INTRODUCTION: TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH

I’m not greedy. I’ve always been satisfied with my fair share, never asking for more than is necessary…except when it comes to good sex.

You see, I believe that the best sex is the sex that makes me want it again and again, and when I began seeking out stories for this book, I wanted them to evoke that same reaction from readers. I wanted erotica that would leave me not only satisfied, but wanting more. I wanted hot, steamy, mouth-watering sex. I wanted stories that took the theme and turned it on its head, and boy, did I ever get what I was looking for.

As my word count began bursting at the seams, I found myself anxious and wishing for the space to include more, but I soon realized that what had landed in my lap was precisely what it was supposed to be—a book jam-packed with stories that left me winded, wanting and hungry for more once I turned the last page, and that was what I wanted to present to my readers.

I was aware that the title of this collection could be misinterpreted, could hint at a theme of endless orgies and empty encounters, but that was what I wanted to avoid. I made sure the stories presented were not only hot and racy, but also sex positive.

I didn’t even want to think about the phrase “slut shaming.” On the contrary, this book is filled with characters who want it, love it and aren’t ashamed to show it.

Take for instance Jack in Louise Blaydon’s “The End of Sensible,” who is turned on by the sight of his lover, Tom, in women’s lingerie:

At the top of the stairs, Tom disappeared into the bathroom without a word, and Jack went quiescently into his bedroom to wait. Probably it was stupid, this—waiting for Tom to come out of the bathroom in his (god) girl’s clothes, just so that Jack could (oh god) take them off him again, but that was the point, wasn’t it? Maybe Tom shouldn’t be the prettiest girl Jack had ever seen, but there it was.

Or Miel Rose’s female lead in “Big Appetites,” who experiences a moment of passion like no other when the fleeting thought of making a baby with her lover enters the picture:

She’s looking straight ahead, drumming on the steering wheel, nonchalant. “It really gets me when you’re all laid out for me, naked, your legs spread wide, and you pull me down on top of you and I slip my cock right up into your pussy. I can look right into your eyes as I rock my dick in and out of you, just the way you like it. That look in your eyes is so sweet, so fuckin’ precious. It’s like we’re making love, like we’re making babies, or some shit.”

There is no shortage of lustful women here, but the men have a hot presence, too, as in Tilly Hunter’s rough and dirty tale of “Mud and Pain” and Kissa Starling’s devilishly ironic story about “Blue Balls.”

There are insatiable couples in long-term relationships, as in Rachel Kramer Bussel’s “Under His Watch,” Blair Erotica’s “Embraceable You,” and the playful couple in Allison Wonderland’s “Strip to My Lou,” and there are fly-by-night moments of passion such as Beatrix Ellroy’s “Before They Burn” and Monica Corwin’s “Sleepless Need.”

I could go on, but I’d run the risk of saying too much, when simply turning the pages of this lust-filled collection will be enough, at least for now.

Tenille Brown

Atlanta, Georgia