Susie Bright - The Best American Erotica 2002

The Missouri Review

The Missouri Review is a nationally acclaimed triannual literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, author interviews, and more. In close to twenty-five years of publishing high-quality contemporary literature, it has earned a reputation for discovering new writers of exceptional talent. To subscribe, or for selections from the print journal, a lively literature discussion forum, submission guidelines, and contest rules, visit online at www.missourireview.org.

Nerve

Nerve is a smart sex magazine for men and women. In both its print and online versions, Nerve features exceptional photographs, fiction, and reported articles. For its mix of Pulitzer Prize-winning authors alongside MoMA photographers, Entertainment Weekly has dubbed it "the body of Playboy with the brain of the New Yorker." Nerve has created four books to date: an anthology from its first year, Nerve: Literate Smut; a fiction collection, Full Frontal Fiction; a photo collection, Nerve: The New Nude; and a history of sex in literature, The Naughty Bits. Visit www.nerve.com.

New Mouth from the Dirty South

New Mouth from the Dirty South publishes kick-ass fiction and true stories, Tales of a Pun\ Roc\ Nothing and Gynomite : Fearless, Feminist Porn among others. It also runs a subscription service, Factory Direct, that delivers quality, underground, self-published literature to your house every other month. For details, write New Mouth from the Dirty South, P.O. Box 19742, New Orleans, LA 70179-0742; or phone (504) 948-2228; or visit www.newmouthfromthedirtysouth.com.

Noirotica

The Noirotica series is an ongoing line of erotic anthologies in the crime-noir genre. Noirotica (Rhinoceros Books, 1996) was the first anthology ever to explicitly explore that territory, and Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction (Rhinoceros Books, 1997) continued the series. Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (Black Books, 2001) is the most recent volume. For more information on the Noirotica series or to order a copy, write Thomas Roche at P.O. Box 410686, San Francisco, CA 94141-0686, or visit www.thomasroche.com.

Studio Loplop

The novel Lofting by Alma Marceau was published by Studio Loplop, an independent press based in the southern reaches of the California Floristic Province. Letters should be addressed to Loplop Publications, 4804 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Suite 303, Valley Village, CA 91607. Editor in chief April Platinum also maintains the company Web site at www.Studioloplop.com.

Venus or Vixen Press

Venus or Vixen is an independent press publishing fiction and anthologies. It is the publisher of books such as Viscera and Embraces: Dark Erotica. It is also a free, award-winning online magazine, venusorvixen.com . Editor in chief/publisher is Cara Bruce. For more information, write to PMB #121, 322 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110 or visit www.venusorvixen.com.

Warner Aspect

"Ganger (Ball Lightning)" by Nalo Hopkinson originally appeared in Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, now available in Warner Aspect trade paperback. Fans of Nalo Hopkinson can look to Warner Aspect, an imprint of Time Warner, for her first collection of short fiction, Skin Folk- To learn more about their other science fiction/fantasy titles and authors, visit www.twbookmark.com/sciencefiction.