A collection of 35 erotic, grotesque, and erotic-grotesque poems and one short story by writer and filmmaker Perry Ruhland. In this collection you will find sadomasochistic fencers, an executioner of mermaids, Dore's Lucifer in bondage, suicidal circus elephants, a vengeful hedge maze, an acid western crucifixion, a study of the final scene in Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood, and much more. "Henri Michaux by way of Jean Rollin. Ruhland's worlds exist just outside the limits of our understanding, torturous and beautiful to behold. Let them consume you." - Maggie Siebert, BONDING