Darkest Desire offers you over 30 stories of illicit passions, devilish deeds and erotic thrills. With stories from Marquis de Sade, Vladimir Nabokov, Henri Breton, Tiffany Reisz and D.B.C. Pierre, here are prize-winners, bestsellers and rising stars, each of whom prove that when it comes to the bedroom, a little fiction goes a long way.

This is an extract from Desire, the definitive collection of the sexiest short stories in literature. Hand-picked by Mariella Frostrup and the Erotic Review, this gorgeous anthology is the perfect gift ... or beside companion.