Month: October 2021

‘Miranda is going to love it!’ The errant thought came into Leethie’s head as she stared at herself in the mirror. She flushed with disappointment and embarrassment as her mind caught up with itself for the hundredth time. Seeing the reaction play across her face, she dropped her eyes in shame and struggled to shake off the unwelcome confusion. “What […]

My girlfriend told me about this new local gym the other day because I was complaining about the one I go to. The monthly fee was going up and it really wasn’t that great. No cute guys and the management never kept up on the equipment. Jenna, my girlfriend, told me all about her gym and how many young hot […]

I wasn’t in a drinking mood and the musical taste of the women who had occupied the lounge only occasionally overlapped with mine. Eventually, I managed to occupy a lounger in the backyard on the lawn. Claire’s dog Bonus included me on his regular circuit looking for pats, and the few people I knew reasonably well — beginning with Claire’s […]

The laughing women pushed their reluctant friend into the luxurious room that smelled dark and enticing. “Just swipe your card!” “And you’re not allowed out until you do!” She could and couldn’t believe they did this to her on her 21st birthday. Sighing, she followed the directions on the sign, pulled her pants down, and then settled in the unusual […]

“Oh my god, Emily! What are you wearing?” Emily stood in the open curtains of the changing room, wearing a vintage papier-mache mask and an Edwardian style tea-dress. Tasha stopped combing the racks to fix her with an exaggerated sneer. “Why? What’s wrong with it?” Emily asked, swishing the lace skirts of her dress. “Where do I even start?” Tasha […]

It takes a lot to surprise me, but having a six-foot tall leprechaun dressed in a green baseball hat, green running shoes, green sweatpants, and a white Notre Dame sweatshirt ring my doorbell did it. He didn’t look like a leprechaun, but I knew that’s what he was. I’d recognize Danny Boy anywhere. Especially since the stylized, fists-up little man […]

It has been a miserable year and a half following Covid-19. My sex life has been totally non-existent, except for some self-loving (let’s face it, a lot of self-loving). I decided I needed a substantial social break and to celebrate that I am still alive. I needed a party. No, not just any party but a sex-filled Halloween Party, no […]

The Great Mother stared down at the isles she had created so long ago. The long-lived women of the isles, her people, had suffered greatly at the hands of cruel tyrant men and so she had gifted them ferocious strength and skill in battle to win their freedom. Once their freedom had been won, she had closed the island off […]

I awoke to the sound of my alarm clock buzzing – and a headache. I solved one annoyance by tapping the screeching device on my nightstand and tried to alleviate the other by rubbing my temples with one hand and reaching for the half-empty glass beside my clock, which was flashing 7:00. It didn’t help much, as I knew it […]

I sat behind the wheel of my BMW and stared at the graffiti in the parking garage. I visualized steam billowing from my ears and felt my head was ready to explode. Three months of work had gone up in smoke because my fucking boss dinged me for a grammatical error. Give me a fucking break. I texted Cecil, my […]