An ancient and insidious monster, dormant for years, suddenly reappears to wreak terror and havoc in a modern, California Wine Country Town.

A virulent succubus that possesses sophisticated telepathic powers, it first plumbs the minds of its victims to discern what their particular sexual turn-on is and then appears to them in the form of a lovely seductress willing to facilitate it. Once the victim is brought to the brink of orgasm, the monster strangles him viciously with its unseen tentacle and then feasts on the sexual energy released.

At first, Police Detective Dan Mathews believes he is dealing with a diabolical serial killer until a pretty and impetuous college coed shows up in town to regale him with tales of a fantastic Indian Legend called Tamakoteh.

Deirdre Duchamp is a tempting little seductress in her own right as she retells the legend about a beautiful maiden who lives in caves and shows herself only to young, unattached males whom she first seduces and then strangles.

Could it be, Deirdre wonders, that Tamakoteh is more than just a legend? Could there really be such a monster stalking the unsuspecting men of this bucolic little town?

She has even coined her own ‘scientific’ name for the demon; she calls it The Erotic Strangula!

Initially dismissed by the police as a crackpot, the pretty coed finds others who are more willing to listen to her wild story, and, as the dead bodies continue to pile up, she begins to get serious media attention as well. As the eyes of The World begin to focus in on the beleaguered town, the powers-that-be, fearing the effects of bad publicity, decide to blame Deirdre for their troubles and issue a warrant for her arrest.

But Detective Mathews, baffled by the lack of clues and the impunity with which The Strangula appears to stalk and slay its victims, begins to take her theory seriously and decides to join with her in an effort to defeat the monster. Before they can do that, however, they must each, in their own time, face The Strangula alone!

Mark Green has lived and worked in the California Wine Country for nearly twenty years and knows the territory.

A life-long love of all things creepy and horrifying in fiction and an irrepressible libido combined to inspire him to write The Erotic Strangula...a tale of erotic horror set in the bucolic little wine country town of Sonoma.

The inspiration for The Strangula, he says, comes from his own personal experiences with women who are at once "--both overwhelmingly desirable and yet mysterious and terrifying."

"The what?" He asked, finally.

Deirdre pulled her torso upright excitedly causing her plump, giggly breasts to bounce back and forth on her chest.

"The Erotic Strangula!" She enthused, leaning closer. "That’s the scientific name I’ve chosen for Tamakoteh! Isn’t it great!"

The boy’s look turned from confusion to disbelief.

"The... ‘scientific name?’" He asked, squinting up at her.

"Yeah, you know, baby!" Deirdre explained eagerly. "Like the Latin name for human beings is Homo sapiens and horses are Equus cab... Equus cab... Oh, I don’t know, cab something!"

Barry closed his eyes and shook his head quickly.

"Wait a minute. Wait a minute!" He protested softly. "I don’t think Erotic Strangula is Latin, sweetie."

Deirdre’s dark eyes looked sad for just an instant.

"Really?" She asked. "Well, that’s okay. It sounds Latin! Anyway, that’s the name I coined today while I was riding home on the bus. Isn’t it great?"

Seeing how proud she was of the name she’d invented, Barry decided to conceal his skepticism. Slowly he unwrapped his arms from around Deirdre’s rump and disengaged himself from between her thighs.

"You think this Tamakoteh creature really exists, Deirdre?" He asked. "I mean, do you think it’s really anything more than just an old Indian legend?"

"Oh, absolutely, baby!" The girl insisted eagerly. "It keeps popping up in stories and legends told my all sorts of Indian Tribes up and down the California and Oregon Coast! It wouldn’t show up in so many different places if it didn’t have some basis in fact!"

Barry guessed not.

"There’s little subtle differences, of course." She pointed out, her deep, black eyes growing wider as she retold the story for the hundredth time. "But the basic idea is always the same: a beautiful maiden appears mysteriously to a lone brave way out deep in the woods, usually near the entrance of a cave because she supposedly comes from underground...‘from inside the Earth.‘ Even though the brave has never seen her before, he’s certain that she’s the most beautiful maiden he’s ever seen and he falls instantly in love with her. They make love and when it’s over, the maiden turns on the brave and in an unexplainable rage, she strangles him to death! Then she retreats back into the nearby cave and returns to the Underworld!"