Strange Bedfellows (Hot Blood)

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Customer Reviews

Bored Bedfellows
I have been a fan of the Hot Blood series since I picked up the first one in 1988. I tend to look forward to new installments. However, this is the first book in the series that I have found seriously lacking. The stories are amateurish and hokey. With previous books in the series I have finished the entire book in a day or two. In this installment, I have found that it has taken me a day or two to get through one story. The first story 'Abomination' took a week for me to read, simply because it wasn't very engrossing. For Erotica, that says a lot. After reading a few lines of 'The Last Man on Earth', I began to think the rest of the story should be written in crayon. It wasn't all terrible, 'Ragnall Redux', 'Dance', and 'Thirty Minutes' stand out as Hot Blood calibre stories, but the other 16 were either so-so or completely dreadful. Even the Editors contributions, which are normally not the best stories, seemed pieced together. It's as though they felt nobody would read far enough to notice how bad their entries were.

2005-04-11 (Pemberly, U.K.) | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 2

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Hot Blood
The stories in this book grow more gruesome with every publication.All brand new ideas,Hot Blood continues to push the envelope between sex and horror with tales such as "Ragnall Redux","The Lost Herd" "Thirty Minutes" and by god, my most favorite tale of sex and vengenance..."The Last Man on Earth"

If you are a fan of everlasting horror,do not miss out on this gripping,captivating,and ghoulish anthology to ever come out of the Hot Blood series,bar none!

2004-12-10 | Horror Fan | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5

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best volume yet?
Tons of great stories in this new Hot Blood volume - the writers keep topping themselves with new ideas! Greg Kihn starts the book with a wild story involving Siamese twins, and Graham Masterton tops anything he's done yet for the series with a story that will twist your mind into knots. And all the stories in between are fascinating as well! Kudos to the Hot Blood writers!

2004-10-19 (Sherman oaks, CA) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5

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Seeds Of Fear (Hot Blood)

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An anthology of erotic horror includes the stories of a trucker who gets more than he expected from a midnight pickup, a young woman who loves sex to death--literally, and a porn producer who recruits the wrong star.

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Customer Reviews

A Hot-Blood series book with new seeds to stir up those dark, naughty fears and desires
Starting off lightly with a short Preface by editors Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett, and including an introduction by Brinke Stevens (Evila - 'B' Movie Scream Queen extraordinaire) where she expertly walks us down a path of golden and gory memories, such as the momentous seductive powers of Dracula in an era of prim, high-collared ladies. She also adds the lovely comparison of death and the "little death" in $ex.

Here is a peek of Gelb and Garrett's gruesome lineup:

1) Scream Queen by Robert Kelly
2) Hideyhole by Billie Sue Mosiman
3) High Contempt by J.N. Williamson
4) Just A Phone Call Away by John F.D. Taft
5) Black And White And Bed All Over by James Crawford
6) Handyman by Jeff Gelb
7) Airhead by Michael Newton
8) Five Seconds by J.L. Comeau
9) Sympathy Call by Michael Garrett
10) Overeaters Ominous by Stephen R. George
11) Grub-Girl by Edward Lee
12) Hunger by Kathy Ptacek
13) The Watcher by Rex Miller and Jeff Gelb
14) Lullaby & Goodnight by Wayne Allen Sallee
15) I Am Joe's Penus by Scott H. Urban
16) What You See by Paul Dale Anderson
17) The Beast by Larry Tritten
18) See Marilyn Monroe's P@nties! by Bentley Little
19) Devil With A Blue Dress by P.D. Cacek

A few of my favorites would be Michael Newton's 'Airheads', a little romping and stalking goes awry for a killer's plans. In 'Overeaters Ominous', Stephen R. George paints a sickening tale of abuse and retribution. Edward Lee's 'Grub-Girl' lives up to what we have come to expect from Lee, a grotesque tale of previously dead "street girls". Allow Kathryn Ptacek to take you into the furiously frustrating den of desire with her tale, 'Hunger'. Find out about how a marriage falls apart from a deadly threesome in Rex Miller and Jeff Gelb's 'The Watcher'. What collection isn't complete without a little freak fun too, expertly told in Wayne Allen Sallee's 'Lullaby & Goodnight'. Get yourself some queasy chuckles from both Scott H. Urban's 'I Am Joe's Penus' (misspelling intentional to avoid edit) and Bentley Little's 'See Marilyn Monroe's P@anties!'

At the end of the book are short bios for each of the contributing authors. I must say that there wasn't one story in this collection that I didn't like. Each one was well selected for its 'Horror & $ex' content, and each one uniquely delivers a tale twisted the two together with thrashing, animalistic, bloody glee. Don't miss out on this collection. Enjoy!

2006-08-28 | Schtinky (California) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Beware of this series...
The Hot Blood series always delivers that cutting edge (pun intended) style of horror erotica. This is yet another collection of stories that will titilate and make you cringe at the same time. I think it's brave for these authors to write in detail about topics and subjects most people won't touch. You will often find yourself being turned on about things you never thought would enter your mind. Pick up any of the Hot Blood series and you won't be disappointed. BUT BE WARNED! This has happened to me 3 times already and it's getting very frustrating.... they keep re-releasing this series with new covers so you think its a new book. Check the titles you have already before buying another book in the series. You might find you already own it. For example, I just bought Seeds of Fear that came out this month. Turns out I already had it from years back when it had a different cover and was titled "The Hot Blood Series" and in small letters below "Seeds of Fear". Now the re-release has "SEEDS OF FEAR" in big letters and "hot blood series" in small letter below it. This habit of re-releasing the same book and making it look like a new title in the series is very misleading and should be stopped. I even asked the guy at the book store if it was a re-release or not. He looked it up in the computer and said it was new. So even HE didn't know. Not many people remember the exact titles of their entire library at home before they buy a new book. I just don't like being "tricked" into buying the same title over and over when they are good enough to stand on their own. The publishers shouldn't have to resort to design/marketing tricks just to sell the book when the stories are so entertaining.

2005-05-18 | Andy (Tustin California) | Helpful Votes: 19 | Rating: 4

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HOT!!
I found this novel very fun. It had such distasteful, unforgettable stories in it, how can one not be intrigued?! My favorite stories were of "The Tale Of The Nymphomaniac" which is not the real title. A story about a girl who just can't seem to... get enough! :) I think my favorite story out of the whole series of collection would be "Grub Girl". Its a futuristic story of a prostitute. I can't really give away much. Some of the stories are not erotic, and some aren't horror. But most have an even balance. This book is now hard to find, so I say if you should find it, buy it! You're in for a ride!!

2001-06-16 (El Cajon, CA United States) | Helpful Votes: 9 | Rating: 4

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Creepy and intriguing
Cure for people who chip away at their SO's self-esteem? Read "Overeaters Ominous," a story from this volume...A depressed, 200-pound neglected wife gets back at her sleazebag husband by putting both of them a very weird diet...

2000-08-02 (California, USA) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 4

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Very exciting!
I though this would be an exciting book to read. Boy was I right. This book has it all if you like Erotica and Horror you will love this book.

1999-06-24 | Helpful Votes: 8 | Rating: 5

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HOTTEST BLOOD - Hot Blood Series: The Ultimate in Erotic Horror: I Hear the Merm

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Fear the Fever: The Hot Blood Series

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An erotic horror anthology includes the works of such popular writers as Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Graham Masterton, Lucy Taylor, Bruce Jones, J. N. Williamson, P. D. Cacek, and Alan Brennert.

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Customer Reviews

$ex, Drugs, Rock n Roll ... and Horror
A Hot-Blood Series book which will tap that fever deep inside you, the one that lusts for blood with your other hearty appetites. This addition to the Hot Blood series is not to be missed, even better (if possible) than the previous 'Seeds Of Fear'. Beginning with Lucy Taylor's 'The Five Percent People' and ending with Graham Masterton's stunning 'The Secret Shih Tan', you won't find one boring moment in this tasty collection of horrific delights.

Here's the line up:
'The Five Percent People' by Lucy Taylor
'Feeding The Beast' by Bruce Jones
'Purple Hearts And Other Wounds' by Stephen Woodworth
'The Sinister Woods' by Wendy Rathbone
'Love Letters From The Rain Forest' by Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee
'Orifice' by John F.D. Taff
'Sole Man' by Lois Gresh
'The Portrait' by Jeff Gelb
'Two Hands Are Better Than One' by J.N. Williamson
'Untamed $ex' by James Crawford
'Metalica' by Patricia D. Cacek
'Call It' by Tom Piccirilli
'Daddy's Dirty Books' by Michael Garrett
'Restin Piece' by Nat Gertler
'Flesh And Blood' by Elsa Rutherford
'Fantasies' by Alan Brennert
'The Secret Shih Tan' by Graham Masterton

It's really hard to pick my favorites out of this collection, but a few would have to be 'The Secret Shih Tan', a story of a long lost cookbook and recipes that are forbidden for a reason. Bruce Jones writes a unique werewolf romp in 'Feeding The Beast', and John F.D. Tuff gives us a squishy, gruesome kind of love in his story 'Orifice'. J.N. Williamson brings us into a eerily p0rnographic art gallery with a psychic twist, in 'Two Hands Are Better Than One'. There's a bit of dark, necrophiliac humor in Nat Gertler's 'Restin Piece', and a languid feeling of old-fashioned gentility gone sour in Elsa Rutherford's 'Flesh And Blood'. And my favorite, 'Untamed $ex' by James Crawford, will take you on a truly animalistic romp of pain and pleasure.

At the end of the book are short bios for each of the contributing authors, like many of the other Hot Blood books. This collection is a definite 'must have' if you like a little blood with your $ex, or a little romance with your horror. Either way, this book is a gory treat that should be gobbled up, preferably with a nightcap before bedtime. Enjoy!

2006-09-05 | Schtinky (California) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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A decent read before bed
Combining horror and erotic thrills makes for a great before-bed read. This isn't the kind of book that will keep you reading all night... you can read one story and then turn over and go to sleep, content with what you've just read. It's not heart racing eroticism nor is it a horror that will make you afraid to close your eyes. It can be disturbing and thought provoking, and can capture your imagination, but I do not believe it will leave you lusting for the characters or jumping at every noise.

2001-04-23 | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 3

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Escapism to the extreme!
Bulletin: We now rejoin the infamous Hot Blood Series, already in progress. fasten your seatbelts -- this is escapism to the extreme. Let's not beat around the bush. This series consists of erotic horror. Erotic, as in Sexy. Horror, as in grotesque disfigurement, torture, and death. It's not "quiet horror." This might not be your cup of poison tea, says your humble reviewer. If it isn't, that's perfectly okay. Otherwise, should you feel adventurous, be advised -- these stories are, as they say, not for the squeamish. Or prudish. Or easily embarrassed. They're not stories you want people to read over your shoulder in the break room or on the bus. These stories exist to tickle your fancy and your funny bone, to present human foibles in up-close-and-personal, oh-so-revealing detail, and -- can we talk? -- to arouse you with a wink and a nudge. They are not politically correct, sensitive, or subtle. I hope I'm making myself clear.

They are so entertaining, however, that several have sold to Showtime's erotic horror series, "The Hunger."

While the stories in FEAR THE FEVER are not all hits, you'll certainly like the twisted triangle in Lucy Taylor's "The Five Percent People" and Patricia D. Cacek's Bram Stoker Award winning "Metalica," with its very needy protagonist. Tom Piccirilli's "Call It" is lean and mean, and Nat Gertler's "Restin' Piece" walks the walk of the tall-tale with ease. And if Graham Masterton's Stoker-nominated, Showtime-filmed "The Secret Shih Tan" is not the most elegantly gruesome tale I've ever read, it's a close second or third. This story anchors the collection with a panache that's hard to beat -- it's worth the price by itself, so the other good stories are pure gravy.

Strong entries from Wendy Rathbone, Elsa Rutherford, Alan Brennert, and J.N. Williamson are bound to hold your interest throughout the volume.

Another superb anthology for those of us who seek a little more edge in our fiction.

1998-03-25 | Helpful Votes: 13 | Rating: 5

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Crimes of Passion: The Hot Blood Series

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Another thrilling and chilling installment of this bestselling and award-winning erotic horror series! "Crimes of Passion" assembles 14 sensually-charged tales by some of today's most provocative talents. Contributors include Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Stephen Solomita, Brian Hodge, Brian Lumley, Greg Kihn, Melanie Tem, and Ramsey Campbell. Targeted media.

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This ninth installment in the Hot Blood series shows no sign of flagging imagination on the part of the contributors--not surprisingly, because the concept of erotic horror encompasses everything dark and sensual that can happen between two beings (human or otherwise). In fact, in a time when only a few original (or mostly original) anthologies are published each year, Jeff Gelb's and Michael Garrett's has become one to bank on. The 13 stories in Crimes of Passion include three reprints (all from relatively obscure publications such as The Ontario Review) and 11 original tales, by such authors as Ramsey Campbell, Greg Kihn, Lawrence Block, Brian Hodge, Brian Lumley, Tom Piccirilli, and Joyce Carol Oates. There's not a bad story in the bunch, and several are strikingly effective--such as Kihn's acid-tripping nightmare in late '60s San Francisco, Hodge's Bram-Stoker-nominated tale about a woman who dives so far into submissive prostitution she seems to break through into an alternate reality, and Oates's superb portrait of a promiscuous drifter on a mission from God. --Fiona Webster

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Customer Reviews

Too weird for me
I stopped reading this book at the 2nd story. I just couldn't get into the stories.

2006-03-06 (Upland, Ca United States) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 1

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Erotic horror so good it's criminal!
Hot Blood: Stranger By Night is Gelb and Garrett's 9th book in the Hot Blood series, but it is by no means stale, or stories you've read before. Where most of the other Hot Blood books sample a variety of erotic horror, this volume leans more towards crime mixed with sex and violence, and probably served as a model for the current Flesh and Blood series.

This volume sports stories from such noted authors as Brian Lumley (Necros), Mike W. Barr (A Real Woman), Jeff Gelb (Tricks or Treat), and Ramsey Campbell (The Limits of Fantasy).

So if you feel like an demonic roller coaster ride into the nights and lows of human depravity, if you want a sexual charge on the way, then get in line to ride the Hot Blood: Crimes of Passion express.

2003-04-23 | Goblyn Queen (Mesa, AZ United States) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5

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I couldn't wait for this one!
I have read all of the books in this series. However, I was "dying" to read this one, specifically because of Greg Kihn's and Brian Lumley's stories. Kihn mixes horror, erotica and the Summer of Love in the Haight perfectly for his freaky concoction. Brian Lumley did not disappoint either. I can always see what he has written, and he never fails to give me the chills. Of the others: the longer stories will entice you along with a lump in your throat and the shorter ones will surprise you with their twisted endings. A must read for fans of the series (no arm twisting here), and a good one for "beginners". Enjoy.

1997-11-25 | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5

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Dark Delicacies III (paperback): Haunted

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Customer Reviews

Great book
Only 1 of the short stories is weak, the rest is pretty good, including some that are really, really good. Lots of different styles, so you never know what to expect before each one, and you'll have some nice surprises. Overall, it is very entertaining, and I'm looking forward to read the other two books.

2010-07-20 (Brazil) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Great Stories
These, like volumes 1 and 2 are really great stories. There's a wide variety in this one, some really original, but they are all enjoyable for the horror fan.

2010-04-02 | dbern77 (USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Another solid anthology
All three of the Dark Delicacies books have been great. Anthologies can be uneven, but this one, like numbers 1 and 2, is a great collection. Buy it!

2009-11-16 (Massachusetts, USA) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 5

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great book, awful condition
A wonderful collection of the macabre. The first story is the best. But, I have to say that it pays NOT to order books for Amazon. My book had a hole in the back. Grrrr. And this isn't the first book I've purchased that has shown up in less than ideal condition. Support your local book store.

The book gets a 4. Amazon a 2.

Steve Roisum

2009-11-11 (la crosse, wis) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 3

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