Short Stories
by erotica author Jeremy Edwards
[See also the Spark My Moment collection.]
Open for Business: Tales of Office Sex (ed. Alison Tyler) includes “One Cubicle Over.”
Cleis Press (2008), ISBN-13 978-1573443111.
“Give the Customer a Choice” was published in the Lickety Split zine in 2008.
He had, as usual, chosen wisely, spotting the wild playfulness in the eyes of this woman in green.
“Pack the Essentials” was published at Eros Monthly in 2008.
“Existential Wendell” was published at Eros Monthly in 2008.
“Passive Vocabulary” was published at Clean Sheets in 2008.
For Maya, defining her feelings by means of language—giving each of her emotions a name—made them more real to her. In my case, it made them less real. Every time I attempted to explain my emotions to somebody, I felt my personality shrinking into a line drawing, tightly boxed and inadequately labeled ... and then fading into the paper and disappearing altogether.
Rubber Sex (ed. Rachel Kramer Bussel) includes “Tire Stud.”
Cleis Press (2008), ISBN-13 978-1573443135.
“Hi, Mitch. I’m Ruth. Do you mind if I feel your tread?”
He smiled. “Why not? After all, I don’t have any biceps to speak of.”
He bent an elbow and offered me a forearm. I ran my finger, with slow ecstasy, along one of the sensuous grooves. The soft, squishy sound of my fingertip dragging along the rubber seemed thunderous in my ears, and I could swear I felt his skin warming through the rubber, beneath my touch.
Tease Me (ed. Miranda Forbes) includes “Bathing Minerva.”
Xcite Books (2008), ISBN-13 978-1906373498.
“Eight Strawberry Slices” was published at Good Vibrations Magazine in 2008.
“Karkataka, or How the Crab Got Its Knees” was published at Ruthie’s Club in 2008. [Paid membership required—and apologies to Kipling.]
Soon Man-Man felt so good that he didn’t know what to do. So he grunted like the Assiduous Elephant (which is a kind of Elephant that grunts) and growled like the Corrugated Sea-Camel (which is a kind of Sea-Camel that isn’t corrugated, but which had succumbed to a taxonomical error). And, as if by calibration, his horn delivered warm treacle into Woman-Woman’s oyster, even though she hadn’t ’spressly ordered it and nobody really has treacle with oysters.
“The Secret to Perfect Fondue” was published at Eros Monthly in 2008.
Copyright © 2005–2010 Jeremy Edwards.