Month: August 2021

The first things she noticed were the sounds. Before even becoming aware of the sun’s warmth on her cheek, she woke up hearing music: High-pitched squeaks, twitterings, warbles, songs. The world was coming alive in her ear; every sound was brand new to her. She woke up in rapture. Around her the forest too was awakening.

An hour later she’d made the space port with still no pursuit at all. Cripes! Were they really that nonchalant about the whole business? Boarding the space liner she kept her guard up, it had saved her in the past and she wasn’t about to stop. Finally alone in her cabin she removed the vial from the protective case. Opening […]

My wife Mary and myself have been married for a good many years, and over that time we have indulged ourselves a little in adventurous sex. Mostly, this has been threesomes and foursomes. I wouldn’t say we’re into the swinging lifestyle, exactly. It isn’t something we do regularly, although we did belong to a swingers’ group for a while. That […]

She was a redhead, with fiery locks of an unnatural shade, framing her pale, freckled face. Her creamy skin and cute nose gave her mischievous smile even more power. She wore a sheer gown of crinkled white silk that barely concealed the curve of her lithe body. Green eyes, as bright as stars, stared down at him. He blinked twice […]

The coffee shop was crowded. I hadn’t been in place with this many people since the pandemic started. I was still trying to maintain proper social distancing. I gave a wide berth to three high school kids, all wannabe influencers taking up too much space around the counter. As I circled them, I peeked over their shoulders to see what […]

It was a pattern Andrew Carter knew all too well. He had something he valued, something that was his. And William took it away from him. If his older brother couldn’t take it away, then William would break it. And the rest of the family would take William’s side. After all, William was the golden child, the fair haired son […]

I was elbow deep in old photos that I was planning on sending to a local lab for digitizing when I came up with the perfect gift for my wife, our three kids, and our extended families next year when she and I celebrated twenty-five years of wedded bliss. We had thousands of pictures from when we first met in […]

The clock felt as if it slowed every time I looked at it. My day was so dull, nothing was happening. Everyone seemed bored. I didn’t want to be there. I was stuck in the humdrum of everyday life. I needed adventure. I needed action. I needed something to distract me. Suddenly, I was called into my boss’s office, which […]

My name is Arthur Clark I am thirty and not bad looking if I say so. Five -ten, broad, and muscular I spend a lot of time working out at the gym. I am next in line for promotion. I live in a small flat and have been divorced twice. Thank God we had no children with either of my […]

Lucas parked his ageing mobile home on the quayside and stepped wearily from the driver’s seat. He’d driven for hours, from the mountains to the east of the archipelago, to where he now found himself once more. He was outside his small apartment, the building looking out on the Ålesund waterfront. It was only too comfortable after the cramped quarters […]