Twelve tales that will chill you to the bone, and take you places you've never been before The author says: "The stories here are among (but certainly not all) my darkest creations; some are sexually disturbing, others visceral and graphically violent, while others are just plain dark in nature. While I wouldn't go so far as to call them erotic, a few do have elements of the erotic in them. But I doubt most folks would get off on them I've also included three of my vampire stories-literally the first one I wrote, followed by what has been undoubtedly the most successful one (both financially and in terms of it being named as one of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror stories), and concluding with a previously unpublished story."