Cleis Press imprint: 438 books

Every woman has a girl crush — that physical and emotional fascination with another intriguing, provocative woman who inspires the thought, "What if?" Girl Crush answers that question with an inspiring range of erotic short stories about women acting on their desire and sometimes getting more than...

“My favorite thing when I'm working with clients is when their eyes go wide with the ‘ah-ha' moment that they really can have the sex life of their dreams. It's my hope that with this book, you can as well.”—Stella HarrisSex is still a touchy subject despite recent sex-positive advances. We...

From the sinfully delicious mind of Joanna Angel, founder of adult company BurningAngel and award-winning adult actress and director, comes Night Shift: A Choose-Your-Own Erotic Fantasy! After graduating college, Taryn finds herself lost and uncertain of what to do next. With a self-imposed...

Bedded Bliss: A Guide to a Lifetime of Lust takes a peek behind the closed doors of married and committed couples to find out what makes long-term lust last. Award-winning author and editor Kristina Wright curates a collection of sexy and powerful erotic fiction and memoir from some of the top authors...

In this guide, up-and-coming sex educator and filmmaker Madison Young satisfies the curiosity of any woman who has ever wanted to know the ultimate sex positions for all stages of pregnancy, how to negotiate sexual desires safely during pregnancy, how to embrace your inner pregnant sex goddess, and...

What made Lincoln’s hat stand up? Did Chairman Mao keep a Little Black Book? Lynda Schor’s "Seduction" follows Warren Beatty on his tireless erotic journey, with characters like Joan Collins and Joyce Carol Oates chiming in on his legendary prowess. In "The Ballad of Scott and Zelda,"...

Red Velvet and Absinthe explores love and lust with otherworldly partners who, by their sheer fantastical nature, evoke passion and desire far beyond that which any normal human being can inspire. Although the greats such as Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and Daphne du Maurier are long dead, these...

Where else but Best Lesbian Erotica can you find a femme vigilante, a virgin baby butch, and a snake charmer jostling for your attention? The salacious stories of Best Lesbian Erotica 2006 will draw you in like honeyed voices from an upstairs room. In Peggy Munson’s “Into the Baptismal,” two...

Written to satisfy wanderlust or arouse it, Erotic Travel Tales 2 offers explicit erotic fiction set in evocative locales—from Prague to Bangkok, Hollywood to Tibet, and beyond...

Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mitzi Szereto’s Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray continues where Wilde left off with the Faustian tale of a man of eternal youth and great physical beauty who lives a life of corruption, decadence and hedonism. The story begins in...

Steph Auteri is a sex writer. In her fifteen years as a journalist, she has reviewed sex toys, attended sex parties, researched sexual health, and even participated in “cuddle parties.” There’s only one small problem—a secret she’s been keeping… Her sex drive is in the gutter. A...

From the author of Carrie's Story comes the continuing tale of a young woman’s uncompromising sexual adventure. Carrie leaves Jonathan, the S/M master who initiated her into a life of slave auctions, training regimes, and human “ponies” preening for dressage competitions. Whisked away to Greece...

"Jewish tradition is steeped in physical joy, including sexual pleasure...There's a vast mine of Jewish custom and lore woven into our sexuality that has been waiting for an opportunity to burst forth..." —from the Introduction Includes stories by Erica Jong, Joan Nestle, Carol Queen, Cara Bruce, and many more...plus Israeli personal ads from the Internet!

Set in the fictional Bay City, a thinly disguised San Francisco circa 1960, The Gay Detective is a hardboiled camp novel centering around a baffling blackmail and murder ring. When the latest corpse turns up and police realize they are faced with still another dead end, they contact the Morely Agency, a detective outfit recently bequeathed to the late Mr. Morely's nephew.