Music Mondays: "I Can't Quit You Baby" by Otis Rush

"Well, I can't quit you, baby, but I've got to put you down for awhile." -- Otis Rush

I've got that one lover who got away, the one I tried it with too many times, the one I used to do anything to get alone with. This is the person I knew better than to see again, but whose calls still made my heart pound.

When I used to leave, and when we used to say it was over, for a long time I think neither of us believed that it was true. I remember driving away once and "I Can't Quit You Baby" by Otis Rush came on. It was exactly what I felt. I couldn't go through it anymore with this lover right then, but I knew I'd be back.

Ever since then, this song has symbolized that special erotic insanity that comes over people sometimes, when we act out of passion without any sense of the consequences.

There's another version of the song that I like better than the one I linked, but I have it on some mysterious mix tape and can't figure out where it's from. The old blues versions are far superior to the Led Zeppelin version, I have to say. The Led Zeppelin version feels flat and passionless to me when I listen to it after Otis Rush.

As a side note, in the video I linked, look at how entirely white the audience is--it's crazy.

Begging

My story, "Begging," went up last night on Every Night Erotica:

“No,” Christine sobbed. “It’s– Karl, I need you.”

“Need me to do what?” He still sounded alarmed.

“I just need you. Inside me. It’s been so long.”

“Jesus. You’re crying.”

“I’m sorry. It’s stupid.” Shame filled Christine. Never in her wildest dreams had she pictured herself making a call like this, begging a man for sex.

Visit the site to read the rest of the story!

Music Mondays: "Leather" by Tori Amos

"I can scream as loud as your last one, but I can't claim innocence." -- Tori Amos

A lot of my erotica comes out much darker than I mean it to, and I think some of it's that once I got under cover of a pseudonym, I started to tell the truth and the whole truth about what I know about sex, and, more importantly, people. I'm very inspired and affected by music, and I've wanted for a while to highlight some of the songs that I love, that told the truth to me, and that pushed or comforted me.

It's hard to think of a better way to start than with Tori Amos's incredible Leather, off the Little Earthquakes album. The song mixes vulnerability and aggression and stretches it to the breaking point. Give it a listen, and look for more posts on sexy music coming up in the future.

I'm borrowing Twitter's "Music Mondays" hashtag for these, since I figured everyone needs music to start the work week.

Lesbian Cops is out--and a blog tour!

My new story, "A Prayer Before Bed," is out in Sacchi Green's new anthology Lesbian Cops. I love Green's editing style--hot stories with a lot of range. She was kind enough to accept a very dark story from me, seeing the redemption hidden in the rage and despair (and, of course, the sex).

To get the word out about the book, she's also got a blog tour going (it's actually in progress already). You can read more about the story behind the book from Sacchi and many of the other authors (and, at the very end, from me). Where the posts are up already, I've linked directly to them, and where they're forthcoming, I've linked to the sites where you can find them. Please check it out:

March 31 - Sacchi Green Interview:
http://deadrobotssociety.com/2011/03/30/episode-169-getting-erotic-with-sacchi-green/

April 1 - JL Merrow:
http://jl-merrow.livejournal.com/63997.html

April 2 - Jove Belle:
http://jovebelle.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/lesbian-cops-hollis/

April 3 - Delilah Devlin:
http://www.delilahdevlin.com/blog/

April 4 - R. G. Emanuelle:
http://www.rgemanuelle.com/

April 5 - Andrea Dale:
http://cyvarwydd.blogspot.com/

April 6 - Kenzie Matthews:
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com/

April 7 - Ily Goyanes:
http://realily.wordpress.com/

April 8 - Cheyenne Blue:
http://www.cheyenneblue.com/

April 9 - Evan Mora:
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com/

April 10 - J.N. Gallagher:
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com/

April 11 - Liz Coldwell:
http://elizabethcoldwell.wordpress.com/

April 12 - Teresa Noelle Roberts:
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com/

April 13 - Lynn Mixon:
http://lynnmixon.com/

April 14 - RV Raiment:
http://sacchi-green.blogspot.com/

April 15 - me, right here

I'll have to come up with something good to celebrate the end of the party. Please check out the book, and be well!

Forthcoming Story

I just got the word that my story, "Begging," will be up on Every Night Erotica on April 4. Please take a look if you've got the time, and be sure to keep up with their sexy stories in the meantime!

Update

Just a quick update to say I've had a couple more stories come out since I last posted.

"Removing Barriers" has gone up on Every Night Erotica, along with another story called "Late Night."

My story, "An Easy Guy to Fall On," is out in Passion: Erotic Romance for Women.

Upcoming Story on Every Night Erotica

My story, "Removing Barriers," will be up on erotic flash fiction site Every Night Erotica on August 25th! Look for it then, and, in the meantime, check out the new pieces the site offers every night.