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Set in stone
butch on butch erotica
298 pages
A high-octane, unapologetic celebration of butch-on-butch desire that revs the engine and doesn't let up.
What it feels like
Reading this anthology feels like stepping into a dimly lit, pulsing queer bar where the air is thick with electricity and unspoken challenges. It is a brisk, high-heat collection that doesn't just explore butch-on-butch desire—it revels in it. The mood shifts from gritty and rough-edged to surprisingly tender, guided by a chorus of unapologetic voices that understand the unique friction of masculine-of-center women colliding. The prose across the stories is visceral and direct, prioritizing sensory details and raw emotional honesty over flowery metaphors. It is a thrilling, bumpy ride designed for readers who crave steamy, boundary-pushing queer erotica that centers the specific, intoxicating dynamic of butch women finding, fighting, and loving each other.
- Mood
- steamy
- charged
- gritty
- intimate
- electric
- Tone
- wry
- unapologetic
- bold
- playful
- sexy
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- butch-on-butch desire · queer masculinity · raw intimacy · subverting gender roles · sexual exploration
- The writing
- Direct, visceral, and uninhibited, varying by author but united by a sharp, sensory focus on physical and emotional heat.
- The arc
- A thrilling, varied journey through intense desire and friction, culminating in unapologetic queer joy and satisfaction.
- Who it's for
- Readers seeking unapologetic, high-heat queer erotica that specifically centers masculine-of-center lesbian desire.
Content notes
- explicit sexual content
- BDSM elements
- power dynamics
- strong language
About the book
In this brilliantly original anthology, 20 of the most celebrated erotica writers of recent years take us on a bumpy, naughty, no-holds-barred trip with the most elusive of lesbian creatures: butch women who know how to get one another's motors revving. A wry and sexy anthology that drives hard and fast but guarantees a thrilling ride.
Contributors include Pat Califia, M. Christian, Lisa E. Davis, Amie M. Evans, Nicole Foster, Catherine Lundoff, Lesléa Newman, Thomas Roche, Anne Seale, and JenLynn Sweet.
Angela Brown is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, and cartoonist, whose interest in butch women was sparked early on by her marathon viewing of the Aussie television show Prisoner: Cell Block H as well as Pam Grier's numerous women-in-chains flicks.
Description from Open Library.
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