Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

A stunning anthology of sensuous short fiction and magical erotica explores the seductive world of mysterious, mythic sirens-- men and women--who draw us into a forbidden zone of fantasy and desire, in works by Jane Yolen, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Swanwick, Tanith Lee, and other outstanding writers. Original.

Amazon.com Review

Obsessions, lust, passion, and ecstacy are the subjects of this excellent anthology edited by the talented, award-winning, and prolific team of Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. With uninhibited stories from heavy-hitters such as Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Pat Murphy, Jane Yolen, and Michael Swanwick, Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers won't fail to capture your attention and hold it. These authors and many more take readers on a journey to the boundaries of love and sex, jumping freely into the abyss of magical fascination and strange desire. Highlights include Oates's Oedipal story of a teenage sex object, Kelley Eskridge's tale of a wanderer who only finds release and love in the heart of violence, and Tanith Lee's look inside Little Red Riding Hood's secret fantasies.

About the Author

Ellen Datlow was the Fiction Editor of Omni Internet for seventeen years. In both forums, she published award-winning writers ranging from Joyce Carol Oates, T. Coraghessan Boyle, William Burroughs, and Jonathan Carroll to Dan Simmons, William Gibson, Stephen King, Peter Straub, and URsula K. Le Guin. Datlow has also edited or co-edited numerous original and reprint anthologies, including Little Deaths and Lethal Kisses, winning five Worlds Fantasy Awards. Her overview of the horror field in the annual The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror is used as a reference throughout the genre.

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