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Editors Choice #2: Between the Sheets
2011
"Adam watched her as she stood with her back to him, slender legs apart; her firm buttocks looking like a bisected apple from the tree God had forbidden him to touch. He felt an unfamiliar stirring in his belly and rubbed it briefly, thinking he should have eaten more berries for lunch."
— from Paradise Lost by Julie Davies.
This collection of erotic tales, by sixteen established and new authors, gives a fresh insight into contemporary erotica. Chosen from the entrants in the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards, David Vernon, has selected seventeen entertaining, amusing and arousing tales of passion. Ranging from the Garden of Eden to the sizzling streets of Spain, each story is sure to excite.
Editor: David Vernon
Proof-readers: Meredith Forrester and Kate Copeland
Cover designer: David Vernon
Cover photographer: Martin Brunk
Australian printer: Kainos Print (Canberra/Sydney)
17 published stories. One printed anthology, Between the Sheets and one e-book.
The second publication in the Editors Choice series where some of the best entries from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards are showcased.
edited and selected by David Vernon, e-book and paperback. Paperback 98pp Stringybark Publishing ISBN: 978-1-4659-2532-9
$12.95 includes postage within Australia. Discounts for multiple purchases.
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