Embraces: Dark Erotica

Embraces: Dark Erotica is a literate and provocative approach to the type of fiction that came to be called erotic horror in the last decade or so. Mainstream publishers tried to capitalize on it with best-selling anthologies like I Shudder At Your Touch, Dark Love, Love In Vein, and the Hot Blood series. Even established erotica publishers like Masquerade came out with hot versions of horror classics in their Darker Passions series. Embraces: Dark Erotica, however, is something different: twenty stories of modern, highly sexual dark fiction from writers who, in most cases, are not considered "erotica writers" — fresh blood, so to speak.Contents ix • Introduction (Embraces: Dark Erotica) • (2000) • essay by Paula Guran1 • You Give Me Fever • (2000) • shortstory by Nancy Holder11 • Saturnalia • (1999) • shortstory by David J. Schow31 • On the Dangers of Simultaneity, Or, Ungh, Mmmm, Oh-Baby-Yeah, Aaah, Oooh... UH-OH! • (2000) • shortstory by Robert Devereaux39 • Creeps • (2000) • shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem47 • Torpor • (2000) • shortstory by Charlee Jacob63 • Seeing Things • (2000) • shortstory by J. R. Corcorrhan79 • Before the White Asylum • (2000) • shortstory by Rob Hardin89 • Blue Boy • (2000) • shortstory by M. Christian105 • Her Master's Hand • (2000) • shortstory by Dominick Cancilla109 • Madly, Deeply • (2000) • shortstory by Connie Wilkins117 • First Love • (2000) • shortstory by Jay Russell123 • Small Bubbles • (2000) • shortstory by Samuel Cross129 • Payback's a Bitch • (2000) • shortstory by Thomas S. Roche147 • Director of Dolls • (2000) • shortstory by Anne Tourney157 • Mekong Medusa • (2000) • shortstory by Julia Solis167 • Beholder • (2000) • shortstory by Stephen Dedman173 • Homewrecker • (1998) • shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite177 • Matchbox Screamers • (2000) • shortstory by Ian Grey187 • The Virgin Spring • (2000) • shortstory by Lorelei Shannon199 • Learn at Home! Your Career in Evil! • (2000) • shortstory by John Shirley215 • About the Writers (Embraces: Dark Erotica) • (2000) • essay by Paula Guran