Alphabet Series: L is for Leather

The stories in this brief volume are much like leather itself: stylish, sensuous, a little flamboyant. (Witness Sheri Gilmore's "Cleanup on Aisle Ten," which is entertainingly over-the-top.) Even non-devotees of leather may be impressed by the variety of ways the material appears in the stories (saddles, leashes, coats, shoes). Most of the actual leather fetishism appears later in the volume; my favorite of those scenarios is Jude Mason's femdom epic "Those Boots." I would have enjoyed some author bios, as well as a few more m/m stories (even Shane Allison, editor of countless gay anthologies, contributes an m/f piece, although it's surprisingly plausible). There is a fair amount of f/f here, though, if that's your preference.