<big><b>The best of the best <P> The hottest of the hot</b></big> <P> To mark its fifteenth anniversary, the top-selling erotica series achieves a scorching new climax with a special edition showcasing standout stories from the entire series as well as never before published pieces -- plus interviews with the authors and, for the first time, a hot and edgy piece from Susie Bright herself. <P> In <b>Susie Bright</b>'s own contribution, "<I>Story of O</i> Birthday Party," she recounts her lover's elaborately orchestrated birthday gift: a re-creation of Pauline Réage's classic S/M tale with Susie at the center of the action. <b>Joe Maynard</b> enters a love/hate relationship with a two-million-dollar sex toy in "Fleshlight." <b>Greta Christina</b>'s "Are We Having Sex Now or What?" asks the provocative question of what defines authentic sexual connection and experience. <P> Thoroughly electrifying -- and thrillingly eclectic -- the 2008 edition promises to open new doors with its exhilarating, equal-opportunity approach to erotic writing. Straight or gay, dominant or submissive, romantic or sadistic, Bright's selections run the gamut -- and push all the right buttons.