Romance and erotica authors Lynn Townsend and Elizabeth L. Brooks have joined forces to assemble this collection of "flash-fiction" ultra-short stories generated in response to prompts offered by fans and friends and touching on dozens of aspects of lust, love, and desire.<br><br>The stories in this collection span contemporary, historical, steampunk, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, taking you from a modern living room to the high seas to Victorian London to planets and times at the edge of imagination. Explore relationships all along the romantic and erotic spectrums, including the thrill of a one-night stand, the fierce burn of rivalry, the heady flush of new romance, the intense trust of BDSM, and all the pros and cons of long-term partnerships. Meet characters who defy conventional gender boundaries, including a preoperative transmale, several aliens, and a few characters whose genders are left open to reader interpretation. Sexual orientations on display vary nearly as widely, with groupings that include M/F, M/M, F/F, and F/F/M -- not to mention those aliens!<br><br>With 46 stories to choose from, there's something here for every moment and mood, something to whet any appetite.

Whetting the Appetite

Qi’beth lounged on the divan, looking every bit the goddess that she was. Her first knelt on the floor, a respectful distance away, his eyes only for his Mistress. She didn’t even glance in his direction, looking instead with an intent gaze upon her temple Sister, Iyani. “It’s nothing to fret about, Ni-love. Look, if you want—bring him over here once you’ve got him, and we’ll share. I’ll take the first edge off him and help you relax. You’ll enjoy it, I promise.”


Iyani shook her head, the gold stalwur slowly warming to the heat of her hand. “It will be well, my heart,” she said. “The temple has given me the grace of a first, and to bear a daughter-child if the goddess deems me worthy of it.”


Chapter 61