The Mammoth Book of Erotica presents The Best of Lucy Taylor

The Plague Lovers A young woman in 14th century Italy flees the ravages of the bubonic plague with a mysterious lover who shows her how the pleasures of sex and suffering can intertwine. Later, she uses her knowledge of herbs and plants to inflict suffering of her own. Baubo's Kiss A sexually inhibited young woman vacationing in Greece with her female lover explores the erotic arts at the Temple of Baubo, the goddess of obscenity, and takes part in a Dionysian orgy. Prenuptials A woman meets the 'perfect' man and embarks on an erotic journey into self-destruction and sex addiction. The Safety of Unknown Cities Sexual adventuress Val searches for a place known only as "the City", a mythic land of unimaginable carnality and eroticism, where sexual obsession knows no bounds. She soon discovers the nightmare side to this land of sexual excess. Thief of Names Afflicted with a deadly disease, Nicholas searches for a cure in Toronto's seedy sex district and finds possible redemption from his sordid past in the arms of a mysterious sex goddess named Miriam.