17 Steamy Erotic Stories Written By Women — & Why They’re Important

Illustrated by: Anna Sudit. When I first started writing erotica in 1999, I would often get the question, “What, exactly, is erotica?” Nowadays, in our post- Fifty Shades of Grey world, I rarely get that kind of confusion. Instead, there remains a bit of a misconception that all of modern erotica is somehow similar to Fifty Shades, with female submissives being the name of the game. The truth: There’s a lot to discover about the genre beyond E.L. James’ massive bestseller. I should know;...