A new collection of erotic short stories has arrived at just the right time to get swept up in the Twilight/True Blood vampire frenzy. The difference between Edward Cullen and the vampires and other horrors you’ll find in Bitten (edited by Susie Bright) is that the latter are not afraid to bare their teeth. Here’s a quote from the review in the Sacramento News & Review:

For some readers, for example, the exquisitely detailed Victorian flogging scene in Cate Robertson’s “Half-crown Doxy” or the voyeurism described in Donna George Storey’s “The Legacy” could be considered the height of risqué. For anyone lightly versed in the sketchier corners of certain bookstores, though, they don’t even register on the radar, particularly because those elements are the only parts of the stories that could be considered “dark.” In a compilation that advertises itself as being full of “sexy-spooky, ethereal carnality,” they get lost in the shuffle.

On the other hand, when that perfect stomach-roiling blend of the bizarre and the carnal is achieved, what emerges is spectacular. The authors have chosen their words carefully, rendering erotic acts in such precise language that it makes reading Bitten on public transportation the tiniest bit awkward, but in a good way. Sera Gamble’s “The Devil’s Invisible Scissors” is one of these great selections, mixing a snappy, interesting narrative with blatant exhibitionism, along with just a smidge of commentary on the classic definitions of good and evil. In the same vein, Anne Tourney’s “The Resurrection Rose” offers a mini-exploration of sexual taboos from the time of the French Revolution to the present, starring a vampire-aristocrat-carnivorous-flower threesome.

Strange? Yes. Incredibly hot? Absolutely.

Read more here. If you’re looking for some of the best erotica on the web, for free, check out the Lusty Library — and don’t be shy about telling them Maddy sent you.

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