Category: Incest/Taboo

Jem sat with his back propped against the dry-stone wall as he allowed the sun to warm his rugged, weather-beaten face. Looking out over the landscape he watched his flock of sheep wander from one grazing spot to another as Jess his border collie sniffed along the wall before returning to lay by his side. His real name was James, […]

My mom and I were always close, more like sisters than mother and daughter. I think it’s partly because she was a single mom, but we’ve always had a special kind of connection. When she got her current job, we moved out into a house beyond what is usually called the suburbs, and she was able to work from home […]

Lucinda paused for only a moment before she raised the heavy door knocker and brought it down in two hard taps on the striking plate. The small gatehouse cottage at the end of the drive was her father-in law’s retreat; Derek’s home now that he was a widower and the decision reached that he lived close to her and Mark.

Brittany stumbles out of the van hazy and half drunk. Steve and Kyle barely even wait for her feet to hit the ground before they disappear into the night, the last glimpse of their taillights dimming as they speed off.

The day was dark, drizzling rain hammered on the window. I really couldn’t be bothered to go to a family dinner. We weren’t a normal family, so why pretend by having some phony dinner where we talked about our days? I was busy enough, working hard, making a living. I didn’t need the distraction. There was a barely used WhatsApp […]

My name is Jim Peters. I’m 5′-7″, I am 36, I live alone in a small town in West Virgina. I inherited this small farm from my grandfather. He had disinherited my father because he is bisexual. I am bisexual also but not openly. I had not seen or heard from my father in 10 years. I like to cross-dress […]

“Get whatever you want,” says the Red Haired Lady. Her dark glare burns at me across the table. “I don’t suppose you have any money, do you?” “No,” I say. “That was his little addition.” She lifts a plastic saucer off a stack next to the window, and tells me I need to do something for her.

Jade rechecked the numbers one more time, as if she could will the totals into changing, but they wouldn’t budge. The 19-year-old was sitting on the living room couch, her laptop sitting on the coffee table in front of her. Her mother was supposed to be the one responsible for keeping the budget, but Jade had a good head for […]

Sometimes little things go unnoticed and big opportunities are lost, leaving only questions in the mind that haunt for a lifetime. Janelle had taken to — as if by some tacit invitation — touching, holding or patting me on the arms, shoulders or back while talking, or holding onto to me as if for support whenever she was laughing heartily […]

Several years ago, my wife and I went on a beach trip with her family. Our kiddo was almost a year old, and it was his first time to visit the beach. Let me introduce you to my in-laws. The family had a pretty strict upbringing in just about every regard, but the kids were successes by any measure.