Whetting the Appetite

Foreword When I was approached to write this foreword by the authors, I was awed and humbled. I have come to know these two highly skilled women through a shared publishing house, and a communal sense of humor and appreciation of the random, quirky, and erotically enjoyable aspects of life’s bumpy highway. As a writer of several published M/M and M/F romance novels, I know that my forte is the novel, and not the short story. Writing short stories is not for everyone. Even those who call themselves authors, such as me, realize that those who pen a short are skilled mapmakers. Who else could chart out quick literary journeys of but a few miles while taking us on a trip that is just as fulfilling as a year-long quest? The short story writer is a master of choosing just the right route through a landscape of unneeded words. They know innately which road to show us for the ultimate visual aspect each chosen word will give us. The two women whose works fill these pages are among the elite of the literary cartographers. Their narratives will lead you down erotic roadways that weave through wonderful landscapes ranging from carnivals to cats, dark creatures and darker desires, with an occasional sojourn into the lands of voyeurism, bondage, romantic love, science fiction, and succubae. As you read through each tale that Lynn and Elizabeth have mapped out, you’ll find yourself traveling over pathways both familiar and strange. Each boulevard they have charted is filled with twists, sensuality, and serpentine side roads to both heaven and hell. I am sure you will be drawn off the beaten path by the stories collected here for you. As a fellow author of the passionate and the romantic, I know exactly how thrilling finding those amorous lanes can be. V. L. Locey author of the To Love a Wildcat sports romance series Middlebury Center, PA