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Something Just Clicked
Something Just Clicked is the second anthology of Adrian Hunters short stories. This volume includes Hunters first bondage tale published in 1993, The Rubbermaid Chronicles, the amazing adventures of a young girl who becomes intimately acquainted with the myriad definitions of service. It also features edgier works like Knotical, in which an unexpected telegram leads a woman on a dizzying ride from her office through the city to the local marina and far beyond.
Every December, Hunter usually writes a new story to celebrate the Christmas season, and two of the most popular ones, Claustrophobia and Silent Knight, are included in this collection, as well as the Halloween-flavored His Favorite Holiday.
Temporarily, and its sequel, Distemporarily, are among Hunters most enduring creations. Documenting the travails of Samantha, an aspiring executive who is forced to submit to the machinations of her demented assistant Marla, its a rare detour for Hunter into the realm of femdom and nonconsensual proceedings. But few readers can resist the loquacious charms of Trixie, Marlas terror of a niece best described as a cross between Anne Rice and Eloise.
Something Just Clicked also includes The Game, an entertaining alternative to Trivial Pursuit when spending an evening with friends, written by Chelsea Shepard, who has co-authored a full-length novel with Hunter, Once Bitten .
Finally, Something Just Clicked marks the official debut of Odalisque, a novella previously available only to members of Hunters mailing list. Set in Turkey in the late 1800s, its the story of Nairda, the aga of the janissary, who must train a kidnapped American woman to service the sultan. Unfortunately, his elite force decides to stage a coup at the same time, leaving him vulnerable to complications worthy of the gods themselves.
Other Xlibris books by Adrian
Once Bitten (with Chelsea Shepard)
Crash Your Party Dress
For more information and sample stories, please visit
Every December, Hunter usually writes a new story to celebrate the Christmas season, and two of the most popular ones, Claustrophobia and Silent Knight, are included in this collection, as well as the Halloween-flavored His Favorite Holiday.
Temporarily, and its sequel, Distemporarily, are among Hunters most enduring creations. Documenting the travails of Samantha, an aspiring executive who is forced to submit to the machinations of her demented assistant Marla, its a rare detour for Hunter into the realm of femdom and nonconsensual proceedings. But few readers can resist the loquacious charms of Trixie, Marlas terror of a niece best described as a cross between Anne Rice and Eloise.
Something Just Clicked also includes The Game, an entertaining alternative to Trivial Pursuit when spending an evening with friends, written by Chelsea Shepard, who has co-authored a full-length novel with Hunter, Once Bitten .
Finally, Something Just Clicked marks the official debut of Odalisque, a novella previously available only to members of Hunters mailing list. Set in Turkey in the late 1800s, its the story of Nairda, the aga of the janissary, who must train a kidnapped American woman to service the sultan. Unfortunately, his elite force decides to stage a coup at the same time, leaving him vulnerable to complications worthy of the gods themselves.
Other Xlibris books by Adrian
Once Bitten (with Chelsea Shepard)
Crash Your Party Dress
For more information and sample stories, please visit
140 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2001
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September 30, 2019
Frequent readers of my reviews here on Goodreads may well remember how much I enjoyed their novel Once Bitten as well as the first anthology of short stories Crash Your Party Dress. In both cases, while erotic in nature, sex was a secondary theme of the works in question. Both works focused more on a person's desires and how that person related to others. The focus did not cover why the characters had certain desires, but had to do with how they pursued fulfilling desires.
However, this collection, while still erotic and still making sex the secondary theme of the work, is extremely dark in nature and tone. The story Sweet Butterfly from the first anthology only hinted at the possibility of madness, almost every story in this anthology embraced madness in one form or another and celebrates it. While in some cases, the women are in charge of the pleasure and pain, more often they are the victims of some especially cruel treatment at the hands of others. In some cases, it would appear that there is not hope depending on how the reader interprets the work, then in others, such as the novella The Rubbermaid Chronicles it appears that the woman has survived and might be stronger after her ordeals.
A pleasant change of pace and theme in this anthology, is the story submitted by Chelsea Shepard. Titled The Game it tells the tale of a young woman attending rather pleasant evening at a friend's house. But, this is not bridge night at the neighbors. (Or maybe it was, and we just did not know what our parents were doing all those years ago.)
However, this collection, while still erotic and still making sex the secondary theme of the work, is extremely dark in nature and tone. The story Sweet Butterfly from the first anthology only hinted at the possibility of madness, almost every story in this anthology embraced madness in one form or another and celebrates it. While in some cases, the women are in charge of the pleasure and pain, more often they are the victims of some especially cruel treatment at the hands of others. In some cases, it would appear that there is not hope depending on how the reader interprets the work, then in others, such as the novella The Rubbermaid Chronicles it appears that the woman has survived and might be stronger after her ordeals.
A pleasant change of pace and theme in this anthology, is the story submitted by Chelsea Shepard. Titled The Game it tells the tale of a young woman attending rather pleasant evening at a friend's house. But, this is not bridge night at the neighbors. (Or maybe it was, and we just did not know what our parents were doing all those years ago.)
"And the dice roll again. I am thoroughly enjoying the escalating bondage and torment, when the unexpected happens. Bill's pawn stops on 'tease-6' and he gestures for Mary to move forward. As she lowers her head between my quite immobilized legs, and her tiny tongue barely brushes my clitoris, a shockwave ripples through my body, and I panic. This wasn't my fantasy. I have never mentioned being touched by another woman, and certainly not another sub! My heartbeat frantically pounding in my head-the only sound I can hear-I look at my lover with all the anguish I can convey through my eyes. I'm not ready for this. Please, will you stop it? He seems to hesitate for a second, says a few words I don't hear, then walks behind me and. . .places a blindfold over my eyes. Oh, good, like this will help me forget there's a woman licking me!"This was my favorite story on the anthology and was clearly lighter in tone and theme then the others. All to soon, this very enjoyable story is over and it is back to the dark side for the reader. As in their other writings, the action is very graphic and the inner mental workings of each character are fully and completely detailed. Sex is a secondary issue and instead the focus is more on the limits, both physical and mental, of the characters involved. Like the other works, this particular anthology is very well written and intense.
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