Alessia (a/k/a impressive or just "Imp" from LITEROTICA) is one of Coming Together's original contributors & its editor-in-chief.
Take one part Appalachian redneck, one part once-upon-a-time wet dream, and one part filthy-minded wordsmith. Mix well and serve with chocolate-covered cherries. There you have the one and only Alessia Brio. Alessia writes all colors and flavors of erotica, from heterosexual to ménage to same sex, and from twisted to humorous to deeply touching.
Her work has earned her critical acclaim in the form of an EPIC Award for Best Erotica (fine flickering hungers), two EPIC Awards for Best Erotica Anthology (Coming Together: Against the Odds & Coming Together: Into the Light), a Next Generation Indie Book Award for Best Erotica (Squeeze Play), and a Romantic Times Top Pick (Coming Together: For the Cure) in addition to a plethora of glowing online reviews. Readers can find her online via Twitter, Facebook, or her indie publishing label, Purple Prosaic
Alessia's fiction and/or poetry appear in the following Coming Together publications:
- The Erotic Cocktail v1
- The Erotic Cocktail v2
- There's Always Heaven
- The Erotic Cocktail v3
- Hurricane Relief Edition
- For the Cure
- For Gabrielle
- Under Fire
- Into the Light
- With Pride
- At Last
- Al Fresco
- Against the Odds
- By Hand
- With a Twist
- Pro Bono
- For the Holidays
Additionally, Alessia serves as Coming Together's primary cover artist. She has completed the cover art for all Coming Together publications except:
- Wicked Prey (Colors)
- Stripping for Daddy (Tabooty)
- Bad for Daddy (Tabooty)
- Whispered Words (Tabooty)
- Undeniable (Tabooty)
- Seduced by the Game
Some of Alessia's short stories can be read for free on Literotica.