Hotel Romp

"Will there be success or will there be failure?"

I stand at the end of the corridor pretending to look for my room key in my purse. I see you both walking from the elevator to your room. After you open the door, you allow your wife to enter...

Passion on the Main Trunk Line

"A young soldier gets an experience he never forgets."

It was over fifty years ago: I had turned twenty-one three months earlier, and only six weeks previously had left my engagement party to catch a train to Waiouru, having had the misfortune to be drafted to serve my country...

On a hot summer morning, I’m at brunch with a friend. It feels surreal being in public after a pandemic. Being isolated from society plays with the mind. When was the last time I’d seen a real woman, other than...