This is a repost of an earlier version. * They had been married 3 months and Amanda was so happy. Marriage was even better than she had expected. Bill was only the 3rd guy she had dated and he was by far the best. He was tall and lean and moved with an easy grace. He was dark complexioned, like he must have Italian or Spanish blood in him, and as the sayin...
1: Pierre's Restaurant And Café She'd decided: she wanted to fuck him. Two times a week, over the past two months, Ilana had sat at a table by Leon's in this Toronto Restaurant during lunchtime, and they'd chatted each time. A well-dressed brunet, Leon was tall and good-looking, but the forty-year-old had the sexiest mind she'd ever encountered. Words fl...
By the time we finished up at the restaurant, it was pretty late. The sun was almost gone, and the streetlights had turned on. We both ended up having dessert, and chatted about our lives a little, getting to know each other a bit better. I figured I should get to know him a little better, after all, if he was going to move in with me. I found out he was,...
"God, I hate bars," she thought to herself. But in the new habit of trying to put herself out there a bit more- and in the wake of a nasty breakup- she has succumbed to the ubiquitous Manhattan's bar scene. She decided on Lotus Lounge in TriBeCa, since it was the newest and apparently most happening spot to star gaze. "Who knows? Maybe I'll get lucky tonight...
I stand over you. Restrained, helpless, and hooded, you don't yet realize I'm here, but you still fight. I hold a covered plate, the first food to come near you in days. I take off the cover and the scent of a delicate soup fills the room. Your lips twitch, but you refuse to beg. I crouch down and whisper in your ear. "Are you prepared to give me your oath?...
Author's note: I wrote this in a kind of high style, a bit different from my first few stories. If it seems a bit too mythical, or over the top, or out of character, or whatever, it's because I believe that characters like Morgaine Le Fay deserve a little more respect. After all, they've been around for hundreds of years. Hope you enjoy it. * She stands, a...
Author's note: The US actually did shut down one of its code breaking ventures because, according to then US Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail." Also, as is becoming my mantra, yes, I am taking liberties with historical figures, and British titles and addresses are slightly different from there to here. So with tha...
'So, Tommy, your Mom thinks you are a wimp. huh?" Tom felt annoyance begin to rise but it suddenly flattened out like a fallen cake. "Yeah, I guess she does." "It must have been really embarrassing," Geri said with glee. "No, not really. I knew it would happen when the newspaper made me into a hero. She did not know I was playing football. Dad kept the f...
Even eight years later I can hardly believe my experience. It all started with me and my boyfriend, Dave, getting in a fight on that fate filled Friday night. Men behaving as children, I thought to myself. Why had I thought this Friday night would be any different than the last several. Dave, my fiancé, appeared to be more interested in hanging out with hi...
Tammy gulped. "Two strange men at once?" she little more than whispered. "Kathi, how ... how could you?" I chuckled, low in my throat. "Because it was fun, Tam," I told her. "Ken loved it -- Ken wanted it -- no one got hurt, and I got to make a new, good friend." "But, Kathi," she began, and then paused. "Oh, I know you're right, no one was hurt, and if Ke...