The Beast Within
Erotic Tales of Werewolves

by Cecilia Tan (signed)
Cover by Tristan Alexander (signed)

Circlet Press First Edition

Description: Trade paperback book published by Circlet Press in 1994. The copyright date is 1994 and that date appears at the bottom of the title page. Inscribed 'To Ron - Thanks for coming all this way - (no pun intended)' by editor Cecilia Tan on the title page. Signed by cover artist Tristan Alexander in the frontispiece page without inscription or personalization.

From the editor's note: When I told some people I was editing two anthologies of erotic fiction, one on vampires and one on werewolves, their reaction was "Well, I can understand vampires, but why werewolves?" Silly people, I could have launched into a high-sounding diatribe about the power of lust and our latent savage side. You know. "The Werewolf mirrors our own animalistic alter-ego, the creature of the night we become when we are consumed with sensual passions, the transformation that is worked on even the most civilized of humans by sexual lust." Or some nice theory about the parallels between seduction and pursuit of a mate and the hunt, predation. Or even a flip comment about fur fetishes, doggies-style, and so on...

But in the end, of course, these stories say all that and more, and in a much more eloquent and compelling manner. So I just told people "Wait and see the book!"

Here it is. May you enjoy it to the fullest. Cecilia Tan - October 1994

Table of Contents:
• Editor's Note • (1994) • essay by Cecilia Tan
• The Spirit That Denies • (1994) • novelette by Jay Michaelson
• The Killing of the Calf • (1994) • short story by Linda Hooper
• Alma Mater • (1994) • short story by Robert M. Schroek
• Wilderland • (1994) • novelette by Reina Delacroix
• Contributors • (1994) • essay by uncredited

Condition: Binding - fine, new and unread, very slight rubbing. Dust jacket - none, as issued.

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