Sep. 18th, 2012

elfs: (Default)
Carnal Machines: Steampunk Erotica is a collection of erotic short stories with steampunk settings.

Kannan Feng's "Deviant Devices" feels more like a set piece from Neal Stephenson's "neo-victorians" than a real steampunk story. All of the pieces in Carnal Machines involve someone being bound, thrusted, entwined, drained, or otherwise intermingled with a piece of hardware large enough to see yet mystical enough to do profound things to the human mind and body, and this one is no exception. It does have the benefit of having an interesting, voyeuristic trope to it, and you're never quite sure who is being pleased here.

Still, it's a good and arousing story that does its job. and at least on the sex part it delivers at a fever pitch for the duration.

Profile

elfs: (Default)
Elf Sternberg

February 2026

S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
151617181920 21
22232425262728

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Mar. 9th, 2026 11:09 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios