A Taste of Midnight: Sensual Vampire Stories

by Cecilia Tan (Editor)

Following on the success of several previous volumes of erotic vampire stories comes the newly expanded A Taste of Midnight. With stories that emphasize the sensuality, erotic thrill, seduction, and surrender of the vampire, rather than gore or horror, this anthology will appeal to erotica readers, fans of dark fantasy, adventurous romance readers, and legions of dark-clad literate ghouls everywhere.

Genres: Erotica, Fantasy, Vampires

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Susie Bright says, "Cecilia Tan is simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature." Since the publication of Telepaths Don't Need Safewords in 1992, she has been on the cutting edge of the erotic form, often combining elements of fantasy and science fiction in her work. She is also founder and editor of Circlet Press.

RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series (Taking the Lead, Wild Licks, Hard Rhythm) is published by Hachette/Forever. In 2018 Tor Books will launch her urban fantasy/paranormal series, The Vanished Chronicles. In her other life, Cecilia is also the editor of the Baseball Research Journal and publications director for SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research.

Reviews

[Jodi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tan should be commended for selecting stories that are definitely non-traditional. Vampire doesn't have to mean Dracula. In this set of stories, vampire didn't even have to mean living off of blood. One story had the "vampire" living off of human dreams and nightmares. But by and large, I didn't find the 11 stories particularly erotic. A few were, but most of the stories weren't developed enough. The standouts were Desmodus by Byrn Haniver about a vampire bat researcher and Initiation in Club Sanguis about a woman dying to understand her new roommate's profession. I think I was just expecting something different.

[Lilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few stories were a little on the disgusting side, but others were oh so very good ;)