"Ghost Lovers" explores the intimate encounters between those of this world and those inhabiting the realm of the dead. A rookie cop meets up with the spirit of a deceased leather master when he is assigned to patrol a former bondage club that is slated for destruction. A temperamental porn star who insists he only 'tops' commits a fatal error when he mocks a deceased 'top' star of an earlier era.

Follow the adventures of a fraternity president when he makes the mistake of assuming that a house was deserted. A gumshoe in 1948 New York City takes on a case that 'takes him on'. Then go back to the Roman era in the age of Augustus for a story about two enemies and the time they spent in a forest after brutal battle. Finally we conclude with a bizarre tale entitled "I Stalked The Undead".

Officer Downed It begins "Look Rick, I know it's a crappy assignment, rookie, but it's got to be done, okay?" Chief Barrette grumbled as he stared at the handsome young cop standing before him. From the flush in Rick's face, the chief knew the assignment was not going down well with the younger man. With pale skin that indicated every emotion, Rick (his full name was Christian Fredrik Olsen but everyone called him Rick) reflected his pure Scandinavian stock even down to his white blonde hair and green eyes. He always struck the chief as a guy who could have stepped off some old Viking ship. Yes, it was all too obvious the youngster was not happy at his new patrol duty.

"The mayor insisted, got it!" the chief continued in a tone that said 'case closed'. The mayor was on a clean-up campaign, and he had decided that the old abandoned waterfront warehouse that in its last reincarnation had been the scene for an illegal heavy duty gay bondage club was too tempting a place for renewed activity by trespassers. A death there had prompted the city to 'discover' the club, and a 'close down' raid had resulted. The mayor had ordered the chief to assign a cop to guard the huge space until the city tore it down in three months. The chief had to yield to pressure from the mayor on this one. He gazed across his desk at the unhappy young officer.

Rick was barely a year into his job with them. True, as a former military MP, he had more law enforcement experience than the other cops in the station, but since seniority was based on hiring dates, he was still the low guy on the totem pole. The chief hated to stick Rick with the job since it was a twelve-hour dusk-to-dawn shift in a rotten area. Rick was a nice straight shooter who was popular with everyone including the chief, even if he was still a bit too stiff in his attitudes on certain things.

True to his High Church Lutheran Norwegian upbringing, Rick looked upon certain forms of sexual activity as shameful. According to the chief's wife, who was tied into all the gossip from the