CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

Maxim Jakubowski

“A”

Alice Joanou

THE ISLE OF THE DEAD

Thomas S. Roche

PURE PORN

Dion Farquhar

TWO AT ONCE

Robert Silverberg

A LONG LETTER FROM F.

Leonard Cohen

DEATH AND SEDUCTION

Catherine Sellars

TENDER FRUIT

Vicki Hendricks

BEAUTY’S PUNISHMENT

Anne Rice

OOH BABY, YOU TURN ME ON

Stewart Home

THE K.C. SUITE

Maxim Jakubowski

HOLLOW HILLS

Michael Hemmingson

A CARCASS OF DREAMS

Marco Vassi

NEEDLESS TO SAY

Lisa Palac

BETWEEN SIGNS

Cris Mazza

EVIL COMPANIONS

Michael Perkins

THE GIRL IN BOOTH NINE

Adam-Troy Castro

THE SAFETY OF UNKNOWN CITIES

Lucy Taylor

LESSONS IN SUBMISSION

Mark Pritchard

VIOLENT SILENCE

Paul Mayersberg

THE PARIS CRAFTSMAN

Lucienne Zager

FRAME GRABBER

Denise Danks

MARRIED LOVE

David Guy

EQUINOX

Samuel R. Delany

THE BUTCHER

Alina Reyes

CHAPTERS IN A PAST LIFE

Marilyn Jaye-Lewis

BAUBO’S KISS

Lucy Taylor

DESIRE BEGINS

Kathy Acker

THE AGE OF DESIRE

Clive Barker

L’ENFER

Alice Joanou

SMALL DEATH IN VENICE

Sean O Caoimh