Cleis Press

Tristan Taormino can tell you everything you want to know about the world of kink, and more! Operating on the pleasure principle, 50 Shades of Kink is a truly helpful how-to that is the perfect beginner's guide to the realm...

With a practical sex-positive approach to pleasure, Violet Blue leads readers through the maze of toys for adults. She explains the many options now available, how to use lubricant to enhance their experiences, care and cleaning, where to find reputable...

Millions of people got interested in adding the spice of kink into their lives thanks to the tsunami of books including Fifty Shades of Grey and many many more. A great many of these readers live far away from Good...

What do porn stars find erotic? is a question that has baffled the minds of adult film fans for decades. Thanks to adult film star and best-selling author of Insatiable and Dirty Thirty, Asa Akira, we finally get our answereverything!No...

In this collection, erotica editor Rachel Kramer Bussel brings us femme fatales and shy women, women on a mission and women opening up to new worlds of discovery: women who know what they want and are not afraid to beg...

Enter a world of definitive men: strong-bodied, animalistic creatures consumed by immediate desires. Within this collection of the hottest gay erotica of the year, meet commanding Roman legionnaires, dashing Britannic thieves, lithe Egyptian royal guards and ice-impervious Vikings who fight...

In the world of man-on-man erotica, the best just keeps getting better! Best Gay Erotica of the Year, Volume 3, masterfully edited by Rob Rosen, features the absolute hottest M/M stories around. Stories from the likes of Landon Dixon, Richard...

Much like a fine wine the 'Best Gay Erotica' series just keeps getting better with each passing year--and this year's volume is no exception! With M/M erotic stories about dominant men standing tall and powerful over their submissive, to dashing...

The Best Lesbian Erotica series is back and sexier than ever! Helmed by one of the best dual erotica writers and editors in the business, Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 1 collects the very best stories of femme...

The Best Lesbian Erotica of the year, Volume 2 showcases only the most lustful and orgasmic F/F stories. Beautifully edited by sacchi Green, the sizzling ladies, locations, and plots are just as varied as the "buttons' they push: from the...

Reaching far beyond the confines of traditional erotica, prepare to explore the intersections of ace and kink, of pan and submissive, of exquisite torment and explicit consent. In the sixth stunning and representative volume, Sinclair Sexsmith once again offers a dazzling...

A mysterious warrior at the Renaissance Faire. An elder reunited with a lost love.A bottom with chronic pain.A new play party for a long-term couple.A fantasy speed-dating night.A dress-up doll.A femme gangbang.Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 4 has it...

Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 gives us fierce female passion, timeless love, and lustful encounters that are guaranteed to fill readers with utter delight. Edited by the award winning Rachel Kramer Bussel, these sexy stories about women...

Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 delivers the kind of sexy stories you want most: daring, bold, and surprising tales of women who pursue their boundless passions anywhere and everywhere. Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, winner of multiple...

In Best Womens Erotica of the Year, Volume 5, award-winning editor Rachel Kramer Bussel takes readers on an outrageous journey into the world of female fantasy and desire. These sexy stories offer up wild, hot and steamy tales from todays...

Surrender to your fantasies. Every submissive willingly does: bound and helpless, expecting the ecstasy of her master's lash. Never mind the leather-clothed or naked, she is stripped down to only the most basic physical and emotional need, completely exposed. But...

Not every woman likes to submit. An increasing number, in fact, like to be on top. And their partners love it! D.L. King, editor of 2013's award-winning Under Her Thumb, curates a singularly scintillating collection with The Big Book of...

In this collection of 69 short stories, submission takes many forms, from straining in bondage to taking a spanking, being put on display and put through one's paces and beyond. By turns bratty and worshipful, they'll go to great lengths...

Whether readers are simply curious about submission or regularly revel in the delights of BDSM, these sixty-nine erotic short stories about submissives will turn readers on! From participating in a musical recital that takes a very kinky turn to making a grocery run while using sex...