Foreword

There are good reasons to take seriously the genre of erotica. Sexual expression is embedded in the genome. It is both an inborn part of human personality—and therefore personal satisfaction—and an important player in the Darwinian survival of the species. Aside from the connection we all feel to sex on the page and the pleasure we derive from thinking erotic thoughts there is a need give this genre its rightful place in the literary cannon.

Thus, any writer of erotica should bring to the page all the heft one can muster from the field of literary tradition. I have offered what I can. Yet craft alone will not do the trick. The stories must resonate with legitimacy, with truths that are often covered up or held hostage by society’s firm hold on sexual expression. We all need that refreshing feeling that comes from hearing someone speak with the courage it takes to tell the truth.

Thus, the subject requires a no-holds-barred, frank and open investigation of human behavior and how that that behavior conflicts with, filters through, and alters the wide range of human experience. In the process we may hopefully learn more about ourselves, our passions and our impediments and pathways to joyful living.

A good measure of any experience is its capacity to contain joy. Occasionally, we must let ourselves go to get there, to just go out and have fun, else we forget what it is to be human.

Having said all this, let’s go have some fun!