 Explorations of dominants and their relationships with those who submit to them are on display in He’s On Top and She’s On Top. These two anthologies are beasts of a subtle breed. Unlike scenarios where the dominant character punishes his or her subs because they despise them and see them as something less than human, the tops here do it because they are with someone who understands, trusts and (more often than not) loves them.
He’s On Top features such intriguing scenarios as a young top being put through his paces in a club by an older bottom who knows which of them is really controlling the scene (Thomas S. Roche’s Schoolgirl And Angel) and a master demonstrating his training technique over the phone to persuade another woman she should avail herself of his services (Mackenzie Cross’ A Good Reference). It also, bravely, tackles the subject of a couple rekindling their BDSM relationship after her treatment for breast cancer (Shanna Germain’s The Sun Is An Ordinary Star).
She’s On Top has the dommes taking centre stage, and offers up such treats as Tara Alton’s Pinch, where a woman has a surprisingly kinky encounter in her office lift, Noelle Keely’s Ottoman Empress, in which the heroine discovers how satisfying it is to use her yoga-loving husband as a footstool and Kate Dominic’s The Queening Chair, which can only be described as a cunnilingus apocalypse. Truly a pair of masterful anthologies.
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