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Little Deaths: 22 Tales of Horror and Sex
Par Douglas Clegg, Pat Cadigan, Barry N. Malzberg, Lucius Shepard, K. W. Jeter, Nicola Griffith, Joyce Carol Oates, M. John Harrison, Kelley Eskridge, Kathe Koja, Melanie Tem, Harry Crews, Stephen Dedman, Richard Christian Matheson, Nicholas Royle, Lucy Taylor, Joel Lane, Jack Womack, J. Calvin Pierce, Sarah Clemens, Wayne Allen Sallee. 1994
A World Fantasy Award–winning anthology of erotic horror stories, including dark tales of desire by Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Dedman,…
Harry Crews, and others. The title of this acclaimed anthology comes from the French term &“la petite mort,&” a seventeenth-century euphemism for orgasm. It was thought that part of a man&’s life-force was drained from him each time he climaxed. In Little Deaths, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow collects twenty-two stories that explore the connection between sex and death. These stories range from the erotic to the psychological, all against a backdrop of horror. Authors include Lucy Taylor, Nicola Griffith, Kathe Koja, Richard Christian Matheson, Lucius Shepard, and many more.A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems
Par Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Louisa Alcott, L. Montgomery. 2018
This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features old-fashioned works from classic authors who invite you to a feast of holiday nostalgia.Filled…
with stories that have been part of the Christmas season for generations, A Vintage Christmas is a unique collection of lesser-known Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.Discover a charming story from L. M. Montgomery about love and sacrifice in a little log house. See Christmas through the eyes of a child in a New England colonial village with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Remember the reason Christ came to earth in the poetry of Anne Brontë. Share with your family the delightful letter Mark Twain wrote as Santa Claus to his three-year-old daughter.A Vintage Christmas includes stories from Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Ralph Henry Barbour, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, L. M. Montgomery, and William Dean Howells, as well as poems from Eliza Cook, Christina Rossetti, William Makepeace Thackeray, Joyce Kilmer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.A Vintage Christmas is a timeless reminder that the heart of the holiday never changes.Hardcover, giftable size Perfect as a stocking stuffer and host or hostess gift Filled with hopeful and encouraging Christmas stories Makes a lovely keepsake companion to A Classic Christmas and A Timeless ChristmasKiss the Bride: Three Summer Love Stories (Year of Weddings Novellas)
Par Melissa McClone, Robin Hatcher, Kathryn Springer. 2017
Meet the people who make it all happen—the photographers, chefs, and the writers who have helped orchestrate and document the…
perfect day for countless couples—as they find their own happy endings in three sweet novellas.Picture Perfect Love: A June Wedding Story by Melissa McCloneWhen image becomes everything, it&’s up to love to refocus the heart. Photographer Jenna Harrison wants every bride and groom to look picture perfect on their special day. But her own heart is still broken, the unworn wedding dress hanging in her closet a reminder that relationships aren&’t always as perfect as they look through her camera lens. Attorney Ashton Vance is the one that got away, but he wrongly blamed Jenna for ruining his political aspirations. Even if Jenna can forgive him, dare he hope for a second chance at her love?I Hope You Dance: A July Wedding Story by Robin Lee HatcherWill a sworn bachelor determined to stay single fall in love with his dance teacher? Grant Nichols is a genius in the kitchen and a klutz on the dance floor. But his friend&’s wedding is shaping up to be a shindig the likes of which Kings Meadow has never seen—including dancing. Lots of dancing. Former rodeo queen Skye Foster is offering dance lessons for the wedding party. Grant and Skye are no match on paper. But when they step onto the dance floor, they create a melody all their own.Love on a Deadline: An August Wedding Story by Kathryn SpringerMacKenzie &“Mac&” Davis returns to her hometown of Red Leaf, Wisconsin, and takes a job at the weekly newspaper writing about social events. When Hollis Channing, Mac&’s high school nemesis, returns to Red Leaf to marry her celebrity fiancé, the editor asks Mac to cover all the festivities for the newspaper. The last thing Mac wants to do is reconnect with the person who made her life miserable when she was a teenager . . . unless it&’s spending time with Ethan Channing, the bride&’s older brother—and Mac&’s first crush.Three novellas from the Year of Weddings novella collection in one bookInspiring wedding stories by bestselling romance authorsIncludes discussion questions for book clubsSecret Sex: An Anthology
Par Russell Smith. 2024
New risky fiction — with no names attached.If authors could write their sex scenes anonymously, would they be less reticent?…
Would they include the stuff they didn’t want their mom, or the newspapers, to read?Here are twenty-four original short pieces of fiction on the theme of sex, by twenty-four prominent authors living in Canada. Heather O’Neill, Lisa Moore, Michael Winter, Zoe Whittall, Pasha Malla, francesca ekwuyasi, Drew Hayden Taylor, Tamara Faith Berger, and Susan Swan are among these. But we won’t tell you who wrote what.The pieces are uncensored, unpredictable; they veer from graphic to subtle to surreal. There is straight sex and gay sex. There is frustrated sex. There is sex that happens entirely through text messages. Secret Sex is a book of erotic imaginings by some of Canada’s most sophisticated and respected writers, working in total freedom, secretly.Featuring Angie Abdou, Jean-Marc Ah-Sen, Tamara Faith Berger, Jowita Bydlowska, Xaiver Campbell, K.S. Covert, francesca ekwuyasi, Anna Fitzpatrick, Drew Hayden Taylor, Victoria Hetherington, Marni Jackson, Andrew Kaufman, Michael LaPointe, Pasha Malla, Sophie McCreesh, Lisa Moore, Heather O’Neill, Lee Suksi, Susan Swan, Heidi von Palleske, Aley Waterman, Zoe Whittall, David Whitton, Michael WinterA RARE MACHINES BOOKThree British Mystery Novels
Par Thomas Brown, David Stuart Davies, Nikki Dudley. 2018
Three authors, three mysteries. Lynnwood, by Thomas Brown, was a finalist in the People’s Book PrizeThe unthinkable is happening in…
Lynnwood ‒ a village with centuries of guilt on its conscience.Who wouldn’t want to live in an idyllic village in the English countryside like Lynnwood? With its charming pub, old dairy, friendly vicar, gurgling brooks, and old paths with memories of simpler times.A Taste for Blood, by David Stuart DaviesTwo plots running parallel... you won’t see what’s comingTwo laser-sharp detectives, two thought-provoking cases and two skilful plots.Featuring private investigator Johnny (One Eye) Hawke, and his one-time colleague in the police force Detective David Llewellyn. Llewellyn is investigating the chilling crimes of a top psychiatrist and his scheming patient who the doctor believes has knuckled under his authority. Hawke is on the case of a mysterious suicide in Edgware Road... soon discovered as not your average suicide.The guts and insight of the two investigators bring both cases to a head ‒ though you won’t even begin to see how until you have turned the last pages.Ellipsis, by Nikki Dudley”Right on time,” Daniel Mansen mouths to Alice as she pushes him to his death. Haunted by these words, Alice becomes obsessed with discovering how a man she didn’t know could predict her actions. On the day of the funeral, Daniel’s cousin, Thom, finds a piece of paper in Daniel’s room detailing the exact time and place of his death.As Thom and Alice both search for answers, they become knotted together in a story of obsession, hidden truths and the gaps in everyday life that can destroy or save a person.Ellipsis is a thriller stemming from what is left unsaid, what bounces around in the mind and evaporates when trying to remember. Can there be a conclusion when no-one seems to know the truth?Reviews of the three titles are available on individual title pagesSexy Little Numbers: Best Women's Erotica from Black Lace 1
Par Various. 2009
Sexy Little Numbers is the best erotica stories written by women writers from around the world. A choice cut of…
all new and original fiction and the latest addition to Black Lace's immensely popular series of erotica collections. These stories are fun, irreverent and deliciously decadent. Sexy Little Numbers combines humour and attitude with wildly imaginative stories.21 stories from the established and new names in female sexual fantasy, including Kristina Lloyd, Portia Da Costa, Janine Ashbless, Carrie Williams, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Madelynne Ellis, Justine Elyot and Charlotte Stein.Autumn Brides: A Year of Weddings Novella Collection (A Year of Weddings Novella)
Par Kathryn Springer, Katie Ganshert, Beth K. Vogt. 2015
Happily ever after begins today. The honor of your presence is requested at three autumn weddings . . .A September…
Bride by Kathryn SpringerWhen Annie moves to Red Leaf, she&’s ready to call the little town home, but Deputy Jesse Kent can&’t believe his mother has handed the keys to her bookshop over to a woman she met on the internet. Jesse has seen his mother taken advantage of before, and he decides to keep a close eye on this Annie Price. But when a close eye turns into a historical wedding reenactment with Jesse and Annie as the couple, make-believe nuptials quickly give way to real-life emotions.An October Bride by Katie GanshertNo one but Jake and Emma know the true reason they&’re getting married—so Emma&’s dying father can walk her down the aisle. While Jake and Emma plan an autumn wedding together, it becomes clear that their agreement has a few complications—the biggest being their true feelings for each other.A November Bride by Beth K. VogtHaving celebrated the big 3–0 by ending a relationship, Sadie is tired of romantic relationships-by-text. The only man she knows willing to put down his iPhone and have face-to-face conversations with her is Erik. It&’s time to put a 21st-century twist on the Sadie Hawkins&’ tradition of a woman going after her man. But when he realizes he&’s fallen for her, can Erik convince Sadie his just-for-fun dates were the prelude to &“&’til death do us part&”?Sugar & Spice
Par Various. 2013
'The imprint that has legitimised erotica for women.'Publishing NewsThis is the long-awaited first anthology of Black Lace erotic short stories.…
The book contains 20 unique, original and arousing tales guaranteed to ignite and excite. With contributions from women from Europe, America and Australia, this compendium provides a variety of settings and themes. Explicitly sexual and highly entertaining, Sugar and Spice is a kaleidoscope of female fantasy. This is unashamed erotic indulgence for women.