. And I’m not even including the two individual volumes of erotic photography, which also fit into the series.
A lot of flesh, much lust, an abundance of emotions and epiphanies and thril
ls galore! You’d think that by now I would be bored at the prospect of swimming in those erotic seas all over again. On the contrary, the experience proves each new year to be as invigorating and provocative as ever. Good writers with an assured feel for this much-maligned genre somehow always manage to renew their inspiration and come up with stories which shed new lights and perspectives on the dangerous currents of sexuality in all its forms, and as a bystander and an editor I get caught up all over again.
Many of my (and your) favourite authors make welcome appearances in this new volume, together with new names. These wonderful tales of sex, sweat, lust and desire unbound originate from all over the world, and from publications cast wide and far. The past year has proven a particularly fertile one for original anthologies, and I counted over 20 whilst prospecting for this book, but magazines on the Internet and also of a more literary nature (and not specifically erotic) also yielded some fascinating tales.
Savour slowly.
Maxim Jakubowski
The Dire Consequences of My Libido
Tara Alton
Claude
I first learned about the dire consequences of my libido when I was twelve years old and I fell in love with my sister’s stuffed rabbit. His name was Claude, but let me get one thing out in the open about our situation. He was the one who began our romance when he kept staring at my bare legs from the shelf on the wall during the night.
At first, our relationship was only a friendship. I told him all my secrets, even the deep dark ones that I never told anyone else, and he told me how lonely he was sitting up there on the shelf all the time. It was tragic really. We were two lost souls looking for something missing in our lives.
A few months later, my parents kept wondering why Claude was going bald. My father thought it was moths. My mother thought my sister was giving him haircuts with cuticle scissors because she wanted to become a hair stylist one day.
The mystery was solved one night when I was caught dry humping him in my bed when I thought everyone was asleep. Of course, there was a lot of crying and screaming, and of course, no one would listen to me about how much I loved him and how much he loved me in return.
The following day, my parents took Claude into the backyard where they burned him in a pile of autumn leaves. As my sister shed tears for the loss of her toy, they comforted her and ignored my tragic wailing. They didn’t understand they were killing my best friend.