MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI was born in England but educated in France. Following a career in publishing, he opened London’s famous MURDER ONE bookshop. He has published over 70 books, won the Anthony and Karel Awards and is a connoisseur of genre fiction in all its forms. His recent books include ten volumes in The Mammoth Book of Erotica series, as well as The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction and more recently The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action. Other well-received anthologies include: London Noir, three volumes of Fresh Blood, Past Poisons, Chronicles of Crime and Murder Through the Ages. A regular broadcaster, he is the crime columnist for the Guardian. His fiction includes Life in the World of Women, It’s you that I want to Kiss, Because She Thought She Loved Me, The State of Montana, On Tenderness Express and Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer. He lives in London.
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THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF
Best
New Erotica
Volume 4
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Maxim Jakubowski
INTRODUCTION
Amanda A. Gannon
WINGS
N.T. Morley
MEMORANDUM
O’Neil De Noux
BLUEGUMS
Lisette Ashton
PET SHOP GIRL
Molly Weatherfield
LILITH BROKEN TO BRIDLE
M. Christian
EVERYTHING BUT THE SMELL OF LILIES
Alison Tyler
TEN MINUTES IN THE EIGHTIES
Charlie Anders
A DAY WITH THE BERNSTEINS
Zoe Constantin
BASSAI DAI
Tara Alton
THE END OF DAPHNE GREENWOOD’S TRAVEL CAREER
John Edward Ames
CRY OF THE LOOGAROO
Debra Hyde
UNDER THE FROG BRIDGE
Mark Timlin
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Cheyenne Blue
INDIGO WHITE, BURNT UMBER
Tom Piccirilli
WHEN CALLS ED WOOD
Stephanie Schaeffer
THIS HURTS ME MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU
Simon Sheppard
AMSTERDAM
Karen Taylor
NACHT RUCK
Maria Dahvana Headley
EVE SCALES THE WALL
Mike Kimera
AMERICAN HOLIDAYS
Cecilia Tan
BODIES OF WATER
Claude Lalumière
DREGS
Madeleine Oh
AT LONG LAST
Elizabeth Coldwell
UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES
Geoff Cordner
MEAT AND POTATOES
Michèle Larue
EYEWASH
R. Gay
THIS FAR INSIDE
Michael Bracken
FEEL THE PAIN
Maxim Jakubowski
THE SUMMER OF GRANT LEE BUFFALO
Riain Grey
LOOK AT ME
A.F. Waddell
CASHMERES MUST DIE
Nicholas Urfé
THE ARB
Sage Vivant
THE KEY
Cara Bruce
TOO BAD
Donna George Storey
SPRING PICTURES
Mark Ramsden
NICK/NICOLA
Catherine Lundoff
THE PERMANENT
John Grant
NO SOLACE FOR THE SOUL IN DIGITOPIA
Patrick Califia
SWIMMER’S BODY
Lisabet Sarai
COMMUNION
Kate Dominic
CONTENTED CLIENTS
Nola Summers
THE LESSONS
Debra Gray De Noux & O’Neil De Noux
NUDE IN MAGENTA
Rachel Kramer Bussel
DOING THE DISHES
Thomas S. Roche
AVRIL’S NAME
Acknowledgments
WINGS by Amanda A. Gannon © 2003 by
Amanda A. Gannon. First appeared in Scarlet Letters.
MEMORANDUM by N.T. Morley © 2003 by N.T. Morley. First appeared in Good Vibrations Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
BLUEGUMS by O’Neil De Noux © 2003 by O’Neil De Noux. First appeared in City Slab Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
PET SHOP GIRL by Lisette Ashton © 2003 by Lisette Ashton. First appeared in Forum. Reprinted by permission of the author.
LILITH BROKEN TO BRIDLE by Molly Weatherfield © 2003 by Molly Weatherfield. First appeared in The Big Book of Hot Women’s Erotica 2004 edited by Marilyn Jaye-Lewis. Reprinted by permission of the author.
EVERYTHING BUT THE SMELL OF LILIES by M. Christian © 2003 by M. Christian. First appeared in The Bachelor Machine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
TEN MINUTES IN THE EIGHTIES by Alison Tyler © 2003 by Alison Tyler. First appeared in Wicked Words 8, edited by Kerri Sharp. Reprinted by permission of the author.
A DAY WITH THE BERNSTEINS by Charlie Anders © 2003 by Charlie Anders. First appeared in Suspect Thoughts. Reprinted by permission of the author.
BASSAI DAI by Zoe Constantin © 2003 by Zoe Constantin. First appeared in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE END OF DAPHNE GREENWOOD’S TRAVEL CAREER by Tara Alton © 2003 by Tara Alton. First appeared in Scarlet Letters. Reprinted by permission of the author.
CRY OF THE LOOGAROO by John Edward Ames © 2003 by John Edward Ames. First appeared in Hot Blood XI:Fatal Attractions, edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett. Reprinted by permission of the author.
UNDER THE FROG BRIDGE by Debra Hyde © 2003 by Debra Hyde. First appeared in Scarlet Letters. Reprinted by permission of the author.
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER by Mark Timlin © 2003 by Mark Timlin. First appeared in The Erotic Review. Reprinted by permission of the author.
INDIGO WHITE, BURNT UMBER by Cheyenne Blue © 2003 by Cheyenne Blue. First appeared in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
WHEN CALLS ED WOOD by Tom Piccirilli © 2003 by Tom Piccirilli. First appeared in Leather, Lace and Lust, edited by Sage Vivant and M. Christian. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THIS HURTS ME MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU by Stephanie Schaeffer © 2003 by Stephanie Schaeffer. First appeared in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
AMSTERDAM by Simon Sheppard © 2003 by Simon Sheppard. First appeared in Lovers Who Stay with You, edited by David MacMillan. Reprinted by permission of the author.
NACHT RUCK by Karen Taylor © 2003 by Karen Taylor. First appeared in Leather, Lace and Lust, edited by Sage Vivant and M. Christian. Reprinted by permission of the author.
EVE SCALES THE WALL by Maria Dahvana Headley © 2004 by Maria Dahvana Headley. Reprinted by permission of the author.
AMERICAN HOLIDAYS by Mike Kimera © 2003 by Mike Kimera. First appeared in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
BODIES OF WATER by Cecilia Tan © 2003 by Cecilia Tan. First appeared in The Big Book of Hot Women’s Erotica 2004, edited by Marilyn Jaye-Lewis. Reprinted by permission of the author.
DREGS by Claude Lalumière © 2003 by Claude Lalumière. First appeared in Interzone. Reprinted by permission of the author.
AT LONG LAST by Madeleine Oh © 2003 by Madeleine Oh. First appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2004, edited by Tristan Taormino. Reprinted by permission of the author.
UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES by Elizabeth Coldwell © 2003 by Elizabeth Coldwell. First appeared in Leather, Lace and Lust, edited by Sage Vivant and M. Christian. Reprinted by permission of the author.
MEAT AND POTATOES by Geoff Cordner © 2003 by Geoff Cordner. First appeared in Scarlet Letters. Reprinted by permission of the author.
EYEWASH by Michèle Larue © 2003 by Michèle Larue. First appeared in The Big Book of Hot Women’s Erotica 2004, edited by Marilyn Jaye-Lewis. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THIS FAR INSIDE by R. Gay © 2003 by R. Gay. First appeared in Scarlet Letters. Reprinted by permission of the author.
FEEL THE PAIN by Michael Bracken © 2003 by Michael Bracken. First appeared in Flesh and Blood: Guilty as Sin, edited by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Gelb. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE SUMMER OF GRANT LEE BUFFALO by Maxim Jakubowski © 2003 and 2004 by Maxim Jakubowski. First appeared in Suspect Thoughts and in a revised version in Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer. Reprinted by permission of the author.
LOOK AT ME by Riain Grey © 2003 by Riain Grey. First appeared in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
CASHMERES MUST DIE by A.F. Waddell © 2003 by A.F. Waddell. First appeared in Leather, Lace and Lust, edited by Sage Vivant and M. Christian. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE ARB by Nicholas Urfé © 2003 by Nicholas Urfé. First appeared in Scarlet Letters.
THE KEY by Sage Vivant © 2003 by Sage Vivant. First appeared in Naughty Stories A to Z, vol 2, edited by Alison Tyler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
TOO BAD by Cara Bruce © 2003 by Cara Bruce. First appeared in Suspect Thoughts. Reprinted by permission of the author.
SPRING PICTURES by Donna George Storey © 2003 by Donna George Storey. First appeared in Scarlet Letters. Reprinted by permission of the author.
NICK/NICOLA by Mark Ramsden © 2004 by Mark Ramsden. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE PERMANENT by Catherine Lundoff © 2003 by Catherine Lundoff. First appeared in The Big Book of Hot Women’s Erotica 2004, edited by Marilyn Jaye-Lewis. Reprinted by permission of the author.
NO SOLACE FOR THE SOUL IN DIGITOPIA by John Grant © 2003 by John Grant. First appeared in Live Without a Net, edited by Lou Anders. Reprinted by permission of the author.
SWIMMER’S BODY by Patrick Califia © 2003 by Patrick Califia. First appeared in Suspect Thoughts. Reprinted by permission of the author.
COMMUNION by Lisabet Sarai © 2003 by Lisabet Sarai. First appeared in Sacred Exchange, edited by Lisabet Sarai and S.F. Mayfair. Reprinted by permission of the author.
CONTENTED CLIENTS by Kate Dominic © 2003 by Kate Dominic. First appeared in Leather, Lace and Lust, edited by Sage Vivant and M. Christian. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE LESSONS by Nola Summers © 2003 by Nola Summers. First appeared in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
NUDE IN MAGENTA by Debra Gray De Noux and O’Neil De Noux © 2003 by Debra Gray De Noux and O’Neil De Noux. First appeared in Hot Blood XI:Fatal Attraction, edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
DOING THE DISHES by Rachel Kramer Bussel © 2003 by Rachel Kramer Bussel. First appeared in Best Women’s Erotica 2004, edited by Marcy Sheiner. Reprinted by permission of the author.
AVRIL’S NAME by Thomas S. Roche © 2003 by Thomas S. Roche. First appeared in Erotica Writers and Readers Association. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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Introduction
Maxim Jakubowski
Another year, another bountiful handful of erotic stories covering the whole gamut of human sexuality, fantasies and entertainment. This time, our tales come laced with wit, desire, danger, irony and dollops of lust given a free rein and most definitely out of control.
The popularity of erotic writing keeps on growing and in the twelve years I have been editing these groundbreaking anthologies, I have never been faced with such an embarassment of riches.
To select the stories included here I have read over 1,500 stories – some from direct submissions, some previously published in rival anthologies (a few of which were only available to US book club members) or single author book collections, and yet others from countless magazines and websites. This represents an increase of almost
40 per cent on the previous year and proves a fair reflection of the current boom happening in the realm of the literary senses.
And yet again I am particularly proud to be able to introduce a brace of new authors who haven’t appeared in previous volumes in the series together with many favourites whose imagination and talent show no sign of drying up.
As ever, I am amazed by the variations our erotic writers spin on what is commonly (and mistakenly) thought of as a subject where the limitations in sexual positions and sexual combinations lead to a dead end. They all manage to be sexy without resorting to vulgarity and their characters come alive as real people and not cardboard characters with sexual bits attached. Emotions as well as humour banish the spectre of mere pornography and the ensuing results are both fascinating and enchanting.
After months of reading erotic stories, I must confess I am already looking forward to seeing next year’s offerings and how they will invariably bring new angles and dimensions to a subject that will never cease to live in the hearts and genitals of men and women: desire, lust, curiosity, call it what you will.
Adam and Eve (and the serpent, of course) have much to be blamed for.
Enjoy this delicious apple of a book . . .
Maxim Jakubowski
Wings
Amanda A. Gannon
“I want wings,” Sara said, laying the sheet of paper on the glass. “Black ones.” The case held glittering rows of body jewelry and pierced anatomical models like strange orchids.
The man behind the counter looked at her design, the swords of the black feathers slashing down the paper, stark and gorgeous, then turned an experienced eye to Sara. He, with his several facial piercings and close-shaven head, looked like he belonged here. Sara, in her work clothes, with her black hair pinned up smartly, did not. She returned his stare evenly.