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  Maxim Jakubowski is a London-based novelist and editor. He was born in the UK and educated in France. Following a career in book publishing, he opened the world-famous Murder One bookshop in London. He now writes full-time. He has edited over twenty bestselling erotic anthologies and books on erotic photography, as well as many acclaimed crime collections. His novels include It’s You That I Want to Kiss, Because She Thought She Loved Me and On Tenderness Express, all three recently collected and reprinted in the USA as Skin in Darkness. Other books include Life in the World of Women, The State of Montana, Kiss Me Sadly, Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer, I Was Waiting For You and, recently, Ekaterina and the Night. In 2006 he published American Casanova, a major erotic novel which he edited and on which fifteen of the top erotic writers in the world collaborated, and his collected erotic short stories as Fools For Lust. He compiles two annual acclaimed series for the Mammoth list: Best New Erotica and Best British Crime. He is a winner of the Anthony and the Karel Awards, a frequent TV and radio broadcaster, a past crime columnist for the Guardian newspaper and Literary Director of London’s Crime Scene Festival.

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  THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF

  Best

  New Erotica

  Volume 11

  Edited by Maxim Jakubowski

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  Copyright © Maxim Jakubowski, 2012 (unless otherwise stated)

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  Contents

  Acknowledgements

  INTRODUCTION

  Maxim Jakubowski

  THE BOILING SEA

  Angela Caperton

  WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

  Matt Thorne

  CTHULHU’S TOAD

  Robert Buckley

  MY TWO HALVES

  Alana James

  A WASHINGTON SQUARE ROMANCE

  Maxim Jakubowski

  JOHN UPDIKE MADE ME DO IT

  Donna George Storey

  THE PURPLE GLOVES

  Gala Fur

  CHECKPOINT CHARLIE

  N. J. Streitberger

  THE RED BRASSIERE

  EllaRegina

  THE ANTIDOTE

  Lisabet Sarai

  SKINHEADS

  Jacqueline Applebee

  NEW YORK ELECTRIC

  Cara Bruce

  SALVATION

  Jordan LaRousse

  HER FIRST THURSDAY EVENING

  M. Christian

  THAMES LINK

  Justine Elyot

  FREEING THE DEMON

  Sacchi Green

  RIVER

  Catherine Leary

  GOING VIRAL

  Helen E. H. Madden

  LEOPARDESS WIFE

  Debra Gray De Noux & O’Neil De Noux

  ANONYMOUS

  Daisy Danger

  OF COCKLES AND MUSSELS

  Stella Duffy

  SAVING THE WORLD

  Thom Gautier

  ONE LAST FLING

  Kristina Wright

  JEWELS OF THE TIDE

  Alice Gray

  BOSTON. BREASTS. BOHEMIANS.

  Jeremy Edwards

  LET’S DANCE

  D. L. King

  AN UNUSUAL LEGACY

  Anya Levin

  ROOFTOP HUNGER

  Aimee Herman

  WHITER THAN SNOW

  Zander Vyne

  THE PEANUT BUTTER SHOT

  C. Sanchez-Garcia

  DR MULLALEY’S CURE

  Delilah Devlin

  DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

  Kristina Lloyd

  THE AMAZING MARVELLA

  Elsie McGraw

  OBIT FOR LYNN

  Tsaurah Litzky

  I WAITED FOR YOU BY THE RIVER OF TIME

  Remittance Girl

  PIC
KING APPLES IN HELL

  Nikki Magennis

  BARNACLE BILL

  Angela Caperton

  BELLEVILLE BLUE

  Carrie Williams

  AQUA SUBCULTURE

  Lee Ee Leen

  GET UP! STAND UP!

  Madeline Moore

  YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

  Robert Buckley

  Acknowledgements

  THE BOILING SEA © 2011 by Angela Caperton. First appeared in LIKE A VORPAL BLADE, edited by Jen Blackmore.

  WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? © 2010 by Matt Thorne. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: LONDON, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  CTHULHU’S TOAD © 2010 by Robert Buckley. First appeared at the EROTICA READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

  MY TWO HALVES © 2010 by Alana James. First appeared in RED HOT READS, edited by Miranda Forbes.

  A WASHINGTON SQUARE ROMANCE © 2010 by Maxim Jakubowski. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: NEW YORK, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  JOHN UPDIKE MADE ME DO IT © 2010 by Donna George Storey. First appeared in CLEAN SHEETS.

  THE PURPLE GLOVES © 2010 by Gala Fur. First appeared in IN/SOUMISES, edited by Gala Fur & Wendy Delorme.

  CHECKPOINT CHARLIE © 2012 by N. J. Streitberger. First publication.

  THE RED BRASSIERE © 2010 by EllaRegina. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: PARIS, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  THE ANTIDOTE © 2011 by Lisabet Sarai. First appeared at the EROTICA READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

  SKINHEADS © 2010 by Jacqueline Applebee. First appeared in BEST WOMEN’S EROTICA 2011, edited by Violet Blue.

  NEW YORK ELECTRIC © 2010 by Cara Bruce. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: NEW YORK, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  SALVATION © 2011 by Jordan LaRousse. First appeared in OYSTERS AND CHOCOLATE.

  HER FIRST THURSDAY EVENING © 2010 by M. Christian. First appeared at THE EROTIC WOMAN.

  THAMES LINK © 2010 by Justine Elyot. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: LONDON, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  FREEING THE DEMON © 2011 by Sacchi Green. First appeared in DREAM LOVER, edited by Kristina Wright.

  RIVER © 2010 by Catherine Leary. First appeared in SLIPTONGUE.

  GOING VIRAL © 2010 by Helen E. H. Madden. First appeared at the EROTICA READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

  LEOPARDESS WIFE © 2011 by Debra Gray De Noux & O’Neil De Noux. First appeared in INDECENT PROPOSALS, edited by Miranda Forbes.

  ANONYMOUS © 2011 by Daisy Danger. First appeared at DAISYDANGER.COM

  OF COCKLES AND MUSSELS © 2010 by Stella Duffy. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: DUBLIN, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  SAVING THE WORLD © 2010 by Thom Gautier. First appeared in LUCREZIA MAGAZINE.

  ONE LAST FLING © 2010 by Kristina Wright. First appeared in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF THREESOMES AND MORESOMES, edited by Linda Alvarez.

  JEWELS OF THE TIDE © 2010 by Alice Gray. First appeared at the EROTICA READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

  BOSTON. BREASTS. BOHEMIANS. © 2010 by Jeremy Edwards. First appeared in THE COUGAR BOOK, edited by Jolie du Pré.

  LET’S DANCE © 2010 by D. L. King. First appeared in FAST GIRLS, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel.

  AN UNUSUAL LEGACY © 2011 by Anya Levin. First appeared in MASKED PLEASURES, edited by Jennifer Levine.

  ROOFTOP HUNGER © 2012 by Aimee Herman. First publication.

  WHITER THAN SNOW © 2011 by Zander Vyne. First appeared in her collection WEATHER GIRL AND OTHER KINKY STORIES.

  THE PEANUT BUTTER SHOT © 2011 by C. Sanchez-Garcia. First appeared at the EROTICA READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

  DR MULLALEY’S CURE © 2011 by Delilah Devlin. First appeared in CARNAL MACHINES, edited by D. L. King.

  DARK SIDE OF THE MOON © 2010 by Kristina Lloyd. First appeared in BAD ASS, edited by Alison Tyler.

  THE AMAZING MARVELLA © 2010 by Elsie McGraw. First appeared in CLEAN SHEETS.

  OBIT FOR LYNN © 2010 by Tsaurah Litzky. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: NEW YORK, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  I WAITED FOR YOU BY THE RIVER OF TIME © 2010 by Remittance Girl. First appeared at the EROTICA READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

  PICKING APPLES IN HELL © 2010 by Nikki Magennis. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: DUBLIN, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  BARNACLE BILL © 2010 by Angela Caperton. First appeared in her collection DARKNESS AND DELIGHT.

  BELLEVILLE BLUE © 2010 by Carrie Williams. First appeared in SEX IN THE CITY: PARIS, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

  AQUA SUBCULTURE © 2010 by Lee Ee Leen. First appeared in THE BEST OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN EROTICA, edited by Richard Lord.

  GET UP! STAND UP! © 2010 by Madeline Moore. First appeared in THE COUGAR BOOK, edited by Jolie Du Pré.

  YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR © 2011 by Robert Buckley. First appeared at the EROTICA READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

  Introduction

  Welcome to another entertaining, sexy and – who knows – educational cruise in the shimmering waters of erotica.

  The Mammoth Book of Erotica series has since the early 1990s been at the forefront of what I would term “literary erotica”. Literary as opposed to merely stories full of sex scenes in which the characters are not made of flesh but second-rate cardboard, and of course miles away from what I would consider pornography. Now I know that there are still people out there who would wish to taint anything that describes sexual acts and represents the complicated world of the senses we live in in all its often crude reality as pornographic, but it has always been my contention that erotic writing should answer to the same standards as any popular form of writing (think crime & thrillers, SF & fantasy, romance . . .) and not only entertain the reader but also make him or her think, speculate, or at any rate leave a mark on their memory and stimulate their imagination. Mere titillation is never enough.

  Trawling through the myriad anthologies, magazines, websites and blogs of the previous 18 months (the periods covered by this volume are somewhat extended due to the publication of our recent Best of Best Erotica volume, before we revert to an annual selection again with volume 12) is both a pleasure and a duty I undertake on a regular basis with a heavy but trepidating heart. Sturgeon’s Law (named after the renowned speculative fiction author) states that 90 per cent of any body of work, irrespective of genre, is rubbish, and my task has always been to uncover the gems, the 10 per cent that justify my faith in the healing, exciting powers of erotic writing and, once again, the writers I’ve been privileged to collate for this 11th volume in our series have delivered with bells ringing.

  Not only have they proven madly inventive, but always deeply provocative, sensual, literate, intelligent, and the adventures and dilemmas in which their characters swim will make your heart beat just that little bit faster and, I daresay, even see many of you partly identify with them. Because, after all, we all have sex lives and wonder endlessly about the lives of others, don’t we? Be honest.

  For the past few years, there has been a veritable deluge, a sheer avalanche of erotic tales being issued in new mediums like the Internet and as ebooks, which I fear has been to the detriment of our beloved genre, as a distinct lack of quality control has often been sadly in evidence outside of print publications, but the nuggets we have managed to pick up from these murky streams are always worthwhile. To the extent that this volume welcomes ten writers who have never appeared in our pages before, some totally unknown to me previously (including our first ever contribution from the far shores of Malaysia) and others who have been active in other pages or genre areas. As a result, a handful of regulars to the series have not made the grade this time along; there are only so many pages available to me!

  As always, not every story will be to every reader’s taste. But diversity is paramount and demonstrates yet again how varied literary erotica can prove to be. You will be delighted, you will be shocked, you will be puzzled, you will on occasion be both scared and aroused, but I am certain you will keep on reading, knowing all along there is a
lways something intriguing and sexy around the next page.

  This is the best erotica of the year without a shadow of a doubt and your life would be poorer without it.

  Savour slowly!

  Maxim Jakubowski

  The Boiling Sea

  Angela Caperton

  I met the Walrus in July 1969, my first full day back in the world. Sometimes I think that everything that happened after that was only a dream, all the decades just fantasy or hallucination, but I know better. Everything changed, but it’s all as real as flying pigs, as certain as cabbages.

  I came back from Nam that summer and, after my discharge, I went home for a bad afternoon and evening, just long enough for my parents to remind me why I’d enlisted the very moment I turned eighteen. Around four a.m., jacked up on white cross and thermos coffee, I took my old Ford and headed for the nearest coast, through lowland fog, to a crackling soundtrack of Top Forty radio and clear channel preachers. I wanted a taste of what I’d been reading about in magazines back in-country: hippie girls, California pot, and loud, beautiful music. I had nearly three thousand dollars and no ambition but to have a dangerously good time.