Lovers and Other Monsters

aka Lovers other MonstersFrom the dust jacketMarvin Kaye's new collection of over fifty stories, poems, and a short play presents the darker and supernatural aspects of love—whether romantic, sexual, brotherly or decidedly unusual.

The cast of lovers—or, perhaps, monsters—includes wives and husbands, prostitutes and princesses, ghosts and demons, machines and computers, vampires, aliens and even a winged goddess.

Of particular note are:

Anne Rice's only published short story "Master of the Rampling Gate," a tale of vampiric seduction.

Ray Bradbury's "The Maiden," a story that until now has never been reprinted since its first appearance in 1947.

Mary Higgins Clark's "Voices in the Coalbin," an evocative tale of love and possession.

Morgan Lllywelyn's "Princess," a sly re-interpretation of a familiar fairy tale.

Dashiell Hammett's "In the Morgue," a little-known short story by a master of detective fiction.

And Jack Moffitt's solution to the classic tale by Frank R. Stockton, "The Lady or the Tiger?" (which is also included).

Table of ContentsIntroductionOdd CouplesPoul Anderson – Journeys EndJerome Bixby and Joe E. Dean – Share AlikeC. H. Sherman – TeacherChristina Rossetti – A NightmareDan Burrello – The Songs of My YoungDarrell Schweitzer – MinotauressParke Godwin – A Matter of TasteMildred Clingerman – The Wild WoodWorldly LoveArthur Conan Doyle – The Colonel’s ChoiceJulia L. Keefer – A SecretFrederick Laing – Gentleman on the Top FloorMaxim Gorky – Twenty-Six Men and a GirlWilliam S. Gilbert – Ellen M’Jones AberdeenJoan Andelman – A Sunday in DecemberJessica Amanda Salmonson – The Old Woman Who Dragged Her Husband’s CorpseCarole Buggé – LauraE. P. Conkle – Minnie FieldH. G. Wells – The Pearl of LoveNot of This WorldH. P. Lovecraft – The Strange High House in the MistPaula Volsky – Let No Man DreamMorgan Llywelyn – PrincessEdith Wharton – The Lady’s Maid’s BellToby Sanders – The SatyrHonoré de Balzac – Don Juan; or The Elixir of Long LifeJustin Dowling – The Legs That WalkedSaralee Terry – The Bridge to the Liver PiesRay Russell – The Black WenchGuillaume Apollinaire – The Blue EyeAnne Rice – The Master of Rampling GateTheodore Sturgeon – The Deadly RatioOut of This WorldAmy Wasp-Wimberger – Will the Real Dennis Casper Please Stand Up?Fredric Brown – ExpeditionDan Potter – Tripping the Light FantasticFrederik Pohl – The FiendMarvin Kaye – Happy HourRichard L. Wexelblat – Horace, Nellie, and the ComputerIsaac Asimov – I’m in Marsport Without HildaJ. Timothy Hunt – MoonflowerRobert Sheckley – The Language of LoveFatal AttractionsEdgar Allan Poe – BereniceBret Harte – A Passage in the Life of Mr. John OakhurstDashiell Hammett – In the MorgueThomas D. Sadler – Himeros’s DaughterJosef Marais – A-round the CornerMary Higgins Clark – Voices in the CoalbinRay Bradbury – The MaidenWallace West – A Thing of BeautyTraditional – The Douglas TragedyW. C. Morrow – The Permanent StilettoJoan Vander Putten – In the Shadows of My FearMaurice Level – Blue Eyes