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.

ルーシー・テイラーが描くのは、官能と恐怖が表裏一体となった深淵です。肉体の悦楽が精神の崩壊や再生とどう結びつくのかを、残酷なほど鮮烈な筆致で追求しています。黒死病の中世から現代の性愛の迷宮まで、彼女の物語は常に死の影を背負い、生の極限を模索し続けます。 読者は、女神バウボの儀式や禁断の都市への旅を通じ、自己破壊の先にある奇妙な救済を目撃するでしょう。痛みと快楽が溶け合う描写は、文学的な深みと禍々しい美を兼ね備え、根源的な欲望を揺さぶります。魂の解放を求める者に捧げられた、背徳の傑作短編集です。