A stunning anthology of sensuous short fiction and magical erotica explores the seductive world of mysterious, mythic sirens—men and women—who draw readers into a forbidden zone of fantasy and desire, in works by Jane Yolen, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Swanwick, Tanith Lee, and other outstanding writers A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain • (1998) • short story by Dave Smeds Ashes on Her Lips • (1998) • short story by Edward Bryant Attachments • (1998) • short story by Pat Murphy Bird Count • (1998) • short story by Jane Yolen Broke Heart Blues • (1998) • short story by Joyce Carol Oates Heat • (1998) • poem by Melissa Lee Shaw In the Season of Rains • (1998) • novelette by Ellen Steiber Introduction (Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers) • (1998) • essay by Terri Windling Midnight Express • (1998) • short story by Michael Swanwick Mirrors • (1998) • short story by Garry Kilworth My Lady of the Hearth • (1998) • short story by Storm Constantine No Human Hands to Touch • (1998) • short story by Elizabeth E. Wein O for a Fiery Gloom and Thee • (1998) • short story by Brian Stableford Persephone or, Why the Winters Seem to Be Getting Longer • (1998) • short fiction by Wendy Froud Private Words • (1998) • novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann Taking Loup • (1998) • short story by Bruce Glassco Tastings • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman The Eye of the Storm • (1998) • novelette by Kelley Eskridge The Faerie Cony-Catcher • (1998) • short story by Delia Sherman The House of Nine Doors • (1998) • short story by Ellen Kushner The Light That Passes Through You • (1998) • short story by Conrad Williams The Sweet of Bitter Bark and Burning Clove • (1998) • novelette by Doris Egan Wolfed • (1998) • short story by Tanith Lee