"A date that ends with coffee often means there won't be much sleeping."
The door to her small apartment opened. She turned her head around as she entered, inviting him in for the coffee she'd offered to him downstairs on the street. She glanced at him for a brief moment from over her...
"Things can only get better"
"Been a jaded lady when it comes to love," Mary Chapin Carpenter's lyric succinctly sums up Carol's current situation, at least as far as her sex life is concerned. Having decided to give this dam dating app one last chance,...
"Derek Caldwell takes a step."
Sprawled on the sofa with the evening newspaper wouldn’t be everyone’s idea of an idyllic lifestyle. It wasn’t mine either, but I was tired after a long day on the site, I hadn’t changed my clothes and I was covered...
"A spelling error leads to some escapism and a chance to explore a fantasy"
Andy walked through the dark December drizzle feeling unusually sorry for himself. He was proud of his ability to remain upbeat and cheerful in times of adversity, but he hated the darkness and cold. Experiencing both together because his poor...
"Mark comforts Pam during a severe storm"
Pam and I were enjoying the quiet of our surroundings when a car came driving slowly past us. The couple in the car waved and pointed behind them. We waved back and looked in that direction. Dark clouds. We waved...
"the lure of a treasured prize makes christmas day memorable in the land of a fabled beverage"
"It's New Year they make a fuss of in Scotland, not Christmas," Becky said when Jason told her of this year's plan."You can't accuse me of coming up with a boring idea this time," Jason replied.Jason had heard about Festive...
"One look was never going to be enough."
In a very affluent neighbourhood, a young woman named Jenn was preparing for a glamorous neighbourhood Christmas party, hosted by her favourite swinging couple, Ed and Pricilla. She had met them on a night out a few months ago, extremely...
"A chance encounter creates an opportunity to add a little extra something to a fantasy"
"It needs a 'Slippery When Wet' sign here," George remarked as he watched the woman pick herself up from the pavement."We could all use one of those," Megan thought to herself.The conditions were apparently caused by the combination of moss...
"Childhood neighbors reconnect"
Oak Valley kicks off the Christmas season each year with the annual Parade of Lights, the first Thursday night in December. Residents start setting up their lawn chairs on Wednesday afternoon to get the best spots in the front row,...
Samantha heard herself gasping out loud. If she read a good story on the erotic website she used, this was not unusual, but today, it was astonishment, rather than arousal, that had caused her to fill her bedroom with sound.Samantha's...