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 London. He now writes full-time. He has edited a series of fifteen 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 American Casanova, a major erotic novel which he edited and on which fifteen of the top erotic writers in the world have collaborated, and his collected erotic short stories as Fools For Lust. He compiles two annual acclaimed series for the Mammoth list: Best New Erotica and Best British Crime. He is a winner of the Anthony and the Karel Awards, a frequent TV and radio broadcaster, a past crime columnist for the Guardian newspaper and Literary Director of London’s Crime Scene Festival.
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Contents
Copyright and Acknowledgments
Maxim Jakubowski
INTRODUCTION
Laurence Klavan
ALERT
N. T. Morley
EXAM ROOM 3
Shanna Germain
GOOD KITTY
Savannah Lee
2:04 A.M., OUR HOSTESS’ SECOND-FLOOR WALK-IN
Remittance Girl
THE BAPTISM
Maxim Jakubowski
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BURLESQUE EMPIRE
N. J. Streitberger
SEBASTIENNE
M. Christian
THE PAINTED DOLL
Sam Jayne
CHOCOLATE GIRL
Tsaurah Litzky
PURPLE TULIP
Donna George Storey
TO DANCE AT THE FAIR
Kelly Jameson
METER VIOLATOR
Karen Sutow
A SECRET NIGHT IN GROUSE WOODS
EllaRegina
THE GIFT OF THE MAGIC LUMP OF COAL
Erin O’Riordan
ICED
Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia
THE BELOVED OF THE GIGOLEM
Amanda Fox
TWO BIRDS, ONE BUSH
Jeremy Edwards
MÉNAGE À DENIM<
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Erin Cashier
MAZE
Alison Tyler
MEASURE A, B, OR ME?
Catherine Lundoff
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE TRAIN
D. L. King
A DIFFERENT KIND OF REALITY SHOW
Kristina Wright
THE DRESS
Thom Gautier
THE BET
Kristina Lloyd
SUCH A SPECIAL COUPLE
Kathleen Bradean
GEORGIE CRACKS THE CASE
Rachel Kramer Bussel
THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR
Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill
SEX SCENES: “DETENTION”
Mike Kimera
FUCKING UGLY
Saskia Walker
SIGN YOUR NAME
Craig Sorensen
IMPROVISATION
Lisette Ashton
THAT MONDAY MORNING FEELING
Roger Bonner
LAELA
Carrie Williams
THE MAN-EATERS
Claude Lalumière
SEXES IN THE CITY
Elizabeth Coldwell
LIVE BED SHOW
Mark Farley
THE INTIMATE DIARY OF MARTHA RAE
Michèle Larue
ICELYS
Thomas S. Roche
PRE-PARTY
Savannah Lee
GREEN MARS
Marilyn Jaye Lewis
BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
Larry Smith
THROUGH ALICE GLASS DARKLY
Acknowledgments
“Alert” © 2008 Laurence Klavan. First published in Sliptongue. com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Exam Room 3” © 2008 N.T. Morley. First published in ALT. com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Good Kitty” © 2008 Shanna Germain. First published in K Is for Kinky, edited by Alison Tyler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“2.04 a.m., Our Hostess” Second-Floor Walk-In” © 2008 Savannah Lee. First published in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Baptism” © 2008 Remittance Girl. First published in Erotica Readers and Writers Association. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Rise and Fall of the Burlesque Empire” © 2008 Maxim Jakubowski. First published in Ultimate Burlesque, edited by Emily Dubberley and Alyson Fixter. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sebastienne” © 2008 N. J. Streitberger. First published in The Erotic Review. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Painted Doll” © 2008 M. Christian. First published in The Painted Doll. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Chocolate Girl” © 2008 Sam Jayne. First published in Sliptongue.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Purple Tulip” © 2008 Tsaurah Litzky. First published in Sex For America: Politically Inspired Erotica, edited by Stephen Elliott. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“To Dance at the Fair” © 2008 Donna George Storey. First published in Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Meter Violator” © 2008 Kelly Jameson. First published in Ruthie’s Club. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Secret Night in Grouse Woods” © 2008 Karen Sutow. First published in Men In Shorts:An Erotic Anthology, edited by Lori Perkins. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Gift of the Magic Lump of Coal” © 2008 EllaRegina. First published in Literotica. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Iced” © 2008 Erin O’Riordan. First published in Lucrezia magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Beloved of the Gigolem” © 2008 Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia. First published in The Beloved of My Beloved. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“Two Birds, One Bush” © 2008 Amanda Fox. First published in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Ménage à Denim” © 2008 Jeremy Edwards. First published in Ruthie’s Club. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Maze” © 2008 Erin Cashier. First published in Fishnet. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Measure A, B, or Me?” © 2008 Alison Tyler. First published in Sex For America: Politically Inspired Erotica, edited by Stephen Elliott. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Just Another Girl on the Train” © 2008 Catherine Lundoff. First published in Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Different Kind of Reality Show” © 2008 D. L. King. First published in Yes, Ma’am, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Dress” © 2008 Kristina Wright. First published in Rubber Sex, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Bet” © 2008 Thom Gautier. First published in Lucrezia magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Such a Special Couple” © 2008 Kristina Lloyd. First published in J Is for Jealousy, edited byAlison Tyler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Georgie Cracks the Case” © 2008 Kathleen Bradean. First published by Torquere Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Depths of Despair” © 2008 Rachel Kramer Bussel. First published in Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sex Scenes: Detention” © 2008 Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill. First appeared on the Sex Scenes CD. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Fucking Ugly” © 2008 Mike Kimera. First published in The Erotica Readers and Writers Association. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sign Your Name” © 2008 Saskia Walker. First published in K Is for Kinky, edited by Alison Tyler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Improvisation” © 2008 Craig Sorensen. First published in Lucrezia magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“That Monday Morning Feeling” © 2008 Lisette Ashton. First published in I Is for Indecent, edited by Alison Tyler. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Laela” © 2008 Roger Bonner. First published in Sliptongue. com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Man-Eaters” © 2008 Carrie Williams. First published in Lust at First Bite. Reprinted by permission of Random House UK and the author.
“Sexes in the City” © 2008 Claude Lalumière. First published in Refection’s Edge. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Live Bed Show” © 2008 Elizabeth Coldwell. First published in Best Women’s Erotica 2008, edited by Violet Blue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Intimate Diary of Martha Rae” © 2008 Mark Farley. First published in Ultimate Burlesque, edited by Emily Dubberley and Alyson Fixter. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Icelys” © 2008 Michèle Larue. First published in Best Erotica 2008, edited by Berbera and Hyde. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Pre-Party” © 2008 Thomas S. Roche. First published in Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Green Mars” © 2008 Savannah Lee. First published in Clean Sheets. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” © 2008 Marilyn Jaye Lewis. First published in Bedding Down: A Collection of Winter Erotica, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Through Alice Glass Darkly” © 2008 Larry Smith. First appeared in Sliptongue.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Introduction
Maxim Jakubowski
Welcome back to the realm of the senses.
It‘s been nearly fifteen years since I began compiling this anthology series (although this particular volume is advertised as the ninth in the series, there were five additional books before we began numbering the anthologies . . .) and I keep on being amazed and delighted that, year
after year, erotic writers still manage to surprise, push the envelope, challenge my perception and that of the many readers who follow the Mammoth Erotica series every year.
When we began, erotica was still somewhat undercover, with the exception of canonical authors and books like Henry Miller’s, Anaïs Nin’s, Anne Rice’s, The Story of O, etc.The art of the erotic short story was still to a large extent in its infancy. This was very much due to the fact there were so few outlets for it, either in magazines, anthologies or book format.
This has changed a lot since then. In parallel with this series the redoubtable Susie Bright launched her Best American Erotica annual volumes, which lasted well over a decade, and I think that our combined influence soon sparked a minor renaissance that continues to this day.
In order to uncover the forty-two stories in this book, all previously published in 2008, I had to read through over thirty other anthologies, countless print magazines, many of which published the occasional erotica, as well as a plethora of web magazines.The latter market is one that has exploded over the last ten years, and I must confess that I have been pleasantly surprised by the average level of quality found there (as well, naturally, as the worst too, in view of the generally poor levels of editing practised on the Internet . . .). But an increasing number of erotica writers are making their presence known first on the web, before graduating to print, and I am grateful for the Internet’s role in fostering erotic short story writing. A more recent phenomenon is that of e-books. They also lend themselves particularly well to our medium, even if the general level of competence is still, in my personal opinion, rather low, not unlike the early years of Internet publishing. But it provides an invaluable literary laboratory, which encourages new writers and offers a training ground of sorts, for which we must be grateful.
Again, I am especially proud to be able to present many new names here for the first time: Laurence Klavan is no unknown, having won the prestigious Edgar award for his mystery fiction, but this is, to the best of my knowledge, his first foray into the waters of erotica; Larry Smith has already been published in the revered literary McSweeney’s magazine; Carrie Williams is the author of several well-received erotic novels; while others like the mysterious Remittance Girl, Karen Sutow, Thom Gautier, Erin O’Riordan, Roger Bonner, Amanda Fox, Erin Cashier and Mark Farley are all newcomers to our series and may be big names for the future. Another first for this volume is the small audio play by Polly Frost and her husband Ray Sawhill, which has only appeared so far on CD.