Smooth: Erotic Stories for Women - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573444081 ISBN 13: 9781573444088

Publisher: Cleis Press, 2010

Synopsis

The caress of skin against skin, the warmth of another’s touch, relishing the sight that few others get to see – these are the reasons that disrobing before sex can be so gratifying. The stories in Smooth, collected by award-winning erotica editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, capture the heat of being stripped bare, of flaunting your body, and of reveling in pure sensuality. Read along as women get tattooed, become “the sushi girl” at a restaurant, strip on the subway, go commando, host tea parties, enjoy sploshing and much more. Featuring stories by Donna George Storey, Heidi Champa, Angela Caperton, Charlotte Stein, Louisa Harte, Jacqueline Applebee, Susan St. Aubin and more, these adventurous characters have more to reveal than just being naked.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Introduction: Naked Girls in All Their Glory

Smooth. Sleek. Naked. Bare. All of these words describe the women you'll find in this book women who let you peek beneath their skirt hems, unbutton their blouses, reach inside their panties and in so doing, reveal something essential about themselves. They aren't content to simply let sex happen, but are compelled to explore the ways their bodies and skin react to every tactile moment.
These are not stories about body image or learning to love your curves. These are sensual tales in which women and men celebrate the joy of being carnal, lusty, hungry and animalistic; stories in which the urge to get naked, in the literal and figurative senses, drives women to boldly go where they haven't before.
In the opening story, the stunning sauna romp "Löyly," by Angela Caperton, Sorrow Cove becomes a very happy place when our heroine, Andie, submits to a sensual beating in the intense heat. Caperton writes, "Blood pounded in my veins and pooled suspiciously in my belly. Anticipation added an edge of tension and vulnerability before the bright shock of the strike. It wasn't hard, but the leaves laced my skin with firm control, a lush wetness and a shimmer of sting that slashed my back with an awakening charge of delight. I closed my eyes, savoring the moment, the fresh scent of the birch binding me in a cloud of awareness and newfound sensation."
Food and sex are clearly twin appetites waiting to be released, and in "The Sushi Girl," by Anika Gupta, they converge in a work setting for the narrator as she balances raw fish on her body. She doesn't just lie there, though; she engages with her customers, lets them look and taste even as she makes sure her naked body, while still, speaks loudly.
Each of these women are stripped, whether literally, as in Clancy Nacht's story of the same name, or in some other way that leaves them vulnerable, exposed, open to whoever they've let enter their most personal of space. Even when they are acting as voyeurs, watching others strip down, as in "Live Action," by Susan St. Aubin, they are being changed by what they see, by the skin that speaks to them and their fantasies.
For other characters, adorning their bodies--with tattoos in "Ink," by Jennifer Peters, or the sensual strokes of a paintbrush in "True Colors," by Louisa Harte--is a way to live a more vibrant, outspoken life, and their reward is a richer sex life than they'd had before. That makes sense, because when we bare all, we invite others to touch, to feel every curve, every bend, every inch of skin.
Ultimately, this is a book about getting to know your body from the outside in, about showing yourself off for a lover and knowing the power the naked body holds. At the gym, in the shower, on the subway, at a tea party, the women in Smooth leave behind their inhibitions and go where many women have only dreamed about. Sexy, playful, sensual and celebratory, these nineteen stories will be sure to entice you as they reveal so much skin.
 
Rachel Kramer Bussel
New York City

About the Author:

Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com) is a writer, editor, event organizer and erotica writing instructor. She's edited over 60 anthologies, including The Big Book of Orgasms, Come Again: Sex Toy Erotica, Dirty Dates, On Fire, Spanked, Please, Sir, Please, Ma'am, and is Best Women's Erotica of the Year series editor. Her nonfiction has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Marie Claire, O, The Oprah Magazine, Elle.com, Salon, Slate, Time.com, The Village Voice and numerous other publications. Follow her @raquelita on Twitter and learn more about her writing workshops and consulting at EroticaWriting101.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1573444081
• ISBN 13: 9781573444088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Bussel Rachel Kramer