At some point, we all crave something. That craving -- an unnatural longing -- can be as innocuous as a strong desire for chocolate or a cigarette. Chinese food. Crocodile leather heels. An angora sweater. But at the heart of all intense desires lie impulses heavy with psychosexual implications. This anthology, put together by New York cultural hipster John Yau, explores some of the more extreme variations on this theme. Many of the stories in "Fetish" are wildly funny -- absurd to those of us with a 'normal' mindset -- and others expose readers to a psychic underbelly, at once menacing and intriguing. Many appear here in print for the first time.
Sex with corpses, John Yau's feet, S&M bars, and magical aerosol sprays are discussed -- in depth -- algongside pederasty, unfulfilled and unfulfillable longings, aching for lost love, and dreaming of a body not one's own.
