ELIZABETH CAGE

I have been a published writer for over 30 years, writing erotica since 1999. My stories, poems and articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Scarlet, Desire, Forum, For Women, In the Buff, The Hotspot, and the International Journal of Erotica. My erotic fiction has been published in The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica and regularly appears in the sizzling anthologies by Xcite Books, including Seriously Sexy 3, Ultimate Sins, Five Minute Fantasies Volumes 1 and 3, Sex and Submission, Sex and Seduction, Satisfy Me, Girl Fun 1. To order please click here My interview with Nawashi Murakawa, the renowned Japanese Rope Master can be seen on http://www.nawashimurakawa.com/media.html. Further work can be found on http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2008/12/03/mates/ and http://www.cleansheets.com/fiction/cage_01.28.09.shtml Words and Actions for website Oysters and Chocolate July 09 click here And here Shiny Things, short story for The Erotic Woman website, Mar 09 - click here My essay A Private Education can be viewed on http://www.theeroticwoman.com/?q=node/2512 Kissing Velvet, my hot collection of erotic stories featuring submissive females is published by Chimera.

STOP PRESS: Elizabeth Cage is part of the Canterbury Fringe Festival!  Monday 24 October 2011 at the Ballroom, Orange Street, Canterbury at 8pm Wanton words and burlesque bombshells Tickets £5.  To book call the box office on  01227 787787 or for more information click here.

Erotic pleasure can transform us

According to the publicity material on the back cover, 'Kissing Velvet' is a new collection of 17 stories of ..."sensual and seductive tales celebrating the delights of female submission."

'Kissing Velvet' is, however, far more than this. The stories take place in the real world in which people commute to work, hold down jobs, get depressed, and go out socializing with friends. It is erotic fiction rather than an author's sexual fantasies. Because of this, the stories are arousing even for the reader who is not moved by fantasies of female submission; the stories are adult fiction rather than adolescent fantasy.

Since the stories are fiction rather that fantasy, reading them can change and transform. The stories show us doors which we hadn't realized were there. Shall we open one? The rewards are great: As one of the characters says:

"We all have an alter ego. The watcher is part of me, but he isn't all of me. Erotic pleasure can transform us." The risks of new explorations are also highlighted: There is a darker side to many of the stories, in which the reader is teased with the possibility that the sexual games and challenges will slip over into violence.

Whilst all of the 17 short stories are independent, they complement each other in such a way as to form a coherent whole. Like a laser beam of coherent light, the clarity of the writing illuminates the erotic scenes and leaves us with many memorable images. In brief, these 17 stories are erotic stories for the thinking person; more please!

For more reviews please click here. If you would like to order the books please click on Books. Click on Extracts if you want to taste before you buy.

If you want to contact me email eliza@elizabethcage.com. If you like the photo of me in my favourite green high heels, this was taken by photographer David Batten of Photo Me Gorgeous, 01580 893040 or you can view more of his work at www.photomegorgeous.com.