All characters in this story are 18 years of age or older. * Eighteen-year-old Allison Katz closed her eyes and blew the last run of Artie Shaw's Etude No. 3. The hard tip of the clarinet curved warmly in her mouth. She sucked off a drop of saliva and pulled the instrument away from her lips. Ah! It was her senior year in high school. Only music had brough...
The restaurant was small and elegant—white linen, crystal stemware—with attentive but not obsequious service. He ordered salade niçoise and mineral water and told Elizabeth she could have some wine but not anything to eat. He ate strawberries for dessert. She drank a second glass of wine. When they finished, he paid in cash and left a generous tip. They too...
A dull throbbing forced consciousness in, accompanied by a muted, almost inaudible whine. Coming fully awake, the man stayed motionless with his eyes closed for a few seconds. As his lids peeled back to expose his blue, bloodshot eyes to the world, a small groan escaped his lips. He was lying on his back, staring up at the ceiling and trying to clear the fuz...
Asch was dreaming. As frequently happens when men dream in the morning, he had an erection. He felt his cover being lifted off, and this fit into the dream, along with the slight motion of his bed. He imagined someone hovering in the air over him and slowly descending over him, and sliding onto his erection, then the pleasurable feeling of the tight moist wa...
Going into his freshman year at university, Will was a shy, quiet 18 year-old with a passion for film, theatre, and musicals. Although he longed to be on the stage, his anxiety kept him relegated behind the scenes for his high school productions, and despite his resolutions going into post-secondary education, he had found himself working as an assistant sta...
I was never a huge fan of the late singer Phoebe Snow, but it was impossible to reach maturity in the 1970s and not know about her. Her first two albums went Gold on the U.S. charts. In January, 1975 her single "Poetry Man" was #5 on the charts and #1 for adult contemporary. She made the cover of Rolling Stone in June of that year. She didn't quite reach th...
She's tall, pale, and willowy, with jet-black curls falling to her ankles and eyes green like the sea. I see her in the hills somewhere in Scotland. To this day I can't remember exactly where. She's naked, her hair covering her body in soft ripples, but I can see the moonlight shining on her pale skin as she lifts an ivory hand, and I seem to have lost contr...
You've worked in a small magazine company for over three years, and you've moved up through the ranks with varying degrees of success. Your latest promotion to film writer/editor came about as you scored an interview with two major music executives. You leave out the part where they gave you the interview because you shot tequila with them, though you've bee...
Did I ever tell you that I was in the musical 'Starlight Express'? Well, it wasn't exactly the Broadway version. We were more off-Broadway. A long way off, actually - we were a travelling company. Although we did play some of the major cities. What? You've never heard of Starlight Express? Ok, I'll educate you. Starlight Express the musical is the story of...
What better time of year to give the gift of a great film than at Christmas? For most of us in the northern hemisphere, Christmas also signals the beginning of winter and long cold nights stuck home beside the fireplace watching movies. So help them out! Star Wars Trilogy: THX (1995) by George Lucas Yes, yes, yes, I know everyone has a copy of the original...