I don’t need to tell you that societal norms and social mores are constantly changing, especially in areas of sex and sexuality. But in Julian Hanshaw’s new graphic novel Free Pass (paperback, Kindle), he not only explores the titular sexual practice, but, as he explains in the following email interview, he does so by injecting it with some science fiction.
Painter Marcel Duchamp once declared that, “eroticism is close to life, closer than philosophy or anything like that, it’s an animal thing that has many facets and is pleasing to use, as you would use a tube of paint.” It is with this in mind that I present the following email interview with Sacchi Green, the editor of Best Lesbian Erotica Of The Year: Volume 3 (paperback, Kindle); Rob Rosen, who edited Best Gay Erotica Of The Year: Volume 4 (paperback, Kindle); and Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of Best Women’s Erotica Of The Year: Volume 4 (paperback, Kindle).
It’s always interesting to see how science fiction writers put their own unique spins on stories of first contact between humanity and aliens. Take, for example, Condomnauts (paperback, Kindle), the sci-fi space opera by Yoss, who — in the following email interview that was translated from Spanish by Lily Seibert — explains how his story of first contact is, well, rather intimate.