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Dying For It: Tales of Sex and Death

By Mitzi Szereto
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Publisher Description

Sex and death have always been connected. 

The French call the orgasm "la petite mort" (the little death). In Shakespearean England, "to die" also meant to have an orgasm. The Victorians believed a man's climax depleted his physical strength and moral resolve and brought him closer to death. Likewise, the sex act drained women of their vitality. We are as keen to examine sex as we are death: put the two together and you have an explosive, daring literary venture into the taboo. Dying For It: Tales of Sex and Death satisfies with an exciting and entertaining variety of expressions on the two most intimate human acts.

Contributors include novelists from across the literary spectrum: Kelley Armstrong, Lauren Henderson, Vicki Hendricks, Adreana Robbins, Tobsha Learner, Niall Griffiths, Ashley Lister, Clare Colvin, and Mitzi Szereto.

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About Mitzi Szereto

Mitzi Szereto (mitziszereto.com) is an American-British author, anthology editor, and short story writer whose books encompass multiple genres, most recently in true crime with her bestselling series The Best New True Crime Stories. She has appeared internationally on radio and television and at major literature festivals, and has taught creative writing around the world. She produced and presented the London-based web TV channel Mitzi TV, which has featured segments ranging from chatting about classic cars with Formula 1 race car driver/BBC TV presenter Tiff Needell and couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo, joining in a lively pub singalong, and covering a teddy bear festival with Teddy Tedaloo, her ursine sidekick and the co-author of The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles cozy mysteries. She also plays herself in the mockumentary British film Lint: The Movie. Follow her on social media @MitziSzereto.

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