The following excerpt is from "Clean and Pretty," by Donna George Storey.

My intercom buzzes again for the fifth time tonight-or is it the sixth?

I wipe my oily hands on a towel, slip on my cotton robe and press down the button.

Hiro's husky voice slithers into my ear. "Jenny-san? You've got another customer. He's ordered ‘Virgin's Forbidden Pleasure' and ‘Breast Soap Show.' Oh, and he says he wants ‘Total Satisfaction.' "

"Don't they all?" I turn toward the security camera and grin. I can't see Hiro, but I can imagine his lips stretching into a wry smile, like we're laughing at the world together.

His voice softens. "Are you tired? You are very busy tonight."

"That's because I'm so clean and pretty. Or at least that's what the expert tells me." I say this all in English and strike a vamp's pose.

He laughs, a low chuckle that twines itself around my chest and squeezes. Time stops, suspended in the hot, damp air. My belly contracts, a sharp sexual twinge. But this is business. As much as I try to forget this, Hiro never does.

"Your customer will be there in a few moments. Thank you again for your hard work," he adds in brisk Japanese. The intercom goes dead.

I'm alone again. But that's my job⎯to be a woman alone with her fantasies.

I lean into the shower stall and start the water. Steam rises up over the glass walls, which don't quite reach the ceiling. In no time, the small room will be thick with mist. It won't be too thick, however, to obscure the figure of a naked woman washing herself for any observer who may have slipped into the room. The careful placement of the spotlights guarantees the honorable customer gets what he's paid for.

I shrug off my robe and hang it on the hook embedded in the mirrored wall. The place really does look like some posh hotel in miniature. Hiro told me he pays special attention to detail for the design of each new club. Reality is the essential foundation of every fantasy, he said, and this was every man's dream, to spy on a girl making herself clean and pretty in a lavishly appointed bath. I'm not sure if it's true, but I do know bathing is an important ritual in Japan, a form of purification that dates back to ancient times. With separate facilities in most public baths in hot springs and inns, the thrill of peeping in on the ladies was no doubt a potent taboo. Hiro readily agreed with my theory, but when I asked if he personally had a thing about watching a girl masturbate in the shower, he only smiled.

The intercom buzzes a brief warning, and I move into action, stepping under the spraying water, my eyes half-closed. The door clicks open. I see a sliver of light from the hall widen then disappear with another click of the latch. Of course, I give no sign I know I'm being watched.

But I do know. It's time for the show to begin.

I arch my neck, letting the water stream over my face and hair. The pose alone suggests innocent wantonness. My lips part, my breasts tilt up and out in offering. The man steps closer. Even through the glass, I can feel the air between us thicken.

I spend a few moments luxuriating in the warmth of the water, then turn and squirt some foamy white soap from the dispenser into my hand. I slowly lather my arms, my shoulders. Timidly, my hands fall to my breasts.

Excerpted from "Peep Show," an anthology edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and published by Cleis Press.

Donna George Storey is the author of Amorous Woman (Neon/Orion). Her fiction has been published in numerous anthologies, including Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories and X: The Erotic Treasury. She writes a column, "Cooking up a Storey," for the Erotica Readers and Writers Association.

The book is also on sale at Amazon.

Copyright (c) 2009 by Rachel Kramer Bussel.

If you're an author or a book publicist and you want to participate in the Fleshbot Book Club, send email to Lux Alptraum.

The following excerpt is from "Urgent Message," Rachel Kramer Bussel's tale of inflight cybersex.

Brandon brings out the dirty girl inside me, the girl my straight-A, choir and track team member former self could never have imagined. Even now, I retain so much of my good-girl polish, at least on the outside. Before Brandon, I dated guys who would never think of wanting a lady on the streets and a whore in the bedroom. "Whore" probably wasn't even in their vocabulary, whereas Brandon loved to taunt me with it, whispering it in my ear as I teetered on that perilous, wondrous brink of orgasm, knowing that the prospect of being a woman of the night would send me crashing over the edge.

Where are your panties, young lady? was blinking on my screen-in red. Next thing I knew, he'd be going to all caps.

Just a sec, I typed, feeling a rush of wetness soak said item of clothing.

My panties were already skimpy to begin with; I like to travel wearing my sexiest undies to remind me that while I may not have my man with me, I have something to look forward to when I go home. In fact, most of my plain-Jane, boring cotton panties have gone by the wayside in favor of silk, satin, lace and mesh in a rainbow of colors. Brandon has made his mark all over my body, and in my dresser drawers.

I pondered how best to go about this. Removing my bra in the locker room in college without showing my tits was easier than this maneuver would be. I placed the laptop on the tray in front of me, then undid my seat belt, trying to be as silent as possible so as not to attract attention. I reached into the waistband of my skirt and pushed one edge of my panties down one hip, then did the same with the other.

I had to get them down far enough so that I could wiggle them the rest of the way with my legs. My face was hot, and surely blushing, as he continued to type away, the screen refreshing as I squirmed. I wish I could see you slithering out of those panties, wish I could see between your legs to what they were covering. Even though I just tasted you this morning, baby, I miss you already. It's just not the same without you, but I'm trying.

Tell me what you're doing. I have my panties halfway down my thighs, I typed back in a flash, grateful for all those years of temping that had gifted me with the ability to type one-hundred words per minute, or one-handed, if need be. I wiggled against the seat, shifting one leg and hip, then the other, as I felt my panties move slowly down my legs.

Excerpted from "The Mile High Club," an anthology of plane sex stories edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and published by Cleis Press.

You can read reviews at Erotica Revealed and Adult Friend Finder.

The book is also on sale at Amazon.

Copyright (c) 2009 by Rachel Kramer Bussel.

If you're an author or a book publicist and you want to participate in the Fleshbot Book Club, send email to Lux Alptraum.

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It's all to benefit Audacia Ray's worthy Sex Work 101 public education project, and for a (very) limited time you can even sponsor one of the days on the calendar so that everyone who buys a copy will know when to celebrate your birthday or the anniversary of the first time you fapped it to an episode of "Wonder Woman". If you're hoping for full-on naked cheesecake action, you might still want to look elsewhere since we have it on excellent authority that photographer Stacie Joy will be shooting her subjects in sexy burlesque-style poses only. Which is just as well, because sometimes looking at some of our bestest friends and colleagues fully naked can get a little embarassing.

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· When you're Kelly Brook, summer is not a vacation—it's bikini calendar photoshoot season. She makes a lot of sacrifices for her art. (hollywoodtuna.com)

· Speaking of bikini season, beach volleyball is back! Just think of all the ass you'll get to drool over between now and Labor Day. (hateon.blogspot.com)

· We have a lot of fun with those Maxim Hot 100 lists, but some girls don't take so kindly to being graded like produce. Especially when they're aren't graded high enough. (theshowbizshow.com)

· Rachel Kramer Bussel asks "Is There Such a Thing as 'Porn for Women?' They're in pretty much all the porn we see ... what else do you need? (huffingtonpost.com)

· We guess naked women bathing in milk and honey isn't standard operating practice in Pittsburgh. Too bad for them. (post-gazette.com)

· New Jersey joins the list of states looking to clamp down on strip clubs and adult stores. We guess that makes all of them. (avn.com)

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Previously: Morning Wood Archives/Wet Spots Archives

Memorial Day Weekend means that May—also known as National Masturbation Month—is almost over. That's right—only one week left to jerk off! As we approach the end of this most selfish of celebrations, we asked writer, editor and Magic Wand enthusiast Rachel Kramer Bussel to sit down and tell what she thinks is so great about the sport and also share some personal preferences for playing solitaire. Strangely enough, it took us the better part of the month to find someone willing to discuss the love of a lifetime so frankly and openly (and on camera). It shouldn't be such a big deal to admit to doing what everyone else in the world does with such gusto, but kudos to Rachel anyway for taking the bullet. What about your trusty Fleshbot editors, you ask? Hey, mind your own business!

· Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com)
· Video by Richard Blakeley

Previously: Masturbate-A-Thon 2007: Still Coming For A Cause, Masturbation Intervention: Know When To Say When, National Masturbation Month: A Hands-On Guide, Party Report: Rachel Kramer Bussel Is Not On Top, Rachel Kramer Bussel's Kinky Blog Tour

Although currently in the middle of a 33-blog virtual book tour, kinky/sexy writer Rachel Kramer Bussel knows that there is plenty of fun to be had offline too. That why she invited fans of erotica and domination to Manhattan's Lower East Side last night for the real world, flesh-and-blood book party for her new twin anthologies, "He's On Top" and "She's On Top." The thing is, when Rachel throws a party people tend get spanked, and as you can see from this "you are there" video report, the host is almost always the first in line. (And appropriately dressed for the occasion.) Hey, it may be a book party, but when you hold it at a former massage parlor-turned-bar called Happy Ending—and you invite a fellow erotica writer who also happens to be a professional dom—you just know things are going to get interesting.

· "She's On Top and "He's On Top" (book info @ cleispress.com)
· Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com)
· Video by Richard Blakeley
· Spanking by L. Elise Bland

Previously: Rachel Kramer Bussel's Kinky Blog Tour

Pity the poor sex writer who goes on a book tour these days; surely if the Marquis de Sade or Anaïs Nin were still around they wouldn't have to suffer through the indignities of cramped coach seating, amenity-free motel lodging, and creepy audience members gawking at you while you're holding court in the back section of a suburban Borders outlet. Happily, Rachel Kramer Bussel will be avoiding all that this spring as she celebrates the release of her two latest kinky erotica anthologies with a virtual trip through nearly three dozen sex blogs "to draw attention to dominance and submission through the sex blogosphere and beyond"; each blog will feature excerpts from the books on a particular day as well as reviews and each blogger's own thoughts on the themes Rachel explores in her books. You'll find the complete schedule after the jump, so make sure to mark your calendars and follow along starting this weekend. Just make sure you remember to pick up after yourself after ecah visit—even the most open-minded of sex bloggers don't like people leaving empty bottles of lube and used Kleenexes all over their front lawns.

· "She's On Top and "He's On Top" (book info @ cleispress.com)
· Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com)

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Rachel Kramer Bussel's "She's On Top" and "He's On Top" Blog Tour Schedule

April 2007
1. Viviane's Sex Carnival
2 Sex and the Ivy
3 Comstock Films
4 Radical Vixen
5 Lumpesse
6 One Life Take Two
7 Lust Bites
8 Bad Bad Girl
9 Elexus Exposed
10 Pretty Dumb Things
11 en(gender)
12 Jessica Cutler
13 All Things Spanking
14 Sexual Evolution
15 Sexerati
16 Tara Tainton
17 The Tales of a Teacher (and Slut)
18 Brooklyn Rake
19 Red Velvet Rope Burn
20 Susan Wright
21 Mistress Matisse
22 Katie Spades, the Princess of Spanking
23 Sex in the City - The Real Version
24 Urban Gypsy
25 Jessica Gold Haralson
26 Cinekinkster
27 Always Aroused Girl
28 Ms. Naughty
29 Madeline in the Mirror
30 Molly Crabapple

May 2007
1 Polyamorously Perverse
2 Darklady
3 Nichelle Newsletter

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Previously: Sex Blog Roundup Archive