Product Description

The darkness calls to us all…haunting, seductive, and dangerous. What makes you shake with fear can sometimes make you shiver…with desire. Call of the Dark is a collection of supernatural, erotic stories from your favorite authors.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #285897 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-30
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 308 pages

From the Publisher
Call of the Dark is a collection of supernatural, erotic stories by your favorite authors from around the world.

Lynn Ames *** Crystal Barela *** Victoria A. Brownsworth

Rachel Kramer Bussel *** Maria V. Ciletti *** Amie M. Evans

Cyntia Glinick *** Ariel Graham *** Patty G. Henderson

Peggy J. Herring *** Lynne Jamneck *** Barbara Johnson

Karin Kallmaker *** Alison Laleche *** Heather Osbourne

Joy Parks *** Radclyffe *** Nancy Sanra

Therese Szymanski *** Jane Vollbrecht *** Vicky 'Dylan' Wagstaff

Julia Watts *** Kristina Wright *** Laura DeHart Young

From the Inside Flap
Then, the barest whisper. "Do you want me?"

The sound sent chills of fear through me. I clutched the covers to me. Wasn't this what I'd been wanting? Some physical manifestation of this phantom, this female being who'd come to me in a dream all those months ago?

I felt the faintest hint of a kiss against my neck. Nails light along my arm, then across my breasts. My body responded on its own, forgetting the pain, wanting only the pleasure. Her fingers traveled down, across my belly to the inside of my thighs. I couldn't help but raise my hips, urging her fingers to once again plunge into me.

Her fingers stopped their caress. "No," she said, laughing softly. "You have to tell me you want me."

About the Author
Therese Szymanski has written seven books in the Lammy Finalist Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers and edited BACK TO BASICS: A Butch-Femme Anthology, which made the Publishing Triangle's list of notable lesbian books for 2004. She's been shortlisted for a Spectrum Award, contributed to a few dozen anthologies, and is an award-winning playwright. You can e-mail her at tsszymanski@worldnet.att.net.

Customer Reviews

Goosebumps at its best
I'd like to add that both "Call of The Dark: Erotic Lesbian Tales Of The Supernatural" and "Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual," live up to their hype. The impressive list of contributors deliver the expected chills and erotic thrills. Putting horror in a new light, you'll be pleasantly surprised at how titillating being frightened can be.

It's been a while but just flipping through the pages, "Call of the Dark" has sent delicious shivers up and down my spine. From "Her libido took off like the proverbial bat out of hell," (p. 5) sound familiar? Where "Reality was the dream..." (p. 23). Or "full lips parted, teeth sharp against her tongue, the taste of blood lingering in her mouth" (p. 43). Is there anything more erotic than a kiss? "My skin felt worshipped and then as if I was being flayed alive. Pleasure and pain, pain and pleasure. Who knew where one ended and the other started?" (p. 70) Good question. Vivid mind paralyzing imagery and who would think that "Pale, rotting flesh...worst nightmare come to life...and smell my own terror" (p. 72) could be sexy? "She sucked on my neck before biting. Hard. I cried out" (p. 80). Or succumbing to the suffocating thoughts of inhaling icy water rather than air but drowning in lust before long (p. 89). So much stuff, from haunted houses (pgs. 101-6), weapons of mass pleasure, autopsies, honoring the dead on Halloween, to the feel of your spine turning to mush (p. 198), I could go on and on, but I will leave the rest for your own sweet horrified discovery. If these bits don't cry out for you to answer the "Call of the Dark," then find out why LGBTQ people seem to be so attracted to the supernatural. I did.

Cheri

Enjoyed this anthology tremendously
I am not normally a reader of `Tales of the Supernatural' but with 23 stories from a superior list of authors how could I not buy it?

Among the authors -

Radclyffe
Karin Kallmaker
Therese Szymanski
Barbara Johnson
Julia Watts
Lynn Ames
Laura DeHart Young
Peggy J. Herring
Jane Vollbrecht
Victoria A. Brownworth
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Amie M. Evans
Patty G. Henderson
Lynne Jamneck
Heather Osbourne
Joy Parks

This is a Keeper !

Sizzling Hot and LESBIAN
Like Szymanski's first anthology, Back to Basics, this collection sizzles, start to finish. Every story is strong and well-told and focuses almost exclusively on really hot lesbian sex. Women with women doing women in the dark. It's a keeper.

Full of names I don't recognize and many that I do, I think this anthology makes a real effort to find good stories foremost and not just the same old names. But the new writers (at least new to me) are not amateurish. Clunky sentences and tired cliches can ruin a good sensual buzz, and there was none of that in this anthology.

A warning, though, these stories are meant to be creepy and spooky (though some are amusing and light) and in a few cases, demons of the dark have their way with unsuspecting women in less than consensual acts. If that's going to bother you you might want instead to pick up Back to Basics, another great anthology. If you can roll with the occasional vampire who doesn't wait for a signed consent form, you're going to love every page of this book.