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BLE '14 was my last edition of this award-winning series. I am happy to announce that it will be continuing
under the guidance of new series editor Laura Antoniou.
For information/guidelines, visit her website here.
Best Lesbian Erotica 2014
Edited by Kathleen Warnock
Hailed as “mesmerizing,” Best Lesbian Erotica 2014 is as smart as it is sensual. Goldie-nominated editor Kathleen Warnock has collected stories from around the globe, giving this year’s edition many refreshing points of view. Sabina dives into bed with just the wrong person for an encounter that feels so right in Diana Cage’s story, “Hey, Stranger.” The red-hot romance in “Stitch and Bitch,” by A. L. Simonds, starts with a meet-cute at a crochet basics class. A femme offers sweet treats and a private after-party to the “Birthday Butch” in Teresa Noelle Roberts’s tease. The women in this volume are so realistic you can almost feel the warmth of their bodies in your hands. Evocative and erotic, this commanding collection will hold you right to the very last page.
With stories by: Anamika, Amal Arabi, Cheyenne Blue, Diana Cage, Cheryl Dunye, Nairne Holtz, Cheryl Jimmerson, D. L. King, Catherine Lundoff, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Sarah Schulman, Sinclair Sexsmith, A. L. Simonds, Sam Tweed, Dolar Vasani, Sharon Wachsler, Lucien C. West, Xan West
Edited by Kathleen Warnock
Hailed as “mesmerizing,” Best Lesbian Erotica 2014 is as smart as it is sensual. Goldie-nominated editor Kathleen Warnock has collected stories from around the globe, giving this year’s edition many refreshing points of view. Sabina dives into bed with just the wrong person for an encounter that feels so right in Diana Cage’s story, “Hey, Stranger.” The red-hot romance in “Stitch and Bitch,” by A. L. Simonds, starts with a meet-cute at a crochet basics class. A femme offers sweet treats and a private after-party to the “Birthday Butch” in Teresa Noelle Roberts’s tease. The women in this volume are so realistic you can almost feel the warmth of their bodies in your hands. Evocative and erotic, this commanding collection will hold you right to the very last page.
With stories by: Anamika, Amal Arabi, Cheyenne Blue, Diana Cage, Cheryl Dunye, Nairne Holtz, Cheryl Jimmerson, D. L. King, Catherine Lundoff, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Sarah Schulman, Sinclair Sexsmith, A. L. Simonds, Sam Tweed, Dolar Vasani, Sharon Wachsler, Lucien C. West, Xan West
Best Lesbian Erotica 2013
Edited by Kathleen Warnock
Selected and Introduced by Jewelle Gomez
From the trembling pleasure of anticipation to consummated lust, sex between women has never been hotter. Curated by Lambda nominee Kathleen Warnock and judged by literary legend Jewelle Gomez, Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 is both surprising and intensely delectable.
Sonya Herzog's younger femme finds her heart's desire at a multiorgasmic writer's retreat in "I Have a Thing for Butches" and the tattoo artist in Nikki Adams's "Nothing If It Fades" holds on to an indelibly erotic memory of a beautiful woman she once inked, only to find her attraction was more than skin deep. A pretty new neighbor has a surprise or two up her costume sleeve when she turns out to be not-so-submissive in Amelia Thornton's "Kitty and the Cat." Test your erotic boundaries with Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 and let it take you over the edge into a world where fantasies become reality.
With contributed stories by Maggie Veness, Nikki Adams, Helen Sandler, BD Swain, Rebecca Lynne Fullan, Amelia Thornton, Sid March, Maggie Morton, Fiona Zedde, V.C. Clark, Anamika, Zoe Amos, Sally Bellerose, Andrea Dale, Tenille Brown, Penny Gyokeres, Valerie Alexander, Sonya Herzog, Anna Meadows, Rachel Charman, and Kirsty Logan.
Edited by Kathleen Warnock
Selected and Introduced by Jewelle Gomez
From the trembling pleasure of anticipation to consummated lust, sex between women has never been hotter. Curated by Lambda nominee Kathleen Warnock and judged by literary legend Jewelle Gomez, Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 is both surprising and intensely delectable.
Sonya Herzog's younger femme finds her heart's desire at a multiorgasmic writer's retreat in "I Have a Thing for Butches" and the tattoo artist in Nikki Adams's "Nothing If It Fades" holds on to an indelibly erotic memory of a beautiful woman she once inked, only to find her attraction was more than skin deep. A pretty new neighbor has a surprise or two up her costume sleeve when she turns out to be not-so-submissive in Amelia Thornton's "Kitty and the Cat." Test your erotic boundaries with Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 and let it take you over the edge into a world where fantasies become reality.
With contributed stories by Maggie Veness, Nikki Adams, Helen Sandler, BD Swain, Rebecca Lynne Fullan, Amelia Thornton, Sid March, Maggie Morton, Fiona Zedde, V.C. Clark, Anamika, Zoe Amos, Sally Bellerose, Andrea Dale, Tenille Brown, Penny Gyokeres, Valerie Alexander, Sonya Herzog, Anna Meadows, Rachel Charman, and Kirsty Logan.
Best Lesbian Erotica 2012
Edited by Kathleen Warnock
Selected and Introduced by Sinclair Sexsmith.
Available now! Your every fantasy will be laid bare as you devour these sure, sensual stories. In Best Lesbian Erotica 2012, women are looking for a little bit of everything: love, lust, someone they can trust. In the bath, at the “toy” store, or in the kitchen, they’re ready to take a chance that could lead to the experience of a lifetime. This year’s guest judge is the Sugarbutch herself: Sinclair Sexsmith, poet, performer, impresario. Mr. Sexsmith has selected work from an international field of authors, from top names in erotic fiction, to outstanding newcomers. DeJay’s “Never Too Old” proves that an old(ish) butch can learn new tricks, even if it means showing her boxers to an impossibly young salesgirl. Last year's judge, Lea DeLaria, slips between the covers of this year's edition with her story about love...or lust...in an elevator. In “Skindeep,” Anna Watson tells the story of a femme who gets to the bottom of her lover’s disappearing acts. Best Lesbian Erotica 2012 is fully loaded, literary and lustful. Curated by Lammy Award-nominated editor Kathleen Warnock, this volume is long on variety and even longer on beautifully developed characters who are as interesting as they are interested in getting girls.
Available in hard copy or on e-reader! Order from your favorite bookseller, or directly from Cleis Press.
Selected and Introduced by Sinclair Sexsmith.
Available now! Your every fantasy will be laid bare as you devour these sure, sensual stories. In Best Lesbian Erotica 2012, women are looking for a little bit of everything: love, lust, someone they can trust. In the bath, at the “toy” store, or in the kitchen, they’re ready to take a chance that could lead to the experience of a lifetime. This year’s guest judge is the Sugarbutch herself: Sinclair Sexsmith, poet, performer, impresario. Mr. Sexsmith has selected work from an international field of authors, from top names in erotic fiction, to outstanding newcomers. DeJay’s “Never Too Old” proves that an old(ish) butch can learn new tricks, even if it means showing her boxers to an impossibly young salesgirl. Last year's judge, Lea DeLaria, slips between the covers of this year's edition with her story about love...or lust...in an elevator. In “Skindeep,” Anna Watson tells the story of a femme who gets to the bottom of her lover’s disappearing acts. Best Lesbian Erotica 2012 is fully loaded, literary and lustful. Curated by Lammy Award-nominated editor Kathleen Warnock, this volume is long on variety and even longer on beautifully developed characters who are as interesting as they are interested in getting girls.
Available in hard copy or on e-reader! Order from your favorite bookseller, or directly from Cleis Press.
Best Lesbian Erotica 2011
Edited by Kathleen Warnock
Selected and introduced by Lea Delaria!
Reviews and blog tour:
Foreward Reviews has high praise for Lea!
Dirty Sexy Books gives us 4 stars!
EdgeBoston reviews BLE.
What's it all About.com?
BOOKISH (Lambda Literary) checks in
My Q&A with Molly Equality Dykeman!
Black Magpie Theory: Sex as Civil Disobedience
Selected and introduced by Lea Delaria!
Reviews and blog tour:
Foreward Reviews has high praise for Lea!
Dirty Sexy Books gives us 4 stars!
EdgeBoston reviews BLE.
What's it all About.com?
BOOKISH (Lambda Literary) checks in
My Q&A with Molly Equality Dykeman!
Black Magpie Theory: Sex as Civil Disobedience
Best Lesbian Erotica 2010
Edited by Kathleen Warnock
Selected & introduced by BETTY! Get it at your favorite bookseller, or order directly from Cleis!
Read a review of BLE 10 from Elevated Difference!
And Bookish checks in...
Bookish also had a "quickie" review earlier in the year.
Canadian magazine Herizons reviews BLE 10 in their fall edition!
Three Dollar BIll Reviews has lots to say!
Selected & introduced by BETTY! Get it at your favorite bookseller, or order directly from Cleis!
Read a review of BLE 10 from Elevated Difference!
And Bookish checks in...
Bookish also had a "quickie" review earlier in the year.
Canadian magazine Herizons reviews BLE 10 in their fall edition!
Three Dollar BIll Reviews has lots to say!
