TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: The Erotic Myth of Blood by Marvin Kaye -- 1.) The Other Side of Midnight by Kim Newman -- 2.) Some Velvet Morning by Nancy Collins -- 3.) Sheena by Brian Stableford -- 4.) Vanilla Blood by S.P. Somtow -- 5.) In the Face of Death by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- 6.) The Isle Is Full of Noises by Tanith Lee.