Datlow, Ellen (ed) - Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers / Датлоу, Эллен (ред) - Сирены и другие любовники-демоны [2012, epub, ENG]

My Lady of the Hearth short story by Storm Constantine The Faerie Cony-Catcher short story by Delia Sherman Broke Heart Blues short story by Joyce Carol Oates Wolfed short story by Tanith Lee Ashes on Her Lips short story by Edward Bryant Mirrors short story by Garry Kilworth Midnight Express short story by Michael Swanwick No Human Hands to Touch short story by Elizabeth E. Wein Attachments short story by Pat Murphy In the Season of Rains novelette by Ellen Steiber Bird Count short story by Jane Yolen A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain short story by Dave Smeds Tastings / Каков ты на вкус? short story by Neil Gaiman The Sweet of Bitter Bark and Burning Clove novelette by Doris Egan Heat poem by Melissa Lee Shaw The Eye of the Storm novelette by Kelley Eskridge O for a Fiery Gloom and Thee short story by Brian Stableford The Light That Passes Through You short story by Conrad Williams Private Words novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann The House of Nine Doors short story by Ellen Kushner Persephone or, Why the Winters Seem to Be Getting Longer short fiction by Wendy Froud Taking Loup short story by Bruce Glassco

HE HAD A TATTOO on his upper arm, of a small heart, done in blue and red. Beneath it was a patch of pink skin, where a name had been erased. He was licking her left nipple, slowly. His right hand was caressing the back of her neck. “What’s wrong?” she asked. He looked up. “What do you mean?” “You seem like you’re. I don’t know. Somewhere else,” she said. “Oh … that’s nice. That’s really nice.” They were in a hotel suite. It was her suite. He knew who she was, had recognized her on sight, but had been warned not to use her name. He moved his head up to look into her eyes, moved his hand down to her breast. They were both naked from the waist up. She had a silk skirt on, he wore blue jeans. “Well?” she said. . . .