THOMAS S. ROCHE is the managing editor of ErosZine.com and the author of more than four hundred works of published fiction, most in the erotica genre and others in crime, horror, science fiction, and fantasy. A longtime resident of the San Francisco area, he teaches at San Francisco Sex Information, and organizes the Barbary Coast branch of the burlesque figure-drawing salon, Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School. More information can be found at his site, http://www.skidroche.com.

STEVEN SAYLOR writes about ancient Rome—eleven volumes in his mystery series featuring Gordianus the Finder. When his muse was erotic, his alter ego “Aaron Travis” flourished; then his interests moved to history, politics, and warfare, “where the real obscenities can be found.” His most recent novel, Roma, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas.

“This Isn’t About Love” is SUSAN ST. AUBIN’s fifth story to be chosen for The Best American Erotica, a reprint of her second appearance in the Herotica series, and the fourth erotic story she ever wrote. Many more stories have followed over the years. Recently her work has been in The Best American Erotica 2007, Amazons: Sexy Tales of Strong Women, and Trans- gender Erotica: Transfigures.

PATRICE SUNCIRCLE was born in west Tennessee Delta country. She has lived in Illinois, Florida, Hawaii, and Minnesota. She resides in Oakland with two rooms full of books and plants, and is writing a novel about the famous vampire balls of the Harlem Renaissance.

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“The Letters,” by Eric Albert, © 1995 Eric Albert, first appeared under the name of Rickey L. Bert in Paramour, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall/Winter 1995, edited by Amelia Copeland, published by Paramour, 1995, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

“A Jew Berserk on Christmas Eve,” by Steve Almond, © 2005 Steve Almond, first appeared in Nerve, published by Nerve.com LLC, 2005, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Program,” by G. Bonhomme, © 2006 G. Bonhomme, first appeared in Fishnet, May 10, 2006, edited by Heather Shaw, published by Blowfish.com, 2006, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

“Horny,” by Greg Boyd, © 1992 Greg Boyd, first appeared in Fiction International 22, edited by Harold Jaffe, Larry McCaffery, and Mel Freilicher, published by San Diego State University Press, 1992, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

“Innocence in Extremis,” by Debra Boxer, © 1998 by Debra Boxer, first appeared in Nerve: Literate Smut, edited by Genevieve Field and Rufus Griscom (Broadway Books 1998); was subsequently published in Moxie magazine, edited by Emily Hancock (Moxie, 1998), and is reprinted by permission of the author.

“Story of O Birthday Party,” by Susie Bright, © 1992 Susie Bright, first appeared in Susie Bright’s Sexual Reality, published by Cleis Press, 1992, and is reprinted by permission of the author.

“Playing Doctor,” by Eloise Chagrin, © 2006 Eloise Chagrin, first appeared in Three Pillows, September 2006, published by ThreePillows.com, 2006, and is reprinted by permission of the author.