“​Knockout” is a blisteringly hot collection of erotic gay stories. Some of them are heart-pounding love stories and some are dark tales of seduction and possession, but all of them sizzle with chemistry and lust. Cops, boxers, bikers and baristas all have hard, sweaty sex with the men of their dreams.

The title story, “Knockout,” is a three-chapter novelette in which a boxing fan meets his idol, an international heavyweight champion, and has a steamy encounter with him in the changing room.

The remaining stories feature best friends, sworn enemies, gloryholes and secret encounters in public restrooms.

​In “Mysterious Ways,” a cop who’d thought he was straight is seduced by a mysterious man in a nightclub. In “Best Enemies,” a young gay couple get down and dirty even at the risk of being caught by their visiting parents. In “Evening Glory,” an anonymous rendezvous at a gloryhole proves to be not as anonymous as either participant expected. And last of all, in “Easy Rider,” a man is jealous of his boyfriend’s devotion to his bike, which results in wild, passionate sex in their garage.​