The Best American Erotica, Volume 13: The Nasty Kind

By: Kweli Walker, Susie Bright, Steve Almond

Narrated by: Susie Bright, Ian August, Gabra Zackman, Jeff Mayer

Featuring erotic stories by Carol Queen, Stephen Elliott, Sera Gamble, and Rachel Kramer Bussell.

In Best American Erotica, Volume 13, Bright chooses stories that toy with the most sexually charged and fearless writing of the year.

Included in this collection:

• "Coyote Woman Discovers Email" by Gaea Yudron
• "Every Good Boy Deserves Favors" by L. Elise Bland
• "The End" by James Williams
• Excerpt from Brass by Helen Walsh
• "Under the House" by Lynn Freed
• "Heartbeats" by Sidney Durham
• "Drunkie's Surprise" by Kweli Walker
• "Fairgrounds" by Peggy Munson
• "Beatings R Me" by Mr. Sleep
• "Ukiyo" by Donna George Storey
• "Grifter" by Carol Queen
• "Fifteen Minutes" by Gwen Masters
• "The End" by Rachel Kramer Bussel
• "Granny Pearls" by Salome Wilde
• "High Risk" by Bob Vickery
• "Stalin's Mustache" by Will Heinrich
• "Bad Education" by Stephen Elliott
• "The Clay Man" by Sera Gamble
• "The Sound" by Maxine Chernoff
• "Paradise City" by Bianca James
• "The Nasty Kind Always Are" by Steve Almond

Previously published as Best American Erotica 2006.

©2006 Susie Bright (P)2006 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"[Susie Bright is] the avatar of American erotica." (The New York Times)

Better luck next year…

Usually Susie’s taste is supreme, or at least comparable to mine. This selection though seemed to fall below her par. But of course it is only her review of what hit the erotica market it 2006. Maybe we all had a bad year.

One exception in the book is the story "Grifter" by Carol Queen, which is a sweet tale of revenge and just deserts. Alas even this story seems abridged, with missing details and a rushed ending.

Worth a listen

The stories told in this audiobook are different than other erotica I have read or to which I have listened. Not your typical Penthouse letters, which can get repetitive and predictable. While I did not find all of the stories erotic, they did keep my attention because they were well told and different.

hit just the right spot

Not every story was my kind of erotica, but there were many that were amazing and hit just the right spot. I plan to buy more from this series.

Not my thing

I did not enjoy this type of erotica. It was not erotic to me but rather close to being deviant. Be wary.

BAD

words fail me. this book wasn't even mildly entertaining. spend your money elsewere!