Slow Hand (30 page)
Authors: Michelle Slung
Carole Maso
is the author of the novels
Ghost Dance
and
The Art Lover.
She has recently completed a third,
The American Woman in the Chinese Hat.
She makes her home in New York City.
Anne Rhyd
is a science and technology writer who has recently moved to New Orleans.
Catherine S.
is a journalist. She is from a southern family that her sister has described as one part Tennessee Williams, one part Erskine Caldwell. “As a child, I read compulsively from a cache of books beneath my bed that included
Lolita, The Valley of the Dolls, Candy,
and
God’s Little Acre.”
Susan Swan
is a Toronto-based journalist, performance artist, and fiction writer. Her works include
Unfit For Paradise, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World,
and
The Last of the Golden
Girls.
Her new book,
Homage to America,
will examine the personification of ideas in the U.S. media.
Lisa Tuttle
was born and raised in Houston, Texas, but now lives on the remote west coast of Scotland with her husband and baby daughter. She is the author of many short stories and several novels, the most recent of which is
Lost Futures,
as well as the nonfiction books
Encyclopedia of Feminism
and
Heroines: Women Inspired by Women.
She has also edited
Skin of the Soul,
a collection of original horror stories by women writers.
Bea Wilder
has lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the past twenty years, with the exception of a period when she taught in South America—“where I rediscovered my Peruvian roots.” She has worked as a community activist, newspaper gossip columnist, and elementary school teacher. She is currently studying for a master’s degree in counseling/psychology.
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“In the Prick of Time” by Susan Dooley. Copyright © 1992 by Susan Dooley. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Leaper” by Jenny Diski. Copyright © 1992 by Jenny Diski. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Drought” by Wendy Law-Yone. Copyright © 1992 by Wendy Law-Yone. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Oh, Brother” by Bea Wilder. Copyright © 1992 by Bea Wilder. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Ninety-Three Million Miles Away” by Barbara Gowdy. Copyright © 1992 by Barbara Gowdy. An original story published by permission of the author.
“The Shame Girl” by Carolyn Banks. Copyright © 1992 by Carolyn Banks. An original story published by permission of the author.
“The Footpath of Pink Roses” by Carol Lazare. Copyright © 1992 by Carol Lazare. An original story published by permission of the
“The Wager” by Sara Davidson. Copyright © 1983 by Sara Davidson. Revised, and reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Story of No” by Lisa Tuttle. Copyright © 1992 by Lisa Tuttle. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Reasons Not to Go to Fort Lauderdale” by Liz Clarke. Copyright © 1992 by Liz Clarke. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Blessed Immortal Self: How the Jewels Shone on Your Skin!” by Susan Swan. Copyright © 1992 by Susan Swan. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Blue Feathers” by Anne Rhyd. Copyright © 1992 by Anne Rhyd. An original story published by permission of the author.
“The American Woman in the Chinese Hat” by Carole Maso. Copyright © 1992 by Carole Maso. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Windows” by Idious Buguise. Copyright © 1992 by Idious Buguise. An original story published by permission of the author.
“The Mango Tree” by Sabina Faye. Copyright © 1992 by Sabina Faye. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Eros in Overtime” by Kay Kemp. Copyright © 1992 by Kay Kemp. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Anecdote” by Catherine S. Copyright © 1992 by Catherine S. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Treats” by Rebecca Battle. Copyright © 1992 by Rebecca Battle. An original story published by permission of the author.
“Too Tall for Grace” by Susan J. Leonardi. Copyright © 1992 by Susan J. Leonardi. An original story published by permission of the author.
Michele Slung’s
works include Crime on
Her Mind,
a historical anthology of fictional women detectives;
The Absent-Minded Professor’s Memory Book; The Only Child Book;
and the bestselling
Momilies
® books,
Momilies: As My Mother Used to Say
® and
More Momilies
Her most recent book was the collection
I Shudder at Your Touch: Tales of Sex and Horror.
Her next book is
Shudder Again: More Tales of Sex and Horror.
And she is at work on a book about language entitled
Hear Here
as well as a sequel to
Slow Hand.
In addition, she served as editor for the Plume American Women Writers series, presenting long out-of-print fiction in a uniform format, and she was first an editor, then a columnist for the
Washington Post Book World.
A hardcover edition of this book was published, in 1992 by HarperCollins Publishers.
SLOW HAND: WOMEN WRITING EROTICA
. Copyright © 1992 by Michele Slung.
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EPub Edition © FEBRUARY 2012 ISBN: 978-0-062-03093-1
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 9780060922368
First HarperPerennial edition published 1993.
The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:
Slow hand: women writing erotica / Michele Slung.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-06-016698-7
1. Erotic stories, American. 2. Women—Sexual behavior—Fiction. 3. Short stories, American—Women authors. I. Slung. Michele B., 1947–
PS648.E7S56 1992
| 813’.01083638—dc20 | 91-58375 |
ISBN 0-06-092236-2 (pbk.)
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