Dallas Black, is a well-traveled, thirty-something, African-American technical professional by day and a writer of erotica by night and early dawn. Early in his college and professional career, Dallas suppressed his writing abilities in favor of his more marketable technical prowess. It paid off. Dallas enjoys a career that has allowed him to frequently travel internationally and to live in cities such as Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Sao Paulo and Helsinki. In his professional life, Dallas Black has authored technical blogs, been quoted by TIME magazine and has had his research and articles published in major journals. Dallas regards himself as a guilt-ridden Catholic. At a young age, he was exposed less to relationships and healthy love than to overtly sexual images, books, videos and sounds behind tightly shut bedroom doors. Sexuality was never discussed in the household. But anything left to grow in the dark can take on unexpected and creative forms.