At last—African American erotica that celebrates the potency of sexuality in all its many forms.

Edited by Cole Riley, a master of urban fiction, Making the Hook-Up is a sensationally authentic set of stories that revels in all the richness and variety of black sexuality. Well-written, passionate, and provocative, this erotic anthology is a feast for the senses and a treat for the soul.

Cole Riley holds no bounds in this book of bold, black erotica, with stories as creative as the soulful simmer of Nina Simone, as urgent as the barely concealed bite of John Lee Hooker, and as innovative as the muted moans of Miles Davis.

With contributors: Preston Allen, Jolie Du Pre, Monica Elaine, Kweli Walker, R. Gay, Reginald Harris, Shane Allison, Deepbronze, Tenille Brown, Zetta Brown, Cole Riley, Asha French, Leone Ross, Garnell Wallace, Jolene Hui, Shakir Rashaan, Zaji, and Fiona Zedde.

"Stories poured in from all over the world, sexual yarns that were not about the Other or the Outsider, but people of color redefined and redeemed in sensual terms." —Cole Riley, from the Introduction

COLE RILEY, an innovative voice in urban literature, produced several early street classics: Hot Snake Nights, Rough Trade, The Devil To Pay, The Killing Kind, Dark Blood Moon, and more recently, Harlem Confidential and Guilty As Sin. His erotica has been featured in many anthologies, including Intimacy and Maxim Jakubowski's The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica. In literary legend Ishmael Reed's newest book, Mixing It Up, Riley is cited as one of the influences on top-notch crime scribes Richard Price, George Pelacanos, and others. He lives and writes in New York City.