Stories about lesbians, women who choose women as primary partners, lovers, playmates, and co-conspirators, tend to go where few men have gone before. Most of the real-life issues that lesbians must deal with, as women and as members of non-mainstream communities, appear in these stories in metaphorical form or as plausible scenarios in a future or alternate world. Lesbianism itself was routinely described by the conservatives of the past as "impossible." The formula of "woman + woman" is ...

The King and Queen of the Fairies love to watch the human world through their magic mirror. When they see three young women rehearsing for a university production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night, the observers see more than the performers know they are showing. Will the shy butch disguised as a page win the heart of her idol, who plays the countess? And will the countess' maid play a few tricks that aren't in the script? The royal couple make a bet about how the real drama w...

Obsession is the theme of these erotic tales in a range of spicy flavors. Meet men who desire women, women who risk everything for men, women driven to ecstasy by a female touch, young men drawn to the power of older men who cherish their "boys," couples who enjoy intimate games with their friends, ordinary humans seduced by the magical tricksters of myth and folklore. Fantasy meets reality in settings as diverse as a haunted hotel in the 1930s, the forest home of an enchantress, a beach i...

A compilation of nonfiction essays about (What else?) sex by Jean Roberta. These insightful missives first appeared online in the Smutter's Lounge of the Erotica Readers & Writers Association website. All proceeds from the sale of this collection benefit the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.

From the author:"When a character with a kinky itch shows up in my head, I know I’m seeing the beginning of a story and I have to find out where it leads. The stories in this collection show where my characters have led me:* What if a lesbian with a taste for older women goes looking for her birth-mother and is shocked to find out what King Oedipus knew? What if she only wants to impress a lesbian literature prof who knows the classics?* What if a man dreams of find...

A double dinner date sours over relationship arguments until a helpful waiter sets the diners on a path to discovery and reconciliation in Jean Roberta's "The Feast of the Epiphany" which is taken from Coming Together: Into the Light.Coming Together Hors d'Oeuvres are taken from the charity anthologies and sold for 99 cents. Finger food for your libido.

It’s three months after Dee has given birth to a beautiful baby and she’s looking for something to brighten up her maternity leave. Yet when she gets the idea to include her own milk in husband Brian’s morning coffee, she doesn’t realise that she has just opened to door to a fascinating new fetish that both of them can enjoy. The fun starts as just a trickle, but before long their experiments are a full-blown cascade! This intriguing erotic short story is written by Jean Roberta and expert...

Ten of the genre's hottest authors send Cupid’s arrow flying with tantalizing tales to melt your heart and make you blush. From hot, spontaneous encounters to seductive romance for the ages, this collection is jam-packed with all the sexy heroes and plucky heroines you could possibly desire. Get ready to fall in love with Valentine’s Day all over again with ten scintillating stories detailing all the affairs of the heart.

Concarneau, vigilia di Pentecoste. L’estate bretone – vele colorate che penzolano pigre sul mare, cieli vibranti d’azzurro, una brezza mite che porta con sé l’odore del sale – sta per iniziare. La famosa “città blu” della Bretagna è pronta a tuffarsi nelle lunghe giornate di sole. Il commissario Georges Dupin vorrebbe fare altrettanto, e in particolare cenare finalmente da solo con la sua compagna Claire, ma una telefonata inattesa rompe quell’idillio. Non è il commissariato, e nemmeno uno...

International students have long been seen as cash cows by Canadian universities, a revenue stream of high tuition fees for the same education received by lower-paying domestic students. While in the past their inclusion has been lauded as “recruiting global talent” to Canada, more recently these students have been blamed for social issues from housing shortages to spreading disease — various reductive framings that instrumentalize student migrants for political purposes. Meanwhile, studen...

This revised and updated second edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1990, the year when the horror boom finally went bust. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Poppy Z. Brite, Jonathan Carroll, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson and Gene Wolfe, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightm...

La pratique du sport en compétition ou d'une activité physique pour le loisir ou pour la santé sont des thèmes actuellement importants en psychologie du sport et de l'activité physique. Au cours des vingt dernières années, les connaissances théoriques et pratiques dans ce domaine ont considérablement évolué. Ce livre apporte un éclairage contemporain sur la connaissance dans ce domaine, en ciblant les thématiques d'actualité :pour le sport : la santé mentale, les blessures, la violence, le...