Heat that burns.

Pleasure that bursts.

Darkness that never lets go.

Culled from Richard Wilkey's most provocative and acclaimed contributions to Hustler and Chic, these eighteen chilling, unrelenting tales fuse raw erotic temptation with unrelenting horror, where scorching desire collides head-on with nightmare, leaving bodies betrayed, minds shattered, and souls utterly devoured.

In the shadows where desire meets dread, pleasure comes with a price that no one escapes unscathed.

A desperate man turns to hypnosis to claim the object of his obsession, only to discover the mind he sought to control has plans of its own.

A shape-shifting escort offers every fantasy a client could crave, becoming anyone, anything . . . for the right fee. But some transformations are permanent—and hungry.

In the anonymous haze of paid encounters, one man seeks release without strings—until the mask slips and the truth revealed is too monstrous to survive.

These tales and more weave erotic temptation with unrelenting horror, where lust leads straight into the abyss. Once you surrender to the heat, there's no safe word that will save you.

The sweetest release is the deadliest.