"Would you and John like to go to the reservoir for a swim?" Now, there's several things to know about that question. The questioner, Deana (Deen-a, not Dee-ann-a), had been dating my fraternity brother John. She was seriously cute. The reservoir is where you went for illicit nude swimming. And it was after dark. "Let me see if John is up for it." I put d...
1 The firelight danced on the ceiling as she listened to her husband talk about a hike he'd taken earlier in the day. He spoke in low, hushed tones as to not wake their kids sleeping in the beds across from them. It had been a fun day camping with friends in the remote hills, hiking, and passing bottles of booze around the campfire like a bunch of hobos....
June 12, 1680 The deck of the ship was filled with men, running back and forth as a gust of wind kicked up, the sails straining against the ropes holding them in place. The little girl stood just inside the captain's quarters, watching the hulking figures strain to bring in the sails. A rumble of thunder and the quickly disappearing light made her guess tha...
The sky was a flat, grey plane of clouds, slowly roiling. The air was warm and charged. The winds were gentle. An electrical storm was brewing. Will stared at Jack for a long time. "Do you ever think about what you're about to say before it comes out of your mouth?" "Come on, Will! You never used to care about the words. You could see right past them and k...
My sex life pretty much sucked. My wife and I hadn't been getting along all that great recently. Hell, not just recently, but for the last six months! Constant squabbles over money, specifically the lack of it, always seemed to lead in to other areas and we would end up going for days without speaking to each other which translated into no sex. For me it was...
Mitch lay in bed on his side with his head propped up on one hand. It was already three o'clock in the morning and he hadn't slept. He couldn't sleep. He was exhausted but knew that if he allowed himself the pleasure of drifting off that he might awake to her being gone, having left in the middle of the night. It had taken him a lot of talking to convince Ja...
We had been planning our sailing weekend for weeks and had really pushed the boat out (sorry!) by chartering a modern 38' yacht with a raised deck saloon. Unlike older craft we had sailed before this beauty had large windows to give a panoramic view of the world outside from within the main cabin area -- a far cry from the old fashioned dark and dinghy inter...
The scene before Liana could have come straight out of a fantasy tale. She saw a myriad of familiar characters and legends, and she stood there trying to recognize her friends. A cheeky pinch of her bottom caused her to spin around and be faced with Dracula, trying ever so hard to woo the lusty French maid before him. Liana playfully let him bite her neck be...
[ANGELICA] Angelica Wilson-Smythe watched the setting sun stain the clouds with vivid streaks of pink and orange. Even through her amber goggles, she had to narrow her grey eyes against the glare. Her blonde hair became burnished copper, matching the decking and tubes snaking through the vast zeppelin BRS Valiant. She closed her eyes and wished, not for th...
The island of Barcola was primarily Nivalese. The inhabitants had managed to repel a mainland occupation a half-century prior by pulling the majority of their people into the mountains and fighting a brutal guerrilla war against the colonizing forces. In the narrow mountain passes, the mainlanders' usual tactics of shielded firing lines and phalanx-style clo...