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by Alison Tyler

  Nikki Magennis can count, as long as she’s allowed to use her fingers, toes and a piece of knotted string. She’s an author and artist who lives in the wilds of Scotland and works when she finds time in between raising her son and ignoring the housework. Her two novels are published by Virgin Black Lace, and you can find her short stories in many anthologies, including Alison’s Wonderland and With This Ring, I Thee Bed from Spice, Hurts so Good and Frenzy from Cleis Press. Get more flash fiction and bite-sized bits of fun at: nikkimagennis.blogspot.com.

  Sommer Marsden is the author of Learning to Drown, Lucky 13, Base Nature, Hard Lessons and Calendar Girl. Her short work has appeared in dozens of erotic anthologies including Alison’s Wonderland; Best Women’s Erotica 2009, 2010 and 2011; Indecent Proposals; Lust At First Bite; Love At First Sting; Liaisons and The Mammoth Book of Threesomes and Moresomes, among many others. She’s been married to the same smart, patient, hunky—and did she mention patient?—man forever and ever amen. To date she’s still working on the ‘obey’ part of the whole marriage thing. Visit her at sommermarsden.blogspot.com.

  Raziel Moore also writes as Monocle, and indulges in all flavors of written erotic discovery and the exploration of desire. His stories and vignettes appear in Gotta Have It, , Hearteater, Tentacle Dreams, Coming Together: By Hand and the Through a Lens collections at Republica Press. He also writes and blogs at eroticwriter.wordpress.com.

  N.T. Morley is the author of more than twenty published novels of erotic dominance and submission, including the trilogies The Castle, The Office and The Library, as well as The Adulteress, The Dancer, The Appointment, The Parlor, The Addendum, The Embezzler, and The Visitor.

  Teresa Noelle Roberts writes romantic erotica and erotic romance for lusty romantics of all persuasions. Her short fiction has appeared in Best of Best Women’s Erotica 2; Best Bondage Erotica 2011; Orgasmic; Spanked; Playing with Fire and other anthologies with similarly provocative titles. She writes erotic romance for Samhain and Phaze.

  After a long career as a teacher and writer of a successful series of children’s books, Cate Robertson turned her attention to writing literary porn. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and a naughty novel is in progress. When she is not writing or thinking about sex, Cate enjoys mucking about in the art studio.

  Thomas S. Roche’s debut novel is The Panama Laugh, a hardboiled near-term science fiction zombie apocalypse from Night Shade Books. His prior books include three volumes of the Noirotica crime-noir anthology series, four anthologies of horror-fantasy stories, and three short story collections, Dark Matter, His, and Hers (the latter two co-written with Alison Tyler). His erotic stories have appeared in several hundred anthologies, magazines, and web sites. He blogs at www.Techyum.com and at his own site, www.Thomasroche.com.

  Willsin Rowe falls in love with a scent, a playful expression or an act of casual intimacy more easily than with physical beauty. When confronted by any combination of those elements, he is a lost cause. He has done many things over and over, done even more things only once, and half-done more things than he cares to admit. He loves to sing and doesn’t let his voice get in the way. He is intelligent but not sensible. He is passionate but fearful. He is not scruffy enough or stylish enough to be cool.

  Charlotte Stein has published many stories in various erotic anthologies, including Fairytale Lust from Cleis Press, and Sexy Little Numbers from Black Lace. Her own collection of short stories, The Things That Make Me Give In, was named one of the best erotic romances of 2009 by Michelle Buonfiglio. She also has novellas and a novel out with Ellora’s Cave, Total-E-Bound and Xcite, and lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and their imaginary dog. You can contact her at her blog: www.themightycharlottestein.blogspot.com.

  Donna George Storey is the author of Amorous Woman, a steamy novel about an American woman’s love affair with Japan. Her short stories have been published over a hundred journals and anthologies including Alison’s Wonderland, Best Women’s Erotica, Penthouse, Passion: Erotic Romance for Women and Nice Girls, Naughty Sex. She recently bought a made-to-order corset, blue brocade with bronze satin trim, along with some vintage lace-trimmed bloomers—and highly recommends the experience. She loves to travel to distant lands and times long past, but always manages to make it back home in time for cookies and milk when the kids come home from school. Read more of her work at www.DonnaGeorgeStorey.com.

  Sophia Valenti has a fondness for spinning kinky tales and a wicked addiction to coffee. She lives in New York City in an apartment with too many books and too few bookshelves. She often writes her naughty stories on a tiny laptop while riding the subway but has only once caught someone reading over her shoulder. Her erotic fiction has appeared in the Harlequin Spice anthologies Alison’s Wonderland and With This Ring I Thee Bed, as well as several Pretty Things Press e-books, including Kiss My Ass, Cuffed, Bad Ass, and Torn. Visit her at sophiavalenti.blogspot.com.

  Saskia Walker is an award-winning British author whose short fiction appears in over seventy anthologies. Her erotic novels include Rampant, Inescapable, Monica’s Secret, and The Harlot. Fascinated with seduction, Saskia loves to explore how and why we get from saying “hello” to sharing our most intimate selves in moments of extreme passion. Saskia lives with her real life hero, Mark, and a houseful of stray felines. Their home is in Yorkshire in the north of England, where she happily spends her days spinning yarns.

  Aisling Weaver has been plucking at the threads of dreams for decades but only recently has dared capture the senses with words. She writes on stolen time and borrowed inspiration from a tiny corner of the world known to few. By day chained to a desk, when set free she delves the shadowy recesses where desire, need, lust and passion meet the spectrum of emotion.

  Eric Williams’s short fiction has appeared in Sweet Life, Naughty Stories from A to Z Volume 3, and Three-Way. He lives in Santa Monica and spends most of his time surfing (online and on waves).

  Allison Wonderland has been writing erotic fiction and poetry since 2007. A do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do kind of gal, she has written BDSM-themed stories for Spank!, Hurts So Good: Unrestrained Erotica, and Sweet Love: Erotic Fantasies for Couples. Aside from bondage, Allison’s indulgences include cotton candy, kitten heels, and Old Hollywood glamour. Find out what else she’s into and up to at http://aisforallison.blogspot.com.

  About the Editor

  Called a “Trollop with a Laptop” by East Bay Express, a “Literary Siren” by Good Vibrations, and “Erotica’s Own Superwoman” by The East Bay Literary Examiner, Alison Tyler has made being naughty a full-time job. Her sultry short stories have appeared in more than 100 anthologies including Sex for America edited by Stephen Elliott, Purple Panties edited by Zane, and Best Women’s Erotica edited by Violet Blue. She is the editor of more than 50 erotic anthologies, including Alison’s Wonderland, Naked Erotica, and Naughty Fairy Tales from A to Z. Her twenty-five novels include Tiffany Twisted, Melt With You, and Something About Workmen.

  Ms. Tyler is loyal to coffee (black), lipstick (red), and tequila (straight). She has tattoos, but no piercings; a wicked tongue, but a quick smile; and bittersweet memories, but no regrets. She believes the rain won’t fall if she doesn’t bring an umbrella, prefers hot and dry to cold and wet, and loves to spout her favorite motto: “You can sleep when you’re dead.” She chooses Led Zeppelin over the Beatles, the Cure over the Smiths, and the Stones over everyone—yet, although she appreciates good rock, she has a pitiful weakness for ‘80s hair bands.

  In all things important, she remains faithful to her husband of fifteen years, but she still can’t choose just one perfume.

  Find her on the web at www.alisontyler.com.

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  ISBN: 978-14592-3460-4

  69: Sultry Short Erotic Stories of Need and Desire

  Copyright © 2012 by Alison Tyler

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