Set in Stone: Butch-On-Butch Erotica

by Lesléa Newman, Catherine Lundoff, M. Christian, et al.

A highly original anthology in which 20 erotica writers give us a no-holds-barred trip through a world of butch women who know how to get each others' motors revving. Characters and settings include a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555835805
• ISBN13: 9781555835804
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Alyson Books
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Put away your opinions & expectations and enjoy!

"I'm beyond queer, queerer than queer: an authentic, genuine, pasteurized, homogenized 100% perv." says an unnamed butch, in Leslea Newman's story, "A Stone's Throw" one of 19 stories in Set in Stone, the newest anthology of lesbian erotica from Alyson press. Certainly that's what a lot of folks might think of the theme of this anthology. They would be partly correct. Angela Brown, the editor has pulled together a wonderful spectrum of tough, funny, sexy, beautiful butches as well as observations about butches, stone and otherwise, and their attractions to one another. Join the notorious (and historically real) Anne Bonney and Mary Read on a 17th century pirate ship in "On the Spanish Main." Get caught in the different kind of raid in the restroom at the Under Club in M. Christian's "The Bang Gang." Some of the stories like Newman's and Jennifer M. Collins have butches that are very aware of their added "queerness" and expose very touching encounters of respect, affection, and desire. For you aging punkers, "Tough Broad" will create a fond memory and "The Rock" will have you looking twice at heavy construction front loaders. While other stories like "The Crashing Planes" rather painfully explore the competative nature between some butches, particularly in regards to keeping a femme. The writers are as diverse as their stories and many are well known for their erotica like Newman and Califia.Not all of the butches in these pages are likable; they are, however, memorable, thought provocking, and hot. Regardless of your personal view of the butch/femme dance, you'll find this collection arousing.

Hot, well-written, original erotica

I just HAD to get a copy of this book. The subject matter alone was enough to pique my interest--and, man, was my interest piqued! As an avid erotica reader, I'm often disappointed by stories that are unoriginal and flat, with 2-D characters and lame dialogue. But this book features original, sexy, well-drawn female characters: a female pirate and her cabin boy (who's really a woman), hard-core punk rockers, brawny biker chicks, SF grunge grrls, an arm wrestler, hunky bodyguards, a [frisky] Middle-Eastern princess... And the sex is totally hot and believable.

A Hard Butch Is Good To Find

Hot, sleek and ohhh so dangerous. That's what I think of when I read a book like this. Even though I am one of the contributors, I found my hands shaking as I opened my author's copy. Pat Califia, the grandfather of Butchdom; Lesléa Newman, the undisputed Godmother. Right there is enough to get one's blood throbbing in the ol' temples, et al. Nicole Foster's cocky butch from "Butch Talk" - well let's just say that sly fox and I have crossed paths before and always to the same breathtaking end. I wanted this book to go on and on and on and then I realized...this is why I've had a love affair with the Paper Goddesses since I was knee high to a chair - because they do go on and on - the books, that is. Now I have these luscious butches, as it were, in my back pocket to take with me -- and handle -- as I please, whenever and where ever I please. And that bit o' honey is our gift to you, Dear Reader. May your passions for these seductive rogues ignite and be as deep as they are portable. Who says you can't take it all with you?