Title - Alison's Wonderland
Author - Alison Tyler (Editor)
Summary -
Alison's Wonderland is a collection of short story erotica, using established fairy tale characters in a modern twist. In these pages you will find a red-haired girl with a broken down car on her way to grandmother's house; Snow-white entertaining her seven roommates; Cinderella after the ball and the three Billy goats gruff and a rather reserved Mrs. Troll. These and many more re-imaginings of classic tales.
Review -
It's difficult to know just where to begin with this collection of erotica. Some of the tales borrow heavily from their counterparts while others only name the characters to resemble the fairy tales. What they all share is a clever inventiveness and creativity to which each tale is told.
Granted, taken out of the context of the short story, some of the premises would seem to be ludicrous, they are so well told in this collection that you would believe a young woman would fantasize of being spanked by the massive fishtail of a mermaid. Belle travels to meet the Beast, herself a bought sex slave; but who will end up dominating who? Beauty or the Beast?
In the hands of these authors, each story comes tantalizingly alive. And isn't that the greatest problem with collections? That after a few, they all blend into the same story. Here the variety is what is so well maintained.
A very good read.
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