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Licked
Sit back and enjoy seven lip-smackingly sensual stories of all kinds of oral pleasure. Stories of nostalgia for the taste of a lover, long distance relationships, and revenge. Stories taking in both the distant future and pleasures in the past. Oracles, ranchers and cafe cooks, all united by their love of using their mouth. And tongue. And fingers, for assistance. Edited by Jillian Boyd (Spy Games - Flappers, Jazz and Valentino) Licked is a tribute to the act of oral sex - to the intimacy, trust and the taste of your lover, the scent, the feelings the act invokes in both the giver and receiver. With stories from the likes of Rob Rosen, Jessica Taylor and Dale Cameron Lowry, Licked is a sizzling fictional exploration of some of the many ways oral sex can inspire so much more than just a hot flash of arousal. Come in. Have a taste."
- GenresShort Stories
98 pages, ebook
Published December 4, 2015
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Rob Rosen
204 books166 followersMulti-award-winning and best-selling author/editor/anthologist Rob Rosen is the author of Sparkle: The Queerest Book You'll Ever Love, Divas Las Vegas, Hot Lava, Southern Fried, Queerwolf, Vamp, Queens of the Apocalypse, Creature Comfort, Fate, Midlife Crisis, Fierce, And God Belched, Mary, Queen of Scotch, Ted of the d'Urbervilles, Sort of Dead, Genie in a Vodka Bottle, Bobby Ray Breaks the Universe, and D.B. and Me. His short stories have appeared in more than 200 anthologies. You can read some of his best ones in Short Spurts, Short Spurts 2, and Short Spurts 3. He is also the editor of Lust in Time: Erotic Romance Through the Ages, Men of the Manor, Best Gay Erotica 2015 and Best Gay Erotica of the Year, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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March 29, 2016
This anthology is devoted to the delights of sexual scent and juices slick, to our impulse to lose ourselves in another, to the luscious lapping of a lover’s cream.
Kinky
Rob Rosen rises to the challenge of defining kink, in ‘Sanitised For Your Pleasure’. His futuristic, dystopian setting lends itself well to contemplation of how sexual ‘norms’ are shaped by cultural trends. In his world, pills are popped to eliminate anything deemed unsavoury, from body odour and body hair, to bad breath and dandruff. Eventually, babies are born without these ‘offensive’ extras. He imagines a society in which the human organism has no scent of its own, and no flavour. In such a setting, to seek out sex with smell and taste becomes a fetish in itself. Finding an arse crack tickled by hair takes the protagonist to heady heights of arousal. This is a clever celebration of the human body, in its all sweaty, hairy glory.
Intense
One of my favourite writers of erotic fiction, Adrea Kore, explores the torture of desire, of compulsion and addiction, in ‘Wet Satin Plaything’. She writes not only to arouse but to challenge us intellectually and emotionally. Her cleverly embroidered story of revenge is haunting, its prose woven with poetic refrain. Each sentence is a perfect melody in itself. Meanwhile, her descriptions of oral sex are unsurpassed. I was left dry-mouthed and anticipatory.
Joyous
In ‘Rip’s Reward’, Marie Piper gave me my first ever reading of ‘Western style erotica’ and I found it utterly charming, as well as more than a little arousing. Marie truly had me rooting for her characters’ happiness.
Intimate
Robin Watergrove’s confiding narrator voice, in ‘Just Thirsty’, bathes us in tender, sensuous prose: 'We’re unmoored; no voices now, too far off shore to make sense of each other’s words. I rock against her body and she pulses back against mine. Swimming in the smell of her, soaked into the sheets.'
Witty
Dale Cameron Lowry’s ‘Sucker for Love’ begins by musing humorously on the attraction of certain flavours of the body, and his childhood introduction to the notion of oral pleasure. Our protagonist’s mother explains that it’s an acquired taste, like beer: ‘Grown-ups like to taste their lovers.’ she says. His childhood-self scoffs: ‘Beer smelled like wee. Genitals made wee. Never mind what anuses did. I didn’t want any of it near my mouth.’ As the tale unfolds, it is tender and romantic, satisfying and whimsical.
Wistful
Suanne Schafer, in ‘Feeding Her’ gives us a poignant story of how illness (and mastectomy) can change our self-image and others’ perception of us. Her tale unfolds with sensitivity and emotional depth.
Mysterious
In ‘Vapour, Venom, Oleander’, Jessica Taylor conjures the world of ancient Greece, as her prophetic Sibyl of Delphi interprets the fumes of the Oracle, advising Romulus on the founding of Rome.
For those wishing to let go their inhibitions and inhabit their senses, these tales of salt-sweet delights are ready to be embraced. In so doing, you may discover oral pleasures anew.
Merged review:
This anthology is devoted to the delights of sexual scent and juices slick, to our impulse to lose ourselves in another, to the luscious lapping of a lover’s cream.
Kinky
Rob Rosen rises to the challenge of defining kink, in ‘Sanitised For Your Pleasure’. His futuristic, dystopian setting lends itself well to contemplation of how sexual ‘norms’ are shaped by cultural trends. In his world, pills are popped to eliminate anything deemed unsavoury, from body odour and body hair, to bad breath and dandruff. Eventually, babies are born without these ‘offensive’ extras. He imagines a society in which the human organism has no scent of its own, and no flavour. In such a setting, to seek out sex with smell and taste becomes a fetish in itself. Finding an arse crack tickled by hair takes the protagonist to heady heights of arousal. A clever celebration of the human body, in its all sweaty, hairy glory.
Intense
One of my favourite writers of erotic fiction, Adrea Kore, explores the torture of desire, of compulsion and addiction, in ‘Wet Satin Plaything’. She writes not only to arouse but to challenge us intellectually and emotionally. Her cleverly embroidered story of revenge is haunting, its prose woven with poetic refrain. Each sentence is a perfect melody in itself. Meanwhile, her descriptions of oral sex are unsurpassed. I was left dry-mouthed and anticipatory.
Joyous
In ‘Rip’s Reward’, Marie Piper gave me my first ever reading of ‘Western style erotica’ and I found it utterly charming, as well as more than a little arousing. Marie truly had me rooting for her characters’ happiness.
Intimate
Robin Watergrove’s confiding narrator voice, in ‘Just Thirsty’, bathes us in tender, sensuous prose: 'We’re unmoored; no voices now, too far off shore to make sense of each other’s words. I rock against her body and she pulses back against mine. Swimming in the smell of her, soaked into the sheets.'
Witty
Dale Cameron Lowry’s ‘Sucker for Love’ begins by musing humorously on the attraction of certain flavours of the body, and his childhood introduction to the notion of oral pleasure. Our protagonist’s mother explains that it’s an acquired taste, like beer: ‘Grown-ups like to taste their lovers.’ she says. His childhood-self scoffs: ‘Beer smelled like wee. Genitals made wee. Never mind what anuses did. I didn’t want any of it near my mouth.’ As the tale unfolds, it is tender and romantic, satisfying and whimsical.
Wistful
Suanne Schafer, in ‘Feeding Her’ gives us a poignant story of how illness (and mastectomy) can change our self-image and others’ perception of us. Her tale unfolds with sensitivity and emotional depth.
Mysterious
In ‘Vapour, Venom, Oleander’, Jessica Taylor conjures the world of ancient Greece, as her prophetic Sibyl of Delphi interprets the fumes of the Oracle, advising Romulus on the founding of Rome.
For those wishing to let go their inhibitions and inhabit their senses, these tales of salt-sweet delights are ready to be embraced. In so doing, you may discover oral pleasures anew.
Kinky
Rob Rosen rises to the challenge of defining kink, in ‘Sanitised For Your Pleasure’. His futuristic, dystopian setting lends itself well to contemplation of how sexual ‘norms’ are shaped by cultural trends. In his world, pills are popped to eliminate anything deemed unsavoury, from body odour and body hair, to bad breath and dandruff. Eventually, babies are born without these ‘offensive’ extras. He imagines a society in which the human organism has no scent of its own, and no flavour. In such a setting, to seek out sex with smell and taste becomes a fetish in itself. Finding an arse crack tickled by hair takes the protagonist to heady heights of arousal. This is a clever celebration of the human body, in its all sweaty, hairy glory.
Intense
One of my favourite writers of erotic fiction, Adrea Kore, explores the torture of desire, of compulsion and addiction, in ‘Wet Satin Plaything’. She writes not only to arouse but to challenge us intellectually and emotionally. Her cleverly embroidered story of revenge is haunting, its prose woven with poetic refrain. Each sentence is a perfect melody in itself. Meanwhile, her descriptions of oral sex are unsurpassed. I was left dry-mouthed and anticipatory.
Joyous
In ‘Rip’s Reward’, Marie Piper gave me my first ever reading of ‘Western style erotica’ and I found it utterly charming, as well as more than a little arousing. Marie truly had me rooting for her characters’ happiness.
Intimate
Robin Watergrove’s confiding narrator voice, in ‘Just Thirsty’, bathes us in tender, sensuous prose: 'We’re unmoored; no voices now, too far off shore to make sense of each other’s words. I rock against her body and she pulses back against mine. Swimming in the smell of her, soaked into the sheets.'
Witty
Dale Cameron Lowry’s ‘Sucker for Love’ begins by musing humorously on the attraction of certain flavours of the body, and his childhood introduction to the notion of oral pleasure. Our protagonist’s mother explains that it’s an acquired taste, like beer: ‘Grown-ups like to taste their lovers.’ she says. His childhood-self scoffs: ‘Beer smelled like wee. Genitals made wee. Never mind what anuses did. I didn’t want any of it near my mouth.’ As the tale unfolds, it is tender and romantic, satisfying and whimsical.
Wistful
Suanne Schafer, in ‘Feeding Her’ gives us a poignant story of how illness (and mastectomy) can change our self-image and others’ perception of us. Her tale unfolds with sensitivity and emotional depth.
Mysterious
In ‘Vapour, Venom, Oleander’, Jessica Taylor conjures the world of ancient Greece, as her prophetic Sibyl of Delphi interprets the fumes of the Oracle, advising Romulus on the founding of Rome.
For those wishing to let go their inhibitions and inhabit their senses, these tales of salt-sweet delights are ready to be embraced. In so doing, you may discover oral pleasures anew.
Merged review:
This anthology is devoted to the delights of sexual scent and juices slick, to our impulse to lose ourselves in another, to the luscious lapping of a lover’s cream.
Kinky
Rob Rosen rises to the challenge of defining kink, in ‘Sanitised For Your Pleasure’. His futuristic, dystopian setting lends itself well to contemplation of how sexual ‘norms’ are shaped by cultural trends. In his world, pills are popped to eliminate anything deemed unsavoury, from body odour and body hair, to bad breath and dandruff. Eventually, babies are born without these ‘offensive’ extras. He imagines a society in which the human organism has no scent of its own, and no flavour. In such a setting, to seek out sex with smell and taste becomes a fetish in itself. Finding an arse crack tickled by hair takes the protagonist to heady heights of arousal. A clever celebration of the human body, in its all sweaty, hairy glory.
Intense
One of my favourite writers of erotic fiction, Adrea Kore, explores the torture of desire, of compulsion and addiction, in ‘Wet Satin Plaything’. She writes not only to arouse but to challenge us intellectually and emotionally. Her cleverly embroidered story of revenge is haunting, its prose woven with poetic refrain. Each sentence is a perfect melody in itself. Meanwhile, her descriptions of oral sex are unsurpassed. I was left dry-mouthed and anticipatory.
Joyous
In ‘Rip’s Reward’, Marie Piper gave me my first ever reading of ‘Western style erotica’ and I found it utterly charming, as well as more than a little arousing. Marie truly had me rooting for her characters’ happiness.
Intimate
Robin Watergrove’s confiding narrator voice, in ‘Just Thirsty’, bathes us in tender, sensuous prose: 'We’re unmoored; no voices now, too far off shore to make sense of each other’s words. I rock against her body and she pulses back against mine. Swimming in the smell of her, soaked into the sheets.'
Witty
Dale Cameron Lowry’s ‘Sucker for Love’ begins by musing humorously on the attraction of certain flavours of the body, and his childhood introduction to the notion of oral pleasure. Our protagonist’s mother explains that it’s an acquired taste, like beer: ‘Grown-ups like to taste their lovers.’ she says. His childhood-self scoffs: ‘Beer smelled like wee. Genitals made wee. Never mind what anuses did. I didn’t want any of it near my mouth.’ As the tale unfolds, it is tender and romantic, satisfying and whimsical.
Wistful
Suanne Schafer, in ‘Feeding Her’ gives us a poignant story of how illness (and mastectomy) can change our self-image and others’ perception of us. Her tale unfolds with sensitivity and emotional depth.
Mysterious
In ‘Vapour, Venom, Oleander’, Jessica Taylor conjures the world of ancient Greece, as her prophetic Sibyl of Delphi interprets the fumes of the Oracle, advising Romulus on the founding of Rome.
For those wishing to let go their inhibitions and inhabit their senses, these tales of salt-sweet delights are ready to be embraced. In so doing, you may discover oral pleasures anew.
February 19, 2016
This book was given to me for review.
Variety! Variety! Variety! It was like having a big Pick ‘n’ Mix sat in front of me filled with all my favourites. Each story and writing style was so different, and as I went on through the anthology it sustained its level of well written naughtiness and sexy fun. From start to finish I loved it! Some stories were emotional and pulled on my heart strings a little, and others were just plain filth that tugged somewhere else.
I don’t want to go into detail about each of the seven stories, but as the description says, you have everything from oracles to ranchers, and long distance relationships to revenge. It certainly delivers what it says on the tin, and so much more. Although the theme of this anthology is oral sex, I found there was plenty of diversity, and no two stories were even remotely similar. Hard to achieve I imagine with a themed anthology, but Licked pulled it off.
Licked is a well put together collection of erotic stories, and I have found myself wanting to read more from particular contributing authors.
I laughed (where appropriate), got hot under the collar, and thoroughly enjoyed each and every story.
The cover is gorgeous. I tend to look at a book if it has a cover that catches my attention, and I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it, most of us do. And this cover certainly caught my eye. It’s sensual, suggestive, and classy, everything an erotic cover should be if you ask me.
I will say however; this anthology is not for the faint of heart, it includes explicit language, f/f, m/m, and elements of BDSM.
I would definitely recommend this anthology to anyone who loves erotica and likes to indulge in very naughty short reads.
Licked, liked, and loved it! (I didn’t actually lick it, but had it been a hardback I was reading I might have).
Variety! Variety! Variety! It was like having a big Pick ‘n’ Mix sat in front of me filled with all my favourites. Each story and writing style was so different, and as I went on through the anthology it sustained its level of well written naughtiness and sexy fun. From start to finish I loved it! Some stories were emotional and pulled on my heart strings a little, and others were just plain filth that tugged somewhere else.
I don’t want to go into detail about each of the seven stories, but as the description says, you have everything from oracles to ranchers, and long distance relationships to revenge. It certainly delivers what it says on the tin, and so much more. Although the theme of this anthology is oral sex, I found there was plenty of diversity, and no two stories were even remotely similar. Hard to achieve I imagine with a themed anthology, but Licked pulled it off.
Licked is a well put together collection of erotic stories, and I have found myself wanting to read more from particular contributing authors.
I laughed (where appropriate), got hot under the collar, and thoroughly enjoyed each and every story.
The cover is gorgeous. I tend to look at a book if it has a cover that catches my attention, and I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it, most of us do. And this cover certainly caught my eye. It’s sensual, suggestive, and classy, everything an erotic cover should be if you ask me.
I will say however; this anthology is not for the faint of heart, it includes explicit language, f/f, m/m, and elements of BDSM.
I would definitely recommend this anthology to anyone who loves erotica and likes to indulge in very naughty short reads.
Licked, liked, and loved it! (I didn’t actually lick it, but had it been a hardback I was reading I might have).
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