"Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth" edited by Peter Wild
This anthology of short stories is linked solely by the titles of Sonic Youth songs, which form the starting off point for each tale. Some are vivid and graphic, others are tame and subdued, but all echo the caustic and nihilistic tonalities of the band's works.
Here is a rather funny excerpt about a woman named Heather and a prosthetic dubbed "Bull" from the story "Bull in the Heather" by Scott Mebus:
Heather had never been with a woman. She'd spent her thirty years bouncing from man to man without thought; easily hopping on to a new boat just as the last on sank. Some treated her poorly, others well. None of it excited her any more, she confided to Sue, as they lay intertwined. But this was different. Sue brought something to Heather's life none of those poor men could ever hope to provide: understanding. Sue understood her baby. She knew how things should feel. Heather had never been happier and neither had Sue. Something deep grew between them, something true. And now, eight months later, Sue stood in the back of a dingy little sex store staring at rubber penises. That was the price of love.
….Sue stood rigid in place, waiting. She'd heard of strap-ons, of course. She'd never wished to be acquainted with one. But this seemed a step in the right direction. If she wished to push the thought of penises from Heather's mind, then appropriating the image would be the way to go. She could be like any man, but no man could be like her.
The boy returned, a long box in hand. He smiled nervously as he opened it.
"It's called the Bull. It's the only kind we got that looks real, cause it's from a mould, it says. A real porn star di…um, penis. Iron Jeremy. Heard of him?"