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Take my very
good friend Kilt Kilpatrick, the author of the new Ravenous Romance anthology
UNDER THE KILT. Kilt is a literary chameleon who has written first time gay
male erotica, naughty romps of a college co-ed, touching lesbian love stories,
and even the occasional straight coupling (or tripling...). And though I have
it on good authority that Kilt is a straight male, he certainly has been
mistaken for some other sex and /or sexual orientation by readers who’ve
assumed that only a gay man, a lesbian, a naughty co-ed, etc., could have
written the story in question.
If that weren't enough tomfoolery
already, when he’s not gender-bending, he’s genre-bending. I don’t normally
look for spicy erotica in my historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy,
steampunk or horror stories, but damn if Kilt isn't part alchemist and somehow
manages to blend the most unlikely ingredients into wickedly delish literary
cocktails. Come see what I mean:
A few of the twelve stories in
UNDER THE KILT are perfectly contemporary; albeit very hot - but they’re
arranged alongside other sneakier stories that seem buttoned down, ordinary and
respectable until they quickly slant into the paranormal like a werewolf at
that time of the month. Then there are lush historical tales with settings so
richly detailed they’re like stepping into another world. And you’ll also wander through stories set
in the strange and scary surreal estate of fantasy, science fiction and horror
(Yes, horror - who knew?) The Tiger's Tale is a historical fantasy
set in the British Raj, featuring romance, intrigue, danger, tigers and gods in
Victorian India.
A feisty Berkeley grad student says
Later Days, Saints when two Mormon missionaries come knocking on her door
with surprising results. Next is
Handsome and Grateful, a fractured fairytale take on the classic Brothers
Grimm story of Hansel and Gretel, complete with a celebrity narrator, a
slightly more mature Hansel and Gretel, a wicked witch, and a heroic woodsman –
or are they? When the zombie apocalypse hits in Last Times at Ridgemont
High, is it a nightmare come to life or a surprisingly sexy dream come
true for our high school hero? Maybe a little of both...
What, two zombie stories in an erotica collection? A Zombacalypse horror
story is an odd place to have a tender romance, but Kilt’s readers have
especially liked the touching, haunting Love Bites: A Survival Guide. A
Seattle fireman thinks he may be the last man on Earth after zombies overrun
the world – until a mysterious woman appears. But is she real, or just his
imagination, or something even worse? Don’t let the title of
Humahumanukunukuapua’a scare you. It’s actually a charming story of a
mainland girl in Hawaii having to cope with her increasingly powerful girlcrush
on her best friend.
For the m/m fans, there are three
more treats: Reach Out and Touch Someone is the "lost
chapter" of Kilt’s debut novel, The
Manny Diaries; in fact it’s the original opening to the book, but it was so
hot the publishers decided to make it a stand-alone story. That Afternoon reads like a stand-alone story of a young man’s first time with another man,
but it’s actually an excerpt from TMD, as
is the sweet and spicy Christmas story Santa Claus is Coming.
Three truly fantastical stories
round out the collection, including two never before published: Mutated States
Of America is a post-apocalyptic romance-adventure set in a bizarre, savage
but strangely beautiful near-future earth changed almost beyond recognition.
Lady Cassiopeia’s Amaranthine Palace; or, the Aerial Xanadu is a quirky,
baroque little Steampunk tale with a twist, a high-tech Tolkienesque fantasy
set in the wild, wild, west of a techno-magical America that never was. Last is
a novella, The Blue Morpheus Inn, a magical collaboration between
Kilt and another popular Ravenous Romance author, the fabulous Inara Lavey (the
bold, brilliant, wicked woman who rocks his world on a regular basis). Three
college students heading home for the holidays are forced to spend the night at
a mysterious motel where dreams come true, like it or not...
Though set in different times and
places, and even different worlds, with varying degrees of fun and seriousness,
these dozen Kilty pleasures all share the spicy romance elements that Ravenous
readers have come to love. Some are wicked, some are sweet, some feature M/F
action, some M/M, some F/F, or varying combinations of hot ménages; something
for everyone, really. But make no mistake - these stories aren’t for everybody. Just you.
And btw, true confessions time... As you may have guessed by
now, I’m not just an acquaintance who
sure knows an awful lot about his very good friend’s anthology: I am Kilt
Kilpatrick... and I truly hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed writing
them for you!
Kilt
Kilpatrick is the pen name of an Irish author sometimes called "the Ferris
Bueller of San Francisco." When he's not writing sexy stories for Ravenous
he is a nonfiction writer, public speaker, Bay Area event organizer, and
somewhat oxymoronically, a biblical historian and atheist activist.
He is linguistically promiscuous; he is conversant in Irish Gaelic and bits and pieces of about two dozen other languages, including Welsh, Breton, Hungarian, Japanese, Arabic, American Sign Language, Cherokee, Klingon and Elvish. He loves reading, movies, dancing, sex, and has been a saber fencer for over 25 years.
He lives in San Francisco with his steady girlfriend and # 1 fencing partner Inara Lavey; who is also a Ravenous Romance writer. And yes, he does wear kilts. If you know anybody like that, it's probably him.
Titles by this author: The Manny Diaries, Bedknobs & Beanstalks: Anthology of Gay Erotic Fairy Tales (Contributor), Hungry for Your Love (Contributor), I Kissed a Girl: A Virgin Lesbian Anthology (Contributor), I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus (Contributer), Threesomes: An Erotic Anthology (Contributor)
He is linguistically promiscuous; he is conversant in Irish Gaelic and bits and pieces of about two dozen other languages, including Welsh, Breton, Hungarian, Japanese, Arabic, American Sign Language, Cherokee, Klingon and Elvish. He loves reading, movies, dancing, sex, and has been a saber fencer for over 25 years.
He lives in San Francisco with his steady girlfriend and # 1 fencing partner Inara Lavey; who is also a Ravenous Romance writer. And yes, he does wear kilts. If you know anybody like that, it's probably him.
Titles by this author: The Manny Diaries, Bedknobs & Beanstalks: Anthology of Gay Erotic Fairy Tales (Contributor), Hungry for Your Love (Contributor), I Kissed a Girl: A Virgin Lesbian Anthology (Contributor), I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus (Contributer), Threesomes: An Erotic Anthology (Contributor)
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