Alison Tyler

We're all filthy minded, some of us more than we'd like to admit. Given some freedom, our kinks might know no limits. I think that's what drives erotic writers - as in writers of erotica, not writers with erotic appear; although... - as they clack-clack away on their keyboards, bringing our dirty deeds and fornication fantasies to life.

In the past, I came (no pun intended) across Alison Tyler's (Alison's Wonderland, On Finding Jon's Porn) works and became an instant fan - all the while, unwittingly owning a novel she wrote. So when Smart Ass appeared across my Amazon recommendation page, there was little thought when I decided to get myself a little something.

Now I'm a little behind (again, no pun intended) with this. It appears that Smart Ass is part of an annual anal anthology - say that five times fast! - that also includes Bad Ass and Kiss My Ass. It's compiled with the help of fellow writers Kristina Lloyd (Split, Asking For Trouble), Sommer Marsden (Learning to Drown Drunk and Disorderly), Sophia Valenti (Stocking Up: an erotic collection for the fishnet fetishist, Indecent Desires), and Jax Baynard (Torn: Erotica Ripped from the Seams, Eat Me: Succulent Stories of Edible Erotica), with Thomas S. Roche (The Panama Laugh, Like A Wisp of Steam: Steampunk Erotica) stepping in for Smart Ass.

Kristina Lloyd's "My Ass is Your Ass is My Ass" starts the anthology off with its mixture of poetry and porn. It sets the stage - not to mention, the mood - with is raunchy first sentence - "So, there he is with his cock in my ass, and I'm biting the pillow, making all sorts of groans" - to narrator's poetic description of the deed - "On the inside, I'm floating in a space nebula, and star clusters of silver are pulsing bright and dark." How can someone go from describing a pornographic threesome to describing the trio post coital as "Tokyo in the rain at night [...] Tokyo mad flesh?" It's just not something you expect in erotica, especially that dealing with anal sex. Yet, it's there. And it's beautiful and naughty. Sensual and...well, it's just sensual, okay?

In "Tahoe Tease," Thomas S. Roche introduces us to a character dying to get a piece of his girlfriend's ass, which has been promised to him if he can go two months without an orgasm. But she's not going to make it easy for him. And things worth having rarely go without a little bit of sacrifice.

Where as in "Plucked," Alison Tyler changes the tables with the anal play by giving a womanizer a taste of his own medicine.

I think Alison Tyler says it best in the introduction; this anthology is "a type of nontraditional sweet porn that's kinky and filthy and leaves everyone with a smile at the end." Of course, she was talking about her story.… (más)

It's no secret, I love Alison Tyler. She hasn't done anything in her writings to make me think differently. Her latest piece sucked me in immediately. Her main character, Hadley, is someone you can fall in love with no matter your preference in lifestyle (I detest that word, but I'll use it anyway). A former domme gone sub seeks out a new interest while her sub ex-lover still pines after her.

Ms. Tyler's writing reminds me of something Roger Ebert once said about films – "No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough." – because her writing always leaves me wanting more.

Read my love letter review here.… (más)