Barbara Johnson

Karin Kallmaker

Julia Watts

Therese Szymanski

In this first installment of a planned annual series of New Exploits of... novellas, authors put a new twist on the classic fairy tales Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, and Beauty and the Beast. Fish Out of Water (Kallmaker); Nobody believed the curse that the evil warlock put on Ariel until it came true. On her twenty-first birthday she awoke in a strange bed, next to a mortal woman, in a land that bore no resemblance to her own. She must not speak for a year, no matter the need, or she will never be able to go home again. And home has much to offer: her crown, her magic, and the endless pleasures of the Sidhe Court. The memories of the glorious, wonderfully irresponsible, luxurious days and nights keep her silent... until the love, and lovemaking, of that very mortal woman, leaves her yearning to say just one word: Yes. A Butch in Fairytale Land (Szymanski); Need help? Cody is there. Friends call her misguided. Ex-friends say stalker. Chided on every side for acting before she thinks, Cody is delighted to awaken in a fairy tale world where damsel after damsel not only needs help, but Cody is the only butch around to save the day. Daring deeds and dashing rescues can

New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians

Once Upon a Dyke

Shawn Donnelly can't even go on a little weekend getaway with her old college chums without running into a corpse or two - and don't even ask about her new co-worker who seems to have an entirely unnatural interest in the serial killer recently running rampant in the Detroit metro area, let alone what all can happen when she decides to take up a nice, safe hobby like theatre. What is important is that no matter what Shawn does - from falling in love with a woman who might be a murderer, to breaking into a co-worker's home in search of dead bodies - she does it with her own flair.

It's All Smoke and Mirrors

Something evil is happening at Alma High School, an evil so unthinkable that nothing in Brett Higgins criminal past could ever prepare her for it. When a concerned teacher suspects that a drug ring is operating at her school, Brett Higgins and her lover Allie enroll at Alma High School disguised as a teenaged brother and sister. Against her better judgment, Brett soon finds herself returning the affections of luscious cheerleader, Kathy, while Allie is stuck fighting off the raging hormones of their number one suspect, Kathy's boyfriend, Brian. Then one of their classmates turns up dead, propelling Brett on a nightmarish quest to stop the terror. And putting Allie and Kathy directly into the hands of a relentless predator...

When Evil Changes Face

Between dusk and dark lies another world. Haunted castles and lost ingenues, shadows hungry for life, immortal beings of power claiming their captive souls - everything is possible when the sun goes down."

Stake Through the Heart

New Exploits of Magical Lesbians

Bell, Book and Dyke

Edited by Therese Szymanski, this collection of erotic lesbian stories features tales from some of the best-selling authors in the genre.

(Mostly) True Stories of Women Loving Women

Wild Nights

Lesbian Erotica. A well-told fantasy is often far hotter than anything reality has to offer.

Untrue Stories of Lesbian Passion

Fantasy

When one of Brett Higgins' dancers is found dead, Brett takes it personally and sets out to find the killer. Only it turns out to be a serial killer. Things go from bad to worse when Detective Randi McMartin starts investigating Brett for the killings and Allie goes undercover as a dancer to lure the killer into a trap. But is Allie setting the trap or in it and can Brett and Randi save her this time?

When Good Girls Go Bad

There's nothing more important to Brett Higgins than finding Allie Sullivan, the only woman who ever mattered. Allie's been missing for days, and the police presume she's dead. Nothing is ever about just one thing, and clues begin to overlap, leading in a direction that fills Brett with foreboding.

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