Sitting on the frayed edge of downtown, Hamitor's Books is a paradox of commerce. As much as being a bookstore, it is an archive, warehouse, library and dustbin/mold repository of record proportions. Urban sophisticates - if they are even brave enough to venture into the neighborhood - will likely flee moments after breaching the door; defeated in their shal...
As she stepped into the dark corridor leaving the cold night air behind her, Katy suddenly felt woozy, the effects of alcohol from the club catching up with her. 'You okay, luv?' her companion behind said with concern. Katy heard the front door close behind her, deepening the gloom in the corridor. She felt a frisson of apprehension but it was gone in an i...
An author's note: This story was planned as erotic horror but since the first chapter didn't to show much of that, I decided to publish it on IR. This chapter isn't pure horror but the plan is to make it more so with each chapter as it suits the story, and in general the story will get a bit heavier. There's rape mentions and discussions on this chapter and...
"Come on, Lana, it'll be fun!" Jamie said excitedly to her roommate. "Fun?" Lana shot back, stabbing out her cigarette in the ashtray next to the open window. "That's what you said about that ski trip to the Poconos where I broke my arm, the skydiving thing where my parachute almost didn't open, the mountain climbing trip where I fell off that rock and damn...
It seems that sexy vampires are all the rage these days. They are extremely popular in books, television, and movies. Each new vampire franchise has better looking vampires and the acceptance of vampires in the main stream grows. The allure of the vampires has captured the hearts and minds of many, including my wife. She became quite a fan of vampires, and a...
This is the fourth in a series of stories in which a successful businesswoman, Kate, looking back on her life from the vantage point of sixty years recounts some of her more interesting sexual exploits to her husband Henry. Here Kate continues her tale of debauchery with her much older college English professor and his young bi-sexual Kenyan wife. As with th...
Cody stepped out of the taxi with a smile on his face. He had finally made the big move out of his parents house and was ready to start the next chapter of his life. At eighteen years old it was time to start college. Cody hadn't been particularly keen on the idea of sharing an already cramped room with a total stranger during the first year of his college l...
After leaving the lake, we decide to stay overnight at a hotel in the area. We had seen a fire tower on the Shawangunk Mountains when we had gotten off the NY Thruway at New Paltz, earlier that day. The fire tower was part of the hotel's grounds. "My mom had ridden on a horse and wagon in the 30s to get there." I told Zoe. "The hotel looks like a Victor...
Author's note: My thanks to my partner and editor for her help with this, and to all of you who commented so generously on Ch 1. I truly never expected it to get a red 'H', thought it was too inaccessible for most Lit readers. I'm delighted that you've proved me wrong! This is the second chapter in a story. It will make more sense if you read the first. Ju...
Several editors have worked on this story which was sitting in my file, but Demirath did the last and most extensive work. This is a long story broken into four short parts. The first and second parts could stand alone but they just felt so incomplete even for me. I apologize to all who were offended by my last story. Sometimes, I just go very dark. There i...