The monster has hunted my family members for a long time. Tonight, I face it for what may be the very last time. It prowled the deserts of Mother Africa long before the time of man. Even now, I'm not sure if it can die but all things must have a beginning somewhere. At least, that's what I tell myself. My name is Aamina Nazwari. My friends call me Mina. I wa...
The taste of things forbidden is always sweetest in dark shot through with blades of pale light, Gem muses as she let the dark curtain of her waist-length curls fall over a bare, flawless shoulder. She gazes down at the fair head bent over her knee-high leather boots, at the milky skin of the man's shoulder that is limned and impaled by sharp slivers of mo...
CHAPTER 1 The young woman sat silently at her perch in the large tree. She looked from between the branches as the rest of the tribe went about their day. She wished, not for the first time, to be anywhere but here. She knew that shortly her mother would send her sister to find her, but until then she had a few precious moments to herself. At 21, Miranda...
Mistress Mona looked at Denise. "The beach is only a few minutes walk, so how about you change into your swimsuit?" The trio went into their rooms to change. Sonny boy had not packed any swimming trunks and waited on the couch. Mistress Mona emerged. She wore a crimson red one-piece swimsuit. It accentuated her pert breasts and showed off her long legs. It...
He'd been standing in line behind her at the bank, quickly scanning the back and side view of her, the junoesque proportions, taking in the tailored suit, sensible shoes, her meticulous grooming, a teasing whiff of her perfume and something less tangible. She concluded her business and turned to leave, his peripheral vision caught something falling to the...
It was another hot day in the marketplace. Booths and stands filled the town's plaza but the crowds were small this afternoon. Sonja sold the last of her berries and vegetables to a hungry fellow and decided to close up show since business was slow. She and her teenage son, Miller, began taking down their booth. The scorching rays of the sun hit them when th...
Carter looked at the menu and decided the cheeseburger looked like the least deadly option, but after the heavy breakfast he'd just eaten in the Quarter even the idea of a hamburger felt oppressive. And just now, after slamming down three rums in a half hour, he'd felt a little light-headed when he walked into the swaying dining car -- though of course Berma...
There they were. The Barbie Dolls. The bleached-blond, silicon-enhanced, daddy's-credit-card-endowed, anorectic airheads, aka the Popular Girls, aka the Cheerleaders. They took their seats at a table in the cafeteria, chittering loudly about the upcoming prom. Dresses, corsages, limos, dates… Right on cue, a dark-voiced brawling by the entrance announced th...
FOREPLAY My wife and I have the same taste, in almost every respect. We love the same food, the same wine, the same outfit style, the same vacation resorts, the same people. In our hometown, the "Rider" was our favorite hangout. It was there where we met Sue. That she was called Sue was written on her name badge. Only much later we learned about her last...
The last two months had been fantastic. My sex life with Daniel was better than it had ever been. We continued to invite Marshall to join us in our bed on a regular basis, but something had been growing in me. A longing, a desire to add more variety and excitement. Since that Friday afternoon when I realized I had unconsciously been admiring my secretary's a...