The Cellist: Glissando

"Glissando - a continuous glide from one note to the next"

Anton had always wanted to play a woman. A talented cellist, he had occupied principal chair in the city’s symphony for the past three years. Music was his life, but this, his douleur exquise, was a burning tattoo on his soul....

Southbound On The U-Line

"A late subway encounter heats up Xmas"

I’d heard her initially, clicking heels echoing along the drab subway platform. It was almost midnight on Christmas Day. Turning at the sound I only saw her from behind. A cascade of honey-hued blonde hair flowed over a short, dark...

Home For Christmas: When Angels Fall

"A flirty stepsister gets her due"

The lengthy slit in my new stepsister’s black skirt was slowly falling away exposing a particularly well shaped leg. I was home for Christmas, my first time since my mother had remarried. Her new husband was, in my view, a...

The Desecration of Emma – Plan B

"a desperate longing for more"

Emma had a terrible reputation. Office whore. Slut. Shameless. Rumour had it her voracious sexual appetites were almost never fully satisfied. Notoriety? It was her drug. Even dressed for the office she was the promise of endless nights of steamy...

Hello Silence, My New Friend

"the beauty of silence"

The explosion caught me completely by surprise. I awoke 3 days later, tubes and wires snaking from my body, surrounded by shades of white. Absolute silence. I was sure I was dead. The cobwebs slowly fell away. Hospital. I anxiously...

Sidewalk Deux Palais

"a brief encounter on a city sidewalk"

Yellow sundress. Her dirty blonde hair disarranged by the soft breeze. She knew I was watching. Soundlessly I crept behind her. Staring off into the distance, she leaned back against me. The perfect curve of her ass pressed, determinedly, against...

Tomorrows

"sometimes we fail to let ourselves just be"

It was just a fragment of timeMuch like any otherCarnal longing consumed our thoughtsAnd left us melted to inaction I thought I saw a hint of invitationGlowing in the corner of your smileBut I was so obliviousLost in my shimmery world...

Applied Literature

"books will set you free"

Tiffany Myles. Pop Star. Her fame based more on clever marketing of her saccharine image than on her actual talent. I had been assigned to write her autobiography. She was twenty-three. I had contemplated telling my publisher to jam it...

Your smile always shatters meA million shards of longingThe unbearable desolationOf your absence soon forgotten Vanished to your incandescent kissOh! How you fill this emptinessYour beauty is dark sorceryLet loose chaotic ecstasy The devil’s smoulder in your eyesUnspoken invitationYour touch ignites exquisite...