The San Francisco Chronicle describes Bright as "the X-rated intellectual" and The New York Times hails her as "the voice of sweet reason and literacy." This sixth annual edition of a best-selling series is sure to satisfy old fans and leave newcomers begging for more.

Included in this collection:

• Excerpt from Licking Our Wounds by Elise D'Haene
• "How to Come on a Bus" by Anne Tourney
• "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" by Richard Collins
• "Jack" by Michael Thomas Ford
• Excerpt from The End of Alice by A. M. Homes
• "Up for a Nickel" by Thomas S. Roche
• "Penetration" by Cecilia Tan
• "Watershed" by Jack Murnighan
• "Spurt" by Kevin Killian
• "Three Obscene Phone Calls" by Marian Phillips
• "Picking Up Daddy" by Robin Sweeney
• "The Number One Song in the Country" by Ben Neihart
• "All This and Heaven, Too" by John Mason Skipp
• "Mother of Pearl" by Donald Rawley
• "Fleeing Gods" by Mary Anne Mohanraj
• "The Balm That Heals" by Tsaurah Litzky
• "Doctor Fell" by Michael Bronski
• "The Terminatrix" by Edo Van Belkom
• "Tell Me What It Is" by Edward Falco
• "Is Your Husband Obsessed with On-Line Pornography?" by Keri Pentauk

Previously published as Best American Erotica 1999.