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Fairy Tale Lust
Award-winning novelist and top erotica writer Kristina Wright goes over the river and through the woods to find the sexiest fairy tales ever written. Playfully seductive, supernaturally sensual, and darkly erotic, Fairy Tale Lust showcases clever twists to classic tales and introduces new stories inspired by the ever-popular genre. Here, a walk in the forest is likely to lead to an erotic encounter with a mysterious stranger and the silver light of a full moon might illuminate an orgy of sensual delights! Highly imaginative and downright stimulating, these stories take fairy tale erotica to the next level. Top erotica contributors deliver sizzling work, including Janine Ashbless, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Delilah Devlin, Shanna Germaine, and Saskia Walker.
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First published June 7, 2010
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June 29, 2010
Fairy Tale Lust is a collection of eighteen erotic stories based--with varying degrees of faithfulness--on fairy tales. The stories are very short, making it easy to keep the book on your nightstand and read a complete story just before bed. Most are set in modern times, though there are a few set in “once upon a time.” The pairings are largely m/f with a few f/f and f/m/f.
From a literary standpoint, the best of the bunch are Aurelia T. Evans’ “Frosted Glass” (The Snow Queen) and Shanna Germain’s “Her Hair Is a Net, Woven” (Rusalka legends). These two tales are beautifully written, haunting, and could hold their own in any anthology of adult fairy tales, whether it had a specifically erotic focus or not.
The steamiest, to me, is “Sleep Tight” by Janine Ashbless. This story draws on the older versions of Sleeping Beauty, the ones where the prince didn’t just kiss the princess, but brings that scenario into the modern day. I don’t know if it’s the scenario itself or the way Ashbless describes things or what, but this story is hot, hot, hot! The twist in the ending mollifies my superego, which had been appalled at my id for so enjoying a nonconsensual fantasy.
Among the disappointments are Craig Sorensen’s “Ducking” and Jeremy Edwards’ “Gildi and the Unwieldy, Ineffectual Committee of Bears.” These authors threw me right out of fantasyland with their word choices. For example: in Sorensen’s entry, the female anatomy “drains,” while Edwards has the female anatomy “weeping,” and these are words I just don’t find sexy. Given that the authors are male, I wonder if this is a difference in what men want in erotica vs. what women want. Another disappointing story is “Mind Your Peas and Qs” by Allison Wonderland. This is a meringue of a story, frothy and stiff; its prose is so mannered that it strips any potential sensuality right out.
The rest fall somewhere in between. The stories are all well-written, even the ones I didn’t like, and successfully retell fairy tales with naughty twists. I’ll also add that most of the stories keep physical descriptions vague, making it easier to “cast” yourself and your own lust-objects as the central characters, if you like to do that. These are not like some erotic stories I’ve read that start out by describing the improbable proportions of the hero and heroine. I think most fans of fairy-tale erotica will find something to like here.
Got this one from Amazon Vine.
From a literary standpoint, the best of the bunch are Aurelia T. Evans’ “Frosted Glass” (The Snow Queen) and Shanna Germain’s “Her Hair Is a Net, Woven” (Rusalka legends). These two tales are beautifully written, haunting, and could hold their own in any anthology of adult fairy tales, whether it had a specifically erotic focus or not.
The steamiest, to me, is “Sleep Tight” by Janine Ashbless. This story draws on the older versions of Sleeping Beauty, the ones where the prince didn’t just kiss the princess, but brings that scenario into the modern day. I don’t know if it’s the scenario itself or the way Ashbless describes things or what, but this story is hot, hot, hot! The twist in the ending mollifies my superego, which had been appalled at my id for so enjoying a nonconsensual fantasy.
Among the disappointments are Craig Sorensen’s “Ducking” and Jeremy Edwards’ “Gildi and the Unwieldy, Ineffectual Committee of Bears.” These authors threw me right out of fantasyland with their word choices. For example: in Sorensen’s entry, the female anatomy “drains,” while Edwards has the female anatomy “weeping,” and these are words I just don’t find sexy. Given that the authors are male, I wonder if this is a difference in what men want in erotica vs. what women want. Another disappointing story is “Mind Your Peas and Qs” by Allison Wonderland. This is a meringue of a story, frothy and stiff; its prose is so mannered that it strips any potential sensuality right out.
The rest fall somewhere in between. The stories are all well-written, even the ones I didn’t like, and successfully retell fairy tales with naughty twists. I’ll also add that most of the stories keep physical descriptions vague, making it easier to “cast” yourself and your own lust-objects as the central characters, if you like to do that. These are not like some erotic stories I’ve read that start out by describing the improbable proportions of the hero and heroine. I think most fans of fairy-tale erotica will find something to like here.
Got this one from Amazon Vine.
May 20, 2010
Several months back I read about a new trend in erotica that involved re-imagined fairy tales with risque scenes. I liked the idea, a lot, and so when I had an opportunity to review Fairy Tale Lust, I happily took it on. Kristina Wright has assembled a good collection of short stories, with an emphasis on ‘short’; there are 18 stories in a little under 200 pages. Normally I would grouse about the story length, but let’s face it, in an erotica collection I’m not looking for character development. I’m looking for a hot little story that’s like candy for my brain.
Some of the writers faithfully adhered to the fairy tale format, and others wrote contemporary stories with a touch of fantasy. I liked both, but I wish more of the stories read like fairy tales, with a naughty twist, of course. There are too many stories for me to review them individually, but I will say that they were all decent, with several rising above the rest. My particular favorites were “The Pub Owner’s Daughter” by Alegra Verde, which closely mimicked a traditional fairy tale, “Sleep Tight” by Janine Ashbless, where a blue collar worker finds a sleeping beauty, “In the Dark Woods” by Kristina Wright, with a woman who may or may not be sleeping with a demon, and “The Return” by Charlotte Stein, where an unhappy wife is seduced by a man masquerading as her husband.
I spent the day reading these little stories in between doing my usual mom-drudgery, and I must say that it made my day ever so pleasant. Since this is an erotica I feel the need to give it a ‘sensuality rating,’ and while it’s nice and hot, it’s not quite as scorching as some stuff I’ve read. Some of the stories are merely titillating, and others are downright satisfying.
This title will be released on July 1, 2010.
Note: I received a free advanced review copy courtesy of the Amazon Vine Program.
Some of the writers faithfully adhered to the fairy tale format, and others wrote contemporary stories with a touch of fantasy. I liked both, but I wish more of the stories read like fairy tales, with a naughty twist, of course. There are too many stories for me to review them individually, but I will say that they were all decent, with several rising above the rest. My particular favorites were “The Pub Owner’s Daughter” by Alegra Verde, which closely mimicked a traditional fairy tale, “Sleep Tight” by Janine Ashbless, where a blue collar worker finds a sleeping beauty, “In the Dark Woods” by Kristina Wright, with a woman who may or may not be sleeping with a demon, and “The Return” by Charlotte Stein, where an unhappy wife is seduced by a man masquerading as her husband.
I spent the day reading these little stories in between doing my usual mom-drudgery, and I must say that it made my day ever so pleasant. Since this is an erotica I feel the need to give it a ‘sensuality rating,’ and while it’s nice and hot, it’s not quite as scorching as some stuff I’ve read. Some of the stories are merely titillating, and others are downright satisfying.
This title will be released on July 1, 2010.
Note: I received a free advanced review copy courtesy of the Amazon Vine Program.
January 7, 2011
Kristina Wright (ed.), Fairy Tale Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women (Cleis Press, 2010)
What exactly is there to say about a book called Fairy Tale Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women that the title doesn't already tell you? Well, I guess that question kind of answers itself, if you've been an Internet user long enough to remember the early, wild-west days of the alt.sex.stories.* family of newsgroups. There's a lot of bad, bad erotica, and porn masquerading as erotica, floating around out there. The job of a good editor is to ensure that what you're getting between the covers of a book, or delivered to your e-reader, weeds out the crap and gives you the quality. I've been a Cleis Press fan since I first found out about them, but Kristina Wright's a new name to me. Would she be as good as the rest of the stable at finding and publishing the highest-quality erotica to be found out there?
Short answer: yep. I should qualify this by saying that I'm already an established fan of the current mythpunk movement (Sonya Taaffe, Jeannelle Ferreira, all those other folks who seem to have centered on Prime Books and have taken Angela Carter and Wendy Walker as demigods/muses), which sparked the current retelling-of-fairy-tales craze, so there wasn't much here I wasn't prepared for vis-a-vis the thematic and structural content; if you're not familiar with that particular subgenre, drop in on a few books of the more mainstream stuff before digging in here. (But not too mainstream, and please for the love of god avoid Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and other such mashups; go for Taaffe's Singing Innocence and Experience and Bill Willingham's Fables series of graphic novels and Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and work upwards from there.) You'll have a firmer foundation, if you'll pardon the pun, for such delicacies as Andrea Dale's “How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back” or Louisa Harte's “Ellie and the Shoemaker”, which cleave pretty closely to their historical antecedents. Then it'll be time to branch out into the stories where there's more of a whisper of the original instead of a shout. You know those dishes on Iron Chef America where some hoity-toity chef pipes some smoke under a dome and when you open it, you get that scent, but the actual dish is something entirely different? Yeah, like Carol Hassler's “Gingerbread Man”, my favorite story in the collection.
Do I even need to tell you the sex is sublime? Of course I don't.
Recommended. Get yourself a copy of this pronto. ****
What exactly is there to say about a book called Fairy Tale Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women that the title doesn't already tell you? Well, I guess that question kind of answers itself, if you've been an Internet user long enough to remember the early, wild-west days of the alt.sex.stories.* family of newsgroups. There's a lot of bad, bad erotica, and porn masquerading as erotica, floating around out there. The job of a good editor is to ensure that what you're getting between the covers of a book, or delivered to your e-reader, weeds out the crap and gives you the quality. I've been a Cleis Press fan since I first found out about them, but Kristina Wright's a new name to me. Would she be as good as the rest of the stable at finding and publishing the highest-quality erotica to be found out there?
Short answer: yep. I should qualify this by saying that I'm already an established fan of the current mythpunk movement (Sonya Taaffe, Jeannelle Ferreira, all those other folks who seem to have centered on Prime Books and have taken Angela Carter and Wendy Walker as demigods/muses), which sparked the current retelling-of-fairy-tales craze, so there wasn't much here I wasn't prepared for vis-a-vis the thematic and structural content; if you're not familiar with that particular subgenre, drop in on a few books of the more mainstream stuff before digging in here. (But not too mainstream, and please for the love of god avoid Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and other such mashups; go for Taaffe's Singing Innocence and Experience and Bill Willingham's Fables series of graphic novels and Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and work upwards from there.) You'll have a firmer foundation, if you'll pardon the pun, for such delicacies as Andrea Dale's “How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back” or Louisa Harte's “Ellie and the Shoemaker”, which cleave pretty closely to their historical antecedents. Then it'll be time to branch out into the stories where there's more of a whisper of the original instead of a shout. You know those dishes on Iron Chef America where some hoity-toity chef pipes some smoke under a dome and when you open it, you get that scent, but the actual dish is something entirely different? Yeah, like Carol Hassler's “Gingerbread Man”, my favorite story in the collection.
Do I even need to tell you the sex is sublime? Of course I don't.
Recommended. Get yourself a copy of this pronto. ****
May 27, 2010
Nice, little more literary, erotica anthology. Particularly enjoyed: Sleep Tight by Janine Ashbless, Her Hair is a Net, Woven by Shanna Germain, and Frosted Glass by Aurelia T. Evans
August 3, 2011
Anthology. One of the better anthologies and the stories by Craig Sorensen, Alegra Verde and Charlotte Stein were the best. I've added them to authors I would like to read more from.
1. Obedient Wife by Delilah Devlin. I know short stories are short, but I wish this was a little longer. Pretty good story otherwise. ***
2. How the Little Mermaid Got her Tale Back by Andrea Dale. Hmm, started out good but then forcing her into extreme public orgasms at a restaurant, while she tries to hide and he asks, "Do you trust me?" Um, no. **
3. Ducking by Craig Sorensen. I'm a horrible reader, preferring mostly modern female writers. I'm so bad that if I see a man's name on a book I'll pass it up. This story was wonderful. After I read it I went back to see who wrote it and saw it was a man. Great story about a middle aged woman finding a new lease on life. I'm going to check out some of this author's other works. ****
4. Three Times by Justine Elyot. So-so story. Princess tied by magical vines needs 3 orgasms to be released and Selina the gal to do it. ***
5. Ellie & the Shoemaker by Louisa Harte. Shopgirl and shopowner get to know each other in business and non-business relationship. Cute story. ***
6. The Pub Owner's Daughter by Alegra Verde. The story started out and I thought, "Oh great another wench story." But this was actually really, really good. Woman trying to find completion and finds it with a guy who has a little shyness problem. *****
7. Sleep Tight by Janine Ashbless. Yard maintenance guy who gets more than he bargained for when he has his way with a sleeping woman. ***
8. Her Hair is a Net Woven by Shanna Germain. A little depressing story about a daughter of the sea and her lover. ***
9. Minds Your Peas & Qs by Allison Wonderland. A silly story about the prince and the pea. ***
10. In the Dark Forest by Kristina Wright. An illicit one day a week only affair that's all about need with no mention of anything more. Pretty hot. ****
11. Gildi and the Unwieldy, Ineffectual Committee of Bears by Jeremy Edwards. A masturbation crazy musician at a college festival. A little hokey. **
12. Frosted Glass by Aurelia T. Evans. Freaky story of the snow queen. ***
13. Gingerbread Man by Carol Hassler. Grief does strange things to some women. ***
14. All in a Day's Work by Saskia Walker. A very naughty fairy godmother. ***
15. Big Bad Wolf (An Excerpt) by Alana Noel Voth. A lonely bar owner finds someone to love. Sweet story. ***
16. The Kiss by Michelle Augello-Page. I guess this is a story about a guy who absorbs bodies finally with a kiss? I'm no sure. I'm giving it ** because I couldn't figure it out.
17. The Return by Charlotte Stein. Really good story about a husband's return after a long absence. I'm going to look for this author's other works. *****
18. The Stone Room by A.D.R. Forte. About a man who finds out he really likes domination. ***
1. Obedient Wife by Delilah Devlin. I know short stories are short, but I wish this was a little longer. Pretty good story otherwise. ***
2. How the Little Mermaid Got her Tale Back by Andrea Dale. Hmm, started out good but then forcing her into extreme public orgasms at a restaurant, while she tries to hide and he asks, "Do you trust me?" Um, no. **
3. Ducking by Craig Sorensen. I'm a horrible reader, preferring mostly modern female writers. I'm so bad that if I see a man's name on a book I'll pass it up. This story was wonderful. After I read it I went back to see who wrote it and saw it was a man. Great story about a middle aged woman finding a new lease on life. I'm going to check out some of this author's other works. ****
4. Three Times by Justine Elyot. So-so story. Princess tied by magical vines needs 3 orgasms to be released and Selina the gal to do it. ***
5. Ellie & the Shoemaker by Louisa Harte. Shopgirl and shopowner get to know each other in business and non-business relationship. Cute story. ***
6. The Pub Owner's Daughter by Alegra Verde. The story started out and I thought, "Oh great another wench story." But this was actually really, really good. Woman trying to find completion and finds it with a guy who has a little shyness problem. *****
7. Sleep Tight by Janine Ashbless. Yard maintenance guy who gets more than he bargained for when he has his way with a sleeping woman. ***
8. Her Hair is a Net Woven by Shanna Germain. A little depressing story about a daughter of the sea and her lover. ***
9. Minds Your Peas & Qs by Allison Wonderland. A silly story about the prince and the pea. ***
10. In the Dark Forest by Kristina Wright. An illicit one day a week only affair that's all about need with no mention of anything more. Pretty hot. ****
11. Gildi and the Unwieldy, Ineffectual Committee of Bears by Jeremy Edwards. A masturbation crazy musician at a college festival. A little hokey. **
12. Frosted Glass by Aurelia T. Evans. Freaky story of the snow queen. ***
13. Gingerbread Man by Carol Hassler. Grief does strange things to some women. ***
14. All in a Day's Work by Saskia Walker. A very naughty fairy godmother. ***
15. Big Bad Wolf (An Excerpt) by Alana Noel Voth. A lonely bar owner finds someone to love. Sweet story. ***
16. The Kiss by Michelle Augello-Page. I guess this is a story about a guy who absorbs bodies finally with a kiss? I'm no sure. I'm giving it ** because I couldn't figure it out.
17. The Return by Charlotte Stein. Really good story about a husband's return after a long absence. I'm going to look for this author's other works. *****
18. The Stone Room by A.D.R. Forte. About a man who finds out he really likes domination. ***
April 14, 2011
4.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewing anthologies is a hard job because it’s so difficult to give each contribution their proper spotlight, and Fairy Tale Lust is no different. Here we have 18 erotic encounters of a fantastical nature, each as amazing as the one before it, making my job as reviewer really tough. Therefore, I’m just going to spotlight my top two picks in descending order (but trust me, every encounter is worth a read!).
“Big Bad Wolf” by Alana Noël Voth — I have a major jones for werewolves so immediately I knew this would make my top two, but it wasn’t until I began reading that it became #1. “Big Bad Wolf” is an excerpt from Alana’s forthcoming novel of the same name and centers around Dillon, a bar owner who has recently noticed that a white wolf has taken up residence on his property. Despite hearing stories of missing chickens and close encounters of the wolf and children, Dillon continues to care for the animal. The wolf even begins sleeping in his bed and one morning he awakes to a naked woman where the wolf had been…and titillating hotness ensues. Alana is a marvelous writer and I adore Dillon (which is not really a big surprise seeing as how he is based on Sam Merlotte from True Blood and I am a massive–massive!!!!–Sam Merlotte fangirl). This story left me desperately wanting the novel. I can haz it now?
“Her Hair Is A Net, Woven” by Shanna Germain — This short story tells about the waterman’s daughter, a mythical immortal woman who’s appearance at the town’s market gives an omen for the fate of the village’s crops. Her husband sleeps a hundred years in a day and when he wakes, will bring the storms. Together they will sit and she will crush a needle into palm and in the blood will be the face of the next man to drown … but will it be the villager she is secretly trysting with while her husband sleeps? The water imagery in this story is so beautifully provocative. I think this one above all felt most like a fairy tale to me.
Overall, a wonderful collection of adult fairy tales which includes something for everyone.
http://www.read-all-over.net/fiction/...
Reviewing anthologies is a hard job because it’s so difficult to give each contribution their proper spotlight, and Fairy Tale Lust is no different. Here we have 18 erotic encounters of a fantastical nature, each as amazing as the one before it, making my job as reviewer really tough. Therefore, I’m just going to spotlight my top two picks in descending order (but trust me, every encounter is worth a read!).
“Big Bad Wolf” by Alana Noël Voth — I have a major jones for werewolves so immediately I knew this would make my top two, but it wasn’t until I began reading that it became #1. “Big Bad Wolf” is an excerpt from Alana’s forthcoming novel of the same name and centers around Dillon, a bar owner who has recently noticed that a white wolf has taken up residence on his property. Despite hearing stories of missing chickens and close encounters of the wolf and children, Dillon continues to care for the animal. The wolf even begins sleeping in his bed and one morning he awakes to a naked woman where the wolf had been…and titillating hotness ensues. Alana is a marvelous writer and I adore Dillon (which is not really a big surprise seeing as how he is based on Sam Merlotte from True Blood and I am a massive–massive!!!!–Sam Merlotte fangirl). This story left me desperately wanting the novel. I can haz it now?
“Her Hair Is A Net, Woven” by Shanna Germain — This short story tells about the waterman’s daughter, a mythical immortal woman who’s appearance at the town’s market gives an omen for the fate of the village’s crops. Her husband sleeps a hundred years in a day and when he wakes, will bring the storms. Together they will sit and she will crush a needle into palm and in the blood will be the face of the next man to drown … but will it be the villager she is secretly trysting with while her husband sleeps? The water imagery in this story is so beautifully provocative. I think this one above all felt most like a fairy tale to me.
Overall, a wonderful collection of adult fairy tales which includes something for everyone.
http://www.read-all-over.net/fiction/...
September 19, 2018
I only finished the first tale and got halfway through the second when I had to stop to preserve my sanity. So this review is solely based on the first two tales "The Obedient Wife" and "How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back".
"The Obedient Wife"
I had never heard the word quim (a British slang term for vagina) and this short tale used it enough times that I wish I never became aware of it.
"Pleasure your nubbin," he growled.
The most ridiculous sentence I've ever read made even more ridiculous because it was meant to be arousing.
"How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back"
It's set in modern times but it's supposed to be a fairy tale, so that was confusing.
They open a sushi restaurant and apparently, Philip is so sexually deviant he can't do anything without making it sexual, hence, this sentence:
"The food though... it'll be daring, sexy."
And she can't even have normal conversation with him without everything he says being somehow arousing. He says "Sushi" and her panties hit the floor. Oh, but only with his permission, ofc.
In this tale, we have another writer who found a word/s and fell in love with it so much so that it's mentioned in every other sentence: come and cock.
I hate the word cock. It is not sexy. It's usage immediately makes the story juvenile-y pornographic and immature, like a 17 year old trying to sound grown up and sexy. It just doesn't work for me.
Also, by the fifth time you mention how much a character comes, you've lost me. I get it, she's so sensitive, the AC turning on will have her writhing on the floor in ecstasy. You don't need to tell me 3 times in one sentence.
If you like 50 Shades you'll love these stories. Unfortunately.
"The Obedient Wife"
I had never heard the word quim (a British slang term for vagina) and this short tale used it enough times that I wish I never became aware of it.
"Pleasure your nubbin," he growled.
The most ridiculous sentence I've ever read made even more ridiculous because it was meant to be arousing.
"How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back"
It's set in modern times but it's supposed to be a fairy tale, so that was confusing.
They open a sushi restaurant and apparently, Philip is so sexually deviant he can't do anything without making it sexual, hence, this sentence:
"The food though... it'll be daring, sexy."
And she can't even have normal conversation with him without everything he says being somehow arousing. He says "Sushi" and her panties hit the floor. Oh, but only with his permission, ofc.
In this tale, we have another writer who found a word/s and fell in love with it so much so that it's mentioned in every other sentence: come and cock.
I hate the word cock. It is not sexy. It's usage immediately makes the story juvenile-y pornographic and immature, like a 17 year old trying to sound grown up and sexy. It just doesn't work for me.
Also, by the fifth time you mention how much a character comes, you've lost me. I get it, she's so sensitive, the AC turning on will have her writhing on the floor in ecstasy. You don't need to tell me 3 times in one sentence.
If you like 50 Shades you'll love these stories. Unfortunately.
January 29, 2020
I decided to read this book because one of the stories was written by a friend. I thought the book overall was just ok. Some of the stories were good, but quite a few were not. I like books with twists on fairy tales, but there were a few stories where I had no idea what fairy tale they were even referencing. The stories were also so short it was hard to really get into them. The book did have a good variety of the sorts of tales it told though so there seemed to be something for everyone.
June 23, 2020
Stories were hit and miss, with a few standouts that made reading the whole thing worth it. Some had a really interesting new twist, and some were so far off the original that they were unrecognizable. All were really short, so reading a full story before going to bed was easily done.
October 18, 2017
Just okay.
January 6, 2020
I crossed the bridge multiple times with this one
August 4, 2020
rather thrilling sometimes suspenseful always satisfying collection of erotic stories featuring what sexual fantasies some women have
March 18, 2021
It is what it is. Best story imo was "Sleep Tight." The others were varying degrees of bland and "meh."
October 5, 2021
I tried, but none of them were for me.
August 7, 2015
We see the words "fairy tale," and we automatically think of a frivolous, fluffy piece of fantasy. Scratch the surface, however, and we learn the fairy tale contains all the stuff our dreams and nightmares are made of, all the stuff of life: birth, death, love, lust, starvation, humiliation, triumph, victory and defeat. Like our cherished religious mythologies, fairy tales tell us who we are at our very centers and what we might need...or secretly desire. It's only appropriate, then, that fairy tales grow up with us, and make the transition to our adult bedtime stories.
Cleis Press seems to be particularly talented in this field. First Cleis brought us Mitzi Szereto's 'In Sleeping Beauty's Bed,' a fun collection of naughty fairy tales set in a faraway land of a long time ago. 'Fairy Tale Lust' is something different. Yes, some of the tales are set in a faraway land of long, long ago, but there are also contemporary tales so realistically told they might be happening next door, right now.
It's nearly impossible to pick a favorite from among this seductive collection of folkloric fantasies. "How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back" is as beguiling as a siren. "Three Times" is breathtaking. "The Return" is a special kind of verbal enchantment, as is editor Kristina Wright's "In the Dark Woods," a modern-day morality play that plays out on a mattress. Cute comes into this fairy tale collection: see, for example, Jeremy Edwards' twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. More often than not, though, cute is merely an enticing cover for the hidden well of deep, dark human fantasy.
Cleis Press seems to be particularly talented in this field. First Cleis brought us Mitzi Szereto's 'In Sleeping Beauty's Bed,' a fun collection of naughty fairy tales set in a faraway land of a long time ago. 'Fairy Tale Lust' is something different. Yes, some of the tales are set in a faraway land of long, long ago, but there are also contemporary tales so realistically told they might be happening next door, right now.
It's nearly impossible to pick a favorite from among this seductive collection of folkloric fantasies. "How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back" is as beguiling as a siren. "Three Times" is breathtaking. "The Return" is a special kind of verbal enchantment, as is editor Kristina Wright's "In the Dark Woods," a modern-day morality play that plays out on a mattress. Cute comes into this fairy tale collection: see, for example, Jeremy Edwards' twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. More often than not, though, cute is merely an enticing cover for the hidden well of deep, dark human fantasy.
June 5, 2018
Not sure which fairytale this is from but I still liked it
Gildi and the Unwieldy, Ineffectual Committee of Bears by Jeremy Edwards - 1
I did not like this… I don't ever want to read about weeping hole ever again. I mean REALLY?
Three Times by Justine Elyot - 4
It was clear what direction this story was going but in the fairy tale theme it fit
Frosted Glass by Aurelia T. Evans - 4
I may have understood it better if I knew the original story that inspired it
The Stone Room by A.D.R. Forte - 5
Finding what it is we're looking for…
The Hair is a Net, Woven by Shanna Germain - 3
At the end I didn't quite get it
Ellie and the Shoemaker by Louisa Harte - 5
Rally liked this one.
Gingerbread Man by Carol Hassler - 5
tender, sweet, heartbreaking. Very nice read
Ducking by Craig J. Sorensen - 5
Great woman blossoming story.
The Return by Charlotte Stein - 5
Dreading her husband's return, he isn't the same and she likes it
The Pub Owner's Daugher by Alegra Verde - 4
Was ok for a short, erotic fairy tale
Gildi and the Unwieldy, Ineffectual Committee of Bears by Jeremy Edwards - 1
I did not like this… I don't ever want to read about weeping hole ever again. I mean REALLY?
Three Times by Justine Elyot - 4
It was clear what direction this story was going but in the fairy tale theme it fit
Frosted Glass by Aurelia T. Evans - 4
I may have understood it better if I knew the original story that inspired it
The Stone Room by A.D.R. Forte - 5
Finding what it is we're looking for…
The Hair is a Net, Woven by Shanna Germain - 3
At the end I didn't quite get it
Ellie and the Shoemaker by Louisa Harte - 5
Rally liked this one.
Gingerbread Man by Carol Hassler - 5
tender, sweet, heartbreaking. Very nice read
Ducking by Craig J. Sorensen - 5
Great woman blossoming story.
The Return by Charlotte Stein - 5
Dreading her husband's return, he isn't the same and she likes it
The Pub Owner's Daugher by Alegra Verde - 4
Was ok for a short, erotic fairy tale
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March 15, 2015
So far, this is one of the best collections of "Fairy tales for grownups" (particularly women). Some stories really live up to the book's promise of steamy tales; others almost make it--and then, well, have to fake it.
I read a tale or two now and then between the other books I'm reading. I can't say I got all worked up as I would with a full-length novel, but overall, it kept me entertained. And although some made me wonder if this copy would wind up on my swap list, others have enticed me to hand the book over to my partner ;)
I'm definitely going to look up the authors of my favorites to read more!
I read a tale or two now and then between the other books I'm reading. I can't say I got all worked up as I would with a full-length novel, but overall, it kept me entertained. And although some made me wonder if this copy would wind up on my swap list, others have enticed me to hand the book over to my partner ;)
I'm definitely going to look up the authors of my favorites to read more!
May 22, 2011
Some of the stories in this I really enjoyed, however most were ones I didn't. I thought this book was nice to read a short story here and there between books. If you're looking for something that won't take long and you don't want to start something new and just want a quick read then I recommend this for that. You can read a short story and put it down for the next time. However like I said most of the stories I just didn't care for. Some of them I felt like things were missing, like descriptions on things. I love to visualize and felt for some of these stories it was lacking, but that being the said the ones I did enjoy I loved.
December 10, 2012
This is as good as a collection of erotica gets. I loved almost every single story, even the ones that didn't mesh with my personal kinks. Some stories played obviously off well-known fairy tales, while others created their own world in the proper spirit. It's m/f, so people should be aware it's not going to feature other types of relationships -- however, no collection can be all things to all people. Standout stories for me included How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back, Ducking, The Pub Owner's Daughter, and The Return.
September 13, 2010
Wish I could say I liked it a lot. I did like some of the stories but they were overshadowed & forgotten when I got to stories too deviant for me, stories that made me SUPER uncomfortable to read.
I'm am so NOT into BDSM, m/m or f/f in any pairing or combination. Straight-up hetero m/ f ALONE provides all the thrills I'm ever gonna need. I'm not hatin' I just feel so far out of my comfort zone with material like this, I really don't enjoy it!
I'm am so NOT into BDSM, m/m or f/f in any pairing or combination. Straight-up hetero m/ f ALONE provides all the thrills I'm ever gonna need. I'm not hatin' I just feel so far out of my comfort zone with material like this, I really don't enjoy it!
October 23, 2011
It was an erotica anthology. I don't have much to say about it beyond that. As with most anthologies, the quality varied heavily from one story to the next. A lot of the stories were only thinly related to the theme, while some followed it to the detriment of their subject matter. A lot of the sex was hot and well-written, but in the middle of a confusing or too-dark story that turned a titillating subject into a gross one.
June 21, 2013
I have read several of the other books that Kristina Wright has done. So I was interested in reading about the fairy tales. There are a lot of short stories in this book with some very risque scenes. I did not find myself getting fully interested in the book after reading the first few short stories, however I did finish the book. Was actually bored since I have read her other books and they were more interesting. Only can give this 2 stars. The stories are very, very short.
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sexy tales loosely based on fairy tales... like... sleeping beauty being kissed and touched by the handyman that is hired to clear a path to the door of brambles and check on the structural integrity of the house... and when she awakens to the climax he is giving her, her fangs pop out (of course sleeping beauty is a vampire.
sexy tales loosely based on fairy tales... like... sleeping beauty being kissed and touched by the handyman that is hired to clear a path to the door of brambles and check on the structural integrity of the house... and when she awakens to the climax he is giving her, her fangs pop out (of course sleeping beauty is a vampire.
June 19, 2013
A lot of erotica for women tends to be all soft focus feelings and princess saving, but with these authors and this theme I needn't have worried. For me there was not a dud in the bunch, and they covered an amazing bredth of experience, intimacy, and down and dirty kink. The stories are tight, short, and delicious. I am very pleased.
October 5, 2010
Oh yummy...this book was totally titillating reading. I found the reworking of classic fairy tale themes as sexy tales so much fun. Each story was written by a separate author. I especially loved the way that Sleeping Beauty was handled. It combined two of my favorite genres!
August 9, 2014
Great collection of erotic fairy tales. I really enjoyed The Obedient Wife by Delilah Devlin, Sleep Tight by Janine Ashbless, and Gildi and the Unwieldy Ineffectual Committee of Bears by Jeremy Edwards
July 13, 2010
Fairy tales for grown-ups. Erotic stories by some of the best authors, including one of my favorites, Delilah Devlin.
January 10, 2011
Some of these stories are absolutely gorgeous.
August 14, 2011
Some of the stories were "fun" others just left me going "huh?"
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