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Sacred Exchange
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An ENE Review
of the anthology
Sacred Exchange
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| Editors
L. Sarai and S.F. Mayfair have done an outstanding job of gathering in one
volume, twenty-two entirely original, often very beautiful stories that
capture the profundity underlying the dynamics of the D/S lifestyle. |
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anyone interested in going beyond the "trappings" of BDSM; the costumes,
whips, handcuffs and blindfolds, I can highly recommend this thought provoking,
at times disturbing, but ultimately honest collection of modern D/S orientated
erotica. |
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simply, this is, in my experience, a quite unique collection of erotica.
The tales are wide ranging, obviously chosen with precise care by the editors.
They illuminate, they educate, they provoke, and above all, they excite. |
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sex is sacred, perhaps. Yet the nature of a BDSM session is by necessity
highly aware, intense and self-reflexive. It is sex finely tuned; sex as
spiritual practise; sex as life itself- Co-editor Seneca Mayfair writes
in her introduction, and in so doing sets the tone of this anthology. The
stories mirror Seneca Mayfair's assertion; finely tuned, intense, at times
even challenging. |
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good example of this is the opening story, Come For Me, Dark Man by Anne
Tourney. A melodic, folksy tale set close to the railroad tracks. During,
I suspect, the depression years; Grace, one day, hears the stranger's song.
She feels a pull deep in her body, as if the music were being drawn out
of some underwater cave where her desires live. The music has a driving
rhythm that mounts slowly, like the approach of a train-faster, faster,
leading up to the tantalising space of time in which a person could jump
on board if she wanted to, before the train disappears. Fine writing coupled
with powerful imagery of bondage and subjugation. |
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in Hell, by Mel Smith, a writer I hope destined for greatness, writes a
heart rending, Sci-Fi tale had me racing through the pages, and had an impact
like a punch to the solar plexus. It haunted me for days. Similarly, S.F.
Mayfair's White Coyote layers symbolic imagery with lust to produce one
of the most imaginative works I've read in a long time. She sewed her journeys
with Miguel into the quilt. The squares spiralled in patterns around Miguel
and jean, then would dissolve, and then reform again. Jean knew Miguel was
her teacher. He was the story she loved; she was the poem he wrote - S.F.
Mayfair, White Coyote. |
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are some quite well known names here, including Lisabet Sarai, M. Christian,
Portia Da Costa, Tom Piccirilli, and other up and coming writers who no
doubt will make their mark. |
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is Erotica elevated to an art form. It's intelligent erotica, written by
people who are players, who know how to combine the beauty of physical pain
with sensuously rich language. An anthology of BDSM literature that has
managed to eschew the clichˇs that too often plague this fascinating erotic
genre. |
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SACRED
EXCHANGE edited by Lisabet Sarai & S. F. Mayfairis available
for purchase through Amazon.com 
Much has been written about the physical aspects of dominance and
submission, including the use of such paraphernalia as whips and
bonds, but the literature does not fully explain the compelling
attraction many have to S/M experiences. Through stories of ritual,
communion, telepathy, devotion, dreams, commitment, and personal
transformation, Sacred Exchange portrays how the bonds of trust
between dominant and submissive might lead to emotional and spiritual
revelations. This is an exciting collection of fiction that delves
into an often misunderstood realm.
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tycoon, shipping magnate, thaumatologist and disinherited aristocrat,
G. Russell feeds his senses by indulging his passions in frivolous, casual
sexual encounters with anyone. He enjoys his precarious spare time breeding
homunculi, tiny creatures no more than four inches high and wholly subservient
to his will. He also writes late into the night and has been published
everywhere. With the exception of the novel, Mni pot chanting, light opera,
and fado. Well- read, erudite, suave, strikingly handsome, and much sought
after by discerning women with gargantuan sexual appetites. He is availiable
for discrete perversions, but remains happily married.
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