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To mark its fifteenth anniversary, the top-selling erotica series achieves a scorching new climax with a special edition showcasing standout stories from the entire series as well as never before published pieces — plus interviews with the authors and, for the first time, a hot and edgy piece from Susie Bright herself.

In Susie Bright's own contribution, "Story of O Birthday Party," she recounts her lover's elaborately orchestrated birthday gift: a re-creation of Pauline Réage's classic S/M tale with Susie at the center of the action. Joe Maynard enters a love/hate relationship with a two-million-dollar sex toy in "Fleshlight." Greta Christina's "Are We Having Sex Now or What?" asks the provocative question of what defines authentic sexual connection and experience.

Thoroughly electrifying — and thrillingly eclectic — the 2008 edition promises to open new doors with its exhilarating, equal-opportunity approach to erotic writing. Straight or gay, dominant or submissive, romantic or sadistic, Bright's selections run the gamut — and push all the right buttons.

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the top-selling erotica franchise achieves a scorching new climax with a special edition showcasing the standout stories from the entire series — plus interviews with the authors and, for the first time, a hot and edgy piece from Bright herself.

Susie Bright is the editor of The Best American Erotica series and host of the weekly audio show In Bed with Susie Bright on Audible.com. She has been a columnist for Playboy and Salon, and has been profiled in USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. An international lecturer on sexuality and feminism, she won the 2004 Writer of the Year Award at the Erotic Awards in London. Ms. Bright lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Contents

Introduction  Rowan ElizabethHalves  Alicia GiffordSurviving Darwin Eloise ChagrinPlaying Doctor Debra Boxer Innocence in Extremis G. BonhommeThe Program Eric AlbertThe Letters  Haddayr Copley-WoodsThe Desires of Houses  Greg BoydHorny  Jennifer D. Munro Pinkie  Joe Maynard Fleshlight  Greta ChristinaAre We Having Sex Now or What?  Marian PhillipsThree Obscene Telephone Calls  Patrice SuncircleTennessee  Thomas S. RocheUp for a Nickel  Martha GarveyThe Manicure  Susan St. AubinThis Isn't About Love  Steven Saylor writing as Aaron TravisBlue Light  Tsaurah LitzkyEnd-of-the-World Sex  Steve AlmondA Jew Berserk on Christmas Eve  Serena MolochCasting Couch  Nelson GeorgeIt's Never Too Late in New York  Susannah IndigoThe Year of Fucking Badly  Susie BrightStory of O Birthday Party  Top of the 15th: Best American Erotica's Authors, 1993-2008  Readers' Directory: The Most Influential Erotic Editors, Journals, and Web Sites of the Past 15 Years  Contributors  Credits