reviews_and_ramblings | Event: Circlet group reading at Readercon

Date: Saturday, July 16
Time: 8pm
Place: New Hampshire room, Readercon, Burlington, MA

Don’t miss the most sizzling hour at Readercon! (The speculative fiction convention this weekend in Burlington, MA!) Circlet Press will host a reading of erotic science fiction and fantasy at Readercon, Saturday evening, 8pm, in the New Hampshire room. Steampunk mad science! Fast food werewolves! Gay swashbucklers! Seductive fairies! And much more! Among those reading will be Vinnie Tesla, Cecilia Tan, Frances Selkirk, Renata Piper, Connie Wilkins, and Andrea Howe! Each will present the audience with a scintillating selection. Also, there will be door prizes. Win free books (yes, the printed kind), or ebooks!

The Prince's Boy: Volume One by Cecilia Tan
Publisher: Circlet Press, Inc. (April 11, 2011)
Amazon Kindle: The Prince's Boy: Volume One

In a fantasy world where male/male lust fuels Night Magic, Prince Kenet lives a sheltered life. Isolated from the war that threatens the kingdom, he and his whipping boy Jorin are of age, but still sneak forbidden pleasures in their bed at night. When a dark mage tries to bespell Kenet into sexual submission, the prince and his boy are thrust into the world of intrigue, sex, and war.

Volume One of The Prince's Boy collects chapters 1 through 56 of this wildly popular gay erotic web serial by Cecilia Tan. Begun on July 29, 2009, chapters were posted weekly, following the adventures of Prince Kenet and his whipping boy, Jorin. Drawing on complex themes of dominance and submission, the need for secrecy in a world where homosexuality is not accepted, and the intertwining of sex with magic, Tan weaves a complex, sex-filled adventure that is part "Three Musketeers" and part "Claiming of Sleeping Beauty."

Cecilia Tan is “simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature,” according to Susie Bright. She is the author of many novels and short stories, editor of dozens of erotic short story anthologies, and the founder of Circlet Press. She was inducted into the Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame for GLBT writers in 2010. Her previous books include Black Feathers, White Flames, Edge Plays, The Siren and the Sword, The Velderet, The Hot Streak, and others.

Women on the Edge of Space edited by Danielle Bodnar
Publisher: Circlet Press, Inc. (April 12, 2011)
Amazon Kindle: Women on the Edge of Space

In these four stories, women explore the uncharted trails of human desire as they rocket through space and transcend time and place. They inspire fear and hope in the face of danger and uncertainty, and the thrills of satiating a hunger for intimacy in a strange new world. Women on the Edge of Space features stories by Elizabeth Black, Shanna Germain, Kaysee Renee Robichaud, and Laurel Waterford.

Space is a place that is full of mystery. Traveling through outer space is a journey unlike any other, letting go of the usual sense of place and time and opening up to new possibilities. Just as one may never find the edge of the universe, one can never truly know why she falls in love with certain people; she can only embrace her feelings, or deny them. To map out the course of a human’s sexuality, as making a complete chart of the universe, is futile, for like space, the capacity for love and desire is infinite.

Space is also a place of escape, where one can let go of all her earthly worries and inhibitions and just drift away, allowing the forces of a more mysterious nature overcome. The space opera combines the improbability of science fiction and the impossibility of fantasy, and when the erotic is added to the mix, our desires can find a place even within the farthest reaches of nothingness. Outside of the earthly limitations of prejudice and discrimination, women can claim space for their own, living how they want and loving whomever they choose, exploring their sexuality in ways they never thought possible.