Promising to fulfill their desires, if they undertake provocative risks, both men agree; but is the prize worth the cost? David LaCoix, the talented, tarnished, older star, thrives on the challenge to alter his notorious lifestyle. Theodore Barrett, the young, unstable Christian Fundamentalist, battles for his beliefs, much to the Mistress’ consternation, while hiding his needs and innate powers. After a long seduction, guided by mysterious intervention, the two men become lovers. With emotions coursing below the surface, an unearthly game of impossibilities and improbabilities unfolds--a game with no rules--who is who, who is manipulating whom, who is seducing whom, and to what end, played against a backdrop of the phantasmagoric and the questioning of the god-force. Who holds the gift to win?

    They're waking dreams, however, and in them she lives another woman's life, the wife of the Duc du Maurier, the man everyone believes is in league with the devil.What disturbs Cassie most, however, is the fact that the Duc du Maurier doesn't just look like the man she loves. In her dreams, he wears the same suit of armor that stands by Thor's fireplace and he wields the identical sword. And why is it that Thor possesses the documents supporting so many different identities? Identities that date back for centuries? Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, explicit language, and graphic violence.

    These stories of heat, lust, desire, need, and transformation-an Olympian bacchanal, a chance meeting in the men's room, an S&M-fueled "coaching" session, a police officer who'll do what it takes to get a confession-are as incredibly hot as they are exquisitely crafted. There's "Becoming Al," an "X-rated Flannery O'Connor story" that takes place on the stage at a male peep show. The mosh pit of an underground club brings two punks to the edge and over in the adrenaline-charged "Diving the Pit." A gorgeous window washer gives a worker drone some high-rise sex in "Washing Up." And the power of a young man's first sexual awakening-and the reunion it inspires twenty years later-lies at the heart of the achingly sensual "The Boys of Summer." Along the way, Ford turns up the heat by confessing the naughty personal thoughts that inspired his steamiest erotica. A visit to his incredibly sexy dentist led to Ford's delicious story of one explosive oral exam in "The Check Up." The summer sounds drifting up from the New York City streets on a hot summer night influenced Ford's sinfully sexy voyeuristic fantasy, "Wednesday, 2 A.M." A hunky conductor on a commuter train gave Ford lustful thoughts and a whole new meaning for the term "Riding the Rails." And the discovery of anonymous nude Polaroids gave birth to the no-holds-barred "Dirty Pictures." Hard-core, tender, imaginative, candid, and just plain hot, these stories prove that when it comes to erotica that's down-and-dirty AND intelligent, nobody does it better than Michael Thomas Ford.

    Jaded? Bored? Looking for something exotic and different?How about a look-see at dwarf Jeremy Small's "Mr. Not-So-Small"? How about the loving embrace of the Tarantula Man with his two extra arms and his three extra eyes, none of the latter seeing anything? Or, might you prefer a liaison with Dog Boy, or with the Bearded Lady, or with the Human Cannon Ball...?All of the above are available, but not on the cheap. Money, often lots of it, is what gets you access to after-hours special acts performed by those otherwise removed from the spotlights by do-gooders who successfully black-tar circus sideshows as immoral and inhumane. No matter that sideshows provided so many "special people" for so long with decent livelihoods for themselves and for their families.Or, might you prefer doing "it" on an elephant, or between the humps of a camel, or in a tiger's cage, or even hanging from the high trapeze, accompanied by Circus Six's center-ring stars available for fun and games--if you've the hard cash (and hard whatever) needed to join them?Darrel Winestein, the Tattooed Man, is unavailable for extracurricular bookings for reasons detailed in "circuSex,"