The Fourth of July found a small party going on in Vic and Christine's backyard. Vic and Dale held forth over the barbecue and the bar while Hugo and Karl played with and lifeguarded an assortment of children in the pool. The women, on the other hand, were clustered around an umbrella-shaded table with their laptops out and intense expressions on their faces...
Our marriage was ending. Our only child was in college which left us to assess our relationship. My assessment was that our marriage was stagnant. My wife considered it superfluous. Separation and divorce had been discussed to the point of hiring an attorney, the same attorney. There was no animosity between us, there were no lovers waiting in the backg...
Her diary, I never knew she had one! It took me most of the remaining evening before I found it tucked away in her secret, not for my husband, lingerie draw. It was a small A5 leather book. I realised that I was holding my breath as I held it in my hands. Unsure how long I waited but finally I opened it. The first page had my name neatly written at the top...
One night, a young but lustless couple decided to make an attempt at reigniting the spark in their relationship. They organised a caregiver for their child and were getting ready for a long night of intimacy. 6pm came with a loud knock on the front door, the babysitter was here. The two parents rushed out the door and as they did, the babysitter caught the h...
Smooth and shiny, burgundy globes, the feel against your lips and the unmistakable scent making you salivate before you pop them in. The slender woody stalks in your fingers. Your tongue searching your mouth for stones. There's something about cherries, something vaguely sexual. A memory of teenage girls trying to tie stalks with their tongues as a party t...
He was sitting on the edge of the bed, fingering the square buttons on the base of the boxy brown phone. His plane had been on time and the afternoon traffic had been surprisingly relaxed. His briefcase was properly packed with his laptop, charger, business cards and laser pointer—that's really all he'd need to pull off his presentation in two days. He had p...
1976 Martin's Beach, Miskatonic County, MA BOOM! "Fuck!" Stevie cried out. Whizzzzzzzzz BANG! "Ugh, my head hurts!" Scotty said moaning. BOOM! "Are we in Hanoi?" Stevie asked putting a hand to his head. Scotty sat up as Susanne's office lit up with bright green light! He found himself naked, with his green coloured clothes strewn about the room, bes...
It was a cold morning, and Feralas was scarcely ever welcoming. The ground was muddy, and the wolf's paws were sinking into the ground. The orc riding on top of the great grey wolf was in no better mood than the jungle he was travelling trough. He looked up to the horizon and towards the hills. There in a rocky pass was a great arch of carved stone, a remna...
Silas helped her into his truck. It was at least a foot off the ground so he guided her up with a hand along her hip. Her full, bare thighs teased him when she climbed in. The skin looked smooth to the touch and the sun gleamed off the oil she’d put on to keep her moisturized. The woman from the club the night before had done nothing to curb his hunger. The...
7. Market Day See, there's this complex chain of dependencies. I loved Callie and she loved me, we both loved Jess and she loved both of us back, and neither of these wonderful women fully trusted Sati and so neither did I. This wasn't something I'd discussed with them, me being mostly incapable of discussion, but some indelible part of me knew. And so Sati...