"You can take the girl out of the Murias tribe, but you can’t take the Murias tribe out of the girl."
When Thursday came around, Kajal packed the fridge with beers, ready for the weekly Entertainment Committee meeting. But, rather than heat some pre-prepared chicken wings, this time, she made them from scratch, in an Indian style. Having marinated them in...
"So there you have it. We come from a family of sluts, and that’s why we’re sluts ourselves."
In the months following his death, Kajal had considered moving into her father’s empty townhouse in Hampstead. It was more spacious than her cramped two-bedroom flat and in a much better location, situated on the edge of the Heath and...
"Beverly goes to Miami for some sun, fun, and sex."
Continuing from the first chapter of my story, I woke up gradually, back in my hotel room on Saturday morning around 11 AM. I was lying naked in bed, wrapped in a sheet. My body was achy, and I remembered...
"Strangers meet in a nightclub. Each narrate their side of the encounter."
You walk into the crowded club, your tight red dress hugging your curves as you glance around the room. The music pounds, and you feel the energy pulsate through the crowd. You step in time to the beat. Your hips...
"She's a bored, unhappy celebrity pop star. He is her bioengineered butler. There is Hendrix playing in the kitchen..."
Emerich was always such a dutiful butler. It was what he lived for. Cara was the most famous pop star in four of the seven continents. The other three considered her songs ‘contraband’ and banned any mention of her. She...
"I get wet and wild at a roadside motel with a total stranger."
I had been driving all day on my way to Grandma’s house. It was almost midnight, so when I saw the vacant sign blinking on and off in front of an old roadside motel, I decided to stop and get...
"I have sex with the cable guy when my husband is away on a long haul."
My husband was on another one of his long-haul runs. While he was gone, the TV cable went out on me. Being home alone, I was going crazy without my TV, so I called the cable company. They told me...
"The Sensuous Nature of Nature"
After a long drive, I'd finally settled in my five wheeler, and come early morning, went out to stretch and admire the view. The top of the mountain was still covered in snow, and the sunrise made it glisten.I blinked,...
"Mandy tells her girlfriend that she wants to try to be with a man and picks Greg to be her first."
“Have you ever thought about being with a guy?”Wendy turned over onto her back and adjusted her sunglasses before answering. “No, not really. What about you?”Mandy thought for a moment while sipping on her soda. “Not until now. We have...
"Detective Mike Mace, like Johnny Nash, has more questions than answers."
When I arrived back at my hotel, my diminishing enthusiasm for Jamaican nightlife lifted when I found the bar open. I heard music coming from the space at the back of the lounge; a late-night group of chics were shaping...