Payback

"Revenge is a dish best served... creamy?"

Seven inches is supposed to be just perfect—at least as far as Subway’s polls regarding the gustative insult they dare call ‘sandwiches’ go.“You and I are through,” her text reads. Timestamp o-dark-hundred this morning.I raise one eyebrow and curl my...

Hands

"Of power balance and unmet first impressions"

Sweat, heat, near-unbearable moisture. Moving masses, drenched bodies, sticky clothes. The fast chorus animates the audience to another circle pit, intensity increasing with the crescendo of aggression in the anti-fascist lyrics.A smile flashes across my lips as my small, braless...

Bushido Part I — Shihan

"The way of the warrior can have unforeseen aspects."

Tentatively, I stepped forward and unsheathed the iaito in one smooth motion, making sure the immediate cut would precede my foot and yet that the stance was secure and stable before the sword hit its imaginary target—a true challenge in...

Strain

"Walk the walk, not talk the talk."

Cheeks flushed, I adjust my glasses, trying to keep my composure. I’m still waiting for a reply from anyone, hoping against hope, despite years of experience, that one of my students might raise their hand for once. They say hope...

Sacrifice

"Sex on the beach... with additional tentacles."

The High Priestess fastened the belt on the youngling’s ritual robe. She let her pupil bring the dedicated dagger on a gold-ornate cushion and hooked it into the holster.She mumbled the re-run of the ritual for the umpteenth time with...

Kiss

"Letting your guard down for a fleeting glimpse..."

Sitting on the edge of the bed naked, I let my swollen eyes scan the room, not knowing what to look at yet desperate for something to hold on to, to give me answers. My gaze wanders over the trail...

Memories Of Chloe

"His ex-wife's niece insists on spending her summer vacation with him. He helps her get over her called-off engagement."

“No way!” Daniel heard a familiar voice as he was filling his plate with appetizers from the copious buffet. “Dannyboy! What brings you here?” asked his former brother-in-law—the cool one, in his opinion, and the only person in that family...

Flatmate Sex-Ed

"Some boys just need pointers... whether they realize and want it or not."

Sitting in his rattan chair, David was lazily scrolling through a comic book, chill music droning from his Telefunken ghettoblaster that predated himself by easily a decade (as the 'made in West Germany' label testified). These moments of careless idling...

It is so vividly etched into my mind: the recollection of when I saw you enter that room which, although being crowded and the music blasting from the speakers, made me feel alone and left out. I was about to...