"A high school senior is looking for a girlfriend, and he finds one just down the street from his home."
I met my first girlfriend just two blocks from where I lived in Williamsbridge, The Bronx. It was September 1972 and I had started my senior year at high school. I was seventeen years old and my romantic experiences at...
"The gift of love can come in many ways."
The girl behind the counter at Victoria’s Secret looked like she could not be more than sixteen, maybe seventeen. yet she filled out the scant Santa’s Helper dress suit with obvious perfection. Christmas red, with fluffy white trim edging the...
"Angela channels her alter-ego Catalina to have a one night stand with Jay in New Orleans..."
Chapter 1: That Night (Angela) Let me start off by telling you, my real name is Angela Martinez, yes, soy Afro-Latina and very proud. Both of my parents were born on the island of Puerto Rico, my dad being a deep...
"Unexpected Encounter at a funeral"
“Mike died,” his wife, Shelly Carter, informed me over the phone.“Oh no! Shelly! I’m so sorry, hon.” It wasn’t a surprise, his cancer had become very aggressive in the last year. Still, it was difficult news for my friend. Shelly...
I want him.That was the only thought in my head as he stared at me with a soft smile, his warm, honey-colored eyes meeting mine as he pulled me close. The sweet, spicy smell of his cologne filled my nose,...
"He goes where no man has gone before."
She was a dream-come-true… Certainly, for me.I arrived late to my best buddy’s can’t-miss annual hedonistic Halloween party. I showed up as the Johnny Depp buccaneer from Pirates of the Caribbean, owing to several missed haircuts and a rebellious goatee....
"Kris gets locked into a relationship but finds her out with an unlikely neighbor."
I would never have thought I would be where I am in my life. Not that I do not like where my life is, just that anyone who knew me growing up would be shocked where I am.I will need...
"She wasn't a mermaid, was she?"
George was from a very protective family. In his family, there were a few rules, like no TV and no phone calls during dinner. Those were moments for sharing about the day, at school for him and his siblings, and...
"The emancipation of a regressed woman."
Awakening The priest had heard the door shut quietly and settled into a comfortable position, ready to hear the usual liturgy of minor transgressions that would be forgiven with his scale of “Hail Mary’s” by way of absolution. Twenty minutes later,...
"I have always felt the touch and grace of beauty. Yet it is only to the beauty of a woman that I have fallen."
I had had it. What a week. Finally, it’s Friday, and … my birthday. I couldn’t help but smile as I walked out of the office. I got on the train at 33rd, headed for my apartment in the Village....
