Title:
Future Fantasies Volume 1

Author:
Candy Dance

Published By:
Allure Books

ISBN #:
n/a

Release Date:
Available Now

Format:
Electronic

Cherry-Girl (47 pg.): Rider is a postman whose route on his postal cargo ship includes several different planets and outposts. He’s usually in space for months at a time, so the company outfits each ship with a sexbot to keep the postmen occupied. On this trip, his sexbot is a new model, a Virgin Maiden sexual cyborg, and he names her “Cherry.” Little does he know that “Cherry” is really a human woman named Lisette who is from a planet populated solely by women. She desperately wants to be pregnant--and has chosen Rider as the daddy.

Princess Concubine (45 pg.): Prey Hunter is the Commander of the Bengar army. He has offered the population of the Kimaree province, his latest conquest, a deal – allow their women to marry Bengar warriors, and he will have mercy on the province. Prey has an ulterior motive. His people must have the women of the Kimaree because all the women of their race have died in a plague, and they will have them by peaceful means or not. To set an example, Prey must take a Kimaree princess, Shybell Lee, as his concubine, and father sons on her. Prey discovers that the taking is not as easy--nor as unpleasant--as he thought it would be.

I really enjoyed both of these stories. They are short, spare almost to a fault, yet well paced, so that the story is fully told by the end. In my experience, in a collection of short stories there is almost always one that is stronger than the other. In this case, however, both stories are very strong and well written. My only complaint with the publication is the poor proofreading by the publisher, which obscures otherwise superior work. These stories are unabashed erotica, but the explicit and lengthy sex scenes are always placed within the context of the plot framework. I am quite impressed with Dance’s versatility--Cherry-Girl is definitely science fiction, while Princess Concubine is more of a futuristic fantasy. I’m looking forward to reading more of the author’s work.



Reviewed by: Jean