THE EROTICISM OF HORROR
The secret place in our minds where our fantasies and fears lurk can usually remain dark and hidden. Until, that is, it is illuminated by such supremely talented manipulators of the macabre as Stephen King, Ruth Rendell, Angela Carter, Clive Barker or Patrick McGrath. Then our erotic fantasies become art and the flesh tingles with pleasure or fear.
This brilliant collection of stories introduces a host of kinky, perverse, bizarre and creepy characters. Among them is the cricket-playing vampire, a devilish owner of a beauty parlour, a tragically yielding showgirl and a sleek sea creature likely to give mermaids a bad name.
Terrifying, humorous and wildly seductive, the stories in I Shudder at Your Touch will have you fighting back a scream - of horror or delight.