"Sometimes you have to liven things up a bit on the Night Shift"
The beginnings of another night shift. I pulled the navy blue scrubs denoting me as Ward Sister over my head and attached my name-badge and watch. I was still getting used to the fact I was in charge of the...
"Jodie discovers not all Dommes are the same"
Jodie stood in front of the photocopier and took a breath. She ran her hand through her brunette hair. She’d had it cut into a pixie bob the evening before and was still getting used to the feeling of cool...
"Some people pay for their drugs in different ways"
Friday lunchtime and the buzz was already building. All the talk in sixth form college was about plans for the weekend. Who was going where and with whom. As I walked out of the art rooms, I could see my...
"You can't quote song lyrics but you can mention them in a truly terrible poem"
Shall I compare thee to a summer rose?I’d rather be the woman from Nantucket,I said if you wrote me sonnets of love, I'd end up being sick in a bucket. There are hundreds and thousands of songsabout Love, I’d quote them if...
"Dave discovers his wife's secret and his world implodes"
Dave was sitting on the sofa, grabbing a few minutes of space to check the football scores whilst preparing dinner and helping with homework. Not for the first time, he wondered if it was really necessary for his seven year...
"Sometimes you just want to sing "You're a cunt!""
I was sitting staring at the screen, absent-mindedly chewing the end of a strand of my red hair when the Features Editor wandered over.“Jackie, have you heard of K-Pop?”I grinned at him. “Well yeah, but I don’t think that’s exactly...
"The chaotic result of meeting up with someone from a chatroom"
“Truth or Dare?”"Truth."“What’s the worst sex you ever had?”“Oh god,” I laugh, my face burning scarlet with my hands covering my face. I look up and remember.Back at the turn of the millennium, when MSN chatrooms were hotbeds of lust and...
"Emma gets caught sexting and her girlfriend isn't happy"
Emma turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. She rubbed the towel through her brunette hair before wrapping it around her body. She stepped into the bedroom to choose a clean pair of panties but stopped short...
"Everyone needs a hobby or two"
The click of needles is incessant. The constant muttering, "knit one, purl one." I slink off my seat and slide across the floor, my fingers walking a military two-step up your inner thigh. Your legs part subconsciously as the click click...
"A student reluctantly decides to ease her money worries by becoming a stripper"
“You just missed Sheriff Fatman, he was looking for you.”‘Shit!’ Ellie slumped against the wall. This game of cat and mouse couldn’t go on much longer. She was two months behind with the rent. She hadn’t realised Art School would...