The mammoth book of new gay erotica

by Shaun Levin

The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica

Genres: Historical Fiction, Erotica, Anthologies, Gay, M M Romance, Short Stories, Queer

491 pages, Hardcover

First published May 11, 2007

About the author

Shaun Levin is the author, most recently, of Snapshots of The Boy, an exploration of the unseen stories in photographs. His first book, Seven Sweet Things, published originally in the UK in 2003, has just be re-issued. His other books include A Year of Two Summers and Isaac Rosenberg's Journey to Arras: A Meditation.

He is currently completing the first in a trilogy of fictional biographies based on the lives of the artists Mark Gertler, Isaac Rosenberg, and David Bomberg. An extract from the Mark Gertler novel won the Moment-Karma Fiction Prize in 2006 and can be found on his website, shaunlevin.com.

Shaun has recently written and launched a series of illustrated creative writing maps of inspiration, Writing Maps.

He is also the founding editor of the international queer literary and arts journal, Chroma.

Reviews

[Jay DeMoir · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Unsent” was probably my favorite so far!! 😭🖤 & "Divide & Conquer" was pretty intense, too.

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UPDATE:
Read this for the 2nd time 5 years later and found this to be slightly repetitive and a tad too long for the content.

[Michael Perrucci · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not into these "type" of deep sexual books. I hadn't known really what I was purchasing. How? Idk! I've read some pages and a couple stories that were cute and familiar but I'm glad to have this around because I could end up finding another decent sorry.

[Heriberto Vizcarra · Rating 3 out of 5]

The variety of things people find erotic is astonishing

This book has stories for all tastes; fetishes,, taboos, and some with a true inner search. Some were really not my cup of tea, and some were written with more that the erotic value. There probably two that I would reread.

[Dilo Keith]

"Dear Drew Peters" is one of many excellent pieces in this collection.

[Banana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was very intriguing

[Liam Ostermann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful anthology which I bought and read because of how much I loved the editor's previous 'The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica' (see my review at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...) and once again I report that it is superb but, because I am writing this review five years later, I am only awarding it four stars. I remember the quality stories but not the others so, until I read the anthology again I am restraining myself.

But what a marvellous anthology - do not imagine there is a lack of the erotic, there are plenty of wonderfully sexy stories, they are just not stories of tropes and cliches. You won't find anyone with a 'swimmers build' or 'ten inch cock, flaccid' or having a 'rosebud aperture' - you know what I am talking about - but there stories are wonderfully sexy because they write about real sex and real people. Published nearly twenty years ago younger GR members may not recognise names like:

Paul Russell, Shaun Levin, Michael Lassell, Andy Quan, Tom Mendicino, Trebor Healey, Alexander Chee and Andrew Holleran

But if you don't recognise them then I have provided you with eight authors you need to read but more importantly will enjoy discovering and, of course, there are lots more. In fact I have changed my mind I am awarding five stars and all my shelving positions expressing approval.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think possibly the short story format is not for me as it means I can't get properly into the story before it's finished. I'm a fan of gay erotica despite being a woman (there are a lot of us out there) but felt that this collection lacked something. I wasn't overly sold.

[Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

Arse. Arse? Arse. Arse arse arse arse arse!

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Out of all of them, "Eden" Steven Saylor (writing as Aaron Travis) was the best. The others I read but they were so-so.