The ever-wonderful editor Alison Tyler called me a “clever author” in her e-mail to let me know my story “The Heist” will appear in her anthology Frenzy (formerly titled Flash Fucking), from Cleis Press this autumn.

“The Heist” is a personal favorite of mine so I’m especially chuffed. It was inspired in part by Kate Bush and the lyric “With a kiss/I’d pass the key/And feel your tongue/Teasing and receiving.”

I was delighted to arrive home from the trip and find comp copies of Rubber Sex, containing my story “Bathing Beauty,” in my pile of mail.You know, it’s funny how easy it is to forget what I’ve written. I kicked back and read a couple of the stories, then flipped to mine. I remembered the basics (heck, part of the inspiration was a Penthouse Variations letter I read in the 1980s that somehow stuck with me), but I was surprised at what a sweet story it is. Pretty damn romantic—which most of my stories are, actually.

Another funny note: My mother actually did own the bathing cap described in the story. I had a different reaction to it, though…especially when I was once forced to wear the hideous thing!

Anyway, the anthology was edited by the cupcake-cute Rachel Kramer Bussel and I’m in fine company, as there are stories by Teresa, Shanna Germain, and Alison Tyler, among many others. Rachel has set up a blog for the anthology as well—if you’re interested, check it out!

Sale! Just got confirmation that my story “Tigress” will appear in The Mammoth Book of the Kama Sutra, edited by the inestimable Maxim Jakubowski. It’ll be out in September!

This one was a strangely fun story to write. Authors had to pick a position from the Kama Sutra and write a sexy “origin story” that explained why the position came to be known by that name.

From the book’s description, it sounds like the volume is going to be utterly gorgeous!

Haunted Hearts and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories is now available to order at amazon and will be released on May 15! This one contains “Some Old Lover’s Ghost,” a story I just had a blast writing. (Plus it’s so nice to be listing some new spec fic sales and releases along with all the erotica and romance, if only for variety!)

I’m delighted to report that my story “If the Shoe Fits” will appear in the DAW anthology The Trouble With Heroes, edited by the incredible Denise Little. I wrote the story at an anthology workshop in Oregon that she co-ran with Dean Wesley Smith (with able assistance from Kristine Kathryn Rusch).