"A young affair is resurrected"
I am sixty-eight years old. It is my second wedding night. I have not made love for decades.I lie on my back, naked. Trembling with anticipation. I watch my second husband undress.I saw him undress fifty years ago. He was...
"A married couple find a cure for their boredom."
Blanca and Dani had been married for nine years. They’d married young, had two children and were only in their early thirties. Both were tall, and both had tattoos on their arms. They lived in a town called Cambrils, which...
"My younger self gives a man a treat"
"Close your eyes," I tell him.He stands ten yards away. He is shirtless. A nervous college virgin. I watch him tense as he feels me approach, blind.I reach for his button and undo it, then unzip his fly. He realises...
"A Spaniard turns to a friend in her hour of need"
It wouldn’t be long now. She knew. She made sure to sit up as much as she could. She tried so, so hard to walk and, with a stick, could make it to the nurse’s station. But, sometimes, she could...
"A Spaniard Rebuilds Her Self-Esteem"
"Rebeca...I want to apologise. I'm sorry I was mean to you when we were growing up."Rebeca looked up, and into her brother's eyes. Jorge's lips were pursed, and he was looking straight at her. She could see he meant it....
"A woman investigates school discipline"
When I was a girl, my uncle gave me a book called "Boy", by Roald Dahl."This is what school was like in my day!" he said. I doubt he intended "Boy" to have the effect it did.Reread it aged twenty....
"Strangers on a train have a wild night in Catalonia"
I sat on the train, and I felt like the loneliest person in the world. I was looking out of the window. The Spanish countryside was racing past. There was a lump in my throat. I was trying not to...
"It's strange what a man remembers"
Juan's favourite memory of his one night with Joana was not coming, or even her vocal orgasm.It was the moment when she reached down and pulled her shirt up to expose her belly. That was his invitation. Seeing that white...