Crash Your Party Dress

by Adrian Hunter

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Crash Your Party Dress is the first anthology of Adrian Hunter's short stories. For readers not familiar with his canon, Hunter's work has been described as moody, atmospheric fiction with a bondage twist. Unlike classic erotica, these stories aren't polite pornography that exist simply to titillate. Hunter delves deeper into the human psyche to the place where irrepressible sexual preferences collide with social mores and conventions, that unknown part of the brain where torture becomes an show more expression of the deepest love and respect. It's easy to dismiss sadomasochism as a kinky thrill, a horrible perversion, or a disease in need of a cure. Many claim that our sexual preferences are determined by genetics, and cannot be altered by medicine, counseling, nor even self-denial. This is fine for gentlemen who prefer blondes, but not so good for pedophiles. The characters in Hunter's stories don't always understand their obsessions, only that they can't deny them. In bondage, the sex is incidental; it's the tension between terms such as "voluntary slavery" and "consensual rape" that makes these stories so viciously compelling. This volume includes Hunter classics such as "Jennifer," four episodes in the life of an adulterous wife who learns about her best friend's secret the hard way, as well as newer works such as "Pretty Pleas," in which a public defender and the district attorney resolve their differences less than amicably outside the courtroom. Three of the stories "Tailor Maid," "Ol' Paint" and "Chantilly Lace" revolve around the concept of "ponygirls," in which young ladies (and men, too) are transformed into equestrian vassals who are treated and trained in a manner befitting their reduced status on the mammalian foodchain. But don't expect centaurs and other furry fantasies; it's the act of submission, not transformation, that motivates these mixed breeds to discern the difference between a canter and a trot. "Isabel" is perhaps Hunter's best-known story, a novella first published in 1995 that describes one woman's journey to the heart of her worst nightmares, a voyage that must be taken by anyone who wants to become what they dream. It's a tale that's been told many times before, but rarely with the wit, heat and constant surprises that Hunter lends to the familiar narrative. Crash Your Party Dress also includes a brand-new Hunter story, "Double Clutch," as well as "Sweet Butterfly" by Chelsea Shepard, who has co-authored a full-length novel with Hunter, Once Bitten. Other Xlibris books by Adrian Hunter: Once Bitten (with Chelsea Shepard) Something Just Clicked For more information and sample stories, please visit http://www.adrianhunter.com show less

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whitewavedarling 2,023 reviews

Hunter's stories are well-written and interesting, but certainly not for everyone. This is a collection of the stories which he published online, and which then brought him recognition as an outstanding writer of bondage erotica. The collection, though, is actually focused a great deal on tension and explanation of detail. The characters are well-writ and believable, but most are drawn from the same fabric: questioning why they want what they want, and how they got where they are. Detail-wise, Hunter's focus isn't where you might expect it to be in erotica---primarily, the graphic nature of different writings comes from devices and "costuming", or logistics, as opposed to intimate relations. In the end, this wasn't quite what I expected.

Jun 11, 2013

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