It was my girlfriend Jen's first semester at school and she was a little anxious about classes so I came out to comfort her. After spending the day together we went out drinking. Jen loved partying but after a few too many drinks we had to call it a night and came back to her room where she passed out in the bed so I laid down trying to drift off to sleep. A...
What do you do when you suspect the man with whom you are sleeping with performing a nefarious crime? That is the dilemma faced by Rachel, the tragic heroine of Jenny Diski's first novel, Nothing Natural, originally published in 1986. In this very British take on the dark underside of BDSM, Jenny Diski introduces us to the average divorcee, Rachel. The mot...
She slid under the covers. It was late. She had been over at some friends for the evening and out to a movie. I had tried to stay up, but passed out around 11. Honestly, I had been a bit horny all week, and we just couldn't connect. I was working late or had a meeting and vice versa. We were both tired. I know it's not an "excuse", but when a person is tir...
The clear blue waters lapped gently at her feet as she walked along the sand. The night sky shone with stars above her. Moonlight glancing off of her waist length black hair. He watched silently as she approached him. Her green eyes glittering with an inner fire, full red lips bending into a slight smile. She was his… He floated across the water, and took h...
Erin stepped off the airplane and grinned from ear to ear. She was finally in Hawaii and it was a dream come true. Erin walked into the airport terminal and waited for her luggage. She looked around and wondered if she would see any of them. She knew they were filming for the next few weeks, but she was very worried that she might have made a mistake. Erin w...
John met Chelsea at a hospital cafe. The 27 year old girl was just about to go in for her chemo treatment. The 72 year old man had just had some lab work. He asked if he could join her and she said "Sure". She was being evicted and planned to sleep in her car tonight. John offered her a bed in his travel trailer. She accepted and after her chemo, followed h...
You went to a party today. I was so glad to find you'd shared your day with me through a photo of the surroundings. At the bottom of the screen, I could see you there, your legs slightly spread, relaxed on a couch. I couldn't help but go where my thoughts took me. When I saw your legs, I couldn't help but want to be between them. Kneeling on the floor in...
Every day we read headlines and hear news, scarier than anything M. Night Shyamalan could dream up for our entertainment. Whether it's a new terrorist threat or a coastline ruined by the foolish oil industries who can't control their wells. While many financial empires are teetering, others have already fallen off into the abyss. We curse our enslavement to...
She is embalmed in white hospital sheets, also a stiff white blanket that makes her look as though she is wrapped in bandages. She lays still against a thin plastic pillow, covered with a crisp, starched case. Every so often her mouth moves, a cavity which is not really a mouth at all, but a puckered hole without lips or teeth. It is dry. She needs water. Sh...
I was one of those who romanticized the whole event. Post-apocalyptic, less than a percent of all humans alive, that was the dream. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. For it happened. This is where our story takes place. Magick is what people call it. As one of those who worked on making them, I know that this is not M...