Illustration: New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Being in a short story anthology is like being a flower in a botanical garden. In this case, with the delicious and wild Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex, edited by the incomparable Alison Tyler, there are 59 other specimens to consider and enjoy, all of them rare and exotic -- just waiting to be smelled, fondled, licked by the sun, feel a little special.
So it has been recently with "Faceless Filly Seeks Rider," my contribution to this beautiful arrangement of literary flora. Its first shout-out arrived February 13th from an Amazon customer reviewer, Amy Stapleford, who called it "hot, clever, and oh-so-smart." As if that wasn't enough of a Vitamin D tickle, on February 28th, in a full-page book review on the Erotica Readers & Writers Association website, reviewer Kathleen Bradean, a fine author herself, chose six stories to highlight and had this to say about mine:
And while I may have a soft spot for established couples, EllaRegina's "Faceless Filly Seeks Rider," is a sex with a stranger fantasy that got me going. In the form of a Craigslist ad, it is cheeky, smart, funny, and deliciously dirty. Here's a story that can quote French pornographic literature and make it seem earthy instead of pretentious.
Thank you Amy and Kathleen, for smelling my flower, so to speak, speaking of earth.
One thousand fragrant rose petals shall rain on my brilliant writer friend Jeremy Edwards for alerting me to both of these instances. (I was too busy with my nose in the other flowers). Jeremy's wonderful "You in Your Apricot Panties" -- which I like to call "a character study of a delicate underthing" -- about 100 pages away from me in this particular collection, was also given a tip of the solar hat in both venues.
My wish here -- and with every anthology I've been in and will be a part of hence -- is for each lovely flower to ultimately be given its moment of attention and recognition under glowing rays of sunlight. This would make the gardener and all the botanical specimens she has carefully and lovingly assembled very smiley and happy, indeed.
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6 comments:
i'm really quite new to erotica...so keep turning me onto stuff...and keep turning me on, im loving it!
A double bouquet of congratulations to you, you rare and wonderful flowering plant!
And I love your description of my story!
This was such a beautiful post, ER! I seriously enjoyed reading it simply by virtue of the lovely writing and imagery.
That said, CONGRATULATIONS on your mention in said review(s)!! Yay yay yay!
I love your last sentence stories/anthologies too. :)
Namaste.
Oh - I haven't read that yet - I look forward to it. Hmm, I seem to move through short story collections like I do botanical gardens, slowly, reading each tag, enjoying each specimen.
Congrats on the well deserved comments. "Faceless Filly Seeks Rider" is outstanding.
Thank you all! I appreciate your support!
Glad to please, Rob!
Hey, Jeremy, happy to write about your work and that story really tickles me!
Nice photograph, Emerald. I honestly do wish for every story in every book to get a shout-out, or at least is appreciated by a reader (or readers). I know the latter is true but it's nice to see evidence of that in black and white, ya know?
Erobintica, you're the kind of visitor botanical gardens like the most. I bet you've gotten so lost in the flowers they've accidentally locked you in the place overnight? Are you practiced in jumping over wrought iron fences?
Craig, I thought she was in, sitting. ;-)
Again, thanks to everybody for their kind words!
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