Cosmic Encounters is an
anthology of science fiction stories all with an erotic slant. There
are stories from the near future to others taking place on a far
flung world. As is custom with most of my anthologies there is a wide
number of pairings and heat levels.
As happens with my
anthologies I asked the contributors for a short piece explaining the
inspiration behind their story so keep an eye out for them!
For the first one I'm
pleased to welcome Vanessa de Sade who is the genius behind the
story: The Story of Snow White.
Here is the blurb:
The year is 2076 and
the long war is finally concluded by a germ attack which affects
semen and makes sexual contact with the male species fatal.
Meanwhile, Snow White, hidden in the crumbling apartment of the
Dwarf, remembers her fall from grace and her tempestuous affair with
the Queen…
So without further
ado I welcome Vanessa to the blog to speak about the inspiration
behind her story:
The Story of Snow White
This story began, as many of my pieces often do, with a single line
that popped into my head over the breakfast toast one grey and rainy
morning:
"The Dwarf was looking dispiritedly through the wanted ads in
The Stage when Snow White came in, shaking the cold and wet
off her coat."
But, despite having an initial premise and some characters I still
didn't have a story. Where was this action taking place, for
example? Not in some Germanic fairy tale woodland, that was for
sure, and there was already a good dose of gritty urban realism in
that one line alone, so I knew that Snow White and the Dwarf were
trying to make a go of things in a city somewhere, and that times
were tough. The Dwarf was obviously having to demean himself by
performing in dodgy stage shows, but what about Snow White, how was
she contributing?
The answer came, strangely and rather obliquely, from an old Tom
Waits song. In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king…
What if this was a world where blood was infected and pure blood was
at a premium? That was good, but why were Snow White and the Dwarf
hiding out if they had a saleable asset like that? The Wicked Queen,
of course, the psychotic despot who wanted to be the fairest in the
land and wanted Snow White dead! And, instantly, a picture of a
depraved and sexually rapacious version of the original Disney
villainess sprang into my mind.
From then on it was plain-sailing. The crumbling towers of
Armageddonist Britain quickly formed themselves and it wasn't long
before I was shaping the Queen's black velvet chamber with its
all-seeing mirror and sexually inviting darkness. But I needed a
Prince, and I didn't want just any conventional hero figure, so,
without much prompting, my warped brain came up with the wonderfully
tragic Doctor who's a melding of the original Woodsman and Prince
Charming. How? You'll have to read the story!
* * *
I'm particularly fond of this story and the bleak world that the
characters inhabit, which, while far away from the Grimm original on
the surface, is, in fact, the same dark tale set in the concrete
forests of a dystopian society and just as darkly sexy as the
nineteenth century folk tale would have been before it was cleaned-up
for publication. Plus, of course, I got to create a colour palette
that pays homage to my love of old 1930s films, so, all in all, this
one has been a real winner for me!
About Vanessa
Vanessa de Sade is a
forty-something full-figure gal who likes to write hot stories about
real women exploring the darker regions of their own sexuality. She
is the author of the novel, Maid
for Milking, and her many
short stories can be found in countless anthologies. Her solo
collections to date are Black
& White Movies, Nude
Shots, Tales
from a Tangled Bush and
In
the Forests of the Night.
Cosmic Encounters is published by House of Erotica and is available in both ebook and print format here (as well as many other places)
All Romance Ebook: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-cosmicencounters-1753553-362.html
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00U1QZRJ2
Amazon USA: http://amzn.com/B00U1QZRJ2
