I have imagined you and I together many times. In these imaginings, I weave together my memories of us with fantasized possibilities.Often, I see you kneeling in front of me, naked except for an elegant string of pearls, sitting demurely...
Love Stories
Three Degrees Of Separation – Chapter Eight – Simon And Kelly Try Something New
"Simon and Kelly prove you're never too old to learn a new trick!"
After Simon had related the story to his wife about Carol and her new younger lover, it got her thinking that maybe she might like a younger lover of her own. She started perusing the web on nights when her...
Three Degrees Of Separation – Chapter Six – Serena And Scott Explore New Territory
"Serena and Scott explore the limits of their relationship - and find out a thing or two about themselves in the bargain"
Serena spent the day between the rehearsal and the wedding preparing herself for Scott. After returning to the community hall to retrieve their vehicles, she stopped at the drugstore for condoms and lube, then went home. She managed to secure...
Three Degrees of Separation – Chapter Five – Simon and Kelly
"Our party hosts play a little game"
After the rehearsal dinner, Kelly and I hosted a party. Other than Jessie, we didn’t know the guests very well, but she vouched for them and that was good enough for us. As the party wound down, we made arrangements...
Three Degrees of Separation – Chapter Four – Carol makes David Breakfast
"Carol and David get to know each other better."
When Carol woke up, she was a bit surprised to see a handsome young man in the bed beside her. It took her a moment or two to recall the events of the previous evening, and that recall triggered a...
Three Degrees of Separation – Chapter One – Jessie and James
"A series of stories about four couples who are closely related by circumstance"
This is an ostensibly true story but it did not happen to me, it happened to a friend of ours, who met through one of my co-workers, Jessica, or Jessie, and her then-boyfriend James. Yes, Jessie and James, quite the...
Momma Rose
"He sought perfection and found love"
His strokes were smooth and fluid, the colors, more vibrant than any he had ever seen. Amazed at the canvas before him, Terry could see life in his painting. There was no muse. He had no model. The woman on...
Sex and the Theater
"Love at first sight isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be."
Mending a broken heart is like climbing a mountain, two steps up, three down.“Where were they when they first met? Was it rainy or sunny, cold or warm?” She didn’t need to ask. Madison remembered everything about that day like...
Unanswered
"It took a dream to put the end of forever into words"
Near closing time on a rare, rainless Cornish evening, I wander toward the shop where you work, unable to explain how I got here other than transport by sheer longing. The same compulsion told me where to find you in...
He and She
"Two people meet and enjoy each other."
They meetThe two walked out of the courthouse together. “Thank you for the help with my father’s estate," she said. "No problem," he said, "Probate isn’t something you do every day.""Stop by my place?" she asked. "We can stream a...