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Hot Flash
Alternate cover edition for ASIN B00A97R6I8
Flash fiction is defined as short written pieces. Twenty stories and poems with an erotic bent make up this collection.
The themes of love, lust, adultery, and regret are told in different voices, sometimes with an irreverent sense of humor.
Some pieces will touch you, others will seep into your subconscious. Don't be surprised if you flinch from the heat.
WARNING: Contains two non-erotic entries. Pun intended.
Flash fiction is defined as short written pieces. Twenty stories and poems with an erotic bent make up this collection.
The themes of love, lust, adultery, and regret are told in different voices, sometimes with an irreverent sense of humor.
Some pieces will touch you, others will seep into your subconscious. Don't be surprised if you flinch from the heat.
WARNING: Contains two non-erotic entries. Pun intended.
84 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 17, 2012
About the author
Eden Baylee
19 books229 followersEden Baylee left a twenty-year banking career to write. Incorporating some of her favorite things such as travel, culture, and a deep curiosity for what turns people on, her brand of writing is sensual and literary.
She has written three collections of erotic novellas and flash fiction ~ SPRING INTO SUMMER, FALL INTO WINTER, and HOT FLASH.
On June 30, 2014, she released her first novel--a psychological mystery/thriller set in Jamaica called STRANGER AT SUNSET.
Eden loves hearing from readers, so connect to her via her website at www.edenbayleebooks.com and all her social networks.
She has written three collections of erotic novellas and flash fiction ~ SPRING INTO SUMMER, FALL INTO WINTER, and HOT FLASH.
On June 30, 2014, she released her first novel--a psychological mystery/thriller set in Jamaica called STRANGER AT SUNSET.
Eden loves hearing from readers, so connect to her via her website at www.edenbayleebooks.com and all her social networks.
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December 16, 2012
‘Desire’ is a six-letter word, not a four-letter word.
When deployed as a noun it is a feeling, not an act. Furthermore, desire is multi-faceted; it touches many dimensions of the human experience. And the feeling concerned is not always sexual.
Eden Baylee knows this well. Although in this collection of flash fiction and short poems her writing usually deals with the erotic and occasionally comic aspects of sexuality, there is a feeling of deeper longing that insinuates itself in the words.
As an author of ‘erotic’ writings, Ms Baylee’s work occupies a particular niche in a genre which is not overly-endowed (pardon the pun) with literary aspirations. Her writing is different. It has an elegance and simplicity of expression, and a little of Anaïs Nin’s style about it. If you’re looking for something with anatomical details and sweaty descriptions of making the beast with two backs, you’ve come to the wrong place.
For sure, there is a susurrus of doffed undergarments, noisy climaxes and the odd expletive, but that is not really what these fragments are about. They are about the heartbeat of emotion: some have a pang of loss, some the thrill of the unexpected encounter. But what the pieces all share to a degree is the experience of being a creature whose wits are permanently immersed in a bath of chemical illogicality.
It is impossible to do a specific review of the contents of flash fiction pieces without straying into spoiler territory, so I will here merely record that I most enjoyed ‘Doing it With the King’ and ‘A Second Chance with Death’; and while I found Ms Baylee’s short-line style in her poems gelled exceedingly well with their subject matter, for me the addition of rhyme in ‘Love Bites’ was a stretch too far.
This is the first time I have explored Eden Baylee’s writing, and I look forward to reading her novella-collections ‘Spring into Summer’ and ‘Fall into Winter’. Moreover I will be interested to see how her compact, polished style adapts to the format of the full length novel when her (as-yet-untitled) book hits the shelves in 2013.
When deployed as a noun it is a feeling, not an act. Furthermore, desire is multi-faceted; it touches many dimensions of the human experience. And the feeling concerned is not always sexual.
Eden Baylee knows this well. Although in this collection of flash fiction and short poems her writing usually deals with the erotic and occasionally comic aspects of sexuality, there is a feeling of deeper longing that insinuates itself in the words.
As an author of ‘erotic’ writings, Ms Baylee’s work occupies a particular niche in a genre which is not overly-endowed (pardon the pun) with literary aspirations. Her writing is different. It has an elegance and simplicity of expression, and a little of Anaïs Nin’s style about it. If you’re looking for something with anatomical details and sweaty descriptions of making the beast with two backs, you’ve come to the wrong place.
For sure, there is a susurrus of doffed undergarments, noisy climaxes and the odd expletive, but that is not really what these fragments are about. They are about the heartbeat of emotion: some have a pang of loss, some the thrill of the unexpected encounter. But what the pieces all share to a degree is the experience of being a creature whose wits are permanently immersed in a bath of chemical illogicality.
It is impossible to do a specific review of the contents of flash fiction pieces without straying into spoiler territory, so I will here merely record that I most enjoyed ‘Doing it With the King’ and ‘A Second Chance with Death’; and while I found Ms Baylee’s short-line style in her poems gelled exceedingly well with their subject matter, for me the addition of rhyme in ‘Love Bites’ was a stretch too far.
This is the first time I have explored Eden Baylee’s writing, and I look forward to reading her novella-collections ‘Spring into Summer’ and ‘Fall into Winter’. Moreover I will be interested to see how her compact, polished style adapts to the format of the full length novel when her (as-yet-untitled) book hits the shelves in 2013.
September 13, 2015
Hot Flash, Erotic stories and poems by Eden Baylee is a delightful tease. The author has the talent to get you just enough but leaving you wanting more. Oh, so much more. These shorts are well developed and tantalizing. Takes you places you might not have planned going. But I went willingly, with an open mind and came out with more than I anticipated.
Delightfully entertaining, I ate these stories up in no time. Rushing to find out where we were being escorted to. The destination was well worth the journey.
Quote from The Confession ~
“She always said she loved me more than life, and I’d assumed it was just her poetic way of speaking. But she was never one for drama. She just felt the spectrum of emotions so deeply. When she laughed, her body shook, and when she cried, she broke my heart, and when she felt pain…God, I should have known. How I’ve suffered for my decision to leave her! A part of me wanted to die with her, but I couldn’t. I just couldn’t.”
Delightfully entertaining, I ate these stories up in no time. Rushing to find out where we were being escorted to. The destination was well worth the journey.
Quote from The Confession ~
“She always said she loved me more than life, and I’d assumed it was just her poetic way of speaking. But she was never one for drama. She just felt the spectrum of emotions so deeply. When she laughed, her body shook, and when she cried, she broke my heart, and when she felt pain…God, I should have known. How I’ve suffered for my decision to leave her! A part of me wanted to die with her, but I couldn’t. I just couldn’t.”
February 5, 2013
Hot Flash is a very smart collection of 14 quick reads and 6 poetic pieces, ones you could drink in a gulp but that should be savored like a good glass of red that warms your depths with the promise of a night to remember: A night of fun, sex, & possibilities.
From A Second Chance with Death – La petite mort:
“Death is not cold. He’s hot, very, very hot. I feel his presence in the room as I undress. He lies next to me on the bed, and his heat immediately spreads to my body. I tell him I’m not afraid of him and he scoffs. I touch myself in the way that I know turns him on.”
In, I’m not Mad, I’m Hysterical – A shrink tries to cure a woman’s “hysteria”. Lena visits a doctor enlisted by her husband to cure her urges. (Re the doc)
“This guy is something else, so incredibly innocent that I could bait him with a piece of snot. “First of all, doc, don’t call me by my name. You haven’t earned the right, and you’re not going to endear yourself to me by doing so.””
I want more of Lena – I want to know her – and about her. And I really want her to do bad things to the good doctor.
The lazy reader wants and needs every last lick and thrust described to them in complete detail. Less work that way. No imagining required. Author Eden Baylee isn’t letting us off that easily, and with Hot Flash she has quite simply perfected the art of stop action writing and injected it with just the right amount of erotic suggestion.
From A Second Chance with Death – La petite mort:
“Death is not cold. He’s hot, very, very hot. I feel his presence in the room as I undress. He lies next to me on the bed, and his heat immediately spreads to my body. I tell him I’m not afraid of him and he scoffs. I touch myself in the way that I know turns him on.”
In, I’m not Mad, I’m Hysterical – A shrink tries to cure a woman’s “hysteria”. Lena visits a doctor enlisted by her husband to cure her urges. (Re the doc)
“This guy is something else, so incredibly innocent that I could bait him with a piece of snot. “First of all, doc, don’t call me by my name. You haven’t earned the right, and you’re not going to endear yourself to me by doing so.””
I want more of Lena – I want to know her – and about her. And I really want her to do bad things to the good doctor.
The lazy reader wants and needs every last lick and thrust described to them in complete detail. Less work that way. No imagining required. Author Eden Baylee isn’t letting us off that easily, and with Hot Flash she has quite simply perfected the art of stop action writing and injected it with just the right amount of erotic suggestion.
December 21, 2012
3.5 STARS
Originally posted at DJ's Book Corner
Let me say off the rip, that I LOVE Eden Baylee. I was first introduced to her writing when she submitted her erotica novel, Spring to Summer, to the Masquerade Crew for review. I chose it, and boy, am I ever so glad I did!
Hot Flash didn't give me the same tingling feeling I got as I read her other two novels. It's like this: every time I got sucked into a story, it was over. Though I went into this book knowing that there were twenty stories/poems, I still groaned each time a good one ended and I wanted it to keep going. I mean, I think Eden has such a way of expressing romance, love, and sex, that you just get taken by it, and you can't stop reading. She knows what she's writing and she writes it well. And she is a darling! I totally love her, and I enjoyed this book, even though it didn't speak to me as well as the others did. I would recommend anything Eden writes, but just don't get too attached to any of the stories in Hot Flash, because you'll be mad as a mutha when they end!
Originally posted at DJ's Book Corner
Let me say off the rip, that I LOVE Eden Baylee. I was first introduced to her writing when she submitted her erotica novel, Spring to Summer, to the Masquerade Crew for review. I chose it, and boy, am I ever so glad I did!
Hot Flash didn't give me the same tingling feeling I got as I read her other two novels. It's like this: every time I got sucked into a story, it was over. Though I went into this book knowing that there were twenty stories/poems, I still groaned each time a good one ended and I wanted it to keep going. I mean, I think Eden has such a way of expressing romance, love, and sex, that you just get taken by it, and you can't stop reading. She knows what she's writing and she writes it well. And she is a darling! I totally love her, and I enjoyed this book, even though it didn't speak to me as well as the others did. I would recommend anything Eden writes, but just don't get too attached to any of the stories in Hot Flash, because you'll be mad as a mutha when they end!
June 30, 2013
Fun erotica with unique story ideas and lusty characters.
I'm a guy, and I never read erotica, that's why this is quite the compliment.
The overall writing style is concise. It flows and never gets bogged down with
descriptions and flowery language like most female writing.
On the contrary, it brims with dry humor and tongue-in-cheek ideas.
It does feature a few short poems, but the short stories are really what make this gem shine.
I'm a guy, and I never read erotica, that's why this is quite the compliment.
The overall writing style is concise. It flows and never gets bogged down with
descriptions and flowery language like most female writing.
On the contrary, it brims with dry humor and tongue-in-cheek ideas.
It does feature a few short poems, but the short stories are really what make this gem shine.
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