Cheyenne Blue » Radclyffe

Cheyenne — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:12:43 +0000

Best Lesbian Romance 2012 is out. Here’s the gorgeous cover (OK, here’s not the cover, as I can’t save it from Amazon for some reason) but here it is on Amazon.

My story “Rule 4″ is included here, along with stories by such wonderful authors as Lisabet Sarai, JL Merrow, Rachel Kramer Bussel and Evan Mora.

Here’s an excerpt from my story, “Rule 4″:

“Rule 4,” I’d told Jazz one evening, a few years ago, when I’d lost another housemate after we’d ended up in bed after Mexican food and margaritas. To me she’d been a friend with benefits; to her, I’d been The One.

“What’s Rule 4?”

“Never seduce a housemate. Keep it separate.”

“What are rules 1 through 3?”

“I dunno. I’ll think of them later.”

I’d had many housemates since that time, and many lovers, but since the instigation of Rule 4, they had never overlapped. And I’d never been particularly tempted – until Joanna.

Books! Books!

Cheyenne — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:08:55 +0000

I love it when the mailman staggers to my door. If he’s overloaded, red, and sweating it generally means one thing: books!

Either books ordered from my new favorite place to buy – The Book Depository (FREE worldwide delivery and books at UK prices. Did I say FREE worldwide delivery, ladies and gentlemen? That’s one huge saving, especially for me in Australia.) or it means contributor’s copies.

Some of my recent contributor’s copies include “Best Lesbian Romance 2011″* edited by Radclyffe which includes my story set in a Magdalene Laundry in Ireland.

We don’t talk, except in whispers, our heads under the covers. Often, we don’t talk at all, we simply align our bodies together and let our hands do the talking, gestures of reassurance, of caring, of love. I’ll spoon behind Maura, and my palms will smooth over her belly, smoothing away the pain from her womb, and the absence of its produce. I’ll soak in the warmth and comfort of another body, and let my hands convey all the love that I have. Or Maura will cradle my head on her breast and stroke my shoulders, my back, and whisper words of love into my hair.

Then there’s “Lesbian Lust: Erotic Stories”* edited by Sacchi Green. This includes my own “A Story About Sarah”. My tale is set in a mining camp in Western Australia. Told by Melly, a half-Aboriginal woman, it’s a paen to her lover Sarah.

It was a long time before we did anything but kiss. Months. Why seek more when what you have is so perfect? Sarah’s kisses are like the creek that flows down the red bluff after rain: at first it’s barely there, the merest hint of what’s to come, before it swells and falls into something so deep you could drown in it. Then it overflows, and unleashed it swirls into a fierce, raging passion.

*Yeah, I know. The links go to Amazon. But I’m a poor erotic writer struggling to make a crust and those tiny $$s from Amazon from the referral links add up. So shoot me.

Story acceptances

Cheyenne — Sun, 16 May 2010 01:41:36 +0000

It seems I am woefully awful at updating. I’d like to say that I spent the time when I should have been updating writing new stories, but that’s not entirely true either. I spent most of it cooking, running, reading some seriously good stories, futzing around on the web. Oh, and moving back to Australia.

I have been writing though (of course), and I have some rather wonderful acceptances to prove it.

My story “Discovering Donnie”, which is a rather tender love story, will be included in “Girl Crush: Women’s Erotic Fantasies” edited by R. Gay and published by Cleis on 1 June 2010. The table of contents for this book looks rather wonderful. I’ll be sharing between the covers with Rachel Kramer Bussel, Shanna Germain, Teresa Lamai, R. Gay and others.

Then “A Story About Sarah” is coming in “Lesbian Lust: Erotic Stories” edited by Sacchi Green and published by Cleis on 1 August 2010.

This is one of my favorite stories of late – a tale set in a mining camp in Western Australia, full of red dirt and sunshine.

A couple of reprints: “What If?” is being reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Threesomes and Moresomes . This is a tale of wishful thinking… Or is it? That anthology comes out in October from Running Press.

Then one that’s already out: Best Lesbian Romance 2010. Radclyffe edited this anthology from Cleis, and it includes my story “Five”. I’m going to be rather boastful and quote part of this review from Three Dollar Bill Reviews.

Some of the stories deal with the abject heartbreak and devastation when a relationship ends, and how fate often provides a chance for new happiness when it’s least expected. “Five” by Cheyenne Blue is a stunning tale of Tess who is nursing a broken heart after her partner of five years moves out. A girl at the local bagel shop, and changes connected to the number five, help Tess begin the healing process. This story captures so vividly that sense of being lost when a relationship ends, what the other person takes when they leave, and how it’s necessary to reshape what is left behind in order to move on.

And finally, “Wing Walker”, which was first published in Rachel Kramer Bussel’s The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories will be reprinted in Maxim Jakubowski’s “Mammoth Best New Erotica Vol 11. At least, I think it’s volume 11; I admit to losing count.

As to “Wing Walker”, here’s an except from a review of “The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories” from Erotica Revealed which sums it up pretty well.

“Wing Walker” by Cheyenne Blue is the most original story in the anthology. The biplane pilot from an aerial show tells his wing walker that he’s going to find her a lover. She laughs off the offer, and as months pass, he doesn’t follow through—until he does. On a practice flight meant to test the newcomer’s skills out on the wing, he shows her that he has moves she’d never imagined. This may be a flight of fancy, but it’s a good one.

Until next time.

Happy success stories

Cheyenne — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:20:23 +0000

It’s always great when a story really comes together and when you lift fingers from the keyboard at the end, you know you’ve got a story to be proud of. “Wing Walker” was one of those, and it will be in Rachel Kramer Bussel’s “The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories” coming out from Cleis Press in April. Coming out in January 2009, again from Cleis is “Best Lesbian Romance 2009″ edited by Radclyffe. This includes my story “Eyes” (writing as Maggie Kinsella). And finally, also from Cleis, due in June 2009, is “Girl Crazy: Coming Out Erotica” which will include my story “Flannel and Fleece”.

The next best thing to running a marathon, is…

Cheyenne — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:03:19 +0000

Reading about it.

“Marathon Woman” was up on Clean Sheets, one of my favorite erotica sites. I also have copies of “Lipstick on Her Collar”. edited by Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia. I’m the first story in the book, which makes me very happy.

Some new acceptances too, some going back quite a way. Firstly, “College Reunion” will be in the Mammoth Book of Erotic Confessions, ETA May 2009. That one will be under a made up name (What! And you thought Cheyenne Blue was invented! . Then “White Rush” and “Lake Logan” will both be in Alison Tyler’s upcoming “Frenzy” put out by Cleis Press. Also upcoming from Cleis is Radclyffe’s “Best Lesbian Romance 2009″. My story “Eyes” has made the cut for that. Then, after an absence of a couple of years, I have a story, “What If?”, in “Best Women’s Erotica 2009″. And finally, I’m also short listed for Tristan Taormino’s “Best Lesbian Erotica”. I’ll keep you posted!