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The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica 13
The 13th collection of the year's best short, erotic fiction from the world's leading writers of erotica, here are 45 stories of sexual encounters from every corner of the world.
- GenresErotica
608 pages, Paperback
First published November 20, 2014
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About the author
Maxim Jakubowski
279 books161 followersMaxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
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September 1, 2016
Where to begin, when an anthology offers a bumper 40+ stories. Maxim Jakubowski has done a great job in collating authors not only diverse in style, but unafraid of presenting us with the unexpected.
The most 'disturbing' of the tales is Anna Lidia Vega Serova's refreshingly original 'Cancer'. It takes the reader to a far darker place than most tales dare. Its strength lies in its honesty, being unafraid to explore the compulsion of a fetish, however repugnant. It is, quite simply, a masterpiece (translated by Lawrence Schimel).
There is poetry, raw and vital, in Remittance Girl's 'Atrocity Ballet'.
And there is exquisite mastery of words in Adrea Kore's 'Peek Hour', where our protagonist is a 'connoisseur of cock' within the cocoon of public transport. What delight there is in discovering an author whose style is so very much her own. Ms. Kore writes with fluid, theatrical confidence. The anthology is worth its purchase price for her story alone.
Another of the anthology's triumphs is Kristina Lloyd's 'Bondage Pig': an unusual antique exerts an unexplained power over the occupants of the household. Well-crafted and building tension artfully, the tale had me in genuine anticipation of where it was leading (and left me far from disappointed).
Raziel Moore's 'Invisible Lines' is another highlight in the collection. Multi-layered, it inspires contemplation of the scars integral to our flesh: the lines that mark us, and how those wounds may be opened or closed by those whose paths cross our own.
Lucy Debussy's 'Marylou' and Rachel Kramer Bussel's 'Subbing' are unashamed fantasies, of letting the heat rise as we embrace desire.
Meanwhile, Kay Jaybee's whimsical chronicle of lust is told from the point of view of a discarded mattress.
Here is something for every taste: domination, submission, encounters with strangers, voyeurism and exhibitionism. Not every tale will accord with your own personal rhythm - but more than a handful of these melodies is sure to resonate.
Let the words find your bones.
The most 'disturbing' of the tales is Anna Lidia Vega Serova's refreshingly original 'Cancer'. It takes the reader to a far darker place than most tales dare. Its strength lies in its honesty, being unafraid to explore the compulsion of a fetish, however repugnant. It is, quite simply, a masterpiece (translated by Lawrence Schimel).
There is poetry, raw and vital, in Remittance Girl's 'Atrocity Ballet'.
And there is exquisite mastery of words in Adrea Kore's 'Peek Hour', where our protagonist is a 'connoisseur of cock' within the cocoon of public transport. What delight there is in discovering an author whose style is so very much her own. Ms. Kore writes with fluid, theatrical confidence. The anthology is worth its purchase price for her story alone.
Another of the anthology's triumphs is Kristina Lloyd's 'Bondage Pig': an unusual antique exerts an unexplained power over the occupants of the household. Well-crafted and building tension artfully, the tale had me in genuine anticipation of where it was leading (and left me far from disappointed).
Raziel Moore's 'Invisible Lines' is another highlight in the collection. Multi-layered, it inspires contemplation of the scars integral to our flesh: the lines that mark us, and how those wounds may be opened or closed by those whose paths cross our own.
Lucy Debussy's 'Marylou' and Rachel Kramer Bussel's 'Subbing' are unashamed fantasies, of letting the heat rise as we embrace desire.
Meanwhile, Kay Jaybee's whimsical chronicle of lust is told from the point of view of a discarded mattress.
Here is something for every taste: domination, submission, encounters with strangers, voyeurism and exhibitionism. Not every tale will accord with your own personal rhythm - but more than a handful of these melodies is sure to resonate.
Let the words find your bones.
February 20, 2015
Very, very, very bad.
May 11, 2019
The collection contains my story The Too Beautiful Boy. A huge thank you to Maxim for including me along with so many other writers
December 31, 2015
I feel partially traumatised.
August 17, 2016
Short stories written for adults in the mood... one or two of them I skipped. not to my taste, but most were quite approachable and interesting... good editors make wonders...
February 6, 2020
A few good stories but most of the time I didn’t think they were that good and on a few occasions i went “WHAT!?”
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