Dear Bookworms and Short Story Lovers,
I'm about to sink into the blood and guts of selecting the final stories and novel excerpts I want to use for the next Best American Erotica— 2007, that is.
The 2006 edition, as you know, has just come out, but I am busy editing the next.
If there is any author, or any story, that you read in the past year— who you think deserves big kudos and a nice reprint fee— please do send them my way! If there's someone who's inspired you, I'd like to know about them!
The rules are simple:
It has to have been published in the US between Jan 2005 and this March. It can be a short story or an excerpt/scene from a novel. And it has to be erotic, which of course, is entirely subjective. If you're read BAE before, you know that it's literary fiction of all kinds.
Please email your suggestions to me, to susie at susiebright dot com.
In the subject line, write: "BAE Idea."
Include the author, title, and publisher if you have the cite.
Some of the best stories we've published in BAE have been because of personal suggestions, from ordinary readers, about stories that never got a lot of fanfare or press. Also, sometimes a well-known author will include an erotic passage in their latest novel, and yet it is overlooked, or even hidden, by reviewers. It's funny how that works.
Thanks so much for your recommendations... I look forward to your letters!
Best,
Susie
