Sex-on-the-beach

"True story - real place, sadly closed now"

I hardly drink alcohol, but when I do, it’s cocktails. Not a good combination really, the hard stuff and not having a practised head for it, but – what the hell. That meant that for my birthday the place to...

The Ticket – Chapter One

"Two people meet accidentally and although they appear incompatible they are attracted to each other."

The day it all started everything seemed normal to the point of mundanity. As he entered he noted the familiar smell of pot-pourri that seems to cling to all charity shops. He looked around the rails of secondhand clothing dominated...

Cornish Cliffs

"A romantic story about a conflicted young british girl in a love triangle"

They left his car and hiked up a steep, five kilometer trail to a vista overlooking the Celtic Sea. She struggled to keep up with him, as he took long easy strides. She stumbled, and he turned around. “You okay?...

Beneath a Moonless Sky

"Two lovers share one last forbidden tryst."

It had been weeks since I had seen Eric, yet I remembered his face well. The day I left was the day my heart broke. I just had not realized it yet. He was unique, talented. Eric was a musician,...

The Butterfly

"Valentine's Day. There's always hope."

I sat alone in the lunchroom accompanied only by a cold grilled cheese on a dirty plastic tray. Swarms of college students marched in and out of the concession stand of a cafeteria. The food was never enjoyable, even when...

His Hands

"Our first date became something more very quickly."

His hands were large and soft. That was always the one thing I remembered most about him. When we would lie together he would run his hands up and down my torso. Caressing me gently, warming me all over slowly....