Good erotica can make my cunt twitch and keep my eyes glued to the pages. If it’s really good my hand will  stray downwards, stroking with the rhythm of my thoughts.

I’ll get the metal box from the bottom of my closet, the one I keep locked up. I’ll find the key in my jewelery box and open it.
“Make it hurt”,  I’ll tell him.
Surviving Darwin ~ Alicia Gifford

Sometimes I resonate with a story and imagine myself as the character, sometimes a story is so bizarre it draws me in to the point my curiosity is piqued and I want to be that person in that situation.

I was a liar. I wanted to come, I wanted to scream. I wanted Mouth to plunge his hand deep into my cunt, and Karen to suck on my tortured tits. But I wanted to please her. The truth was, from the moment I’d sat down in that chair and put my hand in her hand, I was hers.
The Manicure~ Martha Garvey

Not all erotica books do that for me. Some are quite crappy. Some are so generic and Mills and Boon type shit I put the book down in pure disgust. I don’t want lah-dee-dah romantic twaddle I want debauched, edgy, mindfucking stories. I want the dirt,  the crazed filthy fucking.

As Susie Bright says, “to hell with the smarmy stereotypes”. I totally agree. Which is why when I began reading an erotica book for review for Eden Fantasys I knew that any book with this author/editor’s name on it was sure to be a good one and a book I would want to rave about. And I wasn’t wrong. Susie has not let her readers down with this amazing collection of erotica that is out of the box and fantastically good.

The 15th Anniversary Edition of The Best of the Best of American Erotica 2008 boasts a whole 23 stories from writers Susie has invited to contribute for her last year as editor for the series.  347 pages of erotica that will push boundaries, taboo’s, even the bizarre and macabre are present here and some of those stories will have you producing a laugh that will roll up from the depths of your stomach. The stories themselves are short but so well written they will draw you in immediately and each is so different from the other it makes for a refreshing yet addictive read. Not all of them will “get you off” but if you appreciate good erotica writing then it’s a book well worth owning a copy.

No doubt his penis now hangs between his legs swollen red, brusied and sore from pounding inside her tight and hungry hole. No doubt her vagina likewise feels ragged and sore from their debauch, its soft walls stretched and battered from the satanic thrashing action of the devil’s massive, oversize piston.
Horny ~ Greg Boyd

For me after reading each story I was intrigued to read each authors recollection of how they came to write their story, and an added bonus; a short blurb  on each writer at the back of the book. As a writer it was inspiring and it also bought home the notion that indeed the best stories are the ones that have an element of realness to them, where the writer pools from their own desires or experiences and even fantasy’s to create something that will draw the reader in and leave something etched in their minds and perhaps their crotch too. These stories are edgy, funny, passionate, dark, and sometimes obscure but every single writer that has offered something for your eyes and mind, has done so brilliantly.

Blue Light had me in a frenzied reading state, I just couldn’t get enough of it. It made Edgar Allan Poe look tame. A sexually charged supernatural thriller. This was my favourite story in the book, perhaps because it sated my dark mind. Fleshlight is an awesome piece written by an author who had to write a review on a Fleshlight toy and it had me roaring with laughter, resonating well with the whole review writing process.

The stories are not the standard out of the box erotica so many are used to reading, they delve into territory normally side stepped. There is a story for every different kind of fantasy buried amongst these pages … BDSM, lesbian erotica, politics & sex, group sex, religion, and much more. And the best thing is, it’s the type of book you do not have to read from start to finish.

As an added bonus to the end of the book Susie also includes her own contribution, “Story of O Birthday Party”, a story she had penned many years ago only to have it become a reality involving a recent personal recollection of a lover’s elaborate birthday gift. Which in my view was rather amazing an definitely an added bonus to end her stint as the editor for this series of erotica books!

And to top it off,  in the back section of the book, a list of every writer who has ever contributed to these books spanning 1993 – 2008, all 272 of them. Alongside this, you are given a comprehensive list of the most influential erotic editors, journals and websites over the 15 years Susie has been an editor of this series of erotica books.

This book is most definitely a welcome addition to my collection and I will be sharing this with others who appreciate brilliant writing. A thank you to Eden Fantasys for providing me with an amazing treasure of a book to keep. It is indeed the best of the best erotic literature I have had the pleasure of reading in a long time.

This wee crotch warming friend gets an Impy 5/5

$14.99The Best of Best American Erotica 2008 Book by Edited by Susie Bright Format: Paperback Publisher: Touchstone Buy from EdenFantasys