The World Championships 1947 — Back Home

"Daniel finds out he may have married too quick as he starts preparing himself for his second world championships."

Marrying a seventeen-year-old girl may not be the best of ideas. Zabel would have been fine, I knew this. Because of her untimely demise, I would spend the rest of my life wondering what sex would have been like with...

Solo Girl In The Dust

"Sara embarks on a African trip with the "shameful" idea of fulfilling her deepest fantasy"

I'm Sara, nineteen years old, just out of a three-year relationship with a boyfriend who was nice until he wasn't. I decided to take a year off college and do that crazy trip. I went solo and landed in Ouagadougou,...

Pinot Grigio

"Dean is a teenager living in Rome with a very busy father; he meets a new neighbour."

I was living in what would soon be a paradise lost, but of course I didn't realise this was paradise since it was the present moment, not yet adorned with the aura of past memories.Today was my birthday. My father...

Defying Customs, Chapter 8

"Gaston feels confused between too many girls, but he fulfills a secret fantasy with his sister while living dangerously."

If I were the main character of a cheap novel, at least I’d understand that I’m nothing but a bunch of words written by some blundering fool who is haphazardly trying to write what is supposed to be a good...

Defying Customs, Chapter 7

"Gaston is home alone when his sister comes home early from a disappointing date."

My parents were not angry with me, quite the opposite. Mother gave me a large plate of roast beef with mashed potatoes. Since it was a weeknight, I was expecting some Jell-O for dessert, but no, she had saved some...

Defying Customs, Chapter 6

"Gaston has to go back to his hometown; he wants a quiet bus trip, but there's a girl who has other plans."

The art of picking up girls without trying ought to be developed without much effort.There we were at the Montreal Coach Terminal, on Wednesday morning. Elizabeth had tears welling in her eyes as she saw me off to my intercity...

Defying Customs, Chapter 5

"Elizabeth, Gaston and Sophie reach Montreal and they begin a ménage à trois."

On the backseat of the 1952 Chevrolet, Lancelot, his cat fur just as black as the car itself, is purring on Sophie’s lap while Elizabeth quietly drives on the two-lane road under an all-orange sunset. The AM radio is airing...

Defying Customs, Chapter 4

"The glamorous actress and her young lover are on their way to hear the Easter mass; what could go wrong?"

A gorgeous actress who covers her raven hair with a fancy scarf on a Sunday becomes more than glamorous; she becomes an icon and a white-gloved witch.When Elizabeth tells me, “Today is our spring and I don’t want to share...