Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey

286 Pages·2012·1.76 MB·English

by  Lori Perkins

Fifty
Writers
on Fifty
Shades
of Grey
EDITED BY
LORI PERKINS
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COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“Sexually Positive” © 2012 by Stacey Agdern
“Fifty Shades of Holy Crap!” © 2012 by Laura Antoniou “Every Breath You Take” © 2012 by Jennifer
Armintrout “Editing Fifty” © 2012 by Tish Beaty
“Throwing Shade” © 2012 by Mala Bhattacharjee
“Kink and Condescension” © 2012 by Rachel Kramer Bussel “Forbidden Fruit Is the Sweetest” © 2012 by
Suzan Colón “The Story Is in the Sex” © 2012 by Joy Daniels
“The Brown Paper Bag” © 2012 by Sylvia Day
“The Legal Bonding of Anastasia and Christian” © 2012 by Sherri Donovan “How I Lost Christian Grey at
Auction” © 2012 by Editor X
“Making Fifty Shades into Cinema” © 2012 by Angela Edwards “Raising the Shades” © 2012 by Melissa
Febos
“Labels, Schmabels, I’ll Take the Publicity!” © 2012 by Lucy Felthouse “The Delicate Balance” © 2012 by
Ryan Field
“Sexual Empowerment at the Water Cooler” © 2012 by Selina Fire “My Inner Goddess” © 2012 by Megan
Frampton
“The History of BDSM Fiction and Romance” © 2012 by Sarah S. G. Frantz “Fifty Shades of Change” ©
2012 by Louise Fury
“Fifty Shades of Women” © 2012 by Heather Graham “The McDonald’s of Lust” © 2012 by Lois Gresh
“Was It Good for You?” © 2012 by Catherine Hiller “It’s All in the Eyes” © 2012 by Marci Hirsch
“Fifty Ways of Looking at Sex in Fifty Shades” © 2012 by Dr. Hilda Hutcherson “Wanted: Fifty Shades of
Sexual Wholeness” © 2012 by Debra Hyde “When Fifty Was Fic” © 2012 by Anne Jamison
“Porn Writer on the PTA” © 2012 by Rachel Kenley “Is Fifty Shades Erotica?” © 2012 by D. L. King “The
Professional Poster Child” © 2012 by Dr. Logan Levkoff “Imagining a Black Fifty Shades” © 2012 by
Arielle Loren “Whose Shades of Grey?” © 2012 by Sinnamon Love
“A Queer Leather Reluctant Support of Fifty Shades” © 2012 by Sassafras Lowrey “The Game Changer” ©
2012 by M.Christian
“The Collar of Blue Stones” © 2012 by Pamela Madsen “A BDSM Couple’s View” © 2012 by ChrisMarks
and Lia Leto “A Requested Evaluation of the Mastery of Christian Grey” © 2012 by Master R
“Fifty Shades of Snark” © 2012 by Midori
“Being Stretched” © 2012 by Dr. Katherine Ramsland “Fifty Shades of Play” © 2012 by Judith Regan
“This Is the Story” © 2012 by Tiffany Reisz
“Between the Covers” © 2012 by M.J. Rose
“Grey Is the New Black” © 2012 by Katharine Sands “The Byronic Hero Archetype and Christian Grey” ©
2012 by Jennifer Sanzo “Crass Is in Session” © 2012 by Rakesh Satyal
“Fifty Shades of Grace Metalious” © 2012 by Andrew Shaffer “Fifty Shades Is Where You Find It” © 2012
by Marc Shapiro “Fifty Shades of Diva Frenzy!” © 2012 by Lyss Stern “Fifty Shades of Stories” © 2012 by
Cecilia Tan
“Because Love Hurts” © 2012 by Hope Tarr, PhD
“Fifty Shades of Sexual Freedom” © 2012 by Susan Wright
CONTENTS
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Fifty Ways to Look at Fifty Shades by Lori Perkins
Fifty Shades of Erotic Fiction
Between the Covers by M.J. Rose
This Is the Story by Tiffany Reisz
The Game Changer by M.Christian
Fifty Shades of Change by Louise Fury
The Brown Paper Bag by Sylvia Day
Labels, Schmabels, I’ll Take the Publicity! by Lucy Felthouse
Porn Writer on the PTA by Rachel Kenley
Is Fifty Shades Erotica? by D. L. King
Fifty Shades of Romance
It’s All in the Eyes by Marci Hirsch
The Byronic Hero Archetype and Christian Grey by Jennifer Sanzo
Grey Is the New Black by Katharine Sands
Because Love Hurts by Hope Tarr, PhD
Every Breath You Take by Jennifer Armintrout
Intermission
Fifty Shades of Play by Judith Regan
Fifty Shades of Sex
Forbidden Fruit Is the Sweetest by Suzan Colón
Fifty Ways of Looking at Sex in Fifty Shades by Dr. Hilda Hutcherson
The McDonald’s of Lust by Lois Gresh
Crass Is in Session by Rakesh Satyal
Sexual Empowerment at the Water Cooler by Selina Fire
Fifty Shades of Women by Heather Graham
Fifty Shades of Snark by Midori
Fifty Shades of BDSM
Kink and Condescension by Rachel Kramer Bussel
A Queer Leather Reluctant Support of Fifty Shades by Sassafras Lowrey
The History of BDSM Fiction and Romance by Sarah S. G. Frantz
The Legal Bonding of Anastasia and Christian by Sherri Donovan
Wanted: Fifty Shades of Sexual Wholeness by Debra Hyde
A Requested Evaluation of the Mastery of Christian Grey by Master R
The Collar of Blue Stones by Pamela Madsen
Being Stretched by Dr. Katherine Ramsland
Whose Shades of Grey? by Sinnamon Love
A BDSM Couple’s View by ChrisMarks and Lia Leto
Fifty Shades of Sexual Freedom by Susan Wright
Fifty Shades of Writing
The Delicate Balance by Ryan Field
Was It Good for You? by Catherine Hiller
The Story Is in the Sex by Joy Daniels
Sexually Positive by Stacey Agdern
My Inner Goddess by Megan Frampton
Intermission
Fifty Shades of Holy Crap! by Laura Antoniou
Fifty Shades of Fanfiction
Fifty Shades of Stories by Cecilia Tan
Editing Fifty by Tish Beaty
Throwing Shade by Mala Bhattacharjee
When Fifty Was Fic by Anne Jamison
Fifty Shades of Pop Culture
Fifty Shades Is Where You Find It by Marc Shapiro
How I Lost Christian Grey at Auction by Editor X
Making Fifty Shades into Cinema by Angela Edwards
Fifty Shades of Grace Metalious by Andrew Shaffer
Fifty Shades of Diva Frenzy! by Lyss Stern
Imagining a Black Fifty Shades by Arielle Loren
The Professional Poster Child by Dr. Logan Levkoff
Raising the Shades by Melissa Febos

Appendix: Fifty Shades of Reading
About the Editor
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BEHIND EVERY AUTHOR, there is a team. In addition to the Ab Fab writers in
this book who wrote under extreme deadline and turned around corrections at
lightning speed, I want to thank Louise Fury, my agent, who came up with the
idea for the book and brought it to me; Debra Hyde, who kept me on track and
pitched in on a moment’s notice; and Leah Wilson, who was everything an
author could dream of in an editor.