Michael Garrett (1)Besprekingen

"The Tub" that story will haunt me for the rest of my days...

Didn't realize when I bought it that it was erotica/horror. Not my usual cuppa tea - erotica's fine, and horror can be too, but I prefer not to have them mixed and to the extreme. That said, this may have been good writing for the genre, but I just didn't enjoy it! It was disturbing to me, in a bad way.

Well, I still haven't been disappointed by any of the collections in the Hot Blood series. This book now makes it ten collections of erotic horror to tantalize, tease and titillate you. And HOT BLOOD: X does exactly that. Overall I don't think that this book is as strong as some others in the Hot Blood series but that still didn't stop me from staying up late and reading through the entire book in just a couple of nights. Obviously I still enjoyed it greatly. Once more my top picks are below.

"Appetite" by Nancy Holder - A gym brings together one who hungers for fame and one who hungers for food.

"Regeneration" by Max Allen Collins and Barbara Collins - The old get another chance at the young life.

"Invisible" by Jeff Gelb - Not quite the fantasy that you would think it would be.

"Picnic at Lac Du Sang" by Graham Masterton - The girl that you've always wished for who isn't quite.

I don't think that I've once been disappointed by any of the HOT BLOOD collections, and I'm still not. This is another collection of stories to get your adrenaline pumping, your nerves cringing and your loins throbbing. One of the other things about this collection is that I end up not wanting to put it down. I keep telling myself just one more story then go to bed. But one turns into two, then three. And suddenly it's three in the morning and I have to get some sleep for work the next morning! I just hate putting it down. So if erotic horror does the same for you, be sure to read this collection. Some of my favorites are below.

"Just A Phone Call Away" by John F. D. Taff - This one had me physically cringing through a good part of it

"I Am Joe's Penis" by Scott H. Urban - If for no other reason than the title

"Overeaters Ominous" by Stephen R. George - A new method of weight control

"Grub-Girl" by Edward Lee - A twist on the zombie

"Black And White And Bed All Over" by James Crawford - A side of 'toons that we haven't seen before

"The Watcher" by Rex Miller and Jeff Gelb - Something to make us guys not want a menage a trois

I'm not sure of what else I can say about the HOT BLOOD series that I have not already said. The stories are excellent: high quality, scary moments and lots of highly erotic scenes. Nothing here was really of the "Eh, whatever" story; instead they are all quite engrossing. Once again some of my favorites are itemized below.

"Heroine" by Graham Masterton - A young woman finds strength through love and pain

"Comeback" by Graham Watkins - A porn star makes his big return to the industry

"Interstate 666" by Max Allen Collins - An urban legend is discovered to be true and then put to rest

"The Healing Touch" by Terry Campbell - A woman enjoys applying a healing touch to those who are disabled

"Hair Of The Dog" by Ray Garton - The ultimate male fantasy takes a turn for the worst

"Erotophobia" by O'Neil DeNoux - A pulp fiction type murder mystery

I'm so glad that there is still a source for erotic horror that puts out good stories on a reliable basis. Like all the other HOT BLOOD collections, this one gives us more erotic scary stories, or scary erotic stories depending on your point of view. And since it is quality stuff, it definitely receives my recommendation. My personal favorites are listed below.

"Purple Hearts and Other Wounds" by Stephen Woodworth - A wounded soldier experiences phantom pleasures

"Sole Man" by Lois Gresh - A foot fetishist enjoys his fantasy come true

"Metalica" by Patricia D. Cacek - Pap smear exams are a turn-on to a woman

"Daddy's Dirty Books" by Michael Garrett - A young boy discovers his dad's sex collection

"Restin' Piece" by Nat Gertler - What coitus interruptus will do to you

"Fantasies" by Alan Brennert - A lesson to not fantasize of someone else while having sex

Ahhh. HOT BLOOD again lives up to its name. Both in getting your blood hot and pumping and putting out quality horror with a sexual slant. I was quite pleased by the stories and also quite scared. This is after all the point of the book, so it accomplished its goal. The stories were well picked and they went together very nicely. If you are a fan of erotic horror, do not miss this collection. Some of my favorites are below.

"Mr. Torso" by Edward Lee - A detective gets to the source of some missing limbs

"A Moment Of Ecstasy" by Graham Watkins - Wife-swapping with a morale

"Reincarnal" by Max Allan Collins - A serial killer's victim gets her revenge

"The Numbers Game" by Bentley Little - Numbers are used as weapons by the CIA

"Suffer Kate" by Graham Masterton - An asphyxiator's imaginary friend

Compared with past HOT BLOOD compilations, this one was not as thrilling. There were too many stories that I had read before elsewhere or stories that were just not exciting. They seemed to lack a lot of passion and came across as monotonous and repetitive. Or they read well for the bulk of the story but then lacked any kind of decent ending; they just faded in to oblivion or ended too predictably. The ones that I did like are ...

"The Great White Light" by Greg Kihn - Two horny teens experiment with drugs and sex in San Francisco

"Tricks or Treat" by Jeff Gelb - Two LA detectives get to visit a nudist camp

"Necros" by Brian Lumley - An old Italian folklore returns. Unfortunately I've read it before so the punch at the end was already known

This was a lot more miss than hit. Some stories here were used for the Verotika comics.

The House Where Love Lives is the only story that stood out.