"A heroine, yet to have her day finds a path, born of hardship."
Homecoming I’d say I proved you wrong, Father. I’d say your expectations of me came up short. You said I could never survive without a man to define me; said I could never exist without his protection, his touch, the...
"Sexual politics, mythology and obsession with the female rear collide in this pornographic fable."
I slept fitfully, mind full of images, half-formed dreams mixed with memories. I knew nothing of what lay beneath the city streets, so I tried not to fear it. But the faces stalked the bulkheads of my mind, harshly exposed...
"A final lifeline as the world ends leads to places unknown."
In the mountains high above Rio, safe from the chaos on the streets far below we watched as the containment field in the sky above us finally began to falter and die. Beyond it, vast, unknowable tendrils of orange gas,...
"Our protagonist is expertly and luridly manipulated by a lady of experience."
SUNSET HIGHWAYS Encounter I If this works for you, please leave a comment as I just damn well love reading them! I walked towards the little prefabricated, single storey dwelling encircled by bay trees at the far end of the...
"A chance to get away and work on their relationship... and other things."
Exposed to the problems I was having adjusting to civilian life, a good friend of mine had kindly given me access to his trendy, faux-alpine ski chalet in the Cairngorms. He chucked the keys at me, told me to go...
"Once upon a time, when self control was optional."
THE ARROGANCE OF YOUTHThe year was 1993 and it was the best and worst of times. The best in that I was young, free and single. mortgages, commitment, financial uncertainty and the concept of ‘fitting in’ were like distant fictional...
"Friendship takes a promiscuous turn on a summer holiday."
RELATIONSHIP ADVICE The weather was flat calm and damn hot, the scenery, rolling, wild and as ruggedly beautiful as only the North West of Scotland can be in late summer. It was my first proper holiday in years. I had not long returned...
"Dabbling with a no good girl leads to humiliation."
SAVAGE LESSON It is one of the unalterable facts of life that women are mysterious. There is no point in trying to rationalise, trying to account for or predict every facet of their behaviour because whatever you think you know...