For readers who crave stories of uninhibited, unrepentant sex between women, Lesbian Lust
delivers.
For the queer, the bi or the just plan curious, a new anthology of
lesbian stories edited by Sacchi Green is something to get excited
about. 'Lesbian Lust' does not disappoint.
Sommer Marsden opens the antho with a bang. This is a talented,
self-assured writer who gets under the skin of her characters and in
doing so gets under the reader's, as well.'The Girl with the Bettie Page
Bangs' is elegant and upbeat and the sex scenes sizzle.
Fisting makes its first appearance on page 11, courtesy of Catherine
Lundoff. If you like it rough and sacrilegious her Reunion at St.
Mary's will light you up like a Christmas tree.
God also merits a mention in the next tale, 'A Midwinter Night's
Dream' but takes a powder pretty quick. 'The Office Grind' is another story that many can
relate to, as a business meeting is organized to cheer the protagonist,
Nina, right up.
The stories in this anthology are all different but almost all of
them are deftly done, written by writers with a sure knowledge of their
craft.
Teresa Noelle Roberts' story, 'Not Afraid to Get Her Hands Dirty',
injects some levity into the story of a woman, injured and on pain
medication, falling dozily for her male room mate's latest squeeze, '. .
. a hot, dressed-to-impress temptress femme with a screwdriver: be
still my beating clit.' The second half of that sentence, 'be still my
beating clit' could be taken as a summary of this anthology's theme.
'Never Too Old' is a fine story about long term partners, together
thirty years, in which the purchase of sex toys is the major part of the
story, while the use of them gets a short, intense page and a half of
torrid description.
'Lost and Found' proves you don't have to be a femme in a designer
dress to catch the eye of a hottie. The main character's luggage is lost
en route to Hawaii, so when she's turned on she finds herself,
'...soaking right down to my dollar store panties.'
'The Angel Connection' by C.B. Potts is one of my favourites in the
antho. In this light-hearted story, Potts makes the even the most
mundane objects, like the contents of a garage, brightly sexy. 'Air
hoses were coiled in tight serpentine loops against the wall, rubbery
reptilian red ringed round with caution yellow.'
Cheyenne Blue's entry, 'A Story About Sarah' has the deft, light,
clear touch of a seasoned writer.
From the perfect harmony of Blue's story to 'The Weekend', a
touching story of a couple that's come undone and is making a last
attempt to connect, the anthology does a fine job of covering many of
the scenarios of Sapphic love and lust, which are, ultimately, the
scenarios of love and lust.
'Love and Devotion' gives us a taste of Lesbian sex, southern style,
between a young woman and a much older, married lady.
Sacchi Green finishes the collection off with her dark, moving short
story, 'Danger', in which the main character is swept up in the historic
raid on a Greenwich Village bath house, Stonewall, on the night that
'The queers were fighting back!' She was a nurse in Viet Nam and in the
aftermath of the riot, she plays medic to victims of the melee, cheers
on the gays and indulges in some seriously hot sex in the alleyway with a
girl in braids. That night they end up together, both vets of Nam, one a
medic and the other an ambulance driver. But in the turbulence of the
times there's no room for long term love, only a stubborn lust
connection that might just manage to survive until the world makes room
for lovers of every persuasion.
The anthology touches on how women who love women feel in a plethora
of real life situations and, if that isn't enough, also offers up
enough pure fantasy and romantic HEA (Happy Ever After) or HFN (Happy
For Now) to soothe the heart of the romantic of, yes, every persuasion.
There's a whole lot of love and sex and lust and fantasy packed into
this 202 page anthology. Do yourself a big favour and grab a copy of
'Lesbian Lust' for those long, cold winter nights that are right around
the corner.
Paperback 244 Pages
Cleis Press