Fairy Tale Lust is my pretty, pretty book and I hope you will buy it, love it, hug it, squeeze it and call it George (and tell everyone you know to do the same).  But Fairy Tale Lust is not the only book tapping into the eroticism of princesses in castles and beasts in the woods.  In fact, erotic fairy tales are hot right now and there are several authors and editors putting their own spin on this sexy new sub-genre.

So, if you loved Fairy Tale Lust and are lusting for more naughty fairy tales, you might want to check out these other pretty, pretty books:

Alison Tyler has edited the wonderfully titled Alison’s Wonderland, a veritable feast of 27 erotic fairy tales.  I’m delighted to say that several of the authors in this collection also have stories in Fairy Tale Lust, including: Shanna Germain, Allison Wonderland, Janine Ashbless, A.D.R. Forte, Andrea Dale and Saskia Walker.

In Sleeping Beauty’s Bed is a collection of erotic fairy tales by the talented Mitzi Szereto.  Bonus for academics and fairy tale geeks: each story includes an introduction detailing its historic origins.













Enchanted is another single-author collection of erotic fairy tales.  Nancy Madore followed up this wildly popular collection with Enchanted Again, a collection of erotic stories based on nursery rhymes and Enchanted Dreams, a collection of supernatural erotica.  I can’t wait to see what she enchants us with next.









Finally, if short stories only whet your appetite for something longer, you might want to take a look at Cathy Yardley’s Enslave: The Taming of the Beast, a novel length erotic retelling of Beauty and the Beast.  Ms. Yardley’s previous erotic fairy tale novels include Crave: The Seduction of Snow White and Ravish: The Awakening of Sleeping Beauty.








Enjoy this banquet of fairy tale lust and please add your own erotic fairy tale recommendations in the comments!

Craig Sorensen is visiting the Fairy Tale Lust blog today to discuss his story “Ducking,” his writing process and his advice to aspiring authors. Please stop by and say hello!  Here is a taste of Craig’s thought-provoking interview:

What inspired you to retell this particular fairy tale?

Self image is so deeply tied to external perceptions in our society, and external perceptions are so very malleable. I started “Ducking” with the notion that this was a woman “whose time had come.” Her perceptions of herself were as other see her. Initially I worked more from the external angle; the woman became beautiful because social perceptions had shifted. But this could only be a part of the story. Blending the dynamics of shifting societal standards with self realization resulted in a story that kept to the spirit of the original tale, but cast them in a new, more modern light.

Also, I just noticed that Craig bears a striking resemblance to the Fairy Tale Lust cover model. Coincidence?

I hope you all will keep up with the Fairy Tale Lust excitement over on the book’s blog.  Today I posted an interview with author Charlotte Stein, whose story “The Return” is a deliciously erotic (and a little spooky) retelling of “The Return of Martin Guerre.” Here’s a brief excerpt from Charlotte’s interview:

What do you think makes your story a fairy tale? How does it fit in the fairy tale genre?

Personally, I just think the idea of someone returning from somewhere, suddenly not the person they were before, is very fairytale-ish. “The Return of Martin Guerre” is so rich with what I think of as the visuals of fairytales, but it’s the story at the heart of it that I find somehow creepy and romantic and magical and twisted all at the same time. That, to me, is the essence of a fairytale. (Read the rest here.)

Because no matter what he writes, there is truth at the core.

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them - words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that, isn’t it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you’ve said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That’s the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller, but for want of an understanding ear. —“The Body” (Different Seasons, 1982)

Lovely and talented Rachel Kramer Bussel‘s sexy new anthology Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission is out this month and I’m delighted to be a stop on her virtual book tour!
Please, Sir is a delicious collection of 22 stories from some of the top names in erotic fiction, including Shanna Germain, Sommer Marsden, Heidi Champa, Emerald, Alison Tyler, Charlotte Stein and Donna George Storey.  In other words, half my blogroll is in this fabulous book!  As I read it, I felt like I was the guest of honor at a very dirty party hosted by some of my very dearest friends. 

Erotic female submission is one of my favorite themes to read and write.  Writing about it can be incredibly challenging, but reading it… whew… pure pleasure!  Power exchange is hot.  Giving control of one’s body and sexuality over to another person is the ultimate in trust, so it’s no surprise that many of the stories in Please, Sir are about committed couples.  Most of the scenarios have DIY potential-- a plus for those who not only enjoy reading BDSM, but also like to indulge their kinky side in real life.

I found myself nodding in agreement at Rachel’s take on female submission:

If you ask me, submission is an art form. It requires dedication, focus, commitment and desire and there’s no single way of doing it. It’s about unlocking something within yourself so you can reach beyond your normal limits, exposing your body and soul in order to go somewhere you cannot get to alone.

I had a lover who always told me that the key to life is “High risk, high reward.” The same is true about kink, and this is evident throughout the stories in Please, Sir, which explores female submission and male dominance from the sub’s point of view. When these characters take risks, they are rewarded…even when those rewards look like “punishment.”

Not everyone “gets” the pleasure/pain connection.  For those who do… Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission is a sensual feast for the erotic imagination.  (I will be reviewing Please, Sir for the Erotica Readers and Writers Association, so look for my review in a few weeks.)


Here is the delicious book trailer for Please, Sir.  I think Rachel has outdone herself on this one!

I invite you to continue on the Please, Sir virtual book tour tomorrow at Exploring Intimacy.  And here is the entire book tour lineup. There are some excellent excerpts, interviews and conversations to be found at the previous tour stops and the rest of the month promises to bring more of the same.  Enjoy!

May 1 Baser Instincts

May 2 Man Eater Book

May 3 Hard and Fast

May 4 Erobintica

May 5 Dangerous Lilly

May 6 Sugarbutch Chronicles

May 7 The Sex Carnival

May 8 My Kinky World

May 9 Lusty Literati

May 10 Prurient Interests

May 11 Pretty Dirty

May 12 Hello Saraid

May 13 That Toy Chick

May 14 Flavius Iulianus Blog

May 15 Kristina Wright

May 16 Exploring Intimacy

May 17 Erotica Electronica

May 18 Our Goings On

May 19 SpastikFantastik

May 20 Alpine Subdreams

May 21 Orlando Sex & Relationships Examiner

May 22 Beth Wylde

May 23 Heather Lin

May 24 Pieces of Jade

May 25 Heartbreak Nympho

May 26 Yolanda Shoshana

May 27 ¡Qué sinvergüenza!

May 28 Leather Yenta (Lolita Wolf)

May 29 Marilyn’s Room (Marilyn Jaye Lewis)

May 30 Wanton Lotus Reviews

May 31 Curvaceous Dee

(In the interest of full disclosure, I’m still kicking myself for not submitting (ha!) a story to this collection.  But pregnancy, baby and deployment issues sidelined my writing for several months and many deadlines came and went, including this one.  The writer me is disappointed, but the reader me is delighted to be reading, reviewing and promoting a book of stories on one of my favorite erotica themes by my absolute favorite editor!  Thanks, Rachel, for delivering such a sensual treat!)