If you enjoy, or collect, gay erotica and are into black men, you will want this finely produced volume. The cover features a gorgeous specimen and the stories are well written and exciting. Yes, there are black men in each of them, but their tastes are wide-ranging, including many other ethnicities: white, Asian, Latino, and more. Only a few stories are limited solely to African-Americans, but they include some of the best ― often just two characters who really get it on and get to know each other.
The stories in Black Fire are extremely varied. They are entertaining, occasionally raunchy, but never unkind. Most of the sex is “safeâ€; there may be a few exceptions, but then this is fiction, not real life. This anthology does not include S&M, piss, or scat, but it offers everything else, and is often quite affectionate, even romantic.
The only “abuse†or “force†takes place during a quasi-supernatural voodoo ceremony in ― where else? ― New Orleans, where the main characters are compelled into intimacy. But they loved it, so everything turns out for the best.
The book’s title refers to characters in the stories. Every tale includes at least one handsome (always) African-American. At least two of the authors are women; however, the short bios don’t give too many details about the others.
Readers definitely won’t get bored while reading this book. I don’t know how many libraries collect erotica, but of all of the collections of erotic stories that I have read in the past, Black Fire is one of the best I’ve ever enjoyed.
Reviewed by, James D. Anderson
Professor Emeritus
Rutgers University
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