Cleis Press: 438 books

Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 is about the trembling pleasure of anticipation as much as the moment when sex actually happens. Curated by Lammy nominee, Kathleen Warnock, Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 is as diverse as it is delectable- unlikely pairings appear as do sizzling hot one-time encounters and well-developed...

There are the fabled urban myths of lesbians who fill up a U-Haul on the second date and lead sweetly romantic lives of cocoa and comfy slippers. Safe and sound. A lot of cozy and not much crazy. These are NOT those stories- these are wild women with dirty minds, untamed tongues, and even the occasional...

Girl Fever is short fiction at its best from rising erotica star Sacchi Green, whose Lesbian Cowboys took the top award at the 2009 Lambda Awards. This big book of lesbian quickies satisfies on every level with stories from top-notch contributors that evoke the heat, the urgency and the "gotta...

Picking up where Gotta Have It left off, Can't Get Enough captures the passion and intensity of quickies and nooners: those delicious times when the urge to merge takes over. Veteran erotica author and first-time editor Tenille Brown has collected stories for Can’t Get Enough that highlight the...

In rural Italy, a priest keeps a dark secret beneath his chapel — a prisoner. Only the elder holy man knows who this prisoner is and even the priest does not know how long he has been there — hundreds of years, perhaps, or even longer. His fear is that anyone in his parish would ever come in contact...

Bisexual women have attained a powerful sexual mythos, but as Cara Bruce writes in her introduction, it's as “a staple of everyone else’s porn and erotica” In this short story collection, however, bi women reveal themselves—and their steamy sex lives—as they really are. From the first entrancing...

The Victorians wrote some of the best and most enduring erotica. For such a tightly-laced age, people spent a lot of time thinking about things carnal. Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, et al enthralled us with their visions of new possibilities. The rich and slightly...

Presenting the year's steamiest, most provocative gay sex writing…The best-selling gay erotica series in America! "A must read." —In Touch "Full of surprises." —Bay Area Reporter "Consistently outstanding." —Lambda Book Report "An eclectic, provocative selection of stories." —Publishers Weekly

In this unique guide for couples, Alison Tyler presents each chapter by sharing her own personal sexual experience along with a short erotic story that will not only instruct readers in the hows and whys, but help them visualize what they can do to invigorate their sex lives and Never Have The Same...

Lovingly handpicked by Violet Blue, these stories are erotic gems, polished to perfection by an expert in erotica. The Best of Women's Erotica 2 is wildly sexy, super smart, and, highly readable. What makes an erotic story "best?" It has that something extra, and a good plot and characters...

The fiercest, freshest lesbian erotica of the year curated by the legendary Laura Antoniou, million-selling author of The Marteketplace series. These stories will make you want to call your girl in the middle of the afternoon and tell her things that make her squirm. Images of girlsex will take over your brain. Read these stories and you'll be compelled by sheer erotic need.

Monogamy does NOT have to equal monotony and eroticist author Alison Tyler has made it her life's mission to make sure it never is with Never Say Never! Half of a very happily married duo, Tyler's advice is that couples can build a trust level that makes experimentation truly possible and posits that...

The stories in this reissued version of Cara Bruce’s popular anthology explore the irresistible lure of the sexual fetish, from leather and lingerie to shoes and shaving accessories. Nearly two dozen of today’s top erotica authors feature characters getting in and out of corsets and girdles, cross-dressing,...

Mark Pritchard is known for his intelligent, complex, and uncompromisingly graphic explorations of sexual taboos—from incest and drugs to S/M and sex among youth. Too Beautiful, Pritchard's first collection, quickly became a cult favorite when it was first published, praised by erotica greats like Patrick Califia. This expanded edition includes three new stories.