"Julian and Margot get to know their upstairs neighbour"
Margot and I had been living together for two years now. Finding Tofino too limiting, we’d reluctantly made the move to Vancouver about a year ago. She’d set up her own small catering company, and I’d left the survey business...
"A new roommate proves to be full of surprises."
Our marriage of convenience broke up in Yellowknife.We’d been together for about three years. She was Swiss-French, and I was English-Canadian.Meeting in Indonesia, we’d travelled together for two years, overland through Asia to Europe. Then a year in Switzerland working...
"Two new lovers journey to the edge"
Margot worked as a sous-chef in a restaurant owned by friends of mine.We’d crossed paths a few times, but nothing of consequence had ever happened between us. From a distance, I had taken note of her extraordinary pale gray eyes, and...
"A visit to a Santiago bordello has unexpected consequences."
It was the late nineties. I was twenty-two and had just arrived back in Santiago after six very long months in southern Chile.Hired by a Canadian forestry company, I’d been managing a large timber survey about as far south in Patagonia as...
"Kate and Julian drive to Mendocino, and discover a dive bar."
It was now mid-March, and we were returning home from a month in Bali. During the first week of our trip, we’d focused our attention totally on Michelle, trying to pack as much as we could into seven short days....
"Kate meets two of Julian's oldest friends."
It was mid-September, but the weather was still unseasonably warm. There were no signs yet of autumn colour.Kate and I had now been seeing each other for almost three months, and I’d started introducing her to some of my closer...
"Julian and Kate escape a harsh winter, and meet Michelle."
Kate and I had been seeing each other for more than six months now. After crossing paths for ten years, we’d finally become an item last summer. From the outset, we’d agreed to an open relationship. ‘Open’ in the...
"Kate comes for a visit"
We’d known each other for many years, getting together about once a month.Kate had been cutting my unruly head of hair for more than a decade. When we first met, she was in her twenties: sharp, lively, full of questions...
"Kate comes for another visit - this time with a friend."
Kate’s first visit to my house in the country had been quite the experience. The sex that weekend had left my head spinning for days.She called two weeks later, asking if she could come out again. I jumped at the...