Little Deaths
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 forOmni, 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.