Lust
for Life
Tales of Sex & Love
coedited by
Claude
Lalumière
& Elise Moser
a trade paperback anthology
of all-new fiction
published by
Véhicule
Press
Lust
for Life @ Véhicule Press
publication date
January 2006
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Lust
for Life is an orgy of all-new sensual fiction
that explores with wit and insight our profound longings for each other.
Heartbreaking romance, raunchy sex, and strange fantasies are all part
of the fun and eclectic mix. Queer, straight, or undefinable ... there's
something here for everyone excited about the lush diversity of human desire.
reviews
"Lust of Life
is a lively collection of erotica for the 21st century. The stories delve
into the extremes of human sexuality to capture the banal, the bizarre
and the surreal ... covers a phenomenally vast spectrum of themes ... a
lascivious collection guaranteed to raise some eyebrows, quicken some heartbeats
and blush a few cheeks ... worth curling with before and after Valentine's
Day." Eileen
Travers, The Montreal Gazette
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"Claude Lalumière
and Elise Moser have put together a wonderfully sundry anthology of twenty-one
erotic short stories with the goal of exploring human yearnings for touch,
sex, and romance longings that tell us we are alive, that we are sexual
and passionate subjects of the world, and that we have every right to be
... A candid mixture of the magical with the real, of the political with
the bizarre, I found Lust for Life to be a pleasure to read ...
The contributors to this anthology successfully emancipate themselves from
the constraints of heteronormativity in order to explore the lengths we
will go to and the measures we will take for human contact: be they of
the tender, amorous, or raunchy sort. Lust for Life is a welcome
addition to the growing medley of Third Wave Feminist books which emphasize
the important role that personal narratives and voice can play in the pursuit
of political change, self empowerment, and community building."
Seven
Oaks
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"The unapologetically
pansexual anthology Lust for Life: Tales of Sex & Love
... has got to be the most ... completely fucking bizarre sexual prose
I have ever come across. And that's saying something ... The whole thing
is pretty frickin' good. The writing is totally solid in every piece, no
exceptions, and the ideas are so freaky and twisted I couldn't help but
continue, tale after tale, to see what the hell oddity was up next ...
If you're looking for some fresh writing and a few surprises, go find it
... Brave and... freaky!"
Sex
Geek
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"Much fun is to be
had in these pages" Hour
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"21 stories that gather
with maturity and imagination around the supremely nebulous and shape-shifting
topic of love." Peddie
School Chronicle
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CONTENTS
Matthew Anderson "Charity in Her
Flesh"
Catherine Lundoff "Emily Says"
Neil Kroetsch "Had a Lover"
Robin Evans "Priorities"
Mark Paterson "The IGA Kissing
Bandit"
Ashok Banker "Serpent's Tale"
Dan Rafter "The Adventures of
Ultima"
Scott D. Pomfret "Sucksluts Anonymous"
*reprinted in Best Gay Erotica
2007 (Cleis Press)
Neil Smith "Extremities"
Tess Fragoulis "Words to Flesh"
Vic Winter "Dressing Up"
Harold Hoefle "Running"
Joel Hynes "Lost Cause"
Nalo Hopkinson "A Raggy Dog,
a Shaggy Dog"
Nairne Holtz "No Parking"
Barry Webster "Jingle Balls"
Ray Vukcevich "Strong Suits"
Holly Phillips "Virgin of the
Sands"
J.R. Carpenter "The Prettiest
Teeth"
Maya Stein "First Time"
Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia
"The Penis of My Beloved"
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