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Triad
Welcome to a MENAGErie of sex in this steamy offering from the authors at eXcessica! The characters in these stories have all learned their kindergarten lessons-they share very well with others! From two men sharing her, to two women sharing him, and even all three men sharing each other, there's a plethora of sex in this hot anthology with a dozen stories to make your flesh-sandwich dreams come true! Stories included by: Elliott Mabeuse, Emma Hillman, Giselle Renarde, Jack Osprey, Saskia Walker, Bekki Lynn, Selena Kitt, Darcy Sweet, Will Belegon, Dakota Trace, J.M. Snyder and Willson Rowe.
280 pages, Paperback
First published May 3, 2010
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Selena Kitt
415 books2,631 followersSelena Kitt is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and award-winning author of erotic and romance fiction. She is one of the highest selling erotic writers in the business with over two million books sold!
Her writing embodies everything from the spicy to the scandalous, but watch out-this kitty also has sharp claws and her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.
When she’s not pawing away at her keyboard, Selena runs an innovative publishing company (www.excessica.com) and bookstore (www.excitica.com), as well as two erotica and erotic romance promotion companies (www.excitesteam.com and www.excitespice.com) and is now head of the Erotica Readers and Writers Association (www.erotica-readers.com).
Her books EcoErotica (2009), The Real Mother Goose (2010) and Heidi and the Kaiser (2011) were all Epic Award Finalists. Her only gay male romance, Second Chance, won the Epic Award in Erotica in 2011. Her story, Connections, was one of the runners-up for the 2006 Rauxa Prize, given annually to an erotic short story of “exceptional literary quality.”
She can be reached on her website at www.selenakitt.com
Her writing embodies everything from the spicy to the scandalous, but watch out-this kitty also has sharp claws and her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.
When she’s not pawing away at her keyboard, Selena runs an innovative publishing company (www.excessica.com) and bookstore (www.excitica.com), as well as two erotica and erotic romance promotion companies (www.excitesteam.com and www.excitespice.com) and is now head of the Erotica Readers and Writers Association (www.erotica-readers.com).
Her books EcoErotica (2009), The Real Mother Goose (2010) and Heidi and the Kaiser (2011) were all Epic Award Finalists. Her only gay male romance, Second Chance, won the Epic Award in Erotica in 2011. Her story, Connections, was one of the runners-up for the 2006 Rauxa Prize, given annually to an erotic short story of “exceptional literary quality.”
She can be reached on her website at www.selenakitt.com
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March 11, 2011
It has been said that a three-legged stool and a three-person relationship are both unstable—likely to rock, shift and change position. And a relationship of two men and a woman or two women and a man is hard to classify as heterosexual, gay, lesbian or kinky, since it can be all of the above. At best, a threesome or ménage involves three distinct one-to-one relationships. At worst, the three come to realize that a former couple has been divided for no good reason. Or an interloper, like a robber bridegroom, has seduced a formerly-faithful spouse, leaving her/his mate outraged or heartbroken. Whether threesomes result in bliss or heartache, they are fascinating to read about. You never know where everyone will be when the mattress cools.
Threesomes are the theme of this anthology, edited by Selena Kitt and published by her company, eXcessica. However, there is nothing self-indulgent about these stories. All of them pay equal attention to each major character, and all the stories work on some level. Some have the complexity of real life, and some are classic sex fantasies.
My favorite in the bunch is “Crossroads” by Elliott Mabeuse, about extramarital temptation as a spiritual trap. The narrator is a collector of rare old blues records, and the story title refers to the legend that bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil for musical talent at a crossroads before being killed by a jealous husband in the 1930s. The current-day narrator, James, can’t resist Ellen, co-owner of an antique store who shares his love of vintage blues, although her husband is an acquisitive and possessive type. The haunted atmosphere of the antique shop is almost tangible.
Several of these stories are about hauntings or reincarnation: past desire that is strong enough to draw lovers together over and over. “Break Neck Hill” by Jack Osprey is set on an isolated stretch of icy road in New England, where an attractive woman real estate agent is stranded in her car at night until she is both menaced and rescued by a pair of bikers who offer to keep her company. The suspense never ends until the reader discovers that the three have a very old, unbreakable bond.
“Dream Lovers” by Dakota Trace is an erotic romance about time-travel on native land in Ontario. A pair of sisters, Orenda the seer and Onatah the healer, see their village burned to the ground by the English in 1816, but they are both destined to reappear in 2010. A pair of male cousins, Ragtow and Jack, are Onatah’s lovers, and they must mate with her in the twenty-first century to save their people in some undefined way. The connection of the three-way consummation with the resurrection of the Iroquois Confederacy is not clear enough to satisfy a fan of historical fantasy, but the sexual-initiation scenes are well-paced and hypnotically described.
Several of these stories cover more familiar fantasy ground. In “Wife Sandwich” by Giselle Renard, a high school girl has an affair with an older, married man, and serves as the catalyst that enables his busy-executive wife to relax and learn to enjoy sex. Presumably, the reunited couple won’t need the younger girl after they have left the girl’s house together, arm in arm.
Another story about the healing power of a threesome is Ì`ll Be Your Superman` by the editor, Selena Kitt. Like D.H. Lawrence`s 1928 erotic novel Lady Chatterley`s Lover, this story is about a disabled man and his able-bodied wife, and her need for more robust sex than he can give her. Unlike Lawrence`s novel of adultery, however, Kitt`s story is about three loving, generous people who find a way to satisfy each other. The references to the late Christopher Reeves, the real-life Hollywood star who played the role of Superman before becoming disabled, make this story especially poignant.
In “Jackie’s Boys” by Bekki Lynn, a married woman enjoys her husband and his twin brother—who was her boyfriend first. The lack of jealousy in this story seems almost miraculous to me, but it is a woman’s fantasy about earthy, domestic life in the country, featuring all the male attention a woman could want.
`He Started It!` by Willsin Rowe is a messier story about a family ménage. In this one, Nicole is a 36-year-old divorcee who is visited by her ex-husband`s nephew and his friend who is still grieving for his late mother. The volatility of the feelings of two young men, one of whom has a crush on the other, and a mature woman who has been sex-starved for years, is convincingly shown. Somehow it all works in the present, but there is no guarantee that peace will prevail.
The musical theme that begins with `Crossroads` continues in Ì Am Nobody`s` by Emma Hillman, a wry and droll tale of the emotionally confusing role of the girlfriend of a musician who seems to dump her onto his male bandmate because he wants to be rid of her. She bounces from one rocker to the other until everyone`s real motivations come out.
In À Beautiful Friendship` by Will Belegon, a young man in a band is awed and somewhat intimidated by both his kick-ass girlfriend (a martial-arts instructor) and his òlder woman` crush, his former supervisor who is a young widow with a child. The sexual attraction between both strong women seems almost inevitable once the narrator discovers it. Best of all, both of them want to share the stud-muffin between them.
Body-art is featured in `The Chocolatier` by Saskia Walker and `Painted into a Corner` by Darcy Sweet, two stories in which a woman is coaxed out of her clothes to be literally turned into a work of art for the delight of the artist and a witness.
`Threesome` by J.M. Snyder is about a male hustler who lures a gay-male couple into an encounter in the men`s room of a bar. In the hands of some writers, this tale could have reeked of booze, piss, sweat, jism, grit and the soullessness of an anonymous pickup, but in Snyder`s hands it turns out to be almost sweet. The scene is exciting for everyone involved; the two lovers become more intimate, and the hustler does a brisk business.
The theme of this collection allows for a variety of flavours, activities and outcomes. `Menage` seems likely to be popular for a long time to come.
Threesomes are the theme of this anthology, edited by Selena Kitt and published by her company, eXcessica. However, there is nothing self-indulgent about these stories. All of them pay equal attention to each major character, and all the stories work on some level. Some have the complexity of real life, and some are classic sex fantasies.
My favorite in the bunch is “Crossroads” by Elliott Mabeuse, about extramarital temptation as a spiritual trap. The narrator is a collector of rare old blues records, and the story title refers to the legend that bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil for musical talent at a crossroads before being killed by a jealous husband in the 1930s. The current-day narrator, James, can’t resist Ellen, co-owner of an antique store who shares his love of vintage blues, although her husband is an acquisitive and possessive type. The haunted atmosphere of the antique shop is almost tangible.
Several of these stories are about hauntings or reincarnation: past desire that is strong enough to draw lovers together over and over. “Break Neck Hill” by Jack Osprey is set on an isolated stretch of icy road in New England, where an attractive woman real estate agent is stranded in her car at night until she is both menaced and rescued by a pair of bikers who offer to keep her company. The suspense never ends until the reader discovers that the three have a very old, unbreakable bond.
“Dream Lovers” by Dakota Trace is an erotic romance about time-travel on native land in Ontario. A pair of sisters, Orenda the seer and Onatah the healer, see their village burned to the ground by the English in 1816, but they are both destined to reappear in 2010. A pair of male cousins, Ragtow and Jack, are Onatah’s lovers, and they must mate with her in the twenty-first century to save their people in some undefined way. The connection of the three-way consummation with the resurrection of the Iroquois Confederacy is not clear enough to satisfy a fan of historical fantasy, but the sexual-initiation scenes are well-paced and hypnotically described.
Several of these stories cover more familiar fantasy ground. In “Wife Sandwich” by Giselle Renard, a high school girl has an affair with an older, married man, and serves as the catalyst that enables his busy-executive wife to relax and learn to enjoy sex. Presumably, the reunited couple won’t need the younger girl after they have left the girl’s house together, arm in arm.
Another story about the healing power of a threesome is Ì`ll Be Your Superman` by the editor, Selena Kitt. Like D.H. Lawrence`s 1928 erotic novel Lady Chatterley`s Lover, this story is about a disabled man and his able-bodied wife, and her need for more robust sex than he can give her. Unlike Lawrence`s novel of adultery, however, Kitt`s story is about three loving, generous people who find a way to satisfy each other. The references to the late Christopher Reeves, the real-life Hollywood star who played the role of Superman before becoming disabled, make this story especially poignant.
In “Jackie’s Boys” by Bekki Lynn, a married woman enjoys her husband and his twin brother—who was her boyfriend first. The lack of jealousy in this story seems almost miraculous to me, but it is a woman’s fantasy about earthy, domestic life in the country, featuring all the male attention a woman could want.
`He Started It!` by Willsin Rowe is a messier story about a family ménage. In this one, Nicole is a 36-year-old divorcee who is visited by her ex-husband`s nephew and his friend who is still grieving for his late mother. The volatility of the feelings of two young men, one of whom has a crush on the other, and a mature woman who has been sex-starved for years, is convincingly shown. Somehow it all works in the present, but there is no guarantee that peace will prevail.
The musical theme that begins with `Crossroads` continues in Ì Am Nobody`s` by Emma Hillman, a wry and droll tale of the emotionally confusing role of the girlfriend of a musician who seems to dump her onto his male bandmate because he wants to be rid of her. She bounces from one rocker to the other until everyone`s real motivations come out.
In À Beautiful Friendship` by Will Belegon, a young man in a band is awed and somewhat intimidated by both his kick-ass girlfriend (a martial-arts instructor) and his òlder woman` crush, his former supervisor who is a young widow with a child. The sexual attraction between both strong women seems almost inevitable once the narrator discovers it. Best of all, both of them want to share the stud-muffin between them.
Body-art is featured in `The Chocolatier` by Saskia Walker and `Painted into a Corner` by Darcy Sweet, two stories in which a woman is coaxed out of her clothes to be literally turned into a work of art for the delight of the artist and a witness.
`Threesome` by J.M. Snyder is about a male hustler who lures a gay-male couple into an encounter in the men`s room of a bar. In the hands of some writers, this tale could have reeked of booze, piss, sweat, jism, grit and the soullessness of an anonymous pickup, but in Snyder`s hands it turns out to be almost sweet. The scene is exciting for everyone involved; the two lovers become more intimate, and the hustler does a brisk business.
The theme of this collection allows for a variety of flavours, activities and outcomes. `Menage` seems likely to be popular for a long time to come.
August 9, 2010
Desmond’s Review
Leave it to Selena Kitt to put together an anthology of juicy short stories, all with a threesome theme. She has gathered an even dozen, all by different authors, including one by her into a fascinating series of tales where every combination of threesome sex, between men and women, is deliciously woven into a feast of story telling.
Some tales have humor, some pathos and some strike to the heart, such as I’ll Be Your Superman by Ms. Kitt. Not to take anything away from the other eleven stories, but hers was the one which resonated the most with me.
All of these stories are worth reading; there is not a dud in the collection. As a PDF file, the twelve stories equal 347 pages, a nice sized tome for many hours of reading. One nice element of anthologies, they are perfect for picking up and putting down the book, between titles.
While some of the stories may have some disturbing elements, none were so severe as to dissuade this reader from enjoying the competent writing and story telling. At the end of each title, Ms. Kitt has included a short bio of each author, which, if you’re as inclined as I am, will use to seek additional material by your favorites.
Desmond’s quote: “It’s easy to like this anthology, as each story is well written and delivers its denouement competently. This is a perfect book to pick up when you have a short time to read, but want to feast on a complete tale. The characters are well realized, the story telling admirable and Ms. Kitt’s stewardship in bringing Triad to life, as skillful as always.”
4 Tea Cups!
Leave it to Selena Kitt to put together an anthology of juicy short stories, all with a threesome theme. She has gathered an even dozen, all by different authors, including one by her into a fascinating series of tales where every combination of threesome sex, between men and women, is deliciously woven into a feast of story telling.
Some tales have humor, some pathos and some strike to the heart, such as I’ll Be Your Superman by Ms. Kitt. Not to take anything away from the other eleven stories, but hers was the one which resonated the most with me.
All of these stories are worth reading; there is not a dud in the collection. As a PDF file, the twelve stories equal 347 pages, a nice sized tome for many hours of reading. One nice element of anthologies, they are perfect for picking up and putting down the book, between titles.
While some of the stories may have some disturbing elements, none were so severe as to dissuade this reader from enjoying the competent writing and story telling. At the end of each title, Ms. Kitt has included a short bio of each author, which, if you’re as inclined as I am, will use to seek additional material by your favorites.
Desmond’s quote: “It’s easy to like this anthology, as each story is well written and delivers its denouement competently. This is a perfect book to pick up when you have a short time to read, but want to feast on a complete tale. The characters are well realized, the story telling admirable and Ms. Kitt’s stewardship in bringing Triad to life, as skillful as always.”
4 Tea Cups!
September 23, 2012
Dear editor of snoozeville, where art thou ? In the Indian triangle story, the hero's Pajackok aka Jack & his couzin's (sandwich tagalong partner) allegedly named Ragtow, but sometimes he's referred to as Rowtag on the same page. The interchangeable names made my eyebrow twitch in confusion. This anthology was so dry & un-erotic, even Selena Kitt's story (horny hubby in wheelchair wants to watch wife & his BFF screw each otha's brains out) seemed watered down. Altho' there were plenty of dong nectars squirted into lubed up receptacles, all the quickies were epic duds.
Not familiar w/ the authors, w/ the exception of Saskia Walker (used to write for Black Lace,IIRC) & SK. I got what I paid for, which was nuffink.
Not familiar w/ the authors, w/ the exception of Saskia Walker (used to write for Black Lace,IIRC) & SK. I got what I paid for, which was nuffink.
March 4, 2015
Anthologies can be one of those purchases that can turn out to be a real gamble if you are not careful. While one might be a winner, the next...well you get the idea! Fortunately, I picked this one up because it was edited by one of my favorite authors, Selena Kitt, which means I was sort of stacking the deck on this buy as she has yet to steer me wrong. The appeal of anthologies is that the stories are usually short, concise and to the point and there is typically a chance of finding one or two really great stories written by authors you have never heard of, or at least have never read. Because of the assorted nature of the selections in most anthologies, it is a rare occasion where I can say I ended liking most of the stories in the book. Here to my surprise, I had the even rarer occasion of liking them all!
While the very name Triad makes pretty clear the nature of this work centers on stories involving threesomes, it does not alight to the fact that not every story in the collection is a run-of-the-mill boy meets girl, hooks up with another girl kinda typical pick straight from the pages of a dirty magazine. For the most part each story had its own little twist and I was delighted more than once to be hit with a plot twist I did not see coming! Some stories were cute. Some were steamy. And some were a walk on the dark side. What none of them were was unoriginal!
While I indicated previously that I like each of the stories in this collection, my 2 stand-out favorites were: The Chocolatier by Saskia Walker about a girl searching for a birthday gift for her girlfriend that arranges a play date with the eye-candy owner of a chocolate shop, and Painted Into A Corner by Darcy Sweet, which entails a woman that must pay up and get painted by an artist after losing a sure-thing bet and discovers that the painting in questions features her as the canvas! Both wonderful, well-written and highly erotic stories well worth the cost of the book alone!
While the very name Triad makes pretty clear the nature of this work centers on stories involving threesomes, it does not alight to the fact that not every story in the collection is a run-of-the-mill boy meets girl, hooks up with another girl kinda typical pick straight from the pages of a dirty magazine. For the most part each story had its own little twist and I was delighted more than once to be hit with a plot twist I did not see coming! Some stories were cute. Some were steamy. And some were a walk on the dark side. What none of them were was unoriginal!
While I indicated previously that I like each of the stories in this collection, my 2 stand-out favorites were: The Chocolatier by Saskia Walker about a girl searching for a birthday gift for her girlfriend that arranges a play date with the eye-candy owner of a chocolate shop, and Painted Into A Corner by Darcy Sweet, which entails a woman that must pay up and get painted by an artist after losing a sure-thing bet and discovers that the painting in questions features her as the canvas! Both wonderful, well-written and highly erotic stories well worth the cost of the book alone!
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