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This book contains eighteen stories of male submission including D.L King, Graydancer and Bussel herself. Things start off excellently in Teresa Noelle Roberts’ I Live to Serve. This was my first time reading about anyone wearing a chastity device and I have to say it was surprisingly hot. The two main characters have a really loving D/s relationship and we get to see it played out over a dinner party as the sub serves his lady and her colleagues.
I also loved Sommer Marsden’s Thrift Store Whore for it’s bratty punk feel. After picking out the ugliest dresses she can find, Gia leads Bean back to the dressing room for a little gender play and a lot of XXX action. The fact that everyone knows what’s going on only makes it hotter for them. This story really stood out because it had a different feel that a lot of the others. A lot of male submission pieces tend to feature men who dress in suits and attend power lunches, so it was nice to hear about the kind of guy I would have run around with in my early twenties.
While I’ve only talked about a couple of stories, Please Ma’am is packed full of tales that will have your heart and mind racing. I also suggest imagining the gorgeous leather clad lady from the cover in story after story. Boy would I love to run into her in a dark alley!
Please, Ma’am: Erotic Stories of Male Submission to be published July 2010
December 23, 2009
Please, Ma’am: Erotic Stories of Male Submission, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, will be published by Cleis Press in June 2010.
Introduction will be posted soon. It is available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Table of contents:
Introduction (see below)
I Live to Serve Teresa Noelle Roberts
It’s Not Me It’s You Charlotte Stein
A Charmed Life by Isabelle Gray
A Maze, and Grace Elizabeth Coldwell
Inside the Pride Remittance Girl
Modern Major General Craig J. Sorensen
Mr. February Madeline Elayne
Frozen A.D.R. Forte
Thrift Store Whore Sommer Marsden
Porch Swing Dominic Santi
Paypig Michael Hemmingson
The Crack of the Bat Heidi Champa
Dressing for Dinner Giselle Renarde
Living Rough Ariel Graham
Pick a Color by D.L. King
Houseboy Rachel Kramer Bussel
The Unhappy Table Lee Ash
I’ll Do It. For Her. Graydancer
Please, Ma’am: Erotic Stories of Male Submission is a book that I like to consider a tribute to all the male submissives out there. In my experience, men who crave a powerful woman aren’t rare, but they are often hidden, wearing disguises like business suits and fancy job titles, or looking for all the world like typical macho guys when really they want to be anything but.
And while the men are the storytellers here, it’s true that the women, those cruel, cold, sexy mistresses, often steal the show. In Isabelle Gray’s “A Charmed Life,” Andrew keeps trying to crack the brick wall that is Irina, with no luck, despite his diligent efforts. “‘We both know you’re not going anywhere,’ she said. ‘Let’s not play that game.’” She tells him this after he threatens to leave if she slaps him again. She’s onto him, and they both know it, and that, more than anything, is what keeps them locked in a battle where she is sure to win, and he will smile like the loser he is in their sexy sparring.
Some of the characters here manage to top from below, getting their wives, lovers, and mistresses to give them what they secretly–and not-so-secretly–crave. Watching how they make their kinky dreams come true, seeing how they grapple with their need to relinquish control, is a joy to behold, especially when they are faced with a task that wasn’t in their fantasy. These men say “please” (and “thank you”) in different ways, but at their core, they share a desire to abandon the role of macho man in favor of one where the woman wears the pants–or the latest skirt–and wields the whip, literal or figurative.
In the closing story, “I’ll Do It. For Her.” Graydancer captures the heart of what this anthology is all about, exploring a dance of not only dominance and submission but roles and expectations, in which a man who most see as a “big bad dominant” finds himself with a woman who sees into his masochistic soul:
She loves making me want her to hurt me more.
I crave this pain she gives me, but it’s more than that–I crave the person she becomes. As she lifts on her elbow, over me, her heavy breast pressing against my chest, she lets out the growling laugh I love, and it trails into a satisfied hum as she watches me drink in the pain.
In short, this book, like most all my erotica collections, is about fantasy fulfillment. It’s about knowing what you want and seeking out a kindred soul to make it happen. It’s about giving up one kind of power to gain another. Whether playing servant, student or nude modelæor just being a man who desires the cruel intentions of a powerful woman–these men seek out the scenarios that give them the kind of bliss Graydancer writes about. It’s the transformation, the process of going from before being dominated to after, that shines through in Please, Ma’am. Says Graydancer’s narrator, “Or maybe what I crave is the person I become.” Those people, those submissives who find their fantasy women, even if they look and talk and act differently than they’d imagined, are who you will find in these pages. I hope their bravery, dedication and spirit move you as much as they did me.
Rachel Kramer Bussel
New York City
