Jeff Gelb: Hot Blood: Tales of Erotic Horror

Tuttle is an expatriate Texan, currently residing in London. More than sixty of her fiction efforts have been published since her first short story appeared in 1972. She is the author of three novels and several nonfiction works, including the Encyclopedia of Feminism .

Sturgeon's long and distinguished writing career produced more than two hundred stories, some legendary "Star Trek" episodes, a batch of influential novels, and a multitude of admirers and friends among his writing peers.

A man with a colorful past as everything from a Pinkerton detective to an astrologer, Williamson is a prolific author who has penned over thirty novels and ninety short stories. He is the editor of the Masques anthology series.

Garrett is past president of Birmingham's Magic City Writers. His work has appeared in Twilight Zone, Dun's Review , and others, and his first novel, Keeper , is due shortly. «Reunion» is a substantially reworked version of a tale originally published in Chic .

During Ellison's forty-year career, which has produced forty-four books, more than fifteen hundred stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns, two dozen teleplays, and twelve screenplays, he has won more awards than any other living fantasist. These include eight and a half Hugos, three Nebulas, the Edgar Allen Poe award, and four Writers Guild of America awards for outstanding teleplay.

Mike Newton is a chief scribe of the Mack Bolan series, having penned over thirty Bolans as well as over thirty other fiction and nonfiction titles. "Pretty Is…" is his first piece of published short horror fiction.

Brandner has been writing full-time since 1969, and is the author of the popular Howling series, among others. "Aunt Edith" is a substantially rewritten version of an earlier published work called "Her Aunt the Witch."

The author of three short story collections of his own work, Etchison is also a master of the horror anthology as editor of Cutting Edge and the Masters of Darkness series. A Los Angeles resident, he is currently at work on a screenplay for John Carpenter.

Skipp and Spector's initial co-writing efforts were rock songs for their high school bands. A mutual interest in horror films and fiction led them to write several popular horror novels in tandem, including The Light at the End and The Scream .

Miller's first-ever novel Slob was hailed by people like Stephen King and Harlan Ellison. "The Voice," Miller's first published piece of short fiction, is, he claims, based on a true-life incident from his days as a top-rated DJ.

Best known for his novel Psycho , which became a classic Hitchcock film, Bloch has authored nineteen novels, more than thirty short story collections, and several produced screenplays.

The prolific and diverse Tem has sold over a hundred pieces of short fiction in the fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery fields. "What I'm interested in is disturbing the reader," Tem says, a goal achieved — and then some — in "Carnal House."

Daniels's work includes the popular Don Sebastian vampire series, plus nonfiction works in the horror and comics fields. "They're Coming for You," Daniels's first short story, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 1987.

Gelb is a former FM rock DJ and columnist for the music industry trade journal Radio & Records . His first novel, Specters , saw print in 1988. Gelb is currently working on a second in collaboration with Michael Garrett.

Garton is the author of five horror novels, many of which include strong erotic elements. Garton teaches creative writing at a California university.

Schow has a double life. As an accomplished horror writer, he has had fiction published in Twilight Zone, Night Cry , and others, has authored two novels, and has written The Outer Limits: The Official Companion . Under a number of pseudonyms, Schow has penned sixteen TV/film tie-ins and series books. "Red Light" won the 1987 World Fantasy Award for Short Story.