Uchronia: An Anthology of Alternate Histories & Alternate Worlds features twenty cosmic, uncanny, and macabre fantasy and science fiction stories.A marine navigates close quarters in his wheelchair and the threat of joblessness due to mechanical men. Gremlins battle a bounty huntress in the Weird Wild West. When the Soviet Union invades Mexico, a U.S.-Mexico war veteran rallies Samalayuca refinery workers to fight back. Onboard the Current of Eagles, a dis...

When Kanovan returns from his interplanetary work, he brings fascinating gifts for his musician husband, Mirin. And for himself.While these toys and erotic experiments bring shared pleasure, they open up an exploration of each man's boundaries and desires. In their give and take, they find overwhelming sensation, the safety of surrender, and the power of a mutual bond.This 8,000-word novelette includes explicit BDSM content and adult themes intended for mature readers only....

A returning hero, a prisoner of his pastRenad Amdarien's daring escape from the brutal confines of a sorcerer's dungeon has made him a legend throughout the land. Now trusted without question, Renad suffers the truth alone: his former master's sorcery rules him still. Broken both in body and mind, he finds brief solace only in the Gardens, lush sanctuaries of sex and secrets staffed by willing, skilled companions.Nemaran, a most unusual Garden servant, recognizes R...

Madeline's dreams take her to a mysterious gala where revelers from many worlds indulge in unmatched pleasures and sensual delights. With the beautiful and wise queen Ashtophet, she begins to discover her own desires for the first time. Around them, lovers of various kinds spin in a kaleidoscope of color, secrets, and tantalizing touches.At each meeting, Madeline explores a little further, and Ashtophet finds relief from her responsibilities. But how much time do they have in their...

Language. Literature. Lechery.Thirty authors, including Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sonni de Soto, Kristan X, and Good Sex Award honorees D. Fostalove and jem zero, share clever, sensual stories of the many ways we communicate about and around our desires. From erotic epistolary tales to steamy retellings of classics, this collection bursts with memorable and hot new reading material.Banter simmers until the sexual tension boils over. An academic aches with curiosity about the my...

Two stories of lyrical, lush femdom fantasy with spellbinding women and sweetness mixed with thorns.Evann follows the summons of the Green Road and comes under the power of an Elven woman, curious and cruel, whose intentions are impossible to predict but whose methods are seductive and at times even sweet. Despite his fear, Evann finds some pleasure in being her plaything, and can't deny a curiosity of his own.When Henry goes to visit the Rosewich Desidiria for a love potio...

When Elise Caryl and her forces successfully take an enemy castle, she recognizes the defending commander—Adam Tynae, the knight she loved and lost long ago. She wants nothing more than for their relationship to continue, with him happily on his knees before her. But will Adam's sense of duty allow him to accept her offer, and does he still trust and love her enough to submit to her as his superior?She's kept her riding crop with her in hopes of it...Contents: This 6100 wor...

Like any new bride, Claudia is nervous on the day of her marriage—and so is her betrothed, the foremost warrior in Naevia. From the first shy smile Claudia exchanges with her new husband Marcus, they become eager for their wedding feast to end. But when the time comes for them to learn each other alone, can their budding relationship survive the secrets that candlelight reveals? Does Claudia's gentleness have a place in Marcus's world, and do his scars have a place in hers?Content:...

Once, Ariston was a Guardian of the Kalliopolis—the perfect city designed by Philosophers who, in their wisdom, have replaced the imperfect human Guardians of Ariston's generation with warrior machines. Phaleas Peneste, a poor farmer's orphan the new Guardians rescued from the devastating winter that killed his family, now serves as their squire and mechanic.Unhappy with their positions in the city's new order, both men decide to escape, a coincidence that leads to their first meet...

Elizabeth understands magic. She's not so clear on sex. Usually she's not even interested in sex. But she likes kissing Michael, her adoring and adorable fellow witch. On the basis of that liking, the two of them are inspired to try some things out. Will she find the confidence to take just what she wants?Content: This 6,600 word paranormal story features explicit kinky and erotic content, including wax play, pegging, and a witch exploring, with growing sureness, her asexuality and ...

Claudia and Marcus's story continues some years after it left off. Their tender new marriage has grown into a passionate bond--and when her husband returns safe from battle, wearing the oak-leaf crown of a hero, Claudia will let nothing get in the way of their reunion. (5,000 words of ancient world romantic erotica featuring menstrual sex.)

Characterization doesn't stop in the bedroom. Discerning readers' craving for emotionally and intellectually satisfying erotica will be fed by a spectrum of popular authors and new favorites as varied as the smart, smutty stories they've written for this anthology. Sweet, kinky, romantic, magical, even heartbreaking, one thing they all have in common is a groundbreaking vision of what erotic writing can be.Featuring characters who are queer and straight, cis and trans, from mature ...