Skulls & Crossbones

Skulls & Crossbones is available in print and as an e-book from Mindancer Press/Bedazzled Ink.

Raise the sails! Adjust the thrusters! Prepare to embark on courageous adventures on water, land, and sky. From Viking battles of revenge and high sea betrayal, to modern-day piracy and space banditry, these twenty tales conjure up our inner pirate. Join the crews of women pirates who triumph in victory, face the gallows, and become unlikely heroes–women who follow the code of the Skull & Crossbones.

“Ladgarda” by Christine Rains – “The Gallows” by Jove Belle – “Valkyry” by Rakelle Valencia – “Lost Treasure” by R. G. Emanuelle – “The Hangman’s Dance” by Jane Fletcher – “The Furies” by Rajan Khanna – “Devil’s Bargain” by Andi Marquette – “Fifty Octaves Deep” by Alice Godwin – “HMS Nefarious,” by Rod Santos – “Pirate Wannabe” by Aubrie Dionne – “Road Pirate Wanted” by Victoria Oldham – “The Brahmapur Buccaneer” by Matthew Fryer – “The Kindness of Strangers” Vicki Stevenson – “Resolution 1838” by David Brookes – “The After” by Carrie Vaccaro Nelkin – “Captain, Hook, and Mr. Shrike” by Cat Conley – “A Perfect Life” by Elaine Burnes – “Stardance” by Trace Miller – “The Passenger” by Megan Magill – “Pipettes for the Pirate” by Holly Ellingwood

Readings in Lesbian & Bisexual Women’s Fiction

A huge thanks to Lara Zielinsky for having Andi Marquette and me on her Blog Talk show. It was really fun talking with her, and we hopefully shed some light on our process for Skulls & Crossbones and interested a few more people in it. If you missed the show, you can listen in at your leisure. Hope you enjoy it. Here are the links. Let me know what you think!

Direct link for listening:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lara-zielinsky/2010/03/13/andi-marquette

Direct link for download:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lara-zielinsky/2010/03/13/andi-marquette.mp3

Women and Words

Check out Andi’s blog over at Women and Words. She and I got on the phone and had a conversation about the process for Skulls, and you can read about it there.

Pirate Candle!

And visit Wick’d Reads to get a glimpse of the special custom-made Skulls & Crossbones candle from candle artist JFay. The signature scent for this candle is Walk the Plank, a heady, sexy blend of sandlewood, cedar, cloves, and cinnamon. Yarrr, indeed!

Best Lesbian Erotica 2010

Available from Cleis Press

Sexy, surprising and unforgettably erotic fiction.

For more than a decade, the Best Lesbian Erotica series has published the highest quality, most intelligent and provocative erotica of each year. New series editor Kathleen Warnock now takes her turn tending this “strong, fertile garden of delights.”

Best Lesbian Erotica 2010 travels around the world of lesbian sex with deliriously explicit stories that push desire to new heights. In Sophia Valenti’s “Sweet Tooth,” a deliciously dominant femme serves up far more than cupcakes at her bakery. Stella Sandberg recounts the reckless lust of two butch bikers in a Spanish churchyard in “Girona, 1960.” Natt Nightly’s “Ridden” seduces with the hot power play between a photographer and muse. Selected and introduced by the world’s hottest lesbian band, BETTY, Best Lesbian Erotica 2010 offers a collection of arousing and sensually lyrical fiction.

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Women In Uniform

Available from Regal Crest

Cops, medics, soldiers, chefs, forest rangers…let’s face it…who doesn’t appreciate women in uniforms? Whether it’s a nurse in Vietnam, a lesbian about to deploy to Iraq, a horny football player, a cop who likes bondage, a medic who needs pampering, or a security guard who finds out she’s not past her shelf date, these stories of erotica and romance will rev you up, touch your heart, and make you feel. You’ll be delighted by great stories from some of today’s top writers: Catherine Lundoff, J.M. Redmann, Lee Lynch, AnaIza Otis, Lori L. Lake, Chris Paynter, Sammo, M.J. Williamz, Ms. M, Diane S. Bauden, Karen D. Badger, V.W. Massie, Victoria Oldham, Bliss, R.G. Emanuelle, Andi Marquette, Jessie Chandler, Pat Cronin, and Lee Coats.

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Lesbian Lust: Erotic Stories

Available from Cleis Press

Edited by Sacchi Green Every Lesbian’s Erotic Fantasies

Lust: It’s the engine that drives us wild on the way to getting us off, and lesbian lust is the heart, soul and red-hot core of this anthology. — Sacchi Green, from the Introduction

For readers who crave stories of uninhibited, unrepentant sex between women, Lesbian Lust delivers. No fantasy is left unfulfilled: butches prowl the night, baby dykes learn important life lessons, femmes bring each other to the brink. In “The Office Grind” by R.G. Emanuelle, a stressed-out businesswoman loses herself and her heart in the startling green eyes of a sleek butch in a bar. C.B. Potts’s “The Angel Connection” takes age and power differentials and turns them upside down in an all-girl repair shop. Compiled by Lambda Literary Award-winning editor Sacchi Green, the relentless, raw stories of Lesbian Lust are the ultimate in eroticism.

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Read These Lips: 4Play

Now available online FREE. Read it online or download the PDF HERE.

In 4Play, once again Read These Lips presents stories and poetry to whet your appetite and feed your mind. The brilliant Janis Spehr shares a glimpse of rural Australia life you hadn’t expected. Feast on the charismatic poetry of Natasha Carthew, the bittersweet denial in Joan Annsfire’s ‘trip’, and the soulful passion from Robinet Christian. Amy McDonald pens a spicy other-worldly tale that could happen. See the world unfolding through young eyes in stories by R.G. Emanuelle and J.E. Knowles. Read on to Jessica Mason McFadden’s take on loving a woman and partake of a breakfast chat with a twist from Rachel Green, before ending on a lover’s serenade by Tamara Klinger.

This collection is brought to you through the generosity of our featured writers and the creative team at www.readtheselips.com. 4Play is for fun, for life, and for you.