Secret Slaves: Erotic Stories of Bondage

All three Fetish Chest books are pretty fucking amazing, if I do say so myself, but I think the bondage one holds a special place in my heart - it's extra kinky, and the authors really understand the nuances of wanting to be tied up and tie someone else up (it also has my favorite cover of the three). Here's the table of contents and my introduction. So many of the stories, like Zaedryn Meade's "Unlocking" and Riain Grey's "Prix Fixe" are just so powerfully hot (fyi: Zaedryn is reading at In The Flesh on July 19th, and Riain is reading there on August 16th), I almost can't stand it. I think bondage, kindof like spanking, is one of those acts that you can look at on the surface, whether in photos or watching people doing it, and see that visual element, but that in practice can be infinitely more intense and erotic, and these stories capture the ways the mental and physical combine with bondage, the teasing, the seduction, the frustration, the temptation, the power play, all it really. I quote from Riain's story below and just that snippet is enough to show exactly what I'm talking about.



Secret Slaves: Erotic Stories of Bondage

Want to be tied up with tantalizing tales of beautiful bondage? Do handcuffs have a trusty place next to your bed? Does a coil of rope or the crack of a whip make you quiver with desire? Here are thirty sizzling stories to satisfy your desires.

Secret Slaves: Erotic Stories of Bondage
Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and Christopher Pierce

1. Unlocking by Zaedryn Meade
2. Enzo's Wish by Jay Starre
3. Giving a RatsAss by Debra Hyde
4. Heartbound by MinaRose
5. The Man Who Tied Himself Up by Simon Sheppard
6. The Interview by Tara Alton
7. A New Side of Billy by Max Southern
8. Stewardship by Dominic Santi
9. A Tooth for a Tooth by L. Elise Bland
10. The Kidnapping of Gio by Christopher Pierce
11. Better Late Than Never by Mark O'Neal
12. Subtle by Andrea Dale
13. Opposite Attraction by William Holden
14. The Center of Power by Sage Vivant
15. Trading Places by Teresa Noelle Roberts
16. The Night Visitor by Lew Bull
17. Prixe Fixe by Riain Grey
18. Knit One and Tie Me Up, Too by Kristina Wright
19. Absolutely Helpless by Jason Rubis
20. A Man in a Blindfold by Kate Dominic
21. Finishing School by Maddy Stuart
22. Introducing Daniel by Sean Michael
23. Far From View by J.Z. Sharpe
24. Dancing Queen by Rachel Kramer Bussel
25. Captive by Jeff Mann
26. Two Mistresses Are Better Than One by Marina Saint
27. Stolen Treasure by Cynthia Rayne
28. Shackled by T. Hitman
29. Obedience by Tanya Turner
30. The Surprise Game by Wade Johnson

Roping You In
by Rachel Kramer Bussel


Bound. Tied Up. Immobilized. Trapped. Caught. All these words conjure up the mere beginnings of the overwhelming desires many of us have to offer ourselves up to a lover, wholly and completely, to be at their mercy, waiting, hoping, wondering. Or that same thrill, reversed--seeing one we adore giving themselves whole to us, entrusting our hands and rope, handcuffs, scarves or just the sound of our voice to pull and stretch their limbs.

Bondage can be light, but it can also take us to some of the most extreme places we can go. Whether with tape, rope, or even our own clothing, anything can be used to capture someone who secretly, or even not so secretly, wants to be captured. Someone for whom fingers wrapping around their wrist and lightly caressing its delicate center can send shivers up their spine. Someone for whom a tug on a collar around their neck makes them whimper with pleasure. Someone who itches with desire every time they even see a four poster bed. Someone who knows that sometimes the best lovers are ones who will let you conquer and use them.

You can do things to someone who's tied up that often either can't be done or don't have as much meaning attached without the bindings. Fucking someone's mouth with a dildo or cock is one thing, but doing so when they're helpless and can't escape is quite another. The rush of being given that gift—a fully conscious, powerful adult, offering up their body for you to do with as you please—is enough to make some of us go mad with desire, naughty thoughts we'd kept buried in the backs of our minds rushing to the surface at the sight of that spreadeagled special someone lying across your bed, waiting for you to bring their fantasies to life.

Bottoms, submissives, or just plain kinky horny sluts who enjoy being "forced" to take their master's, mistress's, lover's or playmate's delicious torments will see themselves reflected in these pages. That gasp of breath, the tightening of one's body, the swelling of our genitals, the dread and anticipation and desire all rolled into one—it's all here, so real you can almost feel the pressure against your limbs, the dawning realization that you're not going anywhere for a good long while. The feeling of seeing something coming toward you, whether a knife, cock, pussy, flogger, paddle or hand, and not being able to escape its path, even though you might never want to, can be terrifying and exhilarating at once. You know you want it, and have let yourself be put in a position where you have to take it-no excuses, no escaping.

These bondage fans, men and women alike, get to their immobilization by very different means. Sometimes, they already know what they're in for, because their kinky lover has been tying them up and having his or her way with them for years. For others, such as the title character in Max Southern's "A New Side of Billy" or the protagonist of Kristina Wright's "Knit One and Tie Me Up, too," being on the receiving end of some nifty knotwork is a surprise delight. Those who've always thought they were tops and suddenly discover the thrill of giving it up to their lover offer us a glimpse into the wide-eyed wonder of the first-time bondage fan.

Riain Grey perfectly captures both sides of the bondage equation "Prix Fixe," where a slave and her master show how perfectly in sync they are. "When you open the door I am kneeling with your drink between my chained hands. My fingers and toes are tingling, my ass full and hot," says her horny slave as she scurries to do his bidding, turning herself on unbearably in the process. Her master does not take this woman's raw need lightly, either—it's not a power trip for the sake of exerting power, it's much stronger, and when he says, "The trust in her electric eyes feeds me," you know they've made a kinky love match. Others would do almost anything to be strung up at the hands of someone who cares, such as Simon Sheppard's "The Man Who Tied Himself Up," or even someone who, in every way that counts, doesn't care, such as the naive yet brave hero of my co-editor's powerfully erotic "The Kidnapping of Gio."

Whether they're the ones holding the ropes, or handcuffs, or wielding some other instrument of power, or the ones splaying themselves out and offering up their arms, legs, and whole bodies to be trussed up, these characters show a true passion and understanding for the deeper nuances of bondage. I hope you'll let them take you on a journey—on many journeys—through the thrills of being bound, tied up, immobilized, trapped, caught, as well as binding, tying up, immobilizing, trapping and catching.