Little Deaths: 24 Tales of Sex and Horror (Hardcover)

by Ellen Datlow (Editor)

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Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Weidenfeld Military (Sep 8 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 185798014X
ISBN-13: 978-1857980141

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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The well-known association between sex and death has inspired quite a few erotic horror anthologies over the past several years. Don't let this one get lost in the shuffle, because it's a real winner. Ellen Datlow, the fiction editor for Omni, has assembled here 16 tales about relationships on the edge -- with a special focus on tales about either transformation or loss of control. The authors include Lucy Taylor, Harry Crews, Nicholas Royle, Joel Lane, Clive Barker, Joyce Carol Oates, Ruth Rendell, Kathe Koja, Pat Cadigan and Dan Simmons. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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An anthology of sixteen erotic horror stories includes the writings of such authors as Clive Barker, Joyce Carol Oates, Ruth Rendell, Dan Simmons, and Lucy Taylor. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love and death, Jun 16 2004

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This review is from: Little Deaths (Mass Market Paperback)

Ellen Datlow has been one of the most consistently reliable editors of fantastic fiction anthologies for a long time now, both on her own projects and in her many collaborations with Terri Windling. This particular book is an assortment of stories dealing with sex and horror.

In "Hungry Skin" by Lucy Taylor, a young woman finds there is more than meets the eye in her late, estranged father's erotic artworks, and eventually finds herself in them as well. A man desiring revenge on his ex-wife finds an opportunity in the form of a young prostitute with a familiar face in Harry Crews' deliciously cruel "Becky Lives." Love and devotion among freaks is examined in Wayne Allan Sallee's "Lover Doll." Dan Simmons takes us to frightening foreign lands in the chilling "Dying in Bangkok." A traveling student learns the power of memory in Stephen Dedman's "The Lady of Situations." And Clive Barker revisits a world from his novel 'The Great and Secret Show' as two rogues are enlisted to rescue a man from the dream-sea, in the very funny "On Amen's Shore." (One need not have read the novel to understand or enjoy this story.)

There are also memorable pieces from Pat Cadigan (another very funny story), Jack Womack, Nicholas Royle and Kathe Koja.

Only a few are a bit weak. Richard Christian Matheson's entry, like most short-shorts, is unsatisfying, while Joyce Carol Oates' and Joel Lane's are relatively pointless exercises.

Overall, a good variety of styles and content is represented here - subtle or explicit, from earthy suspense to happenings of a more surreal nature. There's probably something here for everyone. This is an exceptional collection worth looking for.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I found it to take me through a very erotic experiance., Sep 30 1999

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This review is from: Little Deaths (Mass Market Paperback)

a very erotic read, I vividly remember when the lady was intertwining her body into the statue. I pictured her as a beautiful bunette with a slender body.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Ulysses, but somewhat enjoyable, Sep 23 1999

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I fount this anthology to be average. I was particularly taken with the story "Becky Lives", which makes this worth the price of admission. Some of the other stories are interesting, some aren't. Like I said, rather average.

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2.0 out of 5 stars not bad but not that good either
While I have liked other anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow, I really had no reaction to this except the overall feeling that I'm not impressed. Read more

Published on Jan 22 1999