He's on Top: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance and Female Submission

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He's on Top: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance and Female Submission

by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), N.T. Morley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Andrea Dale (Contributor), Matt Conklin (Contributor), Jason Rubis (Contributor), Amanda Earl (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mike Kimera (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Teresa Noelle Roberts (Contributor) , more...

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He’s on Top pays homage to those irresistible men who control their partners with a glance, a tickling whip, or a measured smack on the bottom. As true tops, the bossy hunks in these stories understand that erotic BDSM is about exulting in power that is freely yielded. Contributors such as Amanda Earl, Mackenzie Cross, Alison Tyler, Mike Kimera, and others cover the full r...more

Paperback, 220 pages

Published March 19th 2007 by Cleis Press

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May 30, 2011

Stephanie rated it

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He's on Top edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
Release Date: March 19th, 2007
Publisher: Cleis
Page Count: 220
Source: Naked Reader Book Club via EdenFantasys for review

He’s on Top details the adventures of those irresistible men who control their partners with a glance, a tickling whip, or a measured smack on the bottom. As true tops, the bossy hunks in these stories understand that dominance is about exulting in power that is freely yielded.

Contributors such as...moreHe's on Top edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
Release Date: March 19th, 2007
Publisher: Cleis
Page Count: 220
Source: Naked Reader Book Club via EdenFantasys for review

He’s on Top details the adventures of those irresistible men who control their partners with a glance, a tickling whip, or a measured smack on the bottom. As true tops, the bossy hunks in these stories understand that dominance is about exulting in power that is freely yielded.

Contributors such as Amanda Earl, Mackenzie Cross, Thomas S. Roche, and Mike Kimera cover the full range of the male dom’s brand of sensuality.

What Stephanie Thought: Do you know what exactly BDSM stands for? Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism. And to the average, non-suspecting reader, it sounds like a very brazen genre; frightening, even. But what most people don't understand until they read it themselves, is that it's not about cruelty, it's not about pain. It's about control, it's about trust, and it's about the sort of connection that makes hearts quiver. Before I read He's on Top, I wasn't the biggest fan of D/s because I get queasy about the hardcore stuff. But while reading this collection of stories, I realized that behind the torment, there's pleasure, there's a sensual, emotional recovery; that's when I discovered how dominance and submission truly works.

Each of the stories are exceptionally well written and thoughtfully crafted. It surprised me how even in an anthology of the same topic, no two stories were identical, or even similar in any way. I can tell all the featured authors are creative, but also sensual; many of the stories are definitely arousing, even if I don't care much for BDSM myself.

The concept of He's on Top is not the degradation of females. In fact, it's the complete opposite. For any woman to have the strength, and to have the power to be controlled, yet bring pleasure to the man in control is a respectable trait. To be able to stand up after being beaten, and still shine through, is the essence of sensual grace, and what really makes the fetish so appealing to both men and women.

I recommend Bussel's anthology full of captivating, unfathomed relationships between the tops and the bottoms to anyone who wants a little twist, an untraditional tangle, to their love stories. Because inherently, every story in these selections is a love story, but it takes a little more observation than usual, to really figure how it works out.

Stephanie Loves: "But most of all I remember that first impact. It was as if I'd jumped off a cliff and, instead of falling, had discovered I could fly." -- from Mike Kimera's "Christmas with Suzy and Mary".

Radical Rating: 9 hearts- One of my all-time favorites! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥(less)

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Mar 30, 2010

Mike Kimera rated it

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It is all too easy for the Dom in BDSM stories to have little more character than the paraphernalia they use to bind, beat, and arouse their subs. This misses out on two key questions: what is it about a man that persuades a woman to submit herself to him? what is it about the man that drives him to take and keep control?

Rachel Kramer Bussel's has collected stories from writers who get inside the Dom's head and heart, who understand that the relationship between Dom and Sub is comple...more

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Jan 11, 2011

Emerald rated it

I just finished this book and found it magnificent. It really exceeded my expectations with its stories encompassing tremendous variety, thoughtfulness, honesty, and complexity. My personal favorites included Gwen Masters's beautifully hot "Confession" and Shanna Germain's incredible "The Sun Is an Ordinary Star" as well as Donna George Storey's "Yes." All of the stories, whether they personally did it for me or not, impressed me with their not at all superficial (o...more

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Jan 13, 2011

Kate rated it

Straightforward account in story form of Male Dominant Sexaul Relationships.

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Jul 30, 2011

Rachelle Smith rated it

I'm new to this genre but I really liked it. It is more than people getting tied up, whipped etc. There is a certain dynamic and respect. There is mutual partnership and closeness that in some really touched me. Very interesting and good!

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Jan 20, 2008

Nina rated it

The stories at the begining were kind of slow for me.... the last few stories I really liked.

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I'm a writer, editor, book reviewer, journalist, interviewer, blogger, and event organizer. I've edited 40 anthologies and counting, and my books have won 6 IPPY (Independent Publisher) Awards. I write a biweekly sex column for SexIs Magazine, and have written for Alternet, The Frisky, Gothamist, Huffington Post, Jezebel, Mediabistro, New York Post, Penthouse, , The Root, Salon, Time Out New York,...more

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